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The King's Dilemma: Chronicles

The King's Dilemma: Chronicles

Lead the King’s Council for generations as the consequences of your decisions decide the kingdom’s resources and political standing. Form alliances, solve dilemmas, and prepare for the final uprising that was foretold by an ancient prophecy

Released Jan 30, 2023 Developer Big Trouble Platforms Windows · Mac SimulationRPGPolitical SimInteractive FictionStrategy RPG
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-05-13)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

73.0%positive141 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“The King's Dilemma: Chronicles offers a distinctive blend of political strategy, interactive storytelling, and kingdom management built around one deceptively simple responsibility: making decisions for an entire realm. Developed and published by Big Trouble, it places the…”

— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2024-05 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

151all-time peak
0 10 20 2024 No data collected for this period 11 avg · Feb 2023

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

20achievements
33.4%median completion
3.2%rarest: Council Juggler
56.6% of players 55.2% of players 51.8% of players 45.9% of players 44.1% of players 43.2% of players 40.3% of players 40.2% of players 39.6% of players 35.4% of players 33.4% of players 28.5% of players 24.1% of players 23.8% of players 22.2% of players 20.5% of players 19.3% of players 12.6% of players 11.5% of players 3.2% of players 56.6% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
56.6%For Peace and Prosperity — Fill a column of the Chronicles table with positive Chronicles only
55.2%Weak Leadership — Have the King abdicate in 3 turns or less
51.8%Born to Shine — Start a reign with 3 or more Resources in positive balance
Rarest badges of honor
3.2%Council Juggler — Replace a Council member with an ally 3 times
11.5%What Friends are For — Complete the Narrative Goal of 1 of your allies
12.6%Black Dawn Enjoyer — Hidden achievement

Latest official news

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Nov 23, 2023
Nominate Us for the 2023 Steam Awards!

Did you enjoy being part of the Council of Ankist, solving dilemmas on behalf of the King and seeing how the fate of the kingdom unfold? Nominate The King's Dilemma: Chronicles for the "Outstanding St

Jun 23, 2023
We are now Steam Deck Verified!

- Full Gamepad support - Fixed text rendering bug that affected readability - Minor UI bugfixes

Mar 02, 2023
New major patch!

These are the fixes now available in the latest update New graphic for neutral relationships New hint system in the labyrinth Significant optimizations Improved graphic design for preparations Smoothe

Jan 31, 2023
Hotfix Patch Now Available

Hello and thank you for playing The King's Dilemma: Chronicles! These are the fixes now available in the latest update. Fixed bug with reigns with no rewards Dithering options now saves correctly Fixe

Jan 31, 2023
The King's Dilemma: Chronicles is now available!

The time has finally come! The Kingdom of Ankist is a place of daring expeditions, gruesome battles, and arcane mysteries. You play as the Head of the Council, the leader of the King’s inner circle. L

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Facts & details

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GenresRPG, Simulation
Player tagsSimulation · RPG · Political Sim · Interactive Fiction · Strategy RPG · Base-Building · Lore-Rich · Choices Matter · Dynamic Narration · Multiple Endings · Nonlinear · Story Rich (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain
Achievements20
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 SP1+ Processor: 2.0GHz CPU Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 512MB graphics card Storage: 4 GB available space