King of the Cul-De-Sac

King of the Cul-De-Sac

Matthew Vimislik · September 24, 2020 · Visual Novel, Comic Book, Choose Your Own Adventure, Point & Click, Casual

King of the Cul-De-Sac is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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King of the Cul-De-Sac price

King of the Cul-De-Sac is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About King of the Cul-De-Sac

The KING OF THE CUL-DE-SAC is the title given to the strongest, toughest kid on the block, who rules the circle of suburban homes in the manner they see fit. With Karah’s brother moving to college, she assumes she’s next in line for the throne, but quickly realizes the other contenders for the crown will have to be convinced - with her FISTS!

King of the Cul-De-Sac is an interactive comic that uses games, music, and animation to immerse and amuse readers, while branching story paths bring them back again!

Features:
  • 6 Different Ending Chapters!
  • Four RPG-style Boss Battles!
  • Minigames and Simple Puzzles!
  • (a secret 7th true ending chapter but don't tell anyone shhh)

King of the Cul-De-Sac — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Partial controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included
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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended May 3, 2024
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1 found this helpful
Not recommended Dec 21, 2025
"King of the Cul-De-Sac" is not a game, it's an e-book that's been dumped on Steam masquerading as a game. As a visual/interactive novel, this doesn't feature any notable gameplay, it's just a lot of clicking through badly written dialogue that would never have been accepted or published in print, which poses the question, "How did something this badly written end up on Steam?". When someone hoping to become an author is unable to get published in print, they spend $100 and dump their high school fan-fiction onto Steam, under the guise of a game. This e-book is about a girl who has to fight people in a suburban environment. Yeah, terrible idea for a book, but here we are. At least this isn't one of those high school anime club dropout fan-fictions about the authors imaginary girlfriend. That doesn't make this e-book into a game, however. This e-book isn't that linear and works more as a Choose Your Own Adventure, but the point still stands... nobody read a CYOA book and then said "Wow, what a great game I just played." Books aren't games. This was slapped together with the godawful Ren'Py visual novel construction kit... enabling terrible authors to publish books as if the…
Recommended Nov 21, 2025
Cute little VN. Played it with my kids.
Recommended Nov 7, 2025
Игра 'King of the Cul-De-Sac' - это безумная и забавная инди-игра, которая захватила меня с первых минут. Идея битвы за звание короля тупика между детьми, использующими картонные коробки и самодельное оружие, гениальна в своей простоте. Управление может показаться поначалу немного неуклюжим, но быстро понимаешь, что это часть шарма, добавляющая хаотичности в происходящее. Мне особенно понравилось разнообразие персонажей и их уникальные способности. Каждый ребенок имеет свой стиль боя, что делает игру реиграбельной и интересной. Апгрейды и новые коробки добавляют глубины геймплею, заставляя думать о стратегии, а не просто бездумно нажимать на кнопки. Визуальный стиль игры очарователен, с яркими цветами и карикатурными персонажами. Юмор в игре на высоте - от смешных анимаций до абсурдных ситуаций. Это игра, которая не претендует на серьезность, а просто дарит хорошее настроение. Я настоятельно рекомендую 'King of the Cul-De-Sac' всем, кто ищет веселую и необычную игру, чтобы скоротать время. Не ждите шедевра ААА-класса, но будьте готовы к взрыву позитивных эмоций!
Recommended Jun 17, 2024
It's amazingly funny and well crafted. 10/10 Underrated AF
Recommended Jun 14, 2024
I LOVE THIS COMIC/VN SM I NEED MORE OF KARAH IN MY LIFE <3 ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☑ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☑ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☑ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }-…

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