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Reigns

Reigns

Sit on the throne as a benevolent (or malevolent) medieval monarch of the modern age and swipe your royal controller either left or right to impose your will upon the kingdom.

Released Aug 11, 2016 Developer Nerial Publisher Devolver Digital Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Choices MatterMedievalCard GameIndieLife Sim
View on Steam ↗ $2.99 (US · as of 2026-10-20)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-15.

86.8%positive8,135 reviews
Recommended · 226 found this helpful

“There's a story behind it. A really good one, but dosen't really appear unless you play it a billion times. It's on android as well, which I did most of my experimenting before coming here to quickly beat it. Good soundrack and characters, I gotta say it's a solid 8/10. Sure it…”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Recommended · 135 found this helpful

“The first half of the game was fun, but by the second half I was seeing the same cards over and over, and it got old pretty quickly. For three dollars, though, it wasn't a bad way to spend a day.”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Recommended · 60 found this helpful

“Reigns is, I guess, what you would call a "narrative-driven resource management sim". You are presented with a deck of cards, most of which require a binary choice of you. Those choices lead to immediate consequences in terms of resources (giving you money, power, and respect…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

1,607all-time peak
0 250 500 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 No data collected for this period 361 avg · Aug 2016

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-20.

13achievements
5.4%median completion
1.3%rarest: All the deaths
65.5% of players 42.3% of players 19.4% of players 16.3% of players 11.6% of players 8.9% of players 5.4% of players 4.3% of players 4.0% of players 3.5% of players 3.1% of players 2.5% of players 1.3% of players 65.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
65.5%Shooting star — Govern less than 3 years
42.3%Elder — Govern more than 50 years
19.4%All the characters — Meet all the characters
Rarest badges of honor
1.3%All the deaths — Suffer all the deaths
2.5%All the cards — Read all the cards
3.1%The End n°3 — Hidden achievement

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.

$2.99current · sampled 2026-10-20 11:41 UTC
$0.98lowest since tracking began2026-08-10
US2.99 USD
EU2.99 EUR
UK2.49 GBP
Australia4.50 AUD
Canada3.89 CAD
Japan350 JPY
Brazil10.49 BRL
China15.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$2.1 Japan China Canada US Australia UK EU≈$3.4

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-20). Relative comparison only.

$0 $2.5 $5 07-11 07-30 08-19 09-08 09-28 10-20

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Aug 12, 2026
Reigns AMA @ r/gaming

🎶 Just dropped a big update, 🎶 🎶 And tomorrow on Reddit... 🎶 🎶 We're doing an AMA! 🎶 Starting at 9AM PT on August 13th, join us on r/gaming for a Reigns 10th Anniversary reddit AMA! If you've ever had

Aug 11, 2026
Reigns 10 Year Anniversary Update

- Explore over 190 new cards! - Meet new characters tied to your favourite Reigns games ! - Work through fiendish puzzles inspired by the other Reigns franchise titles! - Find the brand new ending! Ot

Feb 25, 2026
Reigns: The Witcher is Available Now! ⚔️

Reigns: The Witcher is out now on Steam! Hi everyone! We’re Nerial, the team behind the Reigns series, Card Shark and Crush House, and we can’t wait for you all to experience Reigns: The Witcher today

Aug 09, 2024
Nerial's new experimental Reality TV game is available now!

It's the pilot episode of 1999's hottest reality TV show, The Crush House! Cast, film, and produce the show for maximum drama while balancing what the audience wants to see and what the talent needs f

Mar 08, 2024
Blast off with a new Reigns game coming to Steam

Get ready to rock and roll through space, Reigns Beyond is coming to Steam this spring! Set a course to stardom in this sci-fi spin on the novel card-swiping game. You join an intergalactic indie rock

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

GenresAdventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation
Player tagsChoices Matter · Medieval · Card Game · Indie · Life Sim · Choose Your Own Adventure · Singleplayer · RPG · Adventure · Simulation · Strategy · Casual (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Italian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal
ControllerFull support
Achievements13
Official sitehttp://reignsgame.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or later