King's Field Influence Spreads Through Indie Scene as Queen's Domain Tops UK eShop
Indie action RPGs modeled on FromSoftware's King's Field are appearing in numbers, Game Spark reports. Queen's Domain, set on Niasheed Island, reached number one in the UK Nintendo eShop download-only software rankings and passed 10,000 concurrent players on Steam.
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Why it matters
The King's Field template is now a named reference point that indie developers cite in their own store copy, and one of those games has reached the top of a regional eShop chart.
Key Facts
- FromSoftware released King's Field for the PlayStation in 1994.
- Queen's Domain reached number one in the UK Nintendo eShop download-only software rankings.
- Queen's Domain passed 10,000 concurrent players on Steam.
- A Short Quest is scheduled for release on Steam.
- Lunacid - Tears of the Moon is produced with SWORD OF MOONLIGHT KING'S FIELD Making tool, released by FromSoftware in 2000.
A Short Quest, coming to Steam, has a developer who calls it a slightly King's Field-like RPG. Lunacid - Tears of the Moon is being built with FromSoftware's SWORD OF MOONLIGHT KING'S FIELD Making tool.
FromSoftware released King's Field for the PlayStation in 1994, and its first-person perspective was rare for RPGs at the time. The series is still popular, and the games built in its shadow now include a spin-off made with FromSoftware's own construction tool. Lunacid - Tears of the Moon follows Lunacid, which began distribution in 2023, and is produced with SWORD OF MOONLIGHT KING'S FIELD Making tool, released in 2000. A Short Quest takes a different route: its developer describes it as inspired by classic dungeon-crawling RPGs and recently popular King's Field-like titles, with a dog that can be equipped as a partner and a camp to spend time at.
- Queen's Domain: Set on Niasheed Island; reached number one in the UK Nintendo eShop download-only rankings and passed 10,000 concurrent Steam players.
- A Short Quest: Coming to Steam; first-person 3D action RPG with a dog partner and camp, described by its developer as slightly King's Field-like.
- Lunacid - Tears of the Moon: Spin-off of Lunacid, produced with FromSoftware's SWORD OF MOONLIGHT KING'S FIELD Making tool.
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