9 Kings
Release date: May 23, 2025
Developers: Sad Socket
Publishers: Hooded Horse, Sidekick Publishing
Genres: RPG, Strategy, Early Access
Categories: Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Camera Comfort, Custom Volume Controls, Adjustable Difficulty, Mouse Only Option, Save Anytime, Touch Only Option, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing
Supported languages: 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

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. 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. 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. 

Press reviews: “9 Kings is a roguelike city builder that's actually just an excuse to launch rocks at people.” Rock Paper Shotgun “Phenomenal, hopelessly enthralling roguelike!” Vice “Utterly captivating despite its simplicity, 9 Kings is a must-play for strategy fans.” DBLTap