The King is Watching Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-07-15
- Very fun unique tower defense
- Beautiful pixel graphics art
- High replay value gameplay
- Excessive grind required gameplay
- Luck-heavy gameplay mechanics
- Frequent crashing issues encountered
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAMnegativeWindows 12-15GB VRAMnegative
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 10,127
- Positive
- 8,99788.8%
- Negative
- 1,13011.2%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 757,297
- Estimated revenue
- $11,351,882
- Game price
- $15
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1231.21%
- Estimated copies lost
- 9,198
- Estimated revenue lost
- $137,878
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1241.2% Avg playtime 0.8h | 790.8% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 1,0059.9% Avg playtime 37.7h | 8,91888.1% Avg playtime 50.4h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 28.2 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 10.9 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 2,722.7 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 358.9 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
10,126 total
Organic purchasers8,67885.7%
Voted up: 89%
Key activations1,44814.3%
Voted up: 90%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
10,126 total
First impression0-2h5095.03%
Voted up: 69%
Mid game2-10h2,77327.4%
Voted up: 90%
Late game10-20h2,40323.7%
Voted up: 89%
Endgame20h+4,44143.9%
Voted up: 91%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
91.1%
Global baseline 88.9%
158 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 10,127 total.