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Swipe through royal dilemmas as a medieval monarch, balancing four factions to survive and carry your dynasty through generations.
Released 11 Aug 2016
Swipe Royal Dilemmas
Balance Four Factions
Rule Across Generations
Sit on the throne as a benevolent (or malevolent) medieval monarch of the modern age and swipe your royal controller either left or right to impose your will upon the kingdom.
Developed by Nerial · Published by Devolver Digital









Rule as a succession of medieval monarchs, answering requests from advisors, subjects, allies, and enemies. Each dilemma appears on a card with two responses, chosen by swiping left or right.
Choices shift the standing of the Church, the People, the Army, and the Treasury. Keep all four in bounds: if any becomes too powerful or too depleted, your current monarch’s reign ends. Events and their consequences can unfold across a reign and beyond.
When one monarch dies, another takes the throne and the dynasty continues. Complete royal challenges to unlock cards and content, encounter new characters and event chains, and pursue different outcomes across repeated reigns.
Players who enjoy Reigns often praise how its simple left-or-right card choices turn kingdom management into a quick, engaging balancing act. Reviews also appreciate its dark, absurd humor and the discovery of new cards, characters, and events. These positives are often tempered by players who find familiar choices and unpredictable outcomes frustrating over repeated reigns.
Sit on the throne as a benevolent (or malevolent) medieval monarch of the modern age and swipe your royal controller either left or right to impose your will upon the kingdom. Survive the seemingly never-ending gauntlet of requests from your advisors, peasants, allies, and enemies while maintaining balance between the influential factions of your kingdom. But beware; each decision you make might have implications and unfortunate consequences down the road that could put your reign and family’s dynasty at risk!
An Unpredictable Kingdom: Each year of your reign brings another important – seemingly random – request from your unpredictable kingdom as you strive for balance between the church, the people, the army, and the treasury. Prudent decisions and careful planning make for a long reign but unforeseen motivations, surprise events, and poor luck can take down even the most entrenched monarch.
Dynasty Expansion: Extend your reign as long as possible, forge alliances, make enemies, and find new ways to die as your dynasty marches along through the ages. Some events will span on centuries, with an intrigue involving burning witches, scientific enlightenment, wicked politics and, maybe, the Devil himself.
Royal Challenges: Achieve specific goals set before you at the start of your reign to cement your legacy and unlock new cards and content within the kingdom.
Eclectic Presentation: An inspiring score from Disasterpeace compliment elegant gameplay and a bold art direction for a sublime experience as you rule over your people.
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
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| Steam Deck | Verified |
| Achievements | 13 |
| Age ratings |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 3 listed on Steam |
| Metacritic | 77/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |