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Kingmakers demo

There is no demo to download. One is planned: the developers have said it will be the game’s first mission with its tutorial, and that it can be played in multiplayer. The game director has said in writing that he is not committing to a timeline for it.

Close quarters inside a stone tower: a modern soldier and a knight with an eagle shield brace against attackers at a doorway.
Close quarters in a tower room, with attackers crowding an arched doorway. Screenshot: Redemption Road / tinyBuild, from the Steam store page.

What the demo is planned to contain

Yes: The first missionThe mission the campaign opens with.
Yes: A tutorialPart of that first mission.
Yes: MultiplayerDescribed as fully multiplayer.
Open: A release dateNone, and the director would not commit to one.

“The current plan is for the demo to include the first mission in the game, which includes a tutorial. It is also fully multiplayer.”

Paul Fisch, game director. From the Pinned developer update, Steam discussions

“Fully multiplayer” matters because the whole campaign is built for drop-in co-op with up to four players. A multiplayer demo means friends could try that part together rather than alone. How co-op works is on Kingmakers co-op and multiplayer.

When

No date. In the same update the director described a test build as close to the demo, and was explicit that he was not promising when it would ship: “I’m not confirming the timeline on releasing the demo”. Since then, the developers’ next public step has been the Steam playtest sign-up rather than a demo download.

The demo some people already played

A playable build was shown in public once, at the BiliBili World convention in China, translated into Chinese for the event. Two posts describe it:

The announcement

“Kingmakers attended BiliBili World over the weekend with our first ever public playable demo!”

The Kingmakers team. From Steam announcement: KINGMAKERS at BiliBili World

The director’s update

“We translated the most recent playtest build to chinese and It is currently playable at BiliBili World in China(BiliBili is basically the Chinese Youtube).”

Paul Fisch, game director. From the Pinned developer update, Steam discussions

That build was for the convention floor, not a download. Asked why only people in China could play it, the game director tied it to the demo:

Paul Fisch Game director, replying on the Steam forum

“We are currently working on the public demo. The version available at Bili Bili World was a part of what will be the public demo.”

Thread: Paul Fisch on the BiliBili World build and the public demo, Steam discussions

What that build actually was, from the one hands-on report, is on the Kingmakers BiliBili World demo.

Demo or playtest: which one can you actually get?

 DemoSteam playtest
Can you get it today?NoYou can request access; entry is by invitation
What it containsThe first mission, including a tutorialNot described
MultiplayerYes, fully multiplayerNot described
DateNone givenInvites planned soon, no date
Where it will appearNot statedThe Steam store page

If you want to play as soon as possible, the playtest is the one with a button today; the steps are on the Kingmakers playtest page, and everything else you can do while you wait is on how to play Kingmakers now. For where the demo and the paid release sit against each other, see the Kingmakers release date.