ELEVEN UNIQUE KINGDOMS
Choose from one of 11 historical kingdoms and guide your civilization from a lone clan into a great power.
STRATEGY LIVES HERE
CONQUER THE WORLD AND BECOME
THE AUTHOR OF YOUR KINGDOM'S HISTORY
Experience the world's first true RTS gameplay in this epic
strategy game featuring unrivaled degrees of freedom.
REAL-TIME BATTLES
Battles happen in real time on a huge, detailed map featuring natural obstructions such as rivers, mountain ranges, and strategic passes.
REALISTIC DAY & NIGHT CYCLE
Use the cover of night to launch a surprise attack with your alliance and strike fear into your enemies.
VAST UNEXPLORED MAPS
The world of Rise of Kingdoms is covered in thick fog. Dispatch scouts to explore this mysterious land and uncover the hidden treasures within.
PANTHEON OF LEGENDS
Call upon dozens of historical figures who will serve as your trustworthy commanders, from Julius Caesar and Sun Tzu to Joan of Arc and Kusunoki Masashige.
ELEVEN UNIQUE KINGDOMS
REAL-TIME BATTLES
REALISTIC DAY & NIGHT CYCLE
VAST UNEXPLORED MAPS
PANTHEON OF LEGENDS
RISE OF KINGDOMS
WHAT THE PRESS SAYS
TouchTapPlay
Rise of Kingdoms is incredibly dynamic in its gameplay. You can station your troops anywhere, force yourself into battles that are already going on, run away from battles that are causing you pain, and dispatch multiple commanders at once.
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AppAdvice
Rise of Kingdoms is a staggeringly huge mobile game. You can play in a way that suits your style, whether that be reckless military adventurism and dreams of global dominance, or quiet and unobtrusive statecraft and dreams of a happy populace.
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Gamezebo
Eight different kingdoms, a huge zoomable world map, camping your troops anywhere on the map, Rise of Kingdoms is a surprisingly huge strategy MMO for mobile.
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Droid Gamers
The fights in Rise of Kingdoms are dynamic. If a skirmish isn't going your way you can always withdraw, and you can join a battle that's already happening if you want to help out an ally.
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Bringing Strategy Games to a Wider Audience
When the team behind "Rise of Kingdoms" discusses their creation, the word they use most often is "simple". Simple, easy-to-understand rules and a straightforward, aesthetic user experience are the team’s two fundamental goals.
"WE want our game to be simple and easy to pick up. That way, everyone can experience that same joy I get from playing strategy games."
After each update, ROK's producer has his 60-year-old mother try out the new version. She always comes up with a few surprising questions.
The team is confident that if they can make the game understandable for even the producer's mother, new players won't have any trouble working through the tutorial.
"Continuity might be the key to making mobile strategy games more immersive."
Unrestricted troop movement and simultaneous actions are two of the team's innovations.
In most mobile strategy games, troops are restricted to a set course. There aren't any actual battles taking place, so naturally it's impossible for armies to interact. But this is inconsistent with real life experience.
"We spent 90 days developing our 'infinite zoom', and players love it."
This intuitive feature was inspired by diving drone shots and Apple's famous pinch-to-zoom. With just two fingers players can switch freely between the close-up city view, the mid-level region view, and the panoramic world view. Every frame in the zoom effect was checked to make the transition more realistic.
"I want to add Chinese culture, Chengdu culture, into the game. Who knows? People might be curious about these artifacts!"
When progressing from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age, the celebration screen displays artifacts from Sanxingdui, a major Bronze Age archaeological site located near Chengdu. The in-game designs are based on sketches artists made when they took a break from work to visit Chengdu Museum.
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