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Strategy / tactics

9 Kings

by Sad Socket·published by Hooded Horse, Sidekick Publishing

23 May 2025T18
PCWindowsMac

How long to beat

only 1 report

3h

Rushed

main story only

4h

Normally

story and some extras

15h

Completionist

everything in it

Where to get it

Trailer

Gallery

12

Screenshots

Key art

About

Build your city into the most powerful of all kingdoms through endless combinations of buildings, units, spells, and positioning. Take advantage of chaotic combos and powerful perks to break the game and become overpowered. Grow your kingdom in strategic ways, prepare for dozens of unique events, and show the world your kingdom can outlast all others in both single and async multiplayer.

From humble village to massive citadel, your capital recruits your units and grows their power. Expand your kingdom strategically over time and build it to survive decades of war and strife.

From sturdy knights and warlocks, to glass cannon wizards and bombers, to hordes of fiendish imps and sentient mushrooms, there are dozens of units to lead and fight. Stockpile gold to hire thousands of mercenaries to your cause, use dark magic to raise the dead, and harness nature itself to bring down your enemies!

Each of the kings has a different starting deck of buildings, troops, and spells, but you can loot the rival kings who attack your lands to access cards from their unique decks. Make peace with those whose units don’t fit your playstyle, and declare war against kings with the powers and units you covet, deploying the tools acquired from your enemy to unlock countless combinations of stacking buffs and modifiers to build an invincible army.

Async multiplayer mode pits you against eight rival kings to see whose kingdom survives the longest. Climb the ranks and prove yourself to truly be the king of kings, complete with cosmetic customization using rewards you’ve unlocked through daily challenges and medals earned along the way.

Quest Mode introduces unique mechanics-bending challenges as you travel the known world and face off against its kings to collect their crowns for yourself.

Endless Mode has you choose a king and face endless attacks from enemy kings and their most powerful warriors – how long can you survive the onslaught?

Combine your cards in endless ways – try out insane builds and watch massive armies fight for your crown, survive as long as you can against increasingly powerful enemies, or break the game and watch all challengers crumble before you.

Ways to play

Modes

Single playerMultiplayer

Perspective

Bird view / Isometric

Engine

Unity

Languages

23 languages, with audio, subtitles and interface
Languageaudiosubtitlesinterface
Chinese (Simplified)—
Chinese (Traditional)—
Czech—
Danish—
Dutch—
English—
Finnish—
French—
German—
Hungarian—
Italian—
Japanese—
Korean—
Norwegian—
Polish—
Portuguese (Brazil)—
Portuguese (Portugal)—
Russian—
Spanish (Mexico)—
Spanish (Spain)—
Swedish—
Turkish—
Ukrainian—

Also known as

9kings — Alternative spelling

나인 킹즈 — Korean title - translated

9 キングス — Japanese title - translated

九王 — Chinese title - simplified

9Kings.exe — Windows Executable

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Facts

Developer

Sad Socket

Publisher

Hooded Horse, Sidekick Publishing

Released

23 May 2025

Platforms

PCWindowsMac

Age ratings

ESRBT

Standing

Top 1% by 24hr peak players

Tags

Diagonal-downIsometricCards / tilesCity building / construction simulationPoint and selectFantasy