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Hero of the Kingdom: The Lost Tales 1
Developer Lonely Troops
Step into this lovely adventuring RPG and experience a heartwarming story. Take little orphan Brent under your wing, gather supplies, and lend a helping hand to those in need. Explore picturesque landscapes and enjoy a serene journey together, completely at your own pace. From the Steam store page
192 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Oct 3, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
90
LovedLoved
165 positive · 18 negative
95% range 85–94%
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| Steam reviews | 165 | 18 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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9 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
1,093 of 1,190 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
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Reactions
60 of 192 · most liked firstA small Game with not many Maps but still a lot to play. You need to be careful to use your Inventory well. You never know what you need next. So you need a good Micromanagment over your Inventory & Budget. +++ easy 100 % Steam Achievements ++ Story is fine enough for such an small Indie Game + Graphics Sound are find nothing big for this Indie Game but charming okay (so expect nothing) + a lot little Sidequests to finish for this small Game + a lot of Extra to find (Mushrooms, Eggs,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game, thanks for the Ukrainian localization! An easy to understand and interesting medieval-style game. Thanks for showing the backstory of the dragon named Muriel.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is amazing. From the gameplay to the lore, this game is for casual and hardcore gamers alike. The lore is extremely rich and deep and it will keep you invested. I recommend this to anyone.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very short, very easy, but still good as a quick +1 complete game. The story is cheesy, but somehow feels a bit better than Hero of the Kingdom 3. Therefore, my mark is 6/10. Still, I can only recommend getting it in a full bundle, or with some proper discount.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just under four hours. 100% achievements. Enjoyable, relaxing game. Good stuff!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Alright. Hero of the Kingdom: The Lost Tales 1 is done and dusted. I enjoyed this one more than The Lost Tales 2, which I inexplicably played first, lol. Much MUCH less backtracking in this one. Which I really and truly appreciated. Which isn't to say there is none, because of course there is some backtracking, but it is far less egregious in this entry. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3393537867 I would also consider this story to possibly be the most fun story from…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very casual point and click and gathering adventure game. Plays similarly as the prequels, with a "rags to hero" simple and straightforward yet well built storyline, though unrelated to the past installments. Very easy to play. Unlike the last installment, key resources are not "recoverable" by grinding, so careful inventory management is required to prevent stuckage due to insufficient resources to complete quests. As in the other games in the installment, the gameplay consists on…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Дуже подобаються ігри з цієї серії, українська локалізація дуже вдала (як і у попередніх частинах). Гра коротенька, може 2-3 години, легкі 100% ачівок. коротше, ніж перші 3 частини серії, але без грінду. єдине, на що треба звернути увагу, це на те, щоб не поїсти чи не продати ресурси, які потрібні для квестів (бо купувати їх буде дорого). вам доведеться грати за людину з іпотекою і мінімалкою (завжди брак грошей, всі хочуть грошей і ресурсів), але поступово, якщо вдало розпорядитись своїм…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I enjoyed this one except that it was way too short. Far less grindy than the third. Achievements very easy to 100%. Worth it on sale.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yeah, so, uh - I'm going to need you to make more of these HotK games. Like real fast and a whole lot more of 'em. I legit can't play enough of these. So simple. So fun. Such bliss. ~chef's kiss~
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have mixed feelings from this part. + The story is nice Once you learn how to get money, it gets quite easily - The resource management is really difficult It is quite short
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a good sequel. It's like the very first one... the story is pretty good. The findables are a bit more boring in this one. Infinite money glitch like all the others. 8/10 short, but sweet. Mew mew!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So, this review was nearly a negative. Hero of the Kingdom is one of my favorite games, and each sequel after was less good, but still good. In this game though, I got lost on what to do three times. Feeling like I was stuck, wandering around clicking on everything 'til something worked. The resources are too limited at first, and you can get stuck. You have to know exactly what to sell, and what not to buy. If you make a mistake, you can actually get into a dead end and have to restart. You…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TL;DR version: If you liked the first game, and want more of it, and don't mind clumsy presentation, this one'll be fine for you. For everyone else, play the first game first, and/or skip this game altogether. --- The first Hero of the Kingdom was a nice casual game that maintained good balance, flow, intuitiveness, and appeal throughout. The second game had a more ambitious start, and is a deeper game, but got disorganized and imbalanced and annoying in the end-game, ultimately making it a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Still feels like a grinding sim with bad writing 90% of the time, but at least it's shorter.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not gonna lie. The mechanics of this game is a little bit over those find the object games... you find stuff, do some work for others, complete some quests here and there, buy and sell all sorts of things, and keep advancing on a linear storyline. You can't die, there's not even some puzzle mechanics... it's just about balancing stats to keep going. Like, eat something or sleep to kill a monster that is blocking the road, sell some mushrooms you picked up to buy an axe to cut some wood to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Lost Tales is a return to beginning for hero of the Kingdom. Gone are the skill levels, the re-spawning enemies and gathering points, and the entire RPG-Lite feel. This is a simple, casual, clickfest where the depth of the game consists on "Do I want to spend X stamina on task A or B?". For me? This was the most welcome return. Plot-wise, The Lost Tales feels like the smallest of the series. While, in the end, I enjoyed the story immensely... the pacing was off. The first two and a half…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Oh right, didnt answer the question in my other post. Little Missfortune is probably the top of my list of short but great games. Cthulu Saves the World and even shorter, Cthulu Saves Christmas if you want some bite sized JRPG goodness. Breath of Death VII from the same dev is also short. Im also a sucker for Hidden Object Adventure gsmes which all take 2-4 hours. Artifex Mundi was my favorite dev for those until 2020 when they pivoted to a mobile dev. Donut County was really addicting and…
unlabelledView post →Hero of the Kingdom: The Lost Tales 1 is a prequel to the first game by at least a decade or two, as it deals with the youth of Brent the Hunter. It is a nice point and click game of repairing infrastructure and amassing resources, as well as finding hidden objects in the forest. This has my favorite way of gaining energy in the series so far, divided between food and campfire options. It is also zoomed in enough that chopping down large dead trees has enough of an impact to reveal items in the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Simple and short but really fun!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hero of the Kingdom is a short game where you talk to people and do missions to progress. This is pretty much a resource game and you would have to micromanage your inventory items with what is available in the world. It was really relaxing and simple to play this game. Definitely got my worth out of this game. Recommended.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →2.5 hours for 100%. More of the same. Recommended when you want a simple casual game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Already A Fan? Then this is a solid addition to your collection if you can buy it on sale for $1 or less. Remember: you're buying it to scratch the itch the game's mechanics offer you; not for the story or dialog. New Player? Buy the first game in this series for $1 to see if it's to your liking first. You can always pick this up later. tl;dr Very short (my long playtime is because I forgot to quit the game and it ran overnight) but no annoying mechanics (outside of the usual for the series)…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hero of the Kingdom: The Lost Tales 1 is a delightful fantasy adventure that successfully captures the charm and accessibility that have defined the series over the years. Developed and published by Lonely Troops, this standalone tale serves as a prequel that focuses on a smaller-scale story while preserving the rewarding blend of exploration, quest-solving, and light role-playing mechanics that fans have come to expect. Rather than relying on epic world-ending stakes, the game tells a personal…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really like the Hero of the Kingdom series, but this is easily the weakest entry I've played and really wasn't worth the time I spent. 90% of this game is trying to guess which items you can safely sell so that you can replace your broken gear just so that gear can break again on the next screen, and the story (such as it is) has zero effort put into it. If you don't see the singular plot twist coming within the first 10 minutes of the game, it's only because you lost track of the story while…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Similar to any other title in the series.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Can't stop... Wont stop playing these games!!!!! Also may or may not include a dragon and a twist. Epic. :>
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →https://youtu.be/c38deDwLiak Compared to others in the series the stamina balance is more punishing and there for the added tedium weakens the pacing enough to sour the experience.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good guys are good and fight evil guys, cozy at that. Peak fiction
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Casual point&click adventure game, where you gather resources and use them to complete quests given by villagers. A bit of management is involved too. And the graphics are cute. I'm dissapointed how short the game is, because it was so fun. There really isn't that much replayability, all the quests can be finished and achievements collected in one playthrough.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hero of the Kingdom: The Lost Tales 1 - I couldn't be more impressed! This game is a delightful mix of adventure, strategy, and storytelling that kept me engaged from start to finish. The visuals are beautifully crafted with a charming art style that perfectly complements the whimsical atmosphere of the game. The soundtrack is equally enchanting, enhancing the overall experience as I explored the lush landscapes and completed quests. The gameplay mechanics are easy to grasp, making it…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hero of the Kingdom: The Lost Tales 1 is a mobile app tier screen tapper, essentially a ripoff of the 12 Labors of Hercules mobile apps. "Gameplay", such as it is, involves just tapping your iPhone screen on hotspots to make it look like you're doing errands and running a village (tap on a tree and wait then it says you collected some apples, etc etc). It's a garbage gameplay experience... you could write a macro that clicks everywhere on your screen, then wait, and you'd beat the game. What…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is one of the better Hero of the Kingdom games. 6 or 7 hours of game play that you don't want to stop playing. (sleep be damned)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a relaxing resource management game with a bit of crafting and hidden objects as well. All of the achievements are self-explanatory and none of the achievements are missable. You can even keep on playing after the main story is complete to farm for your achievements. Visually the game is really beautiful and you can differentiate between all the different animals, flowers, mushrooms, etc. None of the resources and enemies respawn throughout the game, so you have limited resources,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In this game you play to your better (or worse) gaming self. Your decisions result in achieving the goals of the game and accomplishing fame and money. If you use your wits, you can accomplish both. After the first play through, you learn what everyone will ask of you. Then you can contrive a way to please everyone, while sometimes walking a very tight food and firewood line. I'm an OCD player who must make all achievements and doesn't like to have lots of unused "stuff" left and as much…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is dire. This is a game of constantly going back to town to get more things to continue killing the entirely too many enemies.... on repeat. This game doesn't have any accessibility options, so if you have poor vision, you should give it a miss as the game doesn't give you anything for that. I have good vision and I found it hard to see a lot of things. Oh look, you ran out of gold again, time to buy fish, buy salt, combine, sell.... repeat a lot... a lot more... oh god a lot more.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hero of the Kingdom is sort of a blend of casual clicker and adventure game. I do think it's interesting how much it makes out of a very basic mechanic (click thing to exchange resources for other resources). But this is also very much the bottom of my brain-no-work category.
unlabelledView post →I liked it a lot but wow, way shorter than the others.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is the first game in this series that i have played and i thought it was pretty cool. The whole time i was terrified i was going to run out of money and not be able to continue. Luckily i was able to scrape by barely the whole game and get to the end with 4 gold left. The only reason i managed to 100% this game was because at the end i sold everything i had to just pass 750 gold. A fun adventure, neat short story, good graphics, and relaxing. At some point i'll have to play the other…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It was a good game, back then. It still is, but it is not as fun as it used to be. Some games should be kept only in our fondest memories.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game with replay value. Slight chance of adding extra grind if not careful.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great little game. Laid back and relaxing. Really enjoyed it from start to finish.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This one was certainly the hardest of the series so far. It took a big turn from where the last episode in the previous series ended. I can see how some people might struggle to finish this one, but it was a big surprise to me when I did manage to finish it. Well worth playing, looking forward to immediately starting the next one!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hero of the Kingdom III wins the vote so we back to being blind and clicking like made twitch.tv/darkpersona26 #streams #game #gaming #twitch
unlabelledView post →Old school adventure story, simple, quite basic, plays like a book that you can not put down until the end.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game requires you to do things in such a specific manner that you get locked out of requirements if you are unable to get the skills you need to continue. I can't farm because I can't get the last two vegetables I need to harvest. Can't use a spear, can't fish, can't net, can't use a sword, can't make a rope, can't do anything. Locked out. GREAT JOB.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't want to come off as too critical of Lonely Troops here. The games are quite decent really. I guess I just don't play enough, or I'm spacing out mid game and losing precious seconds. And the Dev/Pub did the rather neat "Hero Of the Kingdom" clicker games. Go check them out.
unlabelledView post →I've bought a lot of games, but I wanted to have a couple of games that are both short and very casual for when I'm between games, or if I have 1 hour to kill, the entire Hero of the Kingdom bundle seemed to be an ideal game bundle for me, and I played this one first, and I really enjoyed it, it felt very casual, relaxing, point-n-click RPG (it doesn't really feel like RPG game compare to other games but it does have some elements of it, with lovely easy-on-the-eyes pixel graphic. It is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Point and click on the touch screen on your steamdeck.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game. Story is not bad, not very deep either. Can be completed in about 5-6 hrs. Took me more because I was distracted a couple of times and left the game running. A nice time to spend on a boring afternoon or two. The only critique is that the graphics are blurry because the game just up-scales the resolution (in my case 1080p) form it's native 720p by using some kind of primitive up-scaling (either Bilinear or Nearest Neighbor). I used native windowed mode and Nvidia up-scaling to get…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →forget fallout, this is the real deal
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you enjoyed the main games in the series, it's not a bad one to pick up on discount.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun little casual diversion. Not much to it, but enjoyable.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →excellent little game. I finished in 5 hours, all but 3 achievements. the story line completed. good little story too. game ran fine with no issues
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hero of The Kingdom: The Lost Tales 1 is a sample of what the first two games of the series were. The resources are limited and the storyline is more important than the farming. In general, it's a good point-and-click game with a classic medieval fantasy adventure.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Greedy price hike
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like the Hero of the Kingdom games. They almost feel like a new genre of hidden object rpg. The 'Lost Tales' however are much shorter side stories to the main game entries. This one took me only 3 hours to complete. I enjoyed my time as a wandering hero who saves a kid and reunites him with the father he never knew he had, but it was super short, and I missed the innovations that were present in Hero of the Kingdom 3
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's okay. If you liked the previous Hero of the Kingdom titles, you'll probably enjoy this one.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →More of the nice Hero of the Kingdom series. A very casual game that you can play without paying too much attention. Not as grindy as HotK3, which is great. The animations do take a long time though, so I recommend a 3x or even 5x speedhack to cut down on grind time. Maybe get this on sale as it is shorter than other entries in the series.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like this game, though it can be irritating. It is very slow to start, because you have to raise money, and your opportunities for that are limited. It is also difficult to raise the money you need to buy the things you need -- weapons, tools, potions, food -- because the NPCs you encounter are too willing to spend your money to have you accomplish their tasks for them. Once you get through the spider cave, it gets a little easier. Another difficulty I personally have with this game is…
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