Kingdom Gun

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Kingdom Gun is a single player and multiplayer survival hack and slash game with fantasy, medieval and historical themes. It was developed by Incredible Two Studios, LLC and was released on July 28, 2022. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Play solo or team up with 2 - 4 players and battle through hordes of enemies in this action roguelite! 6 Playable characters, discover secrets, unique abilities, and tons of unique items!

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65%Audience ScoreBased on 65 reviews

gameplay8 positive mentions

Enjoyable and addictive gameplay combining roguelike elements with a large variety of unique and creative guns, offering smooth and chaotic run-and-gun action.
Beautiful pixel art and visual design with great animations and a stylish, vibrant world full of personality and charm.
Challenging difficulty that rewards skill and progression, with passionate and responsive developers actively improving the game via updates and community engagement.

Frequent bugs, crashes, and technical issues, including poorly implemented multiplayer and UI problems, which negatively impact the overall experience.
Enemy spawn mechanics and difficulty balancing are problematic, with enemies spawning too close and too often, causing frustration and reduced fun especially early in runs.
Lack of explanations or tutorials for progression systems, character unlocks, and item conditions, combined with content feeling incomplete and some humor feeling juvenile.

gameplay
19 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay is praised for its addictive, fluid roguelike formula combining elements from Risk of Rain and Enter the Gungeon, with challenging yet rewarding runs and engaging core mechanics. However, some players find aspects like ammo management in bullet hell segments frustrating, and technical issues such as bugs and multiplayer problems currently detract from the experience. Overall, fans of challenging roguelikes will enjoy the gameplay, especially as further balancing and fixes are implemented.
- “The core gameplay is fantastic: Kingdom Gun's basic formula draws on Risk of Rain, tasking you with finding a teleporter as you race against time and gather loot across each stage.”
- “The game is not easy for the first few runs, as any rogue-lite should be, but you get this feeling that you're improving yourself with each new run even if that last one was only stage 1. The pixel-art looks great, and the abilities are flashy with lengthier cooldowns that mean your playthrough won't devolve to just spamming abilities but focus on the core gameplay loop: shooting everything.”
- “Basic gameplay is this: it's a roguelike where you go level to level, fighting enemies, purchasing upgrades, fighting a mini boss and a regular boss.”
- “I would hold off for now but keep an eye on updates because the game is fun, it has a good soundtrack, great art and lots of fun guns to use but there's some lack of oversight in the gameplay and a lot of bugs which can ruin the experience (crashes, multiplayer is barely functional etc.).”
- “Seems like they've focused too hard on adding "haha meme item look like Nigel Thornberry" rather than focusing on actual solid gameplay and progression.”
- “I'd consider returning once proper fixes have been implemented, but for now, I'm quite disappointed as I only purchased this for the co-op mechanics to run through with a friend that backed it on Kickstarter.”
graphics
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game features a bright, charming visual art style that is both beautiful and full of personality, blending nostalgic elements with modern effects. While the artwork and overall presentation are praised for their appeal and uniqueness, some humor related to the graphics feels juvenile to certain players. Overall, the graphics contribute significantly to the game's addictive and engaging atmosphere.
- “It has a gorgeous, bright, visual art style and doesn't take itself too seriously.”
- “The artwork is beautiful.”
- “By adding complex layers and effects the art style is nostalgic yet not bland, the controls are crisp, and the music is on point!”
music
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music in the game is widely praised for being amazing and enhancing the overall experience, with users highlighting it as a key element that makes the game feel lively and engaging.
- “Music in this game is absolutely amazing.”
- “Game sounds alive and the soundtrack on this game is amazing!”
- “By adding complex layers and effects the art style is nostalgic yet not bland, the controls are crisp, and the music is on point!”
character development
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Character development is praised for its well-designed and engaging playable characters with fun, thoughtful skills, but the non-playable characters (NPCs) are considered underdeveloped and unremarkable.
- “Playable character design is great (only unlocked the first two playable ones so far).”
- “While the playable character design is neat, and the skills feel really fun and well thought out, the other NPCs are just... there.”
humor
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's humor is lively and full of personality, but some jokes, such as "ligma" and "sugma," come across as juvenile and may not appeal to all players.
replayability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players appreciate the game's unlock system but desire enhanced replayability through permanent, incremental improvements to passive abilities, encouraging more frequent replays.
optimization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game features smooth performance and impressive visuals, indicating strong optimization.
- “The game runs smoothly and looks beautiful.”