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Pull the sword from the stone in this free game before other players make it longer and heavierI will never be king

I will never be king

A picture of a sword in a stone.

Here’s a brief trailer, but basically this view is the entire game:

The one who pulls out the sword will be crowned king - Launch trailerWatch on YouTube

The one who pulls out the sword will be crowned king - Launch trailer

Cover image for YouTube video

It is possible to play offline, in which case the sword will have a fixed length and weight, but the online mode is where real achievement lies. Pulling the sword out will alert everyone else playing that you have been crowned king and add your name to a list of the 100 most recent kings.

I just had a go, playing the game for 15 minutes, and I’d wager that the sword moved around 8 inches. From watching videos, that’s at most 10% of the distance it needs to travel to succeed in pulling it out. I made a few mistakes, moving my mouse so fast that my invisible hands seemingly slipped from the handle. There are also tricks I wasn’t employing which may make the process go faster, such as turning mouse sensitivity up to 900% in the game’s settings. Either way, it’s going to take considerable time.

Is it worth putting in that time just to have your name on a high score table? I don’t know. Is it worth the much longer time it would take to master and overcome the mountains inGetting Over ItWith Bennett Foddy orJump King?

You can play The One Who Pulls Out The Sword Will Be Crowned Kingvia Steam, where the game is completely free.