The King is Watching

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Release Date: July 21, 2025

Strategy, Fantasy, Economic, RTS, Tower Defense, Roguelike, 2D, Indie Games, Singleplayer

A real-time strategy with tower defense and roguelite elements. In The King is Watching we become a monarch who rules the kingdom using their gaze. Our subordinates will work and fight for us only when they are being carefully watched.

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The King is Watching is an RTS with roguelite elements. The game was developed by Hypnohead studio. It was released by tinyBuild and its publishing portfolio includes the Hello Neighbor series and many other indie productions, led by Graveyard Keeper.

Gameplay

The King is Watching is a combination of an economic strategy, a tower defense title, and a time management game. Apart from constructing things inside the castle we only control the gaze of the monarch, which "activates" the operation in specific buildings: farms, mines, workshops or barracks. Since our vision only covers a limited part of the map, the key to success is proper planning and balancing priorities.

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Every resource - from wheat, through coal and stone, to silver - plays a key role in the development and defense of the kingdom. Food allows to sustain the population, building resources strengthen the walls, and money enables the recruitment of units and the use of magic. We have been given archers, catapults, magic towers and other means of defense at our disposal, the effectiveness of which depends on proper management of the game's economy.

We need to repel successive waves of enemies in the game, led by random generals with unique characteristics and tactics. Every battlefield presents new challenges - from haunted graveyards to hellish wastelands - which require a flexible approach to strategy.

Although each defeat ends the current reign, it allows for permanent improvements: new units, tactical abilities, or members of the royal council - including sages, generals, and strategists - who make future attempts easier.

Game modes

The King is Watching offers a campaign mode, in which we go through successive stages of the kingdom's history. There is also a survival mode, where the goal is to fend off endless waves of enemies. Additionally, a challenge mode is available, offering special scenarios with unique victory conditions.

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