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Make Your Next Run Count
Start with clear plans for kings, cards, and winning runs.
ABOUT THE GAME
A Kingdom Built From Cards
9 Kings combines kingdom building, deck choices, and automatic battles. Your king sets the opening deck; enemy cards let you build new combinations each run.
About- Developer
- Sad Socket
- Publishers
- Hooded Horse / Sidekick
- PC release
- May 23, 2025
- Status
- Early Access
- Platforms
- Windows / macOS
- Patch
- 0.9.8 / Patch 31
LEARN THE SYSTEMS
Make Every Choice Matter
Understand your cards, kingdom layout, and progression choices.

How a Kingdom Run Works
Learn card choices, plots, automatic battles, and rewards.
Blessings and Prophecies
Prepare for a blessing and choose a useful troop recipient.
Useful Card Combinations
Connect triggers, recipients, and support on your board.
Understand Your Perks
Read perk effects and equip a loadout for your kingdom.
Royal Decree Decisions
Choose decree effects that meet the needs of your run.
Useful Perk Combinations
Pair perk triggers with cards that can use their benefits.
Selected Card Reference
Read card roles and check the current Compendium details.
Plan Your Kingdom Layout
Place troops, support, and protection before adding plots.BUILD YOUR KINGDOM
Find a Plan That Fits
Follow conditional build plans for different kings and run goals.

King of Greed Build
Turn stored gold and income into a working combat core.
King of Blood Build
Build a sacrifice system with protected damage output.
King of Nature Build
Combine growth, troop recipients, and board protection.
King of Time Build
Protect a summoner and assess towers or portal investments.
Gold Economy Build Guide
Balance income, stored gold, and combat investments.
Build Useful Damage
Improve a surviving carry, targeting, and growth support.
High Difficulty Build Plans
Identify the next failure before spending cards on growth.
Sustainable Scaling Builds
Separate repeatable growth from loops and old exploits.COMMON QUESTIONS
Before Your Next Kingdom
Get clear answers about modes, builds, and game updates.