Kings Do Not Fall

Kings Do Not Fall Review: A Real 90s Brawler Paid For by the Continue

Six Levels, Bosses, a Shop and a CRT Filter From the Man Who Made Legend

The listing tells you who made it before what it is: Carlo Perconti, born 1966, programmer of Legend and Iron Commando on Super Nintendo, Burning Road on PlayStation and Soulfighter on Dreamcast, with longtime collaborator Lyes Belaidouni, returning to the beat 'em up more than three decades after Legend. The game is King Alden of Solara against Umbra's goblins, orcs and restless dead across six hand-crafted levels ending in bosses, with combo moves, smash attacks, different weapons and super attacks, a shop between levels where gold buys and sells items, and a CRT mode. A Steam reviewer who remembers Legend from the SNES calls the aesthetics great with the optional CRT filter; another, with 6.7 hours, admits the amount of AI used in development will draw complaints but admires the design and finds the controls satisfying once learned. On Steam it arrived April 15, 2026 at $4.99 with eight achievements and leaderboards; all three reviews are positive.

Eleven Reviews, a Top-30 Leaderboard, and a D-Pad That Divides Them

Eleven Google Play reviews since the late-July 2026 launch, 7 five-star, in five languages, and the developer answers each — usually with a wish that you make the top-30 leaderboard. A Japanese five-star says it feels exactly like a 90s arcade game and wants to compete with the world; an August 22 review gives the graphics 100/100. The two critical reviews are about the same thing. A Russian two-star from July 31 calls the controls terrible without a gamepad and notes there is no easy, normal or hard mode, conceding only the graphics; an August 14 three-star finds the left-right-up-down virtual joystick hard for movement, wants a circular pad, cannot pick up gold during fights before it fades, and does not know how to use potions. Hyperdevbox's replies say the D-pad already works as a circular pad if you keep your finger down, the button size can be changed, and potions are on B. Version 3.0 arrived September 9, 2026.

Free, Ads Between Levels, and Lives Sold Four at a Time

The Android model is the arcade one: free to install with ads, and continues bought with money — a French three-star from July 27 puts it at 0.69 per four lives and asks instead for a one-time purchase with four or five continues, promising five stars in return; the developer replied that eight lives should carry a player through the six levels because gold can be exchanged. Version 3.0 changed the terms: from 3.0, purchasing a Continue removes advertisements between levels. Google Play lists purchases from $0.99 to $99.99 per item, and the data-safety card says personal info, financial info and three other types are collected, with app activity shared. It requires Android 7.1 or newer, rated Teen for fantasy violence and language, with no size stated, 1,000-plus installs and no star rating displayed; there is no iOS version. The Steam version is the clean alternative: $4.99, no ads, no continues to buy. Prices vary by region.