Good game, worth the $3 - Worth supporting dev.

Is it fun? Yes.
Is it the most amazing game ever? No.
Is it worth $10? Yes.
Does it cost $10? No.

needs endless mode!!!

$3 games are rocking the industry! Fun and great game!!

more updates asap and this game is going places, also NL vod shoutout

The Just King is a fun auto battler with the flair of vampire survivours gameplay. An enjoyable casual game, with each round lasting around 20 minutes.
WARNING: TURN DOWN THE VOLUME if you have the bard on your team. IT'S SUPER LOUD AND GETS ANNOYING.

Just King is listed as an autobattler, but its really closest to brotato-like with a bit more by way of autobattler trappings.

You've got your little king and 4 slots around him in a + formation, and you buy party members to put in those slots. The party members all have their own attacks, an inventory, and like a faction and role. So like you have a bard, who can hit guys with his lute and dispense musical notes that buff you when you pick them up and harm enemies who walk onto them, he's the 'shady business' faction and the 'hasty' role. Stacking character factions and roles grants bonuses of various tiers depending on number of guys (2 then 4), in the standard autobattler way. Items can provide stat buffs, 'active' abilities (as in the character uses them on a cooldown), and passive bonuses. Or some combo of the above. Characters get 1 inventory slot to start with, then 2 more at character level 2. They get a third character ability at level 3 also.

When you get into battle it's a little screen-sized arena with a couple of waves of spawning enemies, you move your king around and rotate your defenders using the mouse (they face the cursor), and your guys use their abilities. It's real-time so it is much more like brotato or something than a trad autobattler where you have little input beyond positioning the guys at the start.

What's fun is the place you put guys in the formation can have impact. Like for example there's a druid class, if you put him at the front he becomes a turtle tank, the side a wolf melee guy, and at the back a spellcaster. Some items encourage you to put guys in different positions than you might normally in exchange for rad bonuses.

There are multiple worlds in (i think) increasing difficulty with additional environmental effects (like an undersea one where your king has an oxygen bubble and you pick up bubbles of air that spawn on the map to top it up, which doesnt drain so fast as to be annoying but does make you move around more) and enemies. Each world has some exclusive party members, but you can unlock them for use in all areas. Metaprogression is in the brotato 'more items and guys' mold rather than '+0.05% run speed per level' bars.

It also has a cute style and is pretty funny. I got two party members from the 'deep' faction (in this case a shark summoner and a deep one cultist) and the bonus was that fish hooks spawn on the map and harm enemies who walk into them, and any enemy killed by them gets yanked up off the screen and your guys heal. The non-combat encounters involve your party being involved in hijinks and based on which guy you pick to solve the problem with you get some tokens to level up guys of that faction.

One weirder part of the game is instead of fusion there's just an evil mouth on the shop screen that you feed spare heroes to and get tokens for levelling up your guys of the same type with. It tripped me up for a while. You also get some free tokens based on which of your guys is MVP in each node.

Anyway I like it and it's deeper than I expected for a cheap game, and is very charming to boot.

Can you add alternate queen like costume for king, besides that keep up the good work

Just King is a game where your goal is to protect the king at the center of your team of up to 4 units. It employs elements of games like AutoChess and Vampire Survivors but still feels very fresh with its take.

To go into a bit more detail, this game has really cute and attractive graphics. The art style is genuinely the only reason I even gave this game a look in the first place. I came for the art and stayed for the gameplay, and speaking of the gameplay, I found the gameplay loop to be pretty fun and engaging. There are plenty of units with their own unique traits and gameplay styles that you can upgrade throughout the run, and with these units, you can have a variety of synergies to combine and experiment with. Not to mention, there are a slew of items to choose from to further enhance this idea of customization and experimentation. Nothing in this game feels overly unfair or busted. Every item has its use from player to player. One person may highly value damage-increasing items, while another may highly value healing items. That is the beauty of this game, you can tailor it to your own playstyle, and the game doesn't punish you for doing so.

However, despite all this, the movement in the game feels really slow. You truly do feel like you get powerful as you upgrade your units, build better synergies, and get better items; however, the slow movement speed of your characters makes the gameplay feel a bit lackluster at times. I understand this low movement speed is due to the nature of the game, but it still feels fundamentally bad.

Also, when initially starting the game, it felt very overwhelming with all the mechanics thrown at you with no guidance on how to navigate them. You are expected to just jump into defending the king without even knowing what you're doing. For those that play a lot of games, you'll eventually learn the little mechanics and whatnot, but this may be significantly harder to understand for someone who doesn't play many games.

Another thing is that the game is fairly short. The main thing driving replayability are the achievements and your desire to experiment with different combinations. To be fair, this is an early-access game, but this is something to be aware of. I don't think this is necessarily a fault of the game, as I thoroughly enjoyed this game even with the low amount of content present at the current moment.

Overall, I think this is a very solid game that is 100% worth the price and should be given a try. There are a few kinks to be found in the game, but it's an overall enjoyable experience. I highly recommend this one!

most fun deckbuilding/ autobattler i have played so far. The artstyle looks cool and i really enjoy the gameplay. definitely worth the price.