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How to play Kingmakers right now

You can’t buy it, pre-order it or download a demo yet. The one route to actually playing is an invitation to the Steam playtest. Everything else you can do today is about being first in line when that changes.

Kingmakers - Gameplay Deep Dive Official video on the tinyBuildGAMES YouTube channel.

Four things you can do today

Step 1

Request the Steam playtest

The only way to play before release. Press Request Access on the store page and Steam emails you if you are invited.

Open the Steam page

Step 2

Wishlist or follow it

On the same page. The official FAQ points players to the Steam wishlist for updates on the game.

Wishlist on Steam

Step 3

Watch the Gameplay Deep Dive

Twelve minutes of the developers playing and explaining it. It is the video below.

What the video covers

Step 4

Join the official Discord

Linked from the studio's own Steam announcements. The developers have pointed players there for playtest news before.

Discord and community

The playtest steps, and what nobody has said about places or NDAs, are on the Kingmakers playtest page.

What you cannot do yet

No: Buy itNeither Steam nor Epic shows a price, and the studio has refused pre-orders. See Kingmakers price.
No: Download a demoOne is planned around the first mission, with no date. See the Kingmakers demo.
No: Play on consolePC comes first; the console picture is on the Kingmakers platform board.

Be careful with downloads

Because the game is not on sale anywhere, a site offering a Kingmakers download, a free copy or a key is not giving you the game. The two real store pages are Steam and the Epic Games Store, and the official site links to both.

Getting ready for when you do get in

The practical checks are the same whether you are invited to the playtest or wait for Early Access: whether your PC is close to the listed hardware (Kingmakers system requirements), whether you plan to play with friends (Kingmakers co-op), and whether you expect to use a controller, which the Steam page does not currently list (Kingmakers controller support).

This site is the Kingmakers wiki for that waiting period: everything above is tied to what the developers have published, and the full list is on sources.