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Steam News29 July 20269d ago

The King Is Watching Is Out Now on Consoles!

Noble Kings, We bring forth a thrilling royal decree: The King Is Watching is now available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC and Nintendo Switch.

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addedThe King Is Watching is now available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC and Nintendo Switch.A new generation of rulers can now take the throne, build their kingdoms and command their subjects through the power of the royal gaze. Balance resource production, prepare your armies and face increasingly dangerous threats, while ensuring nobody stops working the moment you look elsewhere.
addedThe King Is Watching is now available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC and Nintendo Switch.Each reign brings new challenges, strategies and permanent upgrades to carry into your next attempt. Rule wisely, learn from defeat and return stronger until your kingdom becomes truly unstoppable.
changedThe King Is Watching is now available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC and Nintendo Switch.As some of you may have already heard, we are also working on bringing controller support and tons of UI improvements to the PC version. This process is taking a little longer than we originally anticipated.
addedThe King Is Watching is now available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC and Nintendo Switch.The console editions are based on the December 2025 version of the game and include the Volcano Update. Since then, however, w e have introduced significant amount of new content to the PC version. Now we need to adapt new controls and UI to everything currently available on PC, which requires substantial changes to both the interface and the game’s code.
addedThe King Is Watching is now available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC and Nintendo Switch.The team needs a little more time to ensure that everything works properly across the entire game. We appreciate your patience and promise to release new UI and controller support no later than beginning of October.

The King is Watching changes

addedA new generation of rulers can now take the throne, build their kingdoms and command their subjects through the power of the royal gaze. Balance resource production, prepare your armies and face increasingly dangerous threats, while ensuring nobody stops working the moment you look elsewhere.
addedEach reign brings new challenges, strategies and permanent upgrades to carry into your next attempt. Rule wisely, learn from defeat and return stronger until your kingdom becomes truly unstoppable.
changedAs some of you may have already heard, we are also working on bringing controller support and tons of UI improvements to the PC version. This process is taking a little longer than we originally anticipated.
addedThe console editions are based on the December 2025 version of the game and include the Volcano Update. Since then, however, w e have introduced significant amount of new content to the PC version. Now we need to adapt new controls and UI to everything currently available on PC, which requires substantial changes to both the interface and the game’s code.
addedThe team needs a little more time to ensure that everything works properly across the entire game. We appreciate your patience and promise to release new UI and controller support no later than beginning of October.

Noble Kings,

We bring forth a thrilling royal decree:

The King Is Watching is now available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC and Nintendo Switch.

A new generation of rulers can now take the throne, build their kingdoms and command their subjects through the power of the royal gaze. Balance resource production, prepare your armies and face increasingly dangerous threats, while ensuring nobody stops working the moment you look elsewhere.

Each reign brings new challenges, strategies and permanent upgrades to carry into your next attempt. Rule wisely, learn from defeat and return stronger until your kingdom becomes truly unstoppable.

To our veteran PC Kings: thank you for helping us reach this milestone!

As some of you may have already heard, we are also working on bringing controller support and tons of UI improvements to the PC version. This process is taking a little longer than we originally anticipated.

The console editions are based on the December 2025 version of the game and include the Volcano Update. Since then, however, w e have introduced significant amount of new content to the PC version. Now we need to adapt new controls and UI to everything currently available on PC, which requires substantial changes to both the interface and the game’s code.

The team needs a little more time to ensure that everything works properly across the entire game. We appreciate your patience and promise to release new UI and controller support no later than beginning of October.

Console rulers, your throne awaits!

Hypnohead Team

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Steam News / 29 July 2026

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