King of Billiards

Your cue. Your next move.

King of Billiards brings you into a warmly lit billiards club with a low, first-person aiming view. Line up the shot with your mouse, hold Ctrl and move back and forward to strike, and hold Shift to raise the cue. Choose the cue-ball contact point for spin and find your own rhythm at the table.

A little precision. A little surprise.

Play Chinese 8-ball, 9-ball and a casual Snooker ruleset, or try Skill Duel: each player receives three random cards per rack, while nine changing arena effects reshape the contest. Swap solids and stripes, split the cue ball, open portals, attract balls toward a pocket, or leave your opponent just one open pocket. Cards have their own timing and conditions; hold Alt to inspect your hand before making a move.

Learn the shot. Make it yours.

Practise at your own pace, challenge the computer, or face another player over LAN or the internet. Steam players can host a room and invite friends. Raise the cue for controlled jumps, use cushion rebounds and carefully placed spin, and follow the action as the camera opens up after a shot. Optional aiming guides can be disabled for both players by the room host.

A club to return to

• Four rulesets, AI opponents, free practice and two-player matches.
  
• 25 skill cards and nine random arena effects in Skill Duel.
  
• 40 achievements for progress, match wins, shot-making and experimentation.
  
• Table and cue styles, adjustable sensitivity and a choice of background music.
  
• 31 interface language options. Achievement descriptions currently support Chinese and English.

This is a casual independent billiards game, not a professional referee simulator. The rulesets share the club table; Snooker does not use a separate full-size tournament table. Multiplayer uses a player host or the dedicated-server connection. Mouse and keyboard are required.