Kingdom Gun

Released: Jul 28, 2022
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Last updated: 07 Sep 2026, 12:33 GMT

Updates & announcements

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20 Aug 2024Developer post
Patch 1.06.1
1.06.1 Gameplay Changes The Blacksmith now sells random guns in exchange for Gems! The Jester now sells random items in exchange for Gems! After the first loop all bosses can be encountered as Elites, gaining a new attack and increasing their speed Added 4 new items Updated all i
1.06.1
Gameplay Changes

The Blacksmith now sells random guns in exchange for Gems!
The Jester now sells random items in exchange for Gems!
After the first loop all bosses can be encountered as Elites, gaining a new attack and increasing their speed
Added 4 new items
Updated all item descriptions accordingly
Added some spawning tweaks to help avoid enemies spawning directly on top of the player's predicted location
Replaced the old cursor "pulse" effect with one that reacts dynamically to gun fire
Ammo pickups now reload current ammo, instead of reserves
Removed the teleporter on the ship; runs can now be started by jumping off the ship
Characters no longer have innate health regeneration
Removed damage gain on level up
Characters now receive 20% of their health on level up
Systems Changes

Various tweaks for Steam Deck compatibility
'Screen shake' reduction pass across all weapons
Fixed a gun drawing issue when swapping between weapons on gamepad
Total damage is now correctly rounded behind the scenes; should prevent some rapid-fire guns displaying damage as lots of 0s
Fixed Ligma's jump/fall animation being misaligned to the ground
Cleaned up Ligma's jump/fall animation timing so it looks a bit less jittery
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20 Aug 2024Developer post
Patch 1.05 (14/06/23)
1.05 Item Changes A sweeping rebalance of every gun, making weapons significantly more powerful at base Adjusted how damage bonus items are calculated, reducing the effectiveness of +damage% gains Gameplay Changes Improvements to co-op, fixing several instances of desync Increase
1.05
Item Changes

A sweeping rebalance of every gun, making weapons significantly more powerful at base
Adjusted how damage bonus items are calculated, reducing the effectiveness of +damage% gains
Gameplay Changes

Improvements to co-op, fixing several instances of desync
Increased spawn rate of low-tier enemies
Increased spawn rate of Elites
Enemies taking proxy damage from a spawn state no longer switches them to their hit animation (was blocked by direct damage, but some other sources could still trigger it)
Fixed an issue where some Elite enemy effects would incorrectly render on low-end PCs
Toned down some excessive screen shake with certain weapons
Updated some poorly scaled fonts
Fixed several edge case instances of erroneous text wrapping or clipping
Updated some item descriptions
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20 Aug 2024Developer post
Patch 1.05 (10/08/23)
1.05 Item Changes A sweeping rebalance of every gun, making weapons significantly more powerful at base Adjusted how damage bonus items are calculated, reducing the effectiveness of +damage% gains Gameplay Changes Improvements to co-op, fixing several instances of desync Increase
1.05

Item Changes
A sweeping rebalance of every gun, making weapons significantly more powerful at base
Adjusted how damage bonus items are calculated, reducing the effectiveness of +damage% gains
Gameplay Changes

Improvements to co-op, fixing several instances of desync
Increased spawn rate of low-tier enemies
Increased spawn rate of Elites
Enemies taking proxy damage from a spawn state no longer switches them to their hit animation (was blocked by direct damage, but some other sources could still trigger it)
Fixed an issue where some Elite enemy effects would incorrectly render on low-end PCs
Toned down some excessive screen shake with certain weapons
Updated some poorly scaled fonts
Fixed several edge case instances of erroneous text wrapping or clipping
Updated some item descriptions
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20 Aug 2024Developer post
Patch 1.04 (21/01/23)
1.04 New Features 2 new guns! Item Changes Greed rarity increased from Uncommon to Elite Greed damage bonus increased from 5% to 10% Gameplay Changes Ligma now drop from the top of the screen when jumping; total fall time increased significantly Falling Ligma can no longer be int
1.04
New Features

2 new guns!
Item Changes

Greed rarity increased from Uncommon to Elite
Greed damage bonus increased from 5% to 10%
Gameplay Changes

Ligma now drop from the top of the screen when jumping; total fall time increased significantly
Falling Ligma can no longer be interrupted by damage until after reaching the ground (this should help reduce players feeling as though these enemies teleported; often it was their falling animation being interrupted by damage)
Rebalanced enemies in the second and third biomes, upping their damage and tankiness
Gained money is now reduced based on how long a player has been in a single biome
Added an additional small chest to early biomes
Weighted chance of first biome items slightly towards sustainability (healing/regeneration)
Systems Changes

Improvements to co-op, fixing several instances of desync and improving monster behaviour
Fixed the Octo achievement not unlocking correctly
Fixed a rare issue where players could become stuck in walls
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20 Aug 2024Developer post
Patch 1.03 (06/08/22)
1.03 New Features Removed Jester's random roll unlock system and replaced it with a new shop! Re-locked player unlocks from the old Jester system Gameplay Changes Reduced player HP gain per level from 12 to 10 The player is now invincible while traveling in Ruined World pipes Add
1.03
New Features

Removed Jester's random roll unlock system and replaced it with a new shop!
Re-locked player unlocks from the old Jester system
Gameplay Changes

Reduced player HP gain per level from 12 to 10
The player is now invincible while traveling in Ruined World pipes
Added an indicator to Ruined World pipes
Reduced extra gold gained from enemies from 1 per 100 HP to 0.65 per 100 HP
Reduced Greed is Good bonus from 5% per 50 to 5% at thresholds (50, 250, 1250, etc)
Rings now drops up to 5 maximum rings; health increased per pickup to compensate
Systems Changes

Added full mouse rebind support
Fixed several achievements not always unlocking correctly
Small audio rebalance to voice lines in the tutorial
Fixed a crash with the Bubbler gun when used against large enemies
Fixed an occasional crash when attempting to use some laser weapons to destroy crates
Fixed an occasional crash during Flame Guardian's mask attack in multiplayer
Fixed an occasional crash when using the Gyro Grubber and Bubbler
Fixed several instances where the gamepad interact button would fail to function if it had been rebound to another button
Fixed textboxes having the keyboard interact button fail to function if it had been rebound to another key
Fixed Knight's Fall not having VFX if its lifetime expired (e.g. firing it into thin air)
Fixed several issues which could cause a partial desync in multiplayer
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20 Aug 2024Developer post
Patch 1.02 (30/07/22)
1.02 Character Changes Volt Knight Evade duration reduced from 0.4s to 0.35s Volt Knight Evade cooldown reduced from 5s to 4s Volt Knight's Traps now auto-crit every 0.4s, functioning as an enemy interrupt/ministun Volt Knight Ultimate cooldown reduced from 45s to 40s Bishop Shoc
1.02
Character Changes

Volt Knight Evade duration reduced from 0.4s to 0.35s
Volt Knight Evade cooldown reduced from 5s to 4s
Volt Knight's Traps now auto-crit every 0.4s, functioning as an enemy interrupt/ministun
Volt Knight Ultimate cooldown reduced from 45s to 40s
Bishop Shockwave cooldown increased from 8s to 9s
Princess Ro Evade cooldown increased from 5s to 6s
Reduced Rotorcycle ride time from 4s to 2.5s
Princess Ro now has invincibility during Rotorcycle
Gun Changes
Piggy Bank damage multiplier reduced from 2.0x to 1.65x
Gameplay Changes

Increased player damage gain per level up from 0.75 to 1.5
Increased player starting HP by 30
Increased enemy damage scaling after Ligma Beach from 20% to 30%
Adjusted Boxer miniboss damage from 35 (+30%) to 28 (+40%)
Replaced a small chest with a Large Chest in early biomes
Replaced a small Gun Chest with a Large Gun Chest in early biomes
Increased Gold Capsule spawns by 3 per biome
Fixed a safe spot in Mummy's miniboss room
Increased Gate Lords damage from 46 to 55
Increased base HP of Gate Lords from 1800 to 2800
Disabled all passive regeneration in intro maps

Systems Changes

Fixed an issue where multiplayer difficulty could be higher than intended
Improved multiplayer enemy syncing under high latency; enemies should now suffer less "animation cancel" effects
Improved multiplayer AI targeting
Fixed Necro enemy attacks on dead players causing a crash in multiplayer
Fixed several events that could cause a partial desync in multiplayer
Fixed an issue where Princess Ro's Ultimate could fail to provide invincibility frames
Fixed a number rounding discrepancy when using Blood Statues
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05 Aug 2022Developer post
Patch 1.01.5
Hello all! Thank you for the support and feedback. We will continue to bug fix until we get this ship sailing in the right direction! New Features Removed Jester's random roll unlock system and replaced it with a new shop! Re-locked player unlocks from the old Jester system Gamep
30 Jul 2022Developer post
Patch 1.01.4
Hello all! Thank you for the support and feedback. We will continue to bug fix until we get this ship sailing in the right direction! Character Changes Volt Knight Evade duration reduced from 0.4s to 0.35s Volt Knight Evade cooldown reduced from 5s to 4s Volt Knight's Traps now a
29 Jul 2022Developer post
Patch 1.01.3
Gameplay Changes Increased gun chest spawns in most biomes by 1 Increased item chest spawns in most biomes by 2 Juicer rarity moved from Rare to Uncommon Increased bonus damage per player level from 0.5 to 0.75 Reduced difficulty gain ticks from 60s to 70s Reduced group enemy spa
29 Jul 2022Developer post
Launch Fixes & Path Forward
Hello! Thank you all for your interest! We have been hard at work since launch fixing all reported bugs. The bugs are mostly in multiplayer, which we will continue to address. Putting multiplayer in a small indie game is risky and difficult, but we are committed to fixing the pro
28 Jul 2022Developer post
Kingdom Gun AVAILABLE!
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20 Jul 2022Developer post
Release is July 28
Yoooo, we suck and didn't get the final boss done in time for tomorrow's release. Final boss will be in and sorted this weekend. Releasing 7/28. No excuse, it is what it is babey.
13 Jul 2022Developer post
Release Date is July 21
Our release date is next Thursday, 7/21. An error caused our release date to show as today. We're really sorry for any confusion! Now good news! We make games for fun. Our primary objective is not profit. To that end, we are pricing KG at $9.99! Any profit will go towards KG 2!
13 Jun 2022Developer post
Kingdom Gun Roguelite Shooter!
Streaming Kingdom Gun gameplay
08 Jun 2022Developer post
June 13th Demo Is Live!
Hello all! We will be participating in the Steam Next Fest on June 13th with plans to release in July. We appreciate all the patience! Kingdom Gun a little under two years to complete, but it's almost done! The Steam Next Fest will include the first full playable level with bosse
26 Aug 2021Developer post
Kingdom Gun Chill Stream!
16 Jun 2021Developer post
Major Update!
In prepartion for the Steam Next Fest we have released our final playable demo before full release! Patch Notes New Playable Character: Princess Ro! Experimental Multiplayer! Items are now stackable! Added Level 3 and Boss! Complete redesign of the first two levels! Overhauled an
14 Jun 2021Developer post
Steam Next Event!
Developer Live Stream! Join us for a developer live stream on Saturday, June 19th at 12:00 PM Central Time / 18:00 BST. We will be releasing a major patch on Wednesday, June 16th! June 16th Patch Will Include: New Playable Character! Level Redesigns! New Level and Boss! Animation
02 Feb 2021Developer post
Kickstarter is Live!
This has been an incredible journey for the dev team and we would like to truly thank you all for your support! The Kickstarter launching marks the "final" stretch of our development cycle, even though we still have much to do! We are going to beginning closed ONLINE! multiplayer
12 Jan 2021Developer post
Open Beta Release 1/19!
Open Beta Launches January 19th! Thank you all for your interest! This has been an exciting journey! Kingdom Gun is a Roguelite Shooter with elements from RPGs and action platformers ! You are sent by The Kingdom to explore and conquer a recently discovered continent. Your reason

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Open Beta Launches January 19th!

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