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Is The Malice Kingdom worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Fans of 2D platformers who want exploration and combat in the same game
- Players who enjoy finding weapons and upgrades during exploration
- Action-adventure players who want 17 boss encounters across multiple areas
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a platformer centered on a different activity than exploration, combat, and challenging movement
- Players who prefer games with fewer than 17 boss encounters
- Players looking for a setting without ruins, forests, mansions, or other ancient-world locations
Our take on The Malice Kingdom
The game combines 2D platforming with exploration, weapon discovery, character encounters, and 17 boss fights. Its progression therefore extends beyond movement challenges into equipment collection and combat across 12 areas.
What is The Malice Kingdom?
The Malice Kingdom is a 2D platformer set in an ancient medieval kingdom.
Players explore 12 areas with unique visuals and music, traveling through ruins, forests, and mansions while uncovering a dormant secret. The game combines challenging platforming with combat against enemies and bosses. Players can find 15 weapons and upgrades, and meet unusual characters including knights, sewer raccoons, and very tall people. The kingdom contains 17 unique bosses to defeat, with exploration, equipment discovery, character encounters, and combat forming the main activities.
How The Malice Kingdom plays
- 01Twelve areas
- The locations have unique visuals and music.
- 02Fifteen weapons
- Players can battle through the ruins using 15 different weapons.
- 03Seventeen bosses
- The kingdom contains 17 unique bosses.
- 04Unusual characters
- Encounters include anarchistic knights, drunk sewer raccoons, and very tall people.
- 05Combat upgrades
- Finding upgrades increases the player's strength as a warrior.
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The Malice Kingdom: platforms & release
Is The Malice Kingdom worth it?
It is worth it if: fans of 2D platformers who want exploration and combat in the same game. Skip it if: players seeking a platformer centered on a different activity than exploration, combat, and challenging movement.
Where can I download The Malice Kingdom?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens The Malice Kingdom's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is The Malice Kingdom on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
