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For the King (2018)

IronOak Games

Linux · Mac · Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One

3.13 from 266 ratings

1905 members have it in their collection · 37 playing now · 893 backlogged · 56 wish listed

How long? Main story 19h · with extras 61h (from 6 logged playthroughs)

For The King is a turn based roguelike, RPG that can be played solo or cooperatively online and features strategic adventuring, turn based combat, and persistent choices. Players must survive cunning enemies and creatures, wicked weather and brutal traps in their quest to solve the mysterious death of the king and bring order to the land.
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Details

Developers
IronOak Games
Publishers
Curve Digital
Genres
Adventure, Card & Board Game, Indie, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Themes
Action, Fantasy
Series
For the King
Event
Xbox E3 2016 Media Briefing
Steam
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Release dates

  • Apr 19, 2018 (Worldwide) Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • May 07, 2019 (Worldwide) PlayStation 4
  • May 09, 2019 (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch
  • May 10, 2019 (Worldwide) Xbox One

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Rating distribution

5 stars
15
4 stars
90
3 stars
98
2 stars
40
1 star
23
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Community All Reviews Statuses

GigaDeathNullGolem

Status GigaDeathNullGolem Jan 16, 2024

this is a nice online co-op experience. i dont know where it will go, but its been LONG game session and it's enjoyable to play a strategy and coordinate moves. Feels almost like Heroes light/4x light

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Lioncoeur

Status Lioncoeur Aug 26, 2023

Free weekend on Steam led the crew to try this. Three player online co-op was fun but in light of the amount of time we have sunk into Baldur’s Gate 3 recently, this is woefully inadequate on many fronts. My biggest complaint was the lack of onboarding that left you to figure out everything from controls to how the game …

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Free weekend on Steam led the crew to try this. Three player online co-op was fun but in light of the amount of time we have sunk into Baldur’s Gate 3 recently, this is woefully inadequate on many fronts. My biggest complaint was the lack of onboarding that left you to figure out everything from controls to how the game is played by trial and error.

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Lioncoeur

Status Lioncoeur Aug 26, 2023

Free weekend on Steam led the crew to try this. Three player online co-op was fun but in light of the amount of time we have sunk into Baldur’s Gate 3 recently, this is woefully inadequate on many fronts. My biggest complaint was the lack of onboarding that left you to figure out everything from controls to how the game …

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Free weekend on Steam led the crew to try this. Three player online co-op was fun but in light of the amount of time we have sunk into Baldur’s Gate 3 recently, this is woefully inadequate on many fronts. My biggest complaint was the lack of onboarding that left you to figure out everything from controls to how the game is played by trial and error.

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ludaman21

Status ludaman21 Mar 26, 2022

I enjoyed a playthrough or two, but the game gets repetitive and there is not a lot of depth. I also felt like it is imbalanced, in that I could be doing great one minute and then get totally destroyed the next.

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