9 Kings: Realm Overview & Technical Specifications
Developed by Sad Socket and published by strategy titan Hooded Horse, 9 Kings fuses the adrenaline of fast-paced deckbuilding with compact 3x3 kingdom management and automated auto-battles.
Official Battle Imagery & Environments
Game Modes in Version 1.0
1. Standard Campaign (King I - IX)
The core roguelike journey. Players select a monarch and attempt to survive 20 years of escalating war against rival kings. Ascend through 9 distinct difficulty tiers with harsher modifiers and elite boss waves.
2. Joker Mode (Custom Deckbuilding)
Unlocked in Version 1.0, Joker Mode removes all faction boundaries! Mix cards from all 9 kings from turn 1, set custom starting gold, decree frequencies, and lives to experiment with broken combinations.
3. Async Multiplayer Ladder
Pits your kingdom against 8 real player builds asynchronously. Test whose grid positioning, decree timing, and adjacency engines outlast the competition to climb the global leaderboard.
4. Quest Mode
Handcrafted scenario challenges across the world map. Each quest imposes unique deck constraints, restricted grid tiles, or altered win conditions to collect the nine royal crowns.
System Requirements & Steam Deck
Windows PC Minimum
- OS: Windows 10 (64-bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i5-750 / AMD Phenom II X4 965
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 (2 GB) / AMD Radeon HD 6670
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 500 MB available space
Windows PC Recommended
- OS: Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i5-3570 / AMD FX-8300
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 (2 GB) / AMD Radeon HD 7750
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 500 MB available space