Death Crown

Death Crown is a minimalist real time strategy game in a 1bit style, where you will be play Death herself, commanding her legions of death, and punishing humanity's Kingdom for its overconfidence.

Death Crown is a strategy, tower defense and pixel graphics game developed by 5WORD Team and published by 5WORD Team.
Released on August 23rd 2019 is available only on Windows in 14 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Polish, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Portugal, Ukrainian and Serbian.

It has received 538 reviews of which 482 were positive and 56 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 4.87€ on Steam and has a 50% discount.

The Steam community has classified Death Crown into these genres:

Strategy Tower Defense Pixel Graphics Difficult Singleplayer War Co-op Management Simulation Tactical 2D Atmospheric Soundtrack Fantasy Local Multiplayer PvP Great Soundtrack Epic Grid-Based Movement Stylized

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows 7
Processor: 1.6 Ghz
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GT/s 4xx or equivalent
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 300 MB available space
Additional Notes: You must have a keyboard/mouse+gamepad or two gamepads for playing together and for cooperative play.

Reviews

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Jan. 2025

I just finished the main campaign. Here are my thoughts: -I really love the visual aesthetic as well as the soundtrack and sound design. This 1 bit style is very simple and neat. -I really loved the animated scenes, they were neat rewards after defeating extremely difficult bosses. -Talking about difficulty, my goodness, this game looks deceptively easy but the difficulty spike is so harsh. It made me quite frustrated a few times, but I would recommend searching up tips and tricks on the Death Crown community page. Once you understand a few essential tips, you will find yourself having a better time. -I love the boss ideas, as well as the story/campaign in general. I like this theme of human hubris, and how all kingdoms fall in the end. Overall: Death Crown has great visuals, sound and story. The gameplay is very simple to learn, but the difficulty spike may be extremely frustrating and even the smallest mistake will punish you. My suggestion: I would suggest buying it on sale. The gameplay and units are limited since it is meant to be a very minimalist RTS. Also, if you buy it, make sure to get the free "Era of Human" DLC.

Oct. 2024

I loved this game. The aesthetics are fantastic. Very short and simple, which adds a lot to the experience. However, it can get very visually overwhelming as the game progresses and the map gets busy. I would not recommend getting it if you get eye strain easily or struggle with high contrast, as I had to stop a few times.

Aug. 2024

Pretty short but there is "domination mode" which is similar to an endless mode I only paid 99 cents for the game and I don't really have anything to complain about Its pretty simple with there being 3 buildings to place But I still found it enjoyable and not too easy or hard Some have issues with the art irritating the eyes You can try changing the color scheme in settings If nothing else there are good things in the steam points shop from it Overall an enjoyable experience but I would hesitate to pay 10 dollars

Aug. 2024

I generally don't like RTS games. I'm not good at them, I don't understand them, my brain just doesn't work in that way. Death Crown overcomes that by stripping everything back to the purest distillation of the genre. No tech trees or elaborate build orders, just three types of building - money building, troops building, defence building. Your troops march out at a steady rate without needing your input, kind of like in a MOBA - all you need to do is build the relevant buildings and set a path for them. Matches are short, compact and bloody. Death Crown is almost like an arcade version of an RTS, and for me that works a lot better. It feels ferocious and close-quarters, like a knife fight in a phone box. It does still offer you choices as to how you want to tackle your opponent, but I get that the people who like turtling and gradually building up their ideal army composition might not enjoy what this is doing. For someone who doesn't normally like RTS games, though, this might be the one that works for you. It is for me.

Feb. 2024

Fast paced and simple RTS with an incredible art style. It really is a study in what is actually necessary for a RTS to include. You don't have to be a endlessly complicated tech tree monstrosity to be a good RTS.

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Developer

5WORD Team

Publisher

5WORD Team

Release 23 Aug 2019

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