For The King II
For The King II
Game
Game2018
For The King
Developer IronOak Games
For the King is a roguelike role-playing video game developed by Canadian game developer IronOak Games and published by Curve Games. It was released in February 2017 to early access on Steam with a full release in April 2018. Gameplay revolves around exploration, clearing dungeons, and collecting new gear and weapons across the fictional land of Fahrul, with both co-op and single-player modes being available. A… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
338 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
78
LovedLoved
169 positive · 47 negative
95% range 72–83%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 169 | 47 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 15 | 0 | 83 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 23 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
14,978 of 16,759 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
78% recommend · 162 yes, 46 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 208 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (38,482 of 43,890 positive).
Players praise the game's fun co-op and board game-like feel. [1][2][3] Many note heavy reliance on RNG can lead to frustration. [4][5][6] Some reviewers criticize poor balance and punishing difficulty. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [7]
This game has terrible scaling. What i mean by this is that literally any form of exploration of the map and spending of anything other than healing plants with 1 member running party heal in shops instantly translates into a failed run. It really just comes down to knowing what needs to be done and figuring out the most optimized way to get ASAP to the end game. And even then there is no garantee that you'll make …
- [1]
Me and my friend played this at 5 AM after staying up all night and it was so amazing that we proceeded to go watch the sunrise together. We aren't gAy, we were just feeling inspired by such a fantastic game.
- [4]
Let's review this game with this example: - Find healing well - Have to pass at least 1 check out of 3 in order to heal - Each check has 85% success chance - Fail every check, heal nothing, well disappears This game is an RNG monster. But you can play co-op with friend, so you can rage together!
- [6]
D&D Lite with friends... and a whole lot of bad luck. For The King is basically what happens if you take a tabletop RPG, simplify it into a video game, and throw in a healthy dose of RNG. If you've ever wanted something that captures the feeling of a Dungeons & Dragons campaign without needing a Dungeon Master, this is about as close as it gets. I've done multiple playthroughs, and no two runs have ever felt the …
- [2]
dnd or baldurs gate without a lot of the big things, its basically combat with a little bit of story. Fun with friends!
Summarised from 34 of the 315 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
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For The King sits at 78% positive across 216 opinionated reactions from 3 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
For the King received "generally favorable" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic on the PC, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch platforms and a "mixed or average" rating on the PlayStation 4. Dom Reseigh-Lincoln writing for Nintendo Life praised the agency granted to players, in particular, the ability of the party characters to split up, adding a unique twist to the gameplay and separated the game from others in the genre. However, Reseigh-Lincoln believed the high variability that resulted from the dice-based combat and exploration system coupled with the difficulty and "permadeath" aspect of the game could create some especially difficult scenarios for the player that left little…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 338 · most liked firstFIST OF THE NORTH STAR: 10 BIG BRAWLS FOR THE KING OF THE UNIVERSE! SHOUEI SYSTEM 1989 (Captured on Game Boy Pocket)
neutral · AI labelView post →So, alongside playing For The King 2 as my multiplayer game, I've blown the cobwebs off of my PS5 and am FINALLY getting to try out astrobot! I have the day off of work tomorrow and I am SO excited to try it! 🤩
positive · AI labelView post →I've decided that over the next 10 days, I would like to highlight 10 games I have previously played and enjoyed, and that I feel are underrated 🤗 First up on my list is: For The King! A TTRPG by IronOak games Has local & online multiplayer Turn-based combat D&D elements Fun to play with friends!
positive · AI labelView post →This game has terrible scaling. What i mean by this is that literally any form of exploration of the map and spending of anything other than healing plants with 1 member running party heal in shops instantly translates into a failed run. It really just comes down to knowing what needs to be done and figuring out the most optimized way to get ASAP to the end game. And even then there is no garantee that you'll make it due to various random events and loot. And this was the experience on…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →'Fist of the North Star: 10 Big Brawls for the King of the Universe!' released this day in 1989. The first fighting game for the Game Boy. The only winning move is not to play... or to repeatedly charge and fire off your chosen character's one special move while moving backwards.
neutral · AI labelView post →Board gamers absolutely shouldn't sleep on For the King, a multiplayer turn based dungeon crawler, great for chill evenings of digital game time.
positive · AI labelView post →I wasn’t in game dev when I last saw one of these on Twitter. Psyched to see the Bsky version 🙇 On my front, we just launched our first free DLC for For the King II. It’s a roguelite infinite dungeon. And I got to do all the dialogue and descriptions! store.steampowered.com/app/1676840/...
neutral · AI labelView post →I do like when playing a turn based game (For The King II) with family online, cause I can crochet when it’s not my turn. 🤪 And having most Mondays off for the rest of the year is mighty nice too.
positive · AI labelView post →'Fist of the North Star: 10 Big Brawls for the King of the Universe!' released this day in 1989. The first fighting game for the Game Boy. The only winning move is not to play... or to repeatedly perform jump kicks at a speed the AI is unable to avoid.
neutral · AI labelView post →For The King II is coming to Xbox Game Pass on December 12. news.xbox.com/en-us/2024/1...
neutral · AI labelView post →If You Come for the King: First ever #screenshotSaturday! My game is a chess roguelike where you play as a lone pawn fighting your way to slay a king. Been working on the camera a lot, added a death screen, polishing the gameplay loop. #indieDev #gameDev #indieGame #godot #buildInPublic
neutral · AI labelView post →On this day 4 years ago, the 2nd character trailer for The King of Fighters XV was released, announcing "Sleeping Prodigy" Meitenkun as a returning playable character for the game. Meitenkun's character trailer can be watched below. www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-cA...
neutral · AI labelView post →Me and my friend played this at 5 AM after staying up all night and it was so amazing that we proceeded to go watch the sunrise together. We aren't gAy, we were just feeling inspired by such a fantastic game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Oh man, Game Audio Network Guild Awards nominations are out and... uh, My score for @ironoakgames.bsky.social's For The King 2 is Nominated for Best Music for an Indie Game, Best Original Song, and Music of the Year, which is *hecking wild*. 😅 variety.com/2024/artisan...
neutral · AI labelView post →'For the King 2' is coming to Xbox One/Series and PS5 on December 12th. Also coming to Game Pass! Already on PC. youtu.be/LQF5H8-RLzk?...
neutral · AI labelView post →- For the King (January) - Phantasy Star III (January Replay) - Gris (February) - Quest for Glory 1: So you want to be a Hero (February VGA version)
neutral · AI labelView post →On this day 5 years ago, the 14th character trailer for The King of Fighters XV was released, revealing "Coquettish" Shermie as a returning playable character for the game. Shermie's character trailer can be watched below. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbXD...
neutral · AI labelView post →I do not understand why I want to enjoy this game. I have done so, so many runs, *too many to count*. I've tried running optimal party comps with my friends, discovering what routes give us the best amount of loot and when/if to take on certain in-game challenges; We don't take risks and completely avoid any fights until we're equal level to them. I have unlocked more than 90% of the lore store items, including the grand sanctums and legendary weapons. We have not beaten the game once. This…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Katamari Damacy Rolling Live, the series' first original game in 8 years, is coming to Apple Arcade on April 3. It's about rolling up stars to help juice viewership for the King of All Cosmos' live stream. www.apple.com/newsroom/202...
neutral · AI labelView post →On this day 3 years ago, The Game Awards 2021 trailer for The King of Fighters XV was released, revealing "Exceptional Esper" Krohnen as a new playable character alongside announcing the game's 2nd open beta test. The gameplay trailer can be watched below. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMcX...
neutral · AI labelView post →On this day 5 years ago, the 13th character trailer for The King of Fighters XV was released, showcasing gameplay for "Fascinating Kunoichi" Mai Shiranui. Mai Shiranui's character trailer for the game can be watched below. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WULO...
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy Winter Solstice! It’s only fitting for the King of Snow to represent! The fact that this guy is the final boss of a Mario Golf game will always make me laugh 😂 ⛄️
neutral · AI labelView post →This game is fun and really challenging. as a 36 year old man who has 4 kids. this game is good for me. i can be AFK for sometime to attend the kids, then go back to the game. Not only to be bored with easy quest. but challenging sequences of games. unpredictable and engaging. i hope more people are creating games for working parents like me.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For The King II launches on December 12 for PlayStation 5, Xbox, and Game Pass: www.rpgsite.net/news/16644-f...
neutral · AI labelView post →Sixth: For The King 2 ⚔️ Released this year by @ironoakgames.bsky.social and CurveGames, this sequel builds on the original's magic with deeper strategy and co-op play. If your friends have bought the collection make sure you jump into the game with them! So good with friends!!
positive · AI labelView post →On this day 5 years ago, the 6th character trailer for The King of Fighters XV was released, showcasing gameplay of "Cleansing Fire" Kyo Kusanagi. Kyo Kusanagi's character trailer for the game can be watched below. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEx2...
neutral · AI labelView post →On this day 9 years ago, the Ver 1.10 update for The King of Fighters XIV was released. In addition to new content (profile icons, titles, color variations), the game also underwent graphical improvements. An official graphical comparison is displayed below.
neutral · AI labelView post →On this day 4 years ago, the official reveal trailer for The King of Fighters XV was released, showcasing Kyo, Benimaru, Shun'ei, Leona, K', & Mai Shiranui in-game for the first time as the initial announced characters. The reveal trailer can be watched below.
neutral · AI labelView post →On this day 5 years ago, the 23rd character trailer for The King of Fighters XV was released, announcing "Crimson Agent" Vanessa as a returning playable character for the game. Vanessa's character trailer can be watched below. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb3l...
neutral · AI labelView post →As much fun as I've had with this game, I can't say that I like it enough to leave a positive review. I have owned ftk for almost 3 years now and yet I only have about 30 hours in it. The game simply leaves me feeling unmotivated and burnt out after every playthrough. Whether I have good luck or bad, my runs always end in failure. Often times my best of runs would lose steam and ultimately end towards the latter half of the game. This was often not my fault in the slightest, and instead was…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →!!! STUPID PUPPY STREAM !!! Playing For The King w/ @missbashfulface.bsky.social & @samersj.bsky.social we are getting OMEGA PUPPY STUPID on stream while playing this WILD GAME Gonna see just how stupid we get and how good the games go twitch.tv/YoWazPoppin
neutral · AI labelView post →On this day 8 years ago, Whip, Ryuji Yamazaki, Vanessa, and Rock Howard were released as DLC playable characters for The King of Fighters XIV. The 4 characters were the 1st batch of post-launch characters distributed for the game.
neutral · AI labelView post →On this day a year ago, "Speedy Cruel Beauty" Mature and "Throbbing Brutal Sadist" Vice were released as special DLC playable characters for The King of Fighters XV. Mature and Vice were the final post-launch characters implemented into the game.
neutral · AI labelView post →This week's #TurnBasedThursday host is a Canadian studio whose hit tabletop-like strategy RPG series, For the King, is doing great on Steam! Come give your game the royal treatment; follow @ironoakgames.bsky.social and showcase in tomorrow's thread!
neutral · AI labelView post →10.7 -Sopa – Tale of the Stolen Potato Standard 9.17 -For the King II -Overthrown -CoD: Modern Warfare III Game Pass Core 10.1 -Cities: Skylines – Remastered -Disney Dreamlight Valley -Warhammer 40,000: Darktide news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/0...
neutral · AI labelView post →On this day 7 years ago, Whip, Ryuji Yamazaki, Vanessa, and Rock Howard were released as DLC playable characters for The King of Fighters XIV. The 4 characters were the first batch of post-launch characters distributed for the game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Gamers I'm live alongside @flashpersona.bsky.social with For the King 2, we're also doing a giveaway for the game on both PS5 and Steam! twitch.tv/geddstation
neutral · AI labelView post →168 hours later, I finally beat my first Journeyman run on For the King… For those wondering, that’s the 2nd highest difficulty in the game. I’m assuming I’ll beat master at hour 300 or 400 #indiegames #FortheKing #gaming
positive · AI labelView post →this game is so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ unbalanced i hate my life and im gay and i wouldnt reccomend this game for those reasons
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →New Playable Characters AND a new game mode?! For The King II's next major update lands May 5th! Take your party of four on adventures across Fahrul—your wins (and losses...😅) are sure to make history!
neutral · AI labelView post →If You Come For The King Chess roguelike progress Fleshing out gameplay systems like the card game. Added crumbling tiles for more strategy when it comes to moving around the board. Randomly generated. #indieDev #gameDev #indieGame #godot #buildInPublic
neutral · AI labelView post →Start with hopes and dreams. Find cool and strong item. Roll a 15% 4 times in a row. Die. Repeat.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Been playing Towerborne with friends on Game Pass Extremely pleasant! Essentially Castle Crashers + Destiny in a For the King world/setting Really fun, worth trying out if you have a regular friendship group who play games together
positive · AI labelView post →FOR THE KING 2 - Launched this week! 4 player cooperative role playing game?! Count me in Live now. Link in comments!
neutral · AI labelView post →Fun for a bit, though to have the game every step of the way just punish you not through specific challenge, just adding a screw in the works periodically makes progress seem like keeping up rather than developing. This game comes across as tedious 8 hours in than a interesting/fun challenge. I am aware the developers add a blurb as the game boots up that you will fail. I have no problem failing and figuring out a games mechanics, AI or opponents online. This game replaces that with what is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game night on the patio. Starting with For the King (and me) and Trio! #boardgames
neutral · AI labelView post →dnd or baldurs gate without a lot of the big things, its basically combat with a little bit of story. Fun with friends!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In this game, you've been locked in a dungeon, and your only way to freedom is to craft coins for the King! But you can alway to keep an extra coin for yourself... It's Coin Maker Simulator #indiegames
neutral · AI labelView post →Hello, new Adventurers! We seemingly popped onto a few Canadian Game Dev lists over the weekend, so thank you all for joining us! We're IronOak Games! Creators of For The King and For The King II, a TTRPG-inspired co-op roguelite RPG for up to four players! And we're based out of beautiful BC! 🍁
neutral · AI labelView post →This is a fantastic game to play with 2 friends, or solo. Worth every penny to get through the main quests. Maybe grind a few of the unlocks for fun. The story, combat, classes, all amazing. My only complaint is I can't get two friends to play this with me at the same time regularly to save my life.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Complete ass game. You can spend 6 hours with near-perfect plays and then in 1 round you can get a party wipe. ♥♥♥♥ this gay ass game, I'm never playing again. The fact that people like this flaming pile of ♥♥♥♥, the difficulty makes no sense. Play it on hard? Get ♥♥♥♥♥♥. Play it on easy? Get ♥♥♥♥♥♥. This isn't skill-based this is luck-based, no skill whatsoever. If you like this game, you're a lesser man, something closer to a troglodyte.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's Bandcamp Friday, friends! Might I share a little fantasy music I wrote for the multitude of expansions to @ironoakgames.bsky.social's "For The King" back in the day - we finally released it last year, and Emperia Records absolutely nailed the release. johnrobertmatz.bandcamp.com/album/for-th...
neutral · AI labelView post →For The King II is officially coming to all Xbox platforms and PlayStation 5 on December 12th! Also coming to Xbox and PC Game Pass Day One! youtu.be/LQF5H8-RLzk?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Thank you to everyone that join me, and thank you to @nxious1.bsky.social and @tigerfan895.bsky.social for playing For The King!💚 We managed to beat the game for the first time!🎉🎊 We also swapped on the spot to For The King 2 so thank you too @arstasia.bsky.social for joining last minute on that~💚
positive · AI labelView post →On this day 10 years ago, the 1st KOF Station video for The King of Fighters XIV was hosted, showcasing the latest information for the game at the time. The video presentation can be fully watched with the provided link below: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFGQ...
neutral · AI labelView post →This game was made by Israel to gather funds for the IDF but they forgot to actually balance it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Appleseed's Indie Game Of The Day! Day 206) For The King by IronOak Games A roguelike meets RPG meets D&D style elements in a fun and challenging adventure game. For The King is a great game to play with friends and adventure to beat monsters and solve quests along the way.
positive · AI labelView post →🔴 [ ONLINE ] 🔴 For the King II W/ Dog & Sapphire is here!! (Link below) I hope ny'all are ready for more of this silly game!! Hopefully theres no more dark carnivals!!!
neutral · AI labelView post →🔴 [ ONLINE ] 🔴 We are back with For the King II DLC W/ Dog & Sapphire!! (Link below) I hope ny'all are ready for bonus content!! Im excited to play more of this charming game!!
neutral · AI labelView post →Let's review this game with this example: - Find healing well - Have to pass at least 1 check out of 3 in order to heal - Each check has 85% success chance - Fail every check, heal nothing, well disappears This game is an RNG monster. But you can play co-op with friend, so you can rage together!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
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