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Long Live The Queen
Rule the world or die trying!Being a Princess is not an easy job. Being a Queen is even harder. Especially when you're only fourteen years old, and the reason you've inherited the throne is that your royal mother has just met an untimely end.Now power is up for grabs.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Branching strategic choices” (26 of 83 reviews) and “Many endings and routes” (16); the most common complaint is “Unforgiving trial and error” (19). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
26 of the 83 reviews raise this.
“I've had a lot of fun playing this interesting sim game. The writing is hilarious, there are multiple paths to victory but there is also a great charm to finding all of the bad endings because of how amusing they to…”
16 of the 83 reviews raise this.
“IM ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ DEAD! I DIED SO MANY TIMES AND MY DUMBASS KEEPS FORGETTING ABOUT THE CHCOLATE I ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ HATE THIS STUPID GAME!!!!!!! But I still keep starting a new game because i'm a committed warmonger and feel myself…”
“I've had a lot of fun playing this interesting sim game. The writing is hilarious, there are multiple paths to victory but there is also a great charm to finding all of the bad endings because of how amusing they to…”
“I've become a wielder of Godlike Lumen powers 3 times now. Two times as a righteous queen loved by all, once as a feared tyrant where disobedience leads to obliteration. Yet STILL I have died every time. 10/10 I'm…”
16 of the 83 reviews raise this.
15 of the 83 reviews raise this.
“I've had a lot of fun playing this interesting sim game. The writing is hilarious, there are multiple paths to victory but there is also a great charm to finding all of the bad endings because of how amusing they to…”
“Long Live the Queen is a political stat raiser where you play as a young princess preparing to inherit the throne after her mother's death. There's a huge variety of stats to affect, and the flavor text for them all is…”
7 of the 83 reviews raise this.
“Like a mini-Princess Maker, except you have a whole separate checklist of fatal bad endings. Make of that what you will. It's cute, it plays really quickly (at 11 hours using skip mode on repeated scenes I pretty much…”
19 of the 83 reviews raise this · 15 of them still recommend the game.
“Long Live the Queen has been described as "the Dark Souls of princess-raising simulators". Where I would argue the metaphor falls short is that Dark Souls actually tries to teach you how to play the game, and though it…”
“I like the idea behind the game, there's sort of an influence coming from the Princess Maker games, with making the princess take classes each week to raise her stats. The problem is that the game turns more into a…”
“IM ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ DEAD! I DIED SO MANY TIMES AND MY DUMBASS KEEPS FORGETTING ABOUT THE CHCOLATE I ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ HATE THIS STUPID GAME!!!!!!! But I still keep starting a new game because i'm a committed warmonger and feel myself…”
7 of the 83 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Long Live the Queen has been described as "the Dark Souls of princess-raising simulators". Where I would argue the metaphor falls short is that Dark Souls actually tries to teach you how to play the game, and though it…”
“I like the idea behind the game, there's sort of an influence coming from the Princess Maker games, with making the princess take classes each week to raise her stats. The problem is that the game turns more into a…”
“I had wondered why after I beat this game once I never picked it up again... Now I remember I don't think this game is bad per se, just a deeply frustrating one where I feel like I never seem to make the right choices.…”
4 of the 83 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Like a mini-Princess Maker, except you have a whole separate checklist of fatal bad endings. Make of that what you will. It's cute, it plays really quickly (at 11 hours using skip mode on repeated scenes I pretty much…”
3 of the 83 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I like the idea behind the game, there's sort of an influence coming from the Princess Maker games, with making the princess take classes each week to raise her stats. The problem is that the game turns more into a…”
3 of the 83 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Long Live the Queen is a really frustrating kind of fun. The amount of stats to juggle is really overwhelming, and you'll have to get used to some ruthless prioritizing. It is, however, a really fun and addictive…”
Counted across 83 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 94.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“No, I don't like this game. Yes, I recommend it. Am I making any sense? It's a well-made game. I highly appreciate the huge amount of branching in the story and the very specific skillsets needed for each route. One of my complains with modern visual novels is the illusion of…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“TLDR: Fans of visual novels and choose-your-own-adventure types will get a kick out of this. If you don't believe in walk-throughs, be prepared for a lot of trial and error, but to some people that might be half the fun - seeing how many ways you can die before making just the…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“this game is one of the more classic 'raise a daughter' esc- sims, but it's quite good for being 12+ years old. it's quite a good basic game in this category, but it can be really frustrating at times when you keep getting the same death over and over (save scumming is probably…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-21.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-21). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Steam Autumn Sale 2026
Discounts currently available on LLTQ and more! Long Live The Queen with Galaxy Princess Zorana . Long-term Hanako Games followers may notice one game missing from that list and that is because Sword
Bugfix update
A fairly minor one today, fixing a bug that could cause problems when unusual characters were used in save file names. Shouldn't do anything that almost anyone would notice, just letting you know why
Bugfix update
Cleaning up a few bugs! Elodie no longer disappears when you return after clicking the sidebar "menu" button from the classes or stats screen. The sidebar "menu" button from the stats screen no longer
Bugfix update
This release focuses on translation and text-to-speech bugfixes.Changes since 1.5.13:- A little code cleanup- Tutorial text works a bit better in self-voicing mode.- Self-voicing during studying now t
Accessibility update
Multiple adjustments to automatic self-voicing (triggered by pressing 'V' during the game). This is an accessibility feature which, while not perfect, should hopefully be more usable than it was befor
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Visual Novel · Political Sim · Anime · Female Protagonist · Simulation · Indie · Difficult · Strategy · Singleplayer · Fantasy · RPG · Cute (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 45 |
| Official site | http://www.hanakogames.com/llq.shtml |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: XP, Vista, 7, 8 Processor: 1.2 Ghz Memory: 256 MB RAM