Kingmaker

A kingmaker is a person who can influence the selection of a monarch, without themself being a candidate for the throne, or a similar position of power.

Kingmaker may also refer to:

Games

• Kingmaker (board game), a 1974 board game set in (English) Wars of the Roses
  • Kingmaker (video game), a 1994 strategy video game based on the board game
• Neverwinter Nights: Kingmaker, a 2005 expansion pack for BioWare's Neverwinter Nights
• Pathfinder: Kingmaker, a 2018 video game by Owlcat Games
• Kingmakers, 2025 video game

Television

• King Maker (TVB), a 2012 TVB drama
• Kingmaker: The Change of Destiny, a 2020 South Korean television series
• "Kingmaker" (Law & Order), a 2006 episode of NBC drama
• "The Kingmaker" (Billions), a 2017 episode
• "The Kingmaker" (The Blacklist), a 2014 episode
• Good Night Show - King Maker, the first season of the TV series King Maker

Music

• Kingmaker (band), British indie rock band
• Kingmaker (Tami Neilson album), a 2022 album
• Kingmaker (Pretty Maids album), a 2016 album
• "Kingmaker", a 2013 song by American band Megadeth from the album Super Collider
• "Kingmaker", a 2026 song by Maisie Peters and Julia Michaels

In cinema

• The Kingmaker (film), a 2019 documentary film
• The King Maker, a 2005 Thai film
• Kingmaker (film), a 2022 South Korean political drama film

Other uses

• The Kingmaker (audio drama) a 2006 Doctor Who audio drama
• King Maker, a 2010 urban fantasy novel by Maurice Broaddus
• Kingmaker (comics), Marvel character related to X-Men

See also

• Kingmaker scenario, in games, a situation where a losing player has the power to select the winner

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