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To Be A King - Volume 1

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To Be A King - Volume 1

Be a newly appointed royal minister fresh out of the army, evade or contribute to the court drama. Alliances are breaking but you can make the difference. Choose who to bed or wed. Compete or consolidate with your foes. Only you have what it takes to be a king.

Released Sep 30, 2022 Developer IT Roy Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux
View on Steam ↗ $12.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

86.7%positive248 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“What a Fantastic Game this is. The Story Line is Excellent and have choices along the way. I cannot wait for the Next Instalment for this Game Already. Superb writing and graphics for this Game”

— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“To Be A King is probably the most complex novella with the theme of the kingdom. The game tries to work with elements of politics and political alliances, which I assume will have more weight in the upcoming seasons. The fact that you create most of the alliances in any other…”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“This game has been abandoned for over 2 years but the dev keeps giving "im still working on it" updates with no further info. Im done waiting. since he is releasing the new chapters as DLCs they cant be reported as dead to steam but Im sure he is losing money from his Pat reon…”

— a player, Steam review · 109 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-08 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

206all-time peak
0 50 100 2023 2024 2025 2026 62 avg · Oct 2022

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

66achievements
27.1%median completion
3.6%rarest: Persistent Love
89.3% of players 86.1% of players 86.0% of players 74.3% of players 72.8% of players 67.3% of players 65.0% of players 63.2% of players 61.0% of players 61.0% of players 60.5% of players 60.4% of players 59.7% of players 58.6% of players 57.3% of players 55.1% of players 52.9% of players 52.9% of players 52.4% of players 52.2% of players 52.2% of players 51.4% of players 51.4% of players 51.1% of players 50.0% of players 48.8% of players 47.2% of players 45.6% of players 44.9% of players 41.2% of players 39.8% of players 35.9% of players 35.3% of players 27.1% of players 24.7% of players 24.1% of players 23.8% of players 22.9% of players 21.7% of players 21.6% of players 21.4% of players 20.9% of players 20.7% of players 20.2% of players 19.2% of players 19.1% of players 16.7% of players 15.5% of players 14.3% of players 13.6% of players 13.0% of players 12.5% of players 10.3% of players 10.1% of players 9.4% of players 7.9% of players 6.0% of players 5.9% of players 5.9% of players 5.9% of players 89.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
89.3%Can I Get Back To War? — Meet Aristhenes
86.1%First Love
86.0%Valentina Survivor — Completed Chapter 1
Rarest badges of honor
3.6%Persistent Love — Hidden achievement
4.0%Diana Villa — Hidden achievement
4.2%Riding Solo — Pursue no love interests in Volume 1

Latest official news

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

May 14, 2026
A Very Belated Development Update

Been way too long for you all to have an update. Short answer: this next chapter is going to be finishing up Part 2, and therefore is extremely large with a lot of content. I'll give you the answer yo

Feb 21, 2025
Yes, I Am Still Alive

Realized it has been quite a long time since I've posted here. I'm still alive, and the game work continues. Boy did this next chapter turn into quite the large project. With as large as it is looking

Sep 05, 2024
Animations - The Final Frontier

One big area I've heard many of you mention, correctly, is that animations are a significant missing part of To Be A King. I'm happy to report that the second part of Volume 2 will include animations

Jul 17, 2024
Progress Update on the Next DLC

Thought I'd drop a quick update here on development progress for the next Steam DLC release. It is going to be packed with new content, and it will probably be another case of this next DLC being as l

May 16, 2024
Development Progress for Volume 2 - Part 2

Greetings! To say I'm humbled by the response to Volume 2 - Part 1's release on Steam is an understatement. Thank you to everyone who purchased this next installment of To Be A King, and I love all th

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresAdventure, Casual, Indie
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements66
Official sitehttps://itroy.me
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista or Higher Processor: 2.0ghz Core 2 Duo Memory: 2 GB RAM Storage: 4 GB available space