Kingdom Two Crowns

this game is fun with my friend tiny he is sooo skilled and i love playing with him, he is saying we should play BF5 but we will finish this game first then go play other games because this game soo much fun.

PS:we are in love

Very fun, exciting, but also relaxing side-scroller. Great music and graphics. It can be easy, and make you a bit complacent, which can lead to you losing your crown after hours of game play. I like this game a lot. It is my go-to after a stressful day.

Game is fun. Seems simple but challenging and enjoyable.

Game is very entertaining and it'll definitely keep you company for a lot of hours specially if you're looking to play a bit more laxed. It is a strategy game that let's you optimize your thinking skills and progressive decision making.

One thing I hate about the game is you can't destroy buildings/towers/walls when you upgrade it. Since I was playing to accomplish some achievements, it was quite difficult to do it when you already built a lot of special buildings made by the hermits. Hence comes the strategy part so think before you build.

That is part of the challenge, I suppose.

10/10 I would recommend it.
Go buy the expansions! Monarch abilities are game changing!

One of my top resource management games, the combination of simple controls, beautiful pixellated art style, and amazing ambient music, make for an extremely relaxing game, even in spite of the constant threats of the greed

highly recommend this game! simple in concept but lots of decisions to make

I'd like to start by saying I've played through every DLC but the Call of Olympus. I felt compelled to leave a review of this half-assed game when i was playing the Norselands expansion (beautiful colours, disappointing gameplay)

This game was really fun to start, but doesn't really have much actual progression. Getting past your first island is fun, but once you understand that nothing really matters to the game, you can just die and respawn to get to where you were, it's kind of pointless.

The tutorials are pointless, as there are many buildings that won't be explained in any fashion other than trial/error and the game doesn't give the option to replace buildings.

I don't see much point in buying this game, as there's not enough progression between islands and once you unlock the bomb to actually beat islands, it's pointless to go back.

Best game if you want to relax, its not easy for new players but its good once you play it more, i personally fully played both of their game and its worth every cent

been playing kingdom since the first game and the progress made is incredible. luv this game a lot, although time flies when i play. 10/10

simple game loop, satisfying gameplay, great game.

At start it's speed running not a tower defense. Unless you speed run to the fourth island, you'll be dead day 30 or whatever it is that the boss/bloater thing shows up. I got told it was a zen tower defence thing, it is not. You have to speed run, 2 builders - chop wood, then only build archers, don't waste coin on city, you have to fix boat to move on - quick quick quick. Not city builder, not tower defence. Then after island 4 speed run back to island 1 to tower defend on day 30. Then all challenge is pretty much done. Then it becomes zen city builder/tower defence. Bizarre.
Strategy? Is speed running? Was it meant to be a rogue? I don't understand. Shame it has potential but left me confused and annoyed. What are you game? What are you?

The game is ADDICTING to say the least. It's slow to get going but once you start, the gameplay loop just sucks you right in, specially if you're in CO-OP. The new DLC update is THE SHIT! You finally have more abilities and can actually initiate your own attacks that feel somewhat controllable, so that made the game infinitely more interesting for two of us. On top of that, it feels a bit more balanced, where each side has things to do! Great DLC!

The first 2 levels play exactly the same and teach you some mechanics. The third level looks exactly the same so you play the same... fatal mistake, the game punishes you for doing in the third level what you learned before. You painfully and slowly lose, watching your men doing nothing before game over and having to restart from level 1.
A game that does not explain its mechanics is fine if said mechanics does not abruptly change midgame...

Good gameplay but very poor execution. The game doesn’t tell you anything and leaves it to you to guess what something does, often wasting precious resources in the process since you only get a finite number of gems and have to spend them to see the effect. Sometimes it’s not immediately obvious, sometimes it never is leaving you wondering what you just spent your gems on.

It also doesn’t tell you WHY some things happen. At 20 hours in I ventured into the forest to find gold(the main resource used to contract and upgrade your base) chests and out of nowhere got jumped by the enemy. Apparently, the further your base is from their spawn, the earlier they will come. This is despite the game leading you to believe they spawn at night.

Only way I figured that out was googling it, which leads me to my last gripe: you can’t even find most critical info about the mechanics in-game or online which leads to a lot of frustration, at least for me.

If they did a better job at explaining things, or hell even bothered to at all I’d recommend it. But as it is, no I can’t.

Sorry, this is a badly designed game, and I will die on this hill(land).
It looks nice, the idea is cool (but actually much more shallow than it seems), the environment and initial mystery are appealing and make you keep going.

But it is so damn tedious and slow. For no reason. If that's what you wanted then congratulations, you've made me stop playing.
I don't want to endlessly go back and forth, left and right, to wait for animals to spawn for my archers to shoot so I can get a few more coins to rebuild an entire ship so I can just revisit a previous island because I need one thing from there. Yes, you can try to get coins a few different ways, but they are all unnecessarily slow and pointless. It's the opposite of fun and doesn't respect my time.
The greed is again a nice idea, executed in a very shallow way.
I thought the game was going to be so complex with so many mysteries to unravel and explore.. nope, it's just going back and forth on the same island copied 5 times, going through the same boring steps to build your village, and recruiting the final units to win.

There is actually so much potential in the idea, imagine if you could quickly transport around, imagine if you had different and interesting enemies and items, imagine if you had an actual story or conditions that change your playthrough, imagine a complex economy and lots of buildings with choices of what to make.
Nope, just go left or right on the quickly tiring mount and collect coins and do the same thing over and over and over. I'm over it.

I would recommend this game for <10 EUR.
Game mechanics are interesting. Game itself is for casual players.

Game mechanics are simple and interesting. When building you get controllable benefits, yet lose natural bonuses. So it is challenging to find the balance. Hiring warriors, yet don't forget to have enough builders/farmers. Just combating will not get you anywhere.

SImple, yet fun, my only problem is the multiplayer
The offline multiplayer works fine, but the online's multiplayer is, unreliable.
I've had to reconnect around 20 times in the span of 3 hours while trying to play this online with my friend. I'm located in Indonesia.

Please fix that, thanks, all in all good game, but please fix that.

At first sight the game somehow didn't manage to capture me. It seemed a bit too simple.
With only having a very one dimensional playing area and player influence I was driven away from it a little bit.

After a bit this changed and I somehow got what the game tries to be.

I really enjoyed the time I spent with Kingdom and it's one of the games where you can come back regulary to chill a bit.
It's not hectic, it's not a lot about skill, it's mostly about knowledge - the quality of true kings and queens 😁

Highly recommended, at first glance it's a incredible simple game but after a while get a little bit more complex but with stunning pixel graphics and wonderful game mechanics.
Overall it's a relaxing and interesting game.

its just a little boring, once you figure out the flow of things there is no differentiation or alternative path to go, if there was an investment in different small armies to build up or different building choices instead of the single natural path of expansion and progression, it might be a little more fun.

I really like this game alot, Its quite relaxing and chill but there are some situation can be stressful! But The Artstyle and Music on this game are so beautiful :D

As much as I want to like this game, many factors just push me away from it. The game play is too simple, you don't have good control over anything and can often get frustrated with how stupid your workers act. It also never really evolves, you never have anything that radically changes game play, from start to end you will still be walking back and forth holding down. The only time that anything changes is the last two lands having boss waves after a portal is destroyed, which can either be intensly cruel even with dozens of troops and fully upgraded walls, or piss easy if you have a dragon mount. Though a good difficulty would actually hardly matter since the only tactic you can practice for most of the game is hoarding more troops. At the end of the day this game is mostly a time waster with no mechanic speaking to this fact more than decay. The longer you are away from a town the more it decays, which always makes me question truly why, especially on completed maps. And whenever you lose your crown all kingdoms immedietly gain 100 days of decay, this would be an understandable setback for losing the crown, if losing the crown actually meant much else. Kingdoms decay and thats it, just more time to waste around while all the enemy waves reset to day 1. It's peddling without going very far. Overall this is a game to kill time, but in my personal opinion there are better time wasters that cause less frustration.

They took my doggy. I cry.

I build, explore, defend and conquer.

Now all I hear is coin noises.

10/10 would die for my dog.

the more interesting mechanics are not clearly exposed to the player leaving no choice but to consult the wiki but even then the game is just repetitive and overall boring.

Love this game, strategy, challenge and beautiful visuals converge to make a really fun play. DLC worlds definetly worth it as well but i enjoy the base game.

The builders in this game are morons. Super micromanagey collecting coins. I don't like it .. good art work, bad execution

Kindom is a fun little franchise. a summary of it is you drop coins and poors to make them do stuff, build buildings and protect you from demons. it's kinda fun for a few hours.

However the franchise is kind of stagnant as hell. like from OG kingdom to current stuff it's not really evolved in a meaningful way other than visuals. like the franchise has always felt kind of like its missing a key feature I can't quit describe.

That said I do recommend picking it up and trying it. like I said it is fun... it's just missing something I can't quite describe.

game is good, you should only play single player because online co-op is very glitchy and you can lose progress a lot.

For every good idea they had there are 3 bad ideas and a bug. REALLY wanted to like this game but there's only so many bugs and poor design choices I can tolerate. ZERO QoT features.

VERY ADDICTING, although only with 2 people, honestly wouldn't recommend if you were planning on doing it solo. Its fairly simple so anyone you know who is not super competent in games can play like how my sister is.

I love this game and can play it for hours...

One thing that really irks me is the PlayFab integration...if you don't care about playing cross platform, this is something you don't need to worry about.

I would like nothing more than to recommend this game. The idea is great, the gameplay is addictive, and the graphics are really striking.

But for a game that old, it's absolutely, completely, riddled with bugs. I'm not only talking about the new DLC (though it is bugged, especially the last act that's mostly unplayable, especially in coop : we had to reset the game 13 times in the last hour to get to the end boss, which was also bugged !).

Even the base game sometimes has bugs so huge that they can destroy a playthrough : in my last (and not only attempt) at getting through Norse Lands, the game refused to give back all of our gems that we had carefully stored for the future. The hermits keep disappearing forever (this bug was reported by someone in 2017, and it's still in the game...)

So despite really liking the concept, I can't tell you to go play it, especially in coop, unless you really want to suffer horrible bugs and start over again and again, not by any fault of your own.

This game has a nice gameplay, however it's also extremely frustrating, to the point where I find it absurd to spend time on it honestly. Unless the following features are added to it, it's unplayable, and I do not recommend it:
1. Map: You have no idea where enemies are, where your builders and archers are, or where you should go to. Everything is a random guess. Because of this idiotic "map-less" design of the game, I couldn't find a proper settlement and instead head right into the enemies. I ended up with 0 coins and couldn't do anything, it was game over! It's like punishing the player because of the randomness of the game itself.
2. Canceling a builder assignment: Once you give a command, it's done. It's final. No take backs.
3. Fighting chance to the hero: Consider the case I found myself in, in No. 1. What the hell should I do? Either give the hero a fighting chance, or a "pain stakingly" slow coin generating ability as a default action.
4. Save/Load or Checkpoints: There's no save, load, or checkpoints. All actions and events are final. Like wtf? Save and load should be basic functions in a "strategy"-ish game. You're taking away the essence of "experimenting and finding out" out of the whole genre.
5. Population & Resource management: I ended up with 16 builders, whereas I had no idea I had this many. There's no resource management feature, none. You have to guess how many people you have, how much coin you "might" generate, and what each of the buildings or people do.

For your kingdom, there's absolutely no overview , control, prediction, or high-level management involved. It's just doing a frustrating ping-pong across an endless map-less environment, collecting stuff, until you quite randomly come across an unpredictable event that'll without any warning transport you to the next level.

Again, it does have chill vibes, and if the above issues are OK with you, then by all means enjoy it! But it's a definite no go from me.

Kingdom Two Crowns is a captivating game that offers an immersive experience suitable for both seasoned gamers and those new to gaming. Its enthralling pixel art and enchanting music combine to create a tranquil yet mesmerising ambience. The gameplay is enjoyable and straightforward, and the addition of a co-op mode adds a new layer of excitement. The game features a range of modes and themes to keep things interesting, and the inclusion of unique mounts and character powers enhances the overall gameplay experience. With its user-friendly control scheme and customisable difficulty settings, Kingdom Two Crowns is accessible to all players. The developers have demonstrated their commitment by consistently delivering updates that refine and expand the game. Priced affordably, Kingdom Two Crowns offers countless hours of entertainment with minimal technical issues. However, some players may find the gameplay repetitive over time, and newcomers may initially feel overwhelmed. Despite these minor drawbacks, Kingdom Two Crowns is an exceptional title that is well worth the investment for anyone with even a passing interest in gaming.

How can the Devs release updates that break the game?

The game is buggy, more so than before. Here are a list of bugs I've encountered while playing the Norse Land edition:

1. Random disconnection with the another person hosting under the same network. Just give us the option to play over LAN, is that asking for too much?

2. Armies that are inside the boat, hopping out just after setting sail. So when you pick your next island, they will not follow you.

3. Greeds such as breeders not catching fire when they are exposed to it.

4. Shield stations not populating, when they do, more than 1 of them will stacked on top of another.

5. Ghost army weapon is practically useless now. The knight just stands there and doesn't attack unless they get bumped. The archers will not follow me to a portal, they just sit there until something is in range. Wouldn't even attack the portals unless a greed is coming through it.

6. When trying to set a blaze incoming greed from the beach portal, the fire will not appear.

7. Playing it on the steam deck isn't very stable either. Stuttering issues occur randomly, ruining the pixel animation and gaming experience.

Can't recommend this to anyone at its current state. It will just draw out frustration and anger.

I tried so hard to like this game but the interactions are just too slow and buggy. Workers take forever to recognise new trees or areas they can work on, which adds to the already painfully slow interaction speed.

If they add a game speed increase options then this game could be really good, but right now it feels like it's trying to force me into being chill while painfully drawing out every interaction possible.

Amazing Game, 10/10 music and pixel art makes it feel more alive then most AAA games made today, but hella buggy at times, if you attack and defeat portals too fast the game while lock you in an endless night until you either reload and hope it works or reset your run. Surprised they haven't patch this because it's been here since release and they still haven't fixed overlapping nights and attacks. Aside from that 10/10 game, 11/10 if they ever fix the bugs.

Very great game if you like side scrolling strategy. And it's kinda addictive too XD

This game is a captivating and addictive example of how minimalism and simplicity can be interwoven with complex elements placed in just the right spot. Kingdom Two Crowns is a game of empire and resource management, conquest and bespoke gameplay. You establish bases on progressively more difficult islands, growing in size and power to unlock more and more tools and resources. There are numerous mounts, artifacts and units spread out over the various expansions to find just the right style for you. Using only 5 buttons, you will expand your empire and combat the increasingly difficult greed.

CONS:
There are a few downsides to these games, that if you are aware of at the beginning can be bypassed easily. The biggest one is just the AI of the units. It is very difficult to orchestrate certain behaviours using the system, such as prioritizing lot clearing/when to run/where to stand. Tree lots can only be cleared from the outermost trees, and workers often prioritize trees that make it difficult to quickly queue more clearing. Soldier squads don't always cluster at the outermost point of the walls, making their ranged weapons useless in night defense. Projects once assigned, can't be cancelled either, so if you accidentally queue up work outside your base at the wrong time - workers will likely try to travel out during the waves, or will NOT travel automatically when the path has been cleared. I find it difficult to reconcile some of the wave triggers as well, as they don't always make sense timing wise. Second, is the base building and where they appear. As you expand and upgrade, you unlock new buildings whose placement is not always sensible. Between forests, environmental assets, placement of puzzles and "side elements" such as mounts, there is just a lot of inconsistency with where you might find certain buildings you really want. Third is just the sheer number of mounts with various but limited utility; and artifacts as well in some of the later expansions. Perhaps my playstyle is just not conducive with them, but there seems to be just a large amount of superfluous abilities with balancing issues. The bear, for example, has offensive capabilities but limited stamina. It doesn't seem worthwhile when it's primary use is "hunting." The warhorse can trigger limited invulnerability, but again the retreat pacing and offensive units AI, doesn't really align in a meaningful way. There are multiple NPCs you can rescue for specific upgrades, but they aren't always useful. The baker and the knight captain have the greatest impact, being able to lure peasants to the base, and recruit additional knights. The base defense builder is limitedly useful - you can't really access their talents early enough to be highly impactful, but you can see some utility with them. The "horn" maker makes little sense, as waves are split to both sides of your kingdom, and summoning all units to one side can just take way too long. There should really be a mechanic for once a "lane" is fully cleared of portals, all units from that side go to the other and stay there. The "rancher" is also annoying because once you find a mount that suits your style, you're not likely to change them frequently, so having all your acquired mounts in one place is a waste of gold. The last issue - which is just a personal grievance - is the limited offensive capability of the player. There are a handful of mounts, and some artifacts in later expansions, that allow some combat potential, but you still feel largely impotent when faced with waves. This is likely the intent, but I would love to be more of a frontline leader.

PROS:
There are just too many pros to count. I absolutely adore just how charming the game feels. I love the expansiveness of the maps. I revel in the feeling of superiority you get when you've mastered base set-up and strategy. I have these moments when I just crave this game, and get lost in it for hours. Each run feels unique, even while being very similar. Each victory feels sublime, and being able to bring units from island to island makes traversal worthwhile. I get chills every time I send a squad of knights/samurai/etc. to take out a portal. For such a seemingly basic game with minimal controls, the experience and difficulty curve make for a truly incredible game. Challenge islands offer a new level of test when you need a break from the base game.

EXPANSIONS:
There are a ton of added DLC bits. There are 4 other grand campaigns - Japanese, Norse, Fantasy, and Greek - each with new aesthetics and new gameplay mechanics. Some have artifacts that add a new level of fun, but they meld seamlessly into the base mechanics. You won't feel lost while you come to terms with the new elements. I would say the Norse one is the most fun, from driving a chariot pulled by Lynx while wielding Mjolnir and calling down lightning on your foes, to solving different puzzles and turning your workers into twin-axe berserkers to RUIN waves of Greed. I would also say the Greek one is probably the most accessible expansion, while being the most removed from the base game. I REALLY loved the ability to lead your own warband with naval support, and the removal of the whole "big bomb" element to fully close portals. The Dead Lands was probably my least favorite, but I highly appreciate what they did with it and how it works with the new characters and abilities. It also has a wierdly Bloodborne aesthetic, which I admit makes me really happy. The Japanese one is probably the closest in form to the base - with the addition of ninjas to help fish during the day, and camp outside the gates at night to defend. I would love to see more of what this team can do. I would love to see a slightly more "modern" version, maybe with guns/cannons/etc. I would love to continue the mechanics introduced by Olympus, from the warband leading, the naval support, the multiple ships that allow more and more units to be brought with you from island to island, and the fun puzzling.

Ultimately this game is such a diamond in a sea of reskins and knockoffs. I cannot speak highly enough about this game, and would highly recommend it to anyone looking for a cozy but addictive game with decent challenge. I would also LOVE to give Coop a try!

One of my favourite games ever. I have many hours across multiple platforms. I've bought this on iOS and Platstation along with Steam. Over 200 hours collectively. It's a simple chill game that has challenge if you wand too. The music, the style, the art, everything is great.

I write this review after completing the Call of Olympus DLC, as well as every other campaign in K2C.
This game is PEAK. The new DLC is amazing and its so good to see this game getting deserved love and content.
The Kindgdom saga remains one of the best game to play solo or with friends/loved ones.
Except for Kingdom 80's, we don't talk about that one.

Its super fun if you have someone to play with or just alone and for the price i would recommend it and even if you don't have the DLCs its still fun because there are three different worlds to explore so if your thinking about it i would say go for it you wont regret it.

Very good DLC, nice decor, pleasant gameplay. But disappointed with the fleet... very little action.
The temple mechanics, mythology and new weapons are very well chosen.
I recommend this DLC.

There is major gameplay issues with situations you have to cross the whole map back and forth because there is no other way to progress. Gold gains can block progression on one way entirely. This is the worst but few other things are completely game breaking. For instance my red guy that builds watermills just dissapeared after summon, he probably went too far on one side to the ennemy spawn gate and got killed like an idiot, and once he's gone from the map there's no way to spawn another...
There's good things to say but overall it's too frustrating to play

Fantastic casual game. Playing it with a friend is even better.

Beautiful visuals and OST and the game play is chill as fk, building walls and pushing lines while im high as hell,don't really need to think too much tho the enemy becomes a real threat after a while especially on normal and hard but in good way.
Heavy is the crown when the gold satchel is empty

Every game in this franchise seems to be an improvement upon the previous formula. An incredible concept that has been made gold with consistent QoL, balance, and AI tweaks.

Simple but profound. The pixel art gorgeous and each little thing just brings the whole set come together. I may not play this game often, but when I do I play for hours at a time.

One of the most fun games ever I wish there were more games like this that maybe expanded the content and ideas this game has done, not sure why this is the only game of this style ever?

Simple fun, can spend anywhere from a half hour to 6 hours on this game, it's challenging and just fun.