Ruined Kingdom

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Ruined Kingdom is a single player tactical role playing game with fantasy and dark fantasy themes. It was developed by Absolute Power Game Studio and was released on February 28, 2023. It received neutral reviews from players.

Ruined Kingdom is a real-time strategy, RPG, and route attack game. Defeat the insolent humans and take from them whatever your heart desires, CONTROL the battlefield, Defeat rival tribes! Take control of an army of Orcs fighting to conquer! Win and gain experience to unlock new upgrades.

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55%

Audience ScoreBased on 20 reviews

gameplay4 positive mentions

story3 negative mentions

Unique and surprisingly fun gameplay combining tower defense, puzzle, and strategy elements with reverse mechanics.
High variety of missions and game modes including boss fights and challenging scenarios that require thoughtful strategy and resource management.
Charming hand-drawn and animated art style with fitting music, and visible developer passion and improvement over previous titles.

Very short campaign with minimal story and poor or absent tutorial leading to unclear gameplay mechanics and lack of guidance.
Technical issues such as poor optimization causing high system load, clunky controls, no customizable keybindings, and limited menus/options.
Game feels overpriced for the quality, reminiscent of a mobile app with shallow gameplay, repetitive assets from earlier games, and lack of polish in UI and font consistency.

gameplay
11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
36%
37%
27%
The gameplay offers a unique wave-pushing and puzzle-like experience with strategic unit placement and timing, making it engaging and fun for some players. However, it suffers from poor explanations, a nearly nonexistent tutorial, and a very short campaign, which can lead to confusion and a lack of depth. While boss fights introduce interesting mechanics, some modes feel less strategic and repetitive, reducing overall enjoyment.
- “The gameplay acts as a wave-pushing conflict with an oddly puzzle-like feel to it.”
- “This sort of build-a-setup, try it, fail/win, rinse-and-repeat style gameplay feels like a puzzle where you try to find the right combination of units and upgrades with good timing and placement to solve the 'puzzle' that the enemies provide.”
- “To sum it all up, Ruined Kingdom is a rough game, but it has charm, passion, and a gameplay formula that is unique and surprisingly fun.”
- “Even then I would have given this game a thumbs up, but due to the legitimately very short gameplay and the prices, it really does not fit for such a game.”
- “Not a bad game, just too easy and the mechanics felt like they could have tried harder.”
- “This sort of build-a-setup, try it, fail/win, rinse-and-repeat style gameplay kind of feels like a puzzle where you are trying to find the right combination of units and upgrades with good timing and placement to solve the “puzzle” that the enemies provide.”
story
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
17%
50%
The story in this game is minimal and largely underwhelming, with poor audio quality and little lasting narrative impact. Unlike its predecessor, it lacks substantial plot development, leaving new players with minimal context. Those seeking a strong story will likely be disappointed.
- “During the campaign you play various types of missions with high variety. In one mission, you fight against humans in a mode that works like a puzzle game, where you must manage gold to destroy enemies with your orcs, exploring the strengths and weaknesses of each character.”
- “If you are playing for story though, you will be disappointed.”
- “If you are playing for story though you will be disappointed.”
- “The first game had quite a bit of story (nothing special), but this game pretty much lacks it completely, so if you haven’t played other games in the series, you will have minimal context to what is going on.”
- “Were there a story that actually lasts the entire game, the visuals or at least UI better or really had any other single feature that made the game memorable, it'd be worth paying full price; otherwise, I don't see how you're gonna pay any more than 3.75 to get this at half price.”
graphics
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
25%
75%
The graphics are simplistic and lack detail, relying on basic 2D art that doesn't improve significantly with resolution changes. The visuals are generally considered lackluster and fail to enhance the overall game experience.
- “Were there a story that actually lasts the entire game, the visuals or at least UI better or really had any other single feature that made the game memorable it'd be worth paying full price.”
- “While there are options to change the resolution for the game, all this does is scale up the simplistic 2D art assets used to make the game, which makes little or no difference to the graphics quality.”
- “Without any other substantial graphics tweaks, it's not possible for gamers to improve the lacklustre 2D visuals.”
- “If there were a story that actually lasts the entire game, the visuals or at least UI better or really had any other single feature that made the game memorable, it’d be worth paying full price; otherwise, I don't see how you're going to pay any more than 3.75 to get this at half price.”
music
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The music is fitting but unremarkable, lacking impact and variety, with sound effects also being adequate but limited. Additionally, the absence of music in the menu feels noticeably off.
- “The sound effects are fine and the music is quite fitting, but neither excelled in a way that left any impact and they are both really limited.”
- “I also noticed the menu lacked music, which feels off.”
optimization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game is well-optimized, running smoothly without bugs, and keeps players engaged by regularly introducing new characters and powers that encourage varied strategies.
- “Ruined Kingdom gets your progression right by delivering new characters and new powers frequently, preventing the game from becoming repetitive and encouraging players to use new strategies. I didn't find any bugs; the game runs smoothly.”