The Counting Kingdom

Fabulous little edutainment title that mixes tower defence with maths. Growing up with the wonders of Treasure Mathstorm and Math Rescue, I dived head first into this and was not disappointed.

OK, so I have a 5 year old that I have learning how to read and play the piano among other outside activities that we do. We cover a lot of the bases but we've been lacking on the math front. Her mother is really skeptical about videogames and thinks it turns brains to mush. I went ahead and got this game for her and have had her playing it while I make dinner. Ah Yeah....She's become a math wizard! What's great about this game is that she is learning while you as a parent can be partially passive getting things done around the house but checking in to see if she needs help from time to time. I hate sticking my kids in front of the TV so I can get downtime to get things done, but this just takes the guilt away. The game itself feels a little reminiscent of angry birds with their cut scene when explaining the story, but the game play is its own unique character. Endless ways to solving the math problems and it increases in difficulty in a very steady way for developing minds. I highly recommend this game. It makes learning fun and having your kids not wanting to stop in this case, is a great problem to have.

It's an excellent concept.

good for kids

Much better than I expected. Very good math game. My daughter finished it and immediately asked to do it again at a higher level. You can't ask for more than that. There's nice progression and in each castle battle allows 1,2 or 3 star victories. The number generation algorithm they are using is very good. It's not just random numbers where maybe you find what you need or maybe you don't. There is always a path to victory but as you get higher you get fewer paths. Each progression has been foreshadowed. So what starts as a nice path to bonus points becomes necessary to not lose towers at the higher levels. It builds very well and as more math is required you also get more spells and more options. So it rewards the player very well. Well worth the price. I look forward to more games like this coming to steam.

The Counting Kingdom is one of those educational games that fully delivers on the concept. There's a series of levels with unique loadouts of attacking monsters and defenses, such as number-altering potions, and the art is nice. As an adult with a Mathematics degree I enjoyed my time with the difficulty curve. It's definitely not a game I want to replay but, if you are in the target age group or want to grind your mental math skills, the monster waves are freshly generated each run.