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The Monarch: First Light
Will you be the savior to purify this land? The Monarch is a lane-defense game where you control a monarch, expand your kingdom, and defend against evil by strategically managing gold resources, recruiting diverse units, and exploring a world filled with mythical threats.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.
“I don't have a lot of "casual" games. This is my most casual game. This game is fun. This game is beautiful. I love this game..”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“lot of fun it a little hard but it gets more fun the more you play”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“So this is just the first 5 nights of the game its a demo and its not marked as a demo steam has that function they chose not to use it which is a red flag. the game is a combo of kingdoms and vampire survivors there doesnt seem to be an original idea in the game the assests are…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2024-04 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 2026-09-27.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Hotfix 1.0.3
Bug fixes: Permanent upgrades are now safely saved—no more disappearing upgrades! Fixed an issue with the save system that reset the day counter to 1 when reloading. Time marches on properly now! We d
The Monarch 1.0.0 is Here!
Greetings Builders ! We are thrilled to announce that after more than two years of hard work, The Monarch 1.0.0 is officially here! This release is packed with epic content, including 3 legendary unit
Boss battles are here!
Hey Builders! 👑Thank you for playing The Monarch! 👑 Here's the patch notes for v0.9.14: Bug Fixes: Lots of bug fixes! Boss Battles: 2 new shiny boss fights! Keep the feedback coming, and happy buildin
Update Notes for Patch 1.0.3
What's up, Kings👑? Thank you for playing The Monarch: First Light Prologue The prologue has been updated recently! In version 1.0.3: Some bugs have been fixed. Performance optimizations have been made
Update notes for Patch 1.0.2
Hello everyone! 👑 Thank you for playing The Monarch - First Light! 👑 Here's the patch notes for v1.0.2: Fixed a bug where military units could sometimes go beyond the wall. Fixed a bug where enemy uni
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.
| Genres | Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Tower Defense · Survival · Base Building · Exploration · Roguelite · Side Scroller · Real Time Tactics · Colony Sim · Strategy RPG · Medieval · Roguelike · Character Customization (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Gamepad Recommended · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · Partial Controller Support |
| Languages | English * , Turkish * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Japanese * , Korean * , Polish * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Portuguese - Portugal * , Russian * , Simplified Chinese * , Spanish - Latin Americ… |
| Achievements | 10 |
| Official site | https://citadelgames.xyz |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Dual Core DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 1 GB available space