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Kingmakers: can you play it yet?
Redemption Road · tinyBuild · Windows · Steam app 2109770
A third-person shooter and real-time strategy game in one: you carry modern guns into a medieval war and command the army around you. It has no release date. What you can do today is request a place in the Steam playtest, and every answer on this site quotes the developers word for word.
4 players
Each player leads an army of their own.
Planned content30 to 40 hrs
The launch target given in the Deep Dive.
Where you land1403
The year you arrive to join Owain Glyndŵr's rebellion.
EngineUnreal Engine 4
A custom build, not Unreal Engine 5.
Four questions, answered from the source
Each row carries the sentence it rests on and a link to where it was published. When one of these changes, the row changes; the right-hand column says what to watch for.
| Question | Status | What the developer or publisher said |
|---|---|---|
| Early Access | Coming, no date | Not out. Steam Early Access is the first release, and the publisher's latest word on timing is soon, with no day, month or year.“Kingmakers is launching into Steam Early Access soon, and players can sign up for the upcoming playtest on Steam now.”tinyBuild press release: tinyBuild Connect showcase |
| Steam playtest | Sign-ups open | The Request Access button on the Steam page works. Pressing it puts you on the list; the developer said the playtest itself had not opened.“It's not open yet, we are planning to open it soon.”Paul Fisch in the Steam playtest thread |
| Demo | Coming, no date | Planned around the first mission and its tutorial, playable in multiplayer. The developer would not commit to a release window.“The current plan is for the demo to include the first mission in the game, which includes a tutorial. It is also fully multiplayer.”Pinned developer update, Steam discussions |
| Price and pre-orders | Not set yet | No price on Steam or Epic and nothing to pre-order. The game director has said the studio will not take money before there is a game to play.“We aren't trying to take a bunch of money from people unless it is for a game they can immediately play, because we aren't going to put ourselves in a position where we have to cut corners to rush something out because we took a bunch of pre-order money.”Paul Fisch on pre-orders, Steam discussions |
Why there is still no date
Kingmakers had an Early Access date once. The studio called it off days before it arrived, saying the game needed more time on content and on performance, and then posted nothing on its Steam news feed for nine months. The Gameplay Deep Dive at the top of this page, released together with the playtest button, is the first full look since.
The full letter and what it promised is on why Kingmakers was delayed. Whether the silence meant the game was dead is answered on what happened to Kingmakers, the scam and AI questions on is Kingmakers real, and every official post in order is on the announcement timeline. The one time the public has played it is written up on the BiliBili World demo.
PC first. Consoles later, and not all of them
Store page up
After first Early Access
After first Early Access
Will be tried
Nothing said
Expected, not rated
Epic lists specs, Steam does not
Not marked on Steam
Stutter, frame rate, low-end PCs
Steam with Epic, PC with consoles
What the developers have shown of the game
The pages below separate what was said out loud in the Gameplay Deep Dive and the developer blogs from anything a reader might assume from a screenshot. The whole walkthrough, section by section, is on Kingmakers gameplay explained. Settlements, walls and sieges have their own page on Kingmakers base building, and which side you fight for is on Kingmakers factions.
Units and officers
Peasants first, then cavalry, archers, berserkers and men-at-arms. Officers who can be captured and ransomed.
Weapons and vehicles
Rifles to miniguns, a sledgehammer instead of a sword, and a motorcycle before the tanks.
Every official trailer
Every video from the publisher's channel, including two that carried release windows that passed.
What is Kingmakers?
You play a mercenary sent back to 1403 to help the Welsh rebel Owain Glyndŵr win a war he lost in the history books. On the ground it is a shooter: rifles, grenade launchers, a motorcycle. From above it is a strategy game: build a settlement, recruit soldiers, send them at castles. You can switch between the two at any moment, and 4 players can run the campaign together.
The studio behind it is small, and the game has a film in development at Netflix. More on the Kingmakers movie, and on where the developers post between announcements, on the Kingmakers Discord and community. The game director’s forum replies, grouped by question, are in the Kingmakers Q&A.
Described in tinyBuildGAMES video: Kingmakers - Gameplay Deep Dive
- Developer
- Redemption Road
- Publisher
- tinyBuild
- Platform
- PC (Windows)
- Release
- Coming soon
- Co-op
- Up to 4, online
- Steam languages
- 10
Store facts from the Kingmakers Steam store page
Quick answers
Is Kingmakers out?
No. The Steam page still says Coming soon, and the publisher's most recent line is that Early Access is launching soon, without a date.
Can I play Kingmakers right now?
Only if you get into the Steam playtest. Request access on the store page; Steam emails you if the developer lets you in. There is no demo to download yet.
Is Kingmakers cancelled?
No. The game went quiet after its Early Access date was pulled, then came back with a twelve-minute gameplay video from the developers and a playtest sign-up on Steam.
Is Kingmakers on PS5 or Xbox?
Not at first. The game director named Xbox and PS5 as targets, but not for the first Early Access release, and said Xbox's future was unclear.
How much will Kingmakers cost?
No price has been announced, and it cannot be pre-ordered. The developers have written about charging for the game, so nothing points to it being free to play.
Get in line for the playtest
The button is on the Steam page. Steam emails you if the developer lets you in, and the official FAQ points to the wishlist on the same page for updates.