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9 Kings

Card-based strategy roguelite about building kingdoms through escalating wars

Sad Socket · Published by Hooded Horse, Sidekick Publishing · Released May 23, 2025 · Early Access

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Reviews
Very Positive
92% of 22K
Recent reviews
Very Positive
89% of 332 in 30 days
Players
646
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Verified
Last update on Steam
4 weeks ago
Oct 8, 2026
Minimum PC
GT 630
4 GB RAM · 0.5 GB disk
Full requirements

What is 9 Kings?

A card-based strategy roguelite where you build a kingdom while rival kings attack it. During each run, you place buildings and troops, cast spells, combine cards from different kings, and position your forces before battles. Quest challenges, endless survival, and asynchronous multiplayer provide different structures.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy building escalating synergies from card combinations
  • +you want difficult runs with distinct playable factions
  • +you like solo challenges and asynchronous competition

Not for you if...

  • −you dislike random card draws affecting difficult runs
  • −you prefer hands-on combat over watching armies fight
  • −you expect every strategy to work at high difficulty

What players say

92% of 22,300 reviews are positive · 89% of 332 in the last 30 days

Players praise the easy-to-learn loop, distinct kings, and cross-faction card combinations that can produce extreme scaling. The most common complaints are heavy reliance on random draws, uneven Quest Mode balance, and a narrow set of viable strategies at higher difficulties; some players also report slowdowns or lockups when armies become very large.

Players over time

▼ -22% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 1,181 players on Oct 11, 2026.

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Nov 7, 2026646
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Nov 4, 2026603
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Nov 1, 2026809
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Oct 29, 2026586
Oct 28, 2026603
Oct 26, 2026743
Oct 25, 2026955
Oct 24, 2026876
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Oct 22, 2026758
Oct 21, 2026793
Oct 20, 2026898
Oct 18, 2026976
Oct 17, 2026948
Oct 16, 2026923
Oct 15, 20261,023
Oct 14, 20261,045
Oct 13, 20261,164
Oct 11, 20261,181
Oct 10, 20261,072
Oct 9, 20261,006
Oct 8, 2026994
Oct 7, 2026851
Oct 6, 2026821
Oct 4, 2026906
Oct 3, 2026786
Oct 2, 2026771
Oct 1, 2026661
Sep 30, 2026676
Sep 29, 2026746
Sep 27, 2026799
Sep 26, 2026775
Sep 25, 2026709
Sep 24, 2026765
Sep 23, 2026743
Sep 23, 2026828
Sep 22, 2026805
Sep 21, 20261,091

Screenshots and trailer

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9 Kings system requirements

Minimum: GT 630, 4 GB RAM, 0.5 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS
Windows® 10 (64-bit)
Processor
Intel® Core™ i5-750 (quad-core) / AMD® Phenom™ II X4 965 (quad-core)
Graphics
NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 630 (2 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ HD 6670 (2 GB)
Memory
4 GB RAM
Storage
500 MB available space
DirectX
Version 11

Recommended

OS
Windows® 10 (64-bit)
Processor
Intel® Core™ i5-3570 (quad-core) / AMD® FX-Series™ FX-8300 (quad-core)
Graphics
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 650 (2 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ HD 7750 (2 GB)
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
500 MB available space
DirectX
Version 12

Does 9 Kings have co-op or multiplayer?

Yes: PvP online. It also has a single-player mode.

Does 9 Kings run on Steam Deck?

Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.

  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Full controller support
Platforms
Windows, macOS
Achievements
54
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Text only: English, German, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, French, Italian, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Filipino, Malay, Slovak.

Does 9 Kings use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 6, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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