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Kingdoms and Castles
#1087 most played
Playing now
226
7d trend
+14%
251 vs 220
24h peak
350
low 190
7d peak
461
All-time peak
461
Jul 2017 · now 49% of peak
Avg 30d
238
Hours played
70,180
30d
Best rank
#938
now #1087
Top sellers
#949
Positive reviews
94%
31,290

Kingdoms and Castles

Live player count and Steam charts

94% positive · 31,290 reviews
24h low 19024h high 350

Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.

DeveloperLion Shield, LLC
PublisherLion Shield, LLC
ReleasedJul 20, 2017
Runs onWindows, macOS, Linux
Steam hardwareSteam Deck Verified · SteamOS Playable · Steam Machine Verified
Price$9.99

Player history

2019202020222024

Each point is the highest number of players online in that month (UTC). History before July 13, 2026 is imported; everything after is our own readings. Zoom in for finer detail.

Monthly player counts

* current month, data so far
MonthAvg playersGain% gainPeak
Jul 2026 *238-2-0.8%461
Jun 202624000.0%436
May 2026240-23-8.7%435
Apr 2026263+28+11.9%606
Mar 202623500.0%420
Feb 2026235-20-7.8%392
Jan 2026255-21-7.6%475
Dec 2025276+28+11.3%490
Nov 2025248-2-0.8%435
Oct 202525000.0%470
Sep 2025250-48-16.1%485
Aug 2025298-1-0.3%499

* current month, data so far

Recent updates

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When people play

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108
376avg players

Average concurrent players by day and hour over the last 16 days, shown in .

Daily activity peaks around 20:00 — a pattern consistent with a player base concentrated in Europe, the Middle East & Africa. Steam publishes no per-country player data, so this is inferred from play times.

Audience

English
69%
Chinese (Simplified)
10%
Portuguese (Brazil)
3%
German
3%
Polish
3%
Turkish
3%
Other
9%

Language mix of 100 Steam reviews spanning 27 days — a rough proxy for where the player base is.

Achievements

Achievements
12
Median earned by
29.8%
Rarest earned by
4%

Every achievement in the game, ordered from most to least earned (#1 is the one the most players have). Height is the share of all players who have it; the dashed line is the median. Global rates from Steam.

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