Kingdom Eighties

## Game rating

 ***Kingdom Eighties*** is a *Kingdom* title developed by Fury Studios and published by Raw Fury, in which mysterious Greed are threatening a small middle-American town.

The main difference of this title is the story.
In other *Kingdom* games the player was expected to make a base, and build it up each and every time, going for the next levels in order to repeat the same cycle.
*Kingdom Eighties*, on the other hand, is more linear story wise:
the player is going from point A to point B, passing through locations with different challenges to overcome.
There's an overall objective with a final scenario.
Because of this difference, *Kingdom Eighties* is meant to be a parallel experience (and not a replacement) to *Kingdom Two Crowns*,
not defining the future of new *Kingdom* games after *Kingdom Eighties*.

It offers difficulty modes,, and a game length of six to eight hours per run, with less replayability than *Two Crowns*.
It's also less expensive than the previous title.

## Developers' description

When the mysterious Greed threatens a small middle-American town, a rag-tag band of brave kids are dragged into an epic struggle of seemingly insurmountable odds to save their families, their neighborhood, and their town.

Kingdom Eighties is a newly developed game within the popular Kingdom-series and will surprise experienced players, newcomers to the series, as well as anyone that remembers sitting around in their pajamas on a Saturday morning in front of the television.

## Context to the backstory

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>  | You’re a camp counselor when these mysterious creatures attack, you’re given a Crown of Creation to lead the kids to defeat the Greed and save your town and families. Along the adventure you recruit some npc friends who will join the adventure as you battle your way from camp to the town, and the finally standoff with the Greed. The motivation for the summer camp was for the story with the bonus it would feel familiar to Kingdom players, and a solid setting for new players to learn the mechanics. Once you escape the summer camp to your suburban neighborhood is where the settings really change taking you somewhere very new for each level.—Gordon  | „
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You’re a camp counselor when these mysterious creatures attack, you’re given a Crown of Creation to lead the kids to defeat the Greed and save your town and families. Along the adventure you recruit some npc friends who will join the adventure as you battle your way from camp to the town, and the finally standoff with the Greed. The motivation for the summer camp was for the story with the bonus it would feel familiar to Kingdom players, and a solid setting for new players to learn the mechanics. Once you escape the summer camp to your suburban neighborhood is where the settings really change taking you somewhere very new for each level.Gordon
## No multiplayer

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>  | K80s at it’s core is Kingdom gameplay experience, but deviates around after that core and does not play in a way that made sense for coop. Not trying to force coop in allowed us to keep the freedom of the original design that started before *Kingdom Two Crowns* was released, which stuck closer to the original games design. (...) Hopefully this makes more sense, we promise a worthy experience into the Kingdom franchise regardless if the game is single player or coop. 😊︎—Gordon  | „
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K80s at it’s core is Kingdom gameplay experience, but deviates around after that core and does not play in a way that made sense for coop. Not trying to force coop in allowed us to keep the freedom of the original design that started before *Kingdom Two Crowns* was released, which stuck closer to the original games design. (...) Hopefully this makes more sense, we promise a worthy experience into the Kingdom franchise regardless if the game is single player or coop. 😊︎Gordon
## Demo

A demo of the game has been showcased on some of the main 2022 game events worldwide like:

* Gamescom (Cologne, 24–28 August)
* PAX West (Seattle, 2-5 September)
* Tokyo Game Show (15-18 September).

In 2022, according to developers, outside of these events, there would be no public downloadable demo until release, or after launch.
However, a couple of weeks before release, they announced that a demo would be available for one week during the *Steam Next Fest* on June 2023.

## Gallery

### Key arts

Main posterThe Leader 👑The Champ 🏆The Tinkerer 🔧The Wiz 💾Rover 🐕A postcard from the camp

### Promotional videos

Kingdom Eighties - announcement trailerAnnouncement trailerKingdom Eighties - neon nostalgia trailerNeon nostalgia trailerKingdom Eighties - PC date announcement trailerPC date announcement trailerKingdom Eighties - Dev Q&ADevelopers Q&AKingdom Eighties - early gameplay revealEarly gameplay revealKingdom Eighties - gameplay teaserGameplay teaserKingdom Eighties - animated introAnimated intro

### Camp Stories

Camp Stories - The Crown of CreationCamp Stories: The CrownCamp Stories - The GreedCamp Stories: The GreedCamp Stories - The CharactersCamp Stories: The CharactersCamp Stories - defending the KingdomCamp Stories: defending the Kingdom

## History

Originally hinted with a December 2022 release window, *Kingdom Eighties* was launched for computers on *Steam* on 26 June 2023.

## References

1. ↑ Interview with Andreas Hald, composer for Kingdom Eighties, part one. *Steam*. 10 March 2023.
2. ↑ Andreas Hald official site (`andreashald.com`).
3. ↑ According to Raw Fury community manager Fiona, *Kingdom Eighties* was initially planed to be released to Windows only. *Steam*. 26 July 2022.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 👑︎ Kingdom Eighties launches June 26. *Steam*. 7 June 2023.
5. ↑ **“***For those with consoles, we can announce the game will launch later this year on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch!***”**—Fiona. *Steam*. 17 March 2023.
6. ↑ Kingdom Eighties - Riding to Consoles & Mobile🚴︎. *Steam*. 3 October 2023.
7. ↑ Kingdom Eighties Dev Q&A. Developer Gordon and the Raw Fury experience producer Elisabeth on *Youtube*. Timestamp: 13m 17s. 23 June 2022.
8. ↑ Gordon. *Reddit*. 7 June 2022.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Gordon answering a player on *Steam*. No multiplayer? 25 May 2022.
10. ↑ Same video. Timestamp: 22m 40s.
11. ↑ Same video. Timestamp: 22m 08s.
12. ↑ Kingdom Eighties Dev Q&A. Gordon and Elisabeth on *Youtube*. Timestamp: 4m 34s. 23 June 2022.
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 A summer of Greed awaits in Kingdom Eighties! *Steam*. 10 May 2022.
14. ↑ Kingdom Eighties. *Raw Fury*. 2 June 2022.
15. ↑ Kingdom Eighties Announced. Official site. 10 May 2022.
16. ↑ Gordon. *Reddit*. 28 August 2022.
17. ↑ Gamescom 2022 roundup. *Steam*. 30 August 2022.
18. ↑ Kingdom Eighties updates for September. *Steam*. 21 September 2022.
19. ↑ Kingdom Eighties Dev Q&A. Gordon and Elisabeth on *Youtube*. Timestamp: 21m 32s. 23 June 2022.
20. ↑ *Steam Next Fest*: June 2023 Edition. 19 – 26 June 2023.
21. ↑ It would be 6 December 2022, according to the store API release date, found on *SteamDB*.
Steam requires developers to set a date for coming soon pages.
So while this is more of an internal formality, rather than an official release date, it still has the value of an estimate date provided by the developers.