[quote][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset_flip]Warning: Asset Flip![/url][/quote]
The King's Castle is a Digital Homicide style asset flip, or what Valve calls a "Fake Game". The "developer" paid for/pirated a few Unity asset store packs , dumped them all in a blender, and submitted it to Valve as if they're real game developers. It's important to also note the "developers" here didn't credit any of the artists and real, actual game developers who created the assets here, so this is plagiarism, as well as cash grab shovelware.
You can see the "developer" used the same assets as [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/fortress-defense-complete-game-163338]Fortress Defense Complete Game[/url] by AI GAME and [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/king-bird-defense-110434]King Bird Defense[/url] by Fox Games, so you can clearly see this isn't Atomic Fabrik's game.
Atomic Fabrik have shown a repeat pattern of unethically dumping other people's work onto Steam as a cheap, nasty cash grab. Here's some examples so you can see for yourself:
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[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1988990]Animals Transport Simulator[/url]" = [url=https://www.sellmyapp.com/downloads/city-farm-animal-transport-truck-2022/]City Farm Animal Transport Truck[/url] developed by Zoobs Man
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1938460]Masterchef Chinese Food Edition[/url]" = [url=https://www.sellmyapp.com/downloads/cook-chinese-food-asian-cooking-games/]Cook Chinese Food - Asian Cooking Games[/url] developed by Webelinx
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1927710]Supreme Race on Highway[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/crashy-racing-115748]Crashy Racing full game pack[/url] developed by SgLib games
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1917780]Humans vs Tigers[/url]" = [url=https://www.sellmyapp.com/downloads/deadly-hunter-trending-game/]Deadly Hunter[/url] developed by Game Polygon
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1917720]Two Sedans Driving Simulator[/url]" = [url=https://www.sellmyapp.com/downloads/dual-control-hypercasual-game/]Dual Control[/url] developed by Game Polygon
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1851640]Police Hot Pursuit[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/endless-car-chase-game-template-116027]Endless Car Chase Game Template[/url] developed by Puppeteer
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1721050]Office Strike - Multiplayer Battle Royale[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/systems/shooter-io-pun2-112153]Shooter IO - PUN2[/url] developed by SURIYUN
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1856010]Eagle Simulator[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/systems/sky-flight-full-game-template-113460]Sky Flight Full Game Template[/url] developed by Puppeteer
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1935410]The Smash Cars Tournament[/url]" = [url=https://www.sellmyapp.com/downloads/smashy-drive-trending-game/]Smashy Drive[/url] developed by Game Polygon
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1868280]Coins Collector [/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/super-toy-cars-186308]Super Toy Cars[/url] developed by BoneCracker Games
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1724020]Space Tower Defense[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/tower-defense-complete-game-144384]Tower Defense Complete Game[/url] developed by ADDPGAMES
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1926630]Waves Running Simulator[/url]" = [url=https://www.sellmyapp.com/downloads/tsunami-escape-original-game/]Tsunami Escape[/url] developed by Game Polygon
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1863650]Van Van Up[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/zigzag-infinite-runner-game-100035]ZigZag Infinite Runner Game[/url] developed by Puppeteer
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1859590]The Zombie Smasher[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/zombie-apocalypse-143231]Zombie Apocalypse[/url] developed by BoneCracker Games
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1720950]Zombie Killer Drift - Racing Survival[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/zombie-apocalypse-143231]Zombie Apocalypse[/url] developed by BoneCracker Games
[*] "[url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1850690]Zombies Killer Machine[/url]" = [url=https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/packs/zombie-drive-full-game-template-73074]Zombie Drive - Full Game Template[/url] developed by Puppeteer
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Taking this shovelware seriously as if it was a genuine attempt to make a game, it doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard.
This looks and feels like a mobile app, but I wasn't able to find it on the app stores. Maybe it was removed, maybe it was rejected by Apple and Google (they do have more rigorous quality standards than Valve does for Steam, after all).
Regardless, for all intents and purposes "The King's Castle" might as well be a mobile app, it has the same limitations and dumbed down qualities. It's impossible to recommend such a game to PC gamers. We don't spend all this money building gaming rigs so we can pretend they're iPhones and play games that might as well be mobile apps.
These technical defects push this game below acceptable standards for any modern PC game.
The poor quality of this game is reflected in the general public reception. At the time of this review, SteamDB shows the all-time peak player number was only 4 players. That's right, only 4, and they were the accounts Atomic Fabrik used to write the fake reviews for the game.
[quote][url=https://mmofallout.com/valve-bans-titles-for-review-manipulation/]Warning: Review Manipulation![/url][/quote]
This game features a number of fake positive reviews from accounts known to be in the business of review manipulation/paid reviews. They're all written in either Russian or broken English, appear at almost exactly the same time, very shortly after the game launched on Steam, all have a direct Steam purchase of the game, and the accounts are used consistently to write fake reviews for asset flips and other cash grabs/scams. The "Positive" review score on this game should be disregarded due to this blatant, unethical review manipulation. This is done to deceive and scam gamers into paying for a bad product.
The King's Castle has the borderline criminal cash grab price of $200 USD, for which you could easily get any number of older AAA games, let alone the sheer number of free games available on Steam. Given the defects and quality issues with the game, coupled with the unrealistic price, and the questionable ethical nature of the developer and/or their associates (as outlined above), this is impossible to recommend.
This kind of pricing, while there's no direct evidence, could be chosen specifically with the purpose of laundering money. Given the highly unethical nature of the "developer' behind this, it can't be ruled out. Be careful out there.
Because this is the kind of game you can just play for free on mobile phones, it's impossible to recommend anyone should pay money for the same experience on Steam.
