Kingdom Two Crowns

I'd describe "Kingdom: Two Crowns" as "Kingdom: New Lands" with a couple patch updates and some cheap DLC. It's definitely my favorite of the "Kingdom" series, but still suffers from the same shortcomings, and adds a few shortcomings of its own. It'll quickly become apparent that every level is played about the same; Find farmland you can safely guard, build walls, hunker down. Upgrade keep, build knights. On dock side, hunker down. Other side, destroy portals, build bomb, destroy giant portal. Then you grind up until you can fully upgrade your lighthouse and have more soldiers and money than you know what to do with, so your heirs will have an easier time. Then, set sail and repeat the same process. On sale for $5 is more than worth it. $20 would be a pass.

This is by far the best of the 3 while keeping in mind that they are 3 different game setups. only bad thing i would have to say about this one, is that it dosnt have linux native support. which is a shame since it would be perfect for something like a raspberry setup with GL drivers and Box86

A nice game where you are the king, or the queen, trying to save your kingdom of monsters attacking every night. In 2D, you have two line of defense to hold : one the right and on the left. To do so, you will have to win money allowing you to recruit warrior, farmer, builder and then expand your base. There is a season cycle : when it's winter, farmers can't grow food and there are less animal to hunt. Therefor the game is a balance between expanding & defending your castle and saving money to survive winter. In addition to that, each month or so, the red moon occurs making the attack on that night more violent and hard to resist. You can upgrade the level of fortification, find permanent improvment in the various island (5 in total) and recruit "ermit" unlock specials building very usefull. The music, pixel art, and sound design are great making the experience at the same time relaxing but intense. If you die you restart at the previous island, what youhave build still in place. Some blackspot : there is no indication or explanation in the game. I recommand you to go to the wiki expecially for the ermits, to understand better what they do, or at least have an idea. At some point the game can't be boring as you go from the right to the left, collecting coins especially because your ride have can't run indefinitly. If you like pixel and strategy/survival game in a quiet atmosphere go for it.

Somehow this is extremely addictive. The art style is very nice and the soundtrack is lovely if you like ambient synth music and the likes of Ray Lynch. One of the main themes sounds like a very chill version of "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" by Cyndi Lauper. 100% recommended at sale price.