Queen's Domain: Release Date, Price, Platforms and How the Stamina Combat Works

Queen's Domain is the kind of game where the map is the enemy. You wash up on the Isle of Neasied looking for your father, the island is one connected knot of bridges, towers and cellars, and nothing tells you which path is the one that leads somewhere. The combat is built to match that patience: a stamina meter, charge attacks that need commitment, and a sword that doubles as your way across gaps.

Release date and platforms

Queen's Domain launched on 30 October 2026 on PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2. It comes from Freshly Baked Games, a two-person studio, published by Future Friends Games.

Price

There is no current discount. Some outlets reported a 15% launch-week discount on console stores; Steam shows the full $19.99 at the time of writing.

How the combat works

The store description lays out four layers, and each one changes how you commit to a swing.

1. A stamina meter. Attacks cost stamina, so you cannot simply mash. The meter decides the pace of every fight.
2. Charge attacks. Holding a heavier swing trades speed for damage, which means reading the enemy's tell before you start it.
3. Weapon-specific special attacks. Different weapons have their own moves, so the catalogue is not cosmetic.
4. Secondary throwing weapons. These cover the ranged gap that a first-person melee game otherwise leaves open.

On top of that sit levelling and accessories, and a melee catalogue large enough that the shop and loot loop stays meaningful. Press coverage puts the count at roughly 50 to 70+ melee weapons and 20+ throwing weapons.

The store description states the four combat layers directly: a stamina meter, charge attacks, weapon-specific special attacks and secondary throwing weapons, with levelling and accessories layered on top.Official

The first-person view is the thing that makes it feel unlike a modern third-person Souls game. You cannot see behind you, and the low-resolution texture style hides details on purpose, so a corridor is genuinely a threat rather than a set piece.

Exploration and the Holy Sword Endu

The island is built as one connected space rather than a level select. The store description calls it interconnected and labyrinthine, with secrets behind every corner. The Holy Sword Endu is the traversal key: you use it to fly from platform to platform, so the same weapon you fight with is also how you cross a gap you cannot jump.

That combination is the design thesis. A gap is not a wall you walk around; it is a decision about whether you have the sword and the stamina to make the crossing. Press coverage describes 100+ enemies and bosses and 40+ hours of content, though those are journo counts rather than official numbers.

Reviews and reception

Steam shows a rating around 94% positive, which sits in "Overwhelmingly Positive" territory. Press reports say the game sold more than 100,000 copies in its first days and recouped its budget within a week, and third-party trackers recorded a peak of roughly 5,000 to 9,000 concurrent players.

Those are press and third-party figures, not a studio announcement. Treat the sales number as reported rather than confirmed.

Languages and PC requirements

The interface and subtitles support English, French, German, Spanish (Spain), Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian and Simplified Chinese. There is no Traditional Chinese interface listed, which matters if you read Traditional Chinese and expected to match the console UI.

The requirement is light because the retro look is doing the work; this is not a game that needs a new GPU.

What is still unconfirmed

• The final weapon and enemy counts, since the studio has not published them.
• Whether a Traditional Chinese interface is planned.
• The exact ending structure and how much the island opens up after the main quest.

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