[2] For the King II is a tactical role-playing game with turn-based combat.

Combat takes place on a grid, similar to digital tabletop, and there can be up to four members in each party.

Points accrued during gameplay allow players to unlock new content for their next game.

They wanted to implement something similar to the wonder of finding a new magic item and figuring how its powers.

[3] Though IGN found it "interesting, challenging, and engaging", they said some of information withheld from the player made it unnecessarily frustrating.