Kingdoms and Castles
Inspired by the SimCity series, Banished, and Stronghold, Kingdoms and Castles is a game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Your kingdom must survive a living…
Kingdoms and Castles is an indie developed by Lionshield Studios, released 20 July 2017 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The main story takes about 40 hrs to finish.
What Kingdoms and Castles is
Kingdoms and Castles is an indie game developed by Lionshield Studios and released in 2017. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building video game developed by Lion Shield and released on July 20, 2017, for Linux, macOS, and Windows. In the game, players build and expand a medieval town while defending it from dragons and vikings. The game received mixed to average reviews on release.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are historical and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 12 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Kingdoms and Castles holds a critic score of 67 out of 100. That places it above 27% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 4 points below the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 40 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 60 hrs, roughly 1.5 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.0GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+, 2.5GHz, 4 GB RAM and nVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 256mb or ATI Radeon HD 5670 256mb or Intel HD Graphics 4600. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Kingdoms and Castles launched on 20 July 2017, within three weeks of Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy and Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Kingdoms and Castles yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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