Sultan's Game

Sultan's Game features the eponymous Sultan. The player is ordered to play the "Sultan's Game" for the Sultan's amusement. The player must draw cards and complete the designated action within 7 days. It begins with receiving 4 kinds of cards: Carnality, Extravagance, Conquest, and Bloodshed. Each contain a "rank" of either Gold, Silver, Bronze, or Stone.^[1]

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The PC version of Sultan's Game received generally favorable reviews from critics, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.^[2]

RPGFan adored its Arabic inspired aesthetics and music, stating it was "brimming with imaginative writing and scenarios".^[3] In a demo review, PC Gamer noted its completeness and how it forces you to do "evil things" to survive, which it avoided feeling overly gratutious or merely doing it for shock value.^[4] GamerSky complimented how it encourages multiple playthroughs with out of game progression elements akin to roguelikes.^[5] Softpedia appreciated its "dark and beautiful" visual elements, but noted that some veer close to NSFW, which could offend players.^[6]

Chinese fans of Sultan's Game adored the political rival to the Sultan, Nawfal. This is expressed via players agreeing to help overthrow the Sultan and through mediums such as fan art. Writer Chen Silin stated that this is because of how he evoked figures of feudal China that overthrew corrupt regimes, which some Chinese fans appeared aware of.^[1]

Within 48 hours of release, Sultan's Game had already sold 100,000 copies. In July 2025, the game hit a million sales.^[7]