The Monarch (2024)
- Developer
- Citadel Games
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Genres
- Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
- Rating
- 3.6 of 5, 104 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 4.0 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
The catalog in 3D
The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A calm, minimalist castle-defense loop with a rising tension each night as demonic gates open, balancing light resource management and adaptive tactics.
minimalisticsmoothrelaxingstrategictense at nightmedievalbase-buildingdifficulty scaling
What players say
Players are split: some enjoy the simple base-building loop, but many find it a buggy, abandoned clone of the Kingdom series with progress lost to crashes, softlocks, and no proper roguelite meta-progression.
Screenshots
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