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Kingdom's Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster poster
Apr 23, 2026

Kingdom's Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster

Poorly received
Reactions
91
Score confidence
high
Score trend
Platforms
PC · PS5 · Xbox Series X|S · Switch 2 · Switch
Age rating
E
49
Score

The game

A kingdom-rebuilding adventure filled with action and strategy! Kingdom's Return is an action RPG where you'll adventure to restore your fallen kingdom. Collect materials in 2D side-scrolling adventure stages, then use them in the strategy part to rebuild your kingdom and power up your characters!

Developer
Inti Creates
Platforms
PC · PS5 · Xbox Series X|S · Switch 2 · Switch
The Real Review

Most players found Kingdom's Return a mixed bag, with its biggest problem being a core loop that just doesn't land. The 2D action stages feel shallow, and the kingdom-building strategy layer fails to make gathering materials feel worthwhile, leading to widespread complaints about poor value. A vocal few who enjoy speedrunning have found a niche, but the general reception to developer Inti Creates is overwhelmingly negative. It looks nice, with the graphics being a rare bright spot, but that can't save the unsatisfying gameplay.

Synthesized from 91 real reactionshigh confidence
PraisedGraphics
FaultedDifficulty · Story · Performance · Value · Gameplay

Sentiment split

28% positive
40% mixed
31% negative

By aspect

gameplay43
value36
graphics85
difficulty15
story20
performance25
multiplayer50

How opinion moved

52
50
49
48
48
49
49
Jul 10
12
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30
Aug 1
18

Buzz

Aug 52 reactions over two weeksAug 18

How much people are talking about this game: reactions counted per day they were posted.

Names & topics that came up

Inti Createsdeveloper72× · 7%+Nintendo Switch 2platform8× · 0%+Switchplatform8× · 25%+Kingdom's Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monsterfeature6× · 17%+Switch 2platform5× · 20%+speedrun.complatform4× · 0%+speedrunfeature4× · 100%+combatfeature4× · 25%+Any% speedrunfeature3× · 0%+PCplatform3× · 0%+DSplatform2× · 0%+PSPplatform2× · 0%+Time-Eating Fruitfeature2× · 0%+Xboxplatform2× · 0%+NSWplatform2× · 0%+

Where the signal came from

Steam
38
Social Media
53

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