RPGStrategyEarly Access
9 Kings
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Reach the ending 100% of players who started
Started playing 94% of owners
Steam reviews 92% positive of 23,619
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (16%); after 10h it's 1 in 14 (7%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 80% of games we track.
- 100% of players who start reach the ending.
- 94% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 23,833 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 15h for positive, 9.7h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (94.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- His Winningness Win one game. 100%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (54)
story milestone ending side
- His Winningness Win one game. 100%
- Toxic Relationship Declare war and peace with the same king in a run. 79%
- Like Sardines Get 99 units in a plot. 77%
- Esoteric Have one troop with 9 enchantments. 74%
- King of Recycling Throw 9 cards into the pit in a single run. 69%
- Flush... Kinda Have 5 cards of the same king in your hand. 69%
- Decked up Have 9 cards in your hand. 68%
- Beefed Up Have one plot deal 999999+ damage. 67%
- Sir Spends-a-Lot Buy 9 cards in a single run. 63%
- Piece of Cake Win the final battle in less than 5 seconds. 56%
- Cheapskate Save 999+ gold in a single run. 54%
- Alibaba Get 40 Thieves in a single plot. 53%
- Kings Without Borders Unlock every plot in a run. 47%
- King of the Hill Get your base to level 9. 44%
- Crownmaxxing Get a king to level 9. 35%
- Meh, Whatever Throw all your cards into the pit in year 33. 34%
- Meatgrinder Have a Mangler destroy a troop plot entirely. 34%
- Suburban King Place 9 copies of the exact same card on 9 different plots. 33%
- Just One More Re-roll 9 times in a single screen. 30%
- True Royalty Beat the game on King difficulty. 28%
- Adventurer Complete a quest on Quest Mode. 27%
- Die Hard Survive until year 99. 26%
- Crossboar Have a Ballista mount a Boar. 25%
- King of Nothing Left to Do Max level all plots in a run. 24%
- Agnostic Have one unit with 9 different Enchantments. 23%
- Tower Defense Win a run without using troops. 23%
- Edgelord Put your base in the front FRONT line. 22%
- Cold, Cold Heart Have a unit with 9 stacks of Frost. 20%
- Self-Sufficient Win a run on King difficulty with no perks. 18%
- Ratticus the First Get a Lab Rat to level 99. 18%
- One Dollar Short Get to a Merchant encounter with 29 gold. 18%
- Timerelapse Travel back in time 3 times in a run. 17%
- Suicide Squad Have 99 Bombers in a single plot. 15%
- For Scraps Earthwork a Broken Cabulator. 15%
- Mountception Have a Boar ride a Raptor. 14%
- So You Think You Can Speedrun Beat the game in under 9 minutes. 11%
- Bounty Hunter Complete 9 quests on Quest Mode. 11%
- Mass Migration Use Migration 9 times in a run. 11%
- Stardew Kingdom Have 4 farms around one troop. 9.6%
- Boared to Death Have a Boar with over 99999 HP. 8.3%
- Nobel Prize Be at peace with all enemy kings simutaneously. 8.2%
- Wonderwall Have 9 Wallmakers in your kingdom. 8.1%
- Babel Have one card of each king on your kingdom. 6.7%
- Global Warmer Destroy 9 Forests in a single run. *Protect your local forest in real life. 6.1%
- Double Double Double Dragon Have 9 Dragon's Dens in your kingdom. 5.7%
- The Enemy Of My Enemy Is My Enemy Be at war against all kings simultaneously. 5.2%
- Flash Mob Have 999 mob troops on a single plot. 4.9%
- Spoiled: Pay 999+ gold for one re-roll. 4.0%
- Time Bender Travel to a negative year. 4.0%
- Voyager Discover all 9 regions on Quest Mode. 3.6%
- King of Kings Beat king difficulty with all kings. 3.4%
- Your Grindness Get all the 9 kings to level 9. 3.4%
- Wall Street Have Vaults on all your unlocked plots except for your base. 2.5%
- The Spire Slays Have 9 Spires in your kingdom 2.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.