Welcome to the shelf. This wiki covers Sad Socket's 9 Kings: the roguelike kingdom-building deckbuilder that is in Early Access on PC, headed to mobile on October 8, 2026, and patched often enough that every page here carries its own fact-check date. Below, everything we publish, grouped the way you would look for it.
Getting started
- Release date and timeline: when 9 Kings launched, when mobile lands, and the road to 1.0
- Platforms, Game Pass and requirements: four PC stores, Steam Deck Verified, and the honest answer about consoles
- The mobile version: October 8, 2026, free trial, what syncs and what does not
- The free demo: how to try the game before buying
- Gameplay: how a run works: the year loop, the nine plots and the card pick
The nine kings
- The Nine Kings: the full roster, unlock tasks and deck themes
- King of Blood: the sacrifice deck and Demon's Altar
- King of Stone: towers, walls and the Earthworks duplicator
- King of Progress: the upgrade snowball and the Mothership
- King of Time: the ninth king, added October 2025
Strategy and systems
- Cards: the six types: troops, buildings, enchantments, tomes, towers and bases
- Builds and perk layouts: starting patterns checked against Patch 0.9.5
- Tier list: all nine kings ranked, with the patch stamped on top
- The difficulty ladder: Peasant to King, then King II and beyond
More
- Games like 9 Kings: five picks for the itch this game scratches
- Trailers: every official video, titles verified against uploader channels
- Screenshots: all ten official store images in one gallery
- FAQ: the questions people actually search
- About this wiki: how we label facts, and what we refuse to do
How this site handles uncertainty
Every page wears one of three badges: Official for facts from Sad Socket or the publishers, Partially confirmed for the gaps, and Pending for what has not been announced. When a page contains claims we cannot fully verify, it opens with a "Read this first" box saying exactly what is shaky. The FAQ and the about page explain the method; the short version is that we would rather write "not announced" than guess.
FAQ
Is this wiki official?
No. It is an independent, fan-made wiki with no affiliation to Sad Socket or Hooded Horse. Every fact is labelled with its source tier.
How often is it updated?
Tracking pages are re-checked regularly, and every patch that changes the game triggers a re-read of the affected guides. Each page shows its last fact-check date at the top.