The King is Watching, the upcoming roguelite kingdom builder by developer Hypnohead, and publisher tinyBuild, establishes lordly dominance over castle inhabitants in an updated demo during February Steam Next Fest (Feb. 24 - Mar. 3), ahead of its launch on PC in 2025.
WHAT IS THE KING IS WATCHING? The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder with a twist — your lazy peasants only work when you're watching. Keep a watchful eye on them, or everything stops. Strategically place buildings and your gaze to balance resource gathering, production, and army training. Save your kingdom: overcome a series of ever-challenging invasion armies over a grand journey to your people's prosperity. Infinite replayability is granted by a great amount of approaches you can take to succeed. FEATURES Unique controls — Your gaze determines which buildings produce resources. Glance at the wheat fields, and your peasants will start harvesting. Avert your attention to other royal matters, and production will stop. Production chains — Build production chains and acquire the rarest materials to build the strongest buildings and warriors. Trade resources and gather ancient magical knowledge for better protection! A vast array of magic and defences — Build a mage guild and start producing spells to help you defend the castle walls. Train knights and archers and improve your defences. Did we mention that you can produce flour dragons?! Multiple castle layouts and biomes — Your castles' fortifications range from palisades to huge stone walls. Invest in your soldiers and outside watchtowers to stop the invasion! Dierent biomes oer dierent natural castle defences and paths to the city gates. Use it to your advantage!
WHAT IS THE KING IS WATCHING? The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder with a twist — your lazy peasants only work when you're watching. Keep a watchful eye on them, or everything stops. Strategically place buildings and your gaze to balance resource gathering, production, and army training. Save your kingdom: overcome a series of ever-challenging invasion armies over a grand journey to your people's prosperity. Infinite replayability is granted by a great amount of approaches you can take to succeed. FEATURES Unique controls — Your gaze determines which buildings produce resources. Glance at the wheat fields, and your peasants will start harvesting. Avert your attention to other royal matters, and production will stop. Production chains — Build production chains and acquire the rarest materials to build the strongest buildings and warriors. Trade resources and gather ancient magical knowledge for better protection! A vast array of magic and defences — Build a mage guild and start producing spells to help you defend the castle walls. Train knights and archers and improve your defences. Did we mention that you can produce flour dragons?! Multiple castle layouts and biomes — Your castles' fortifications range from palisades to huge stone walls. Invest in your soldiers and outside watchtowers to stop the invasion! Dierent biomes oer dierent natural castle defences and paths to the city gates. Use it to your advantage!
