Flashback-Flashforward Comparison: Little King's Story and Muramasa: The Demon Blade

CoffeewithGames shows the play-time data on Little King's Story and Muramasa: The Demon Blade.

CwG says in one section, "Little King's Story now 160,894 Total Hours reported, an increase of 99,599 hours since October 26.
Muramasa: The Demon Blade now has 216,747 Total Hours reported, an increase of 163,238 hours since the October 26 data."

CwG also covers the approximate number of players reporting data, review score average, and Amazon.com sales ranks and prices for both games.

[CoffeewithChess]

Are these titled you would recommend to others?
If you have played both, which one would you recommend more?

[SpaceSquirrel]

Muramasa: The Demon Blade but I'm a big fan of Vanillaware thanks to Odin Sphere.

[Mahr]

Both are solid, but Little King's Story in a walk. There aren't many world-domination simulator games on the market, and none are quite as charming as LKS.

Complete shame what happened to Cing.

[CoffeewithChess]

if LKS was advertised any?
I don't recall anybody mentioning any sort of ad campaign for it.

[Mahr]

"Do you know if LKS was advertised any?"

In America? Not at all.

I'm not certain ads would have helped that much anyway, given that the game's depth and sense of humor (for example, how one of your advisors is a girl who gets progressively more irate the more wives you take) isn't readily apparent.

[Seferoth75]

I'd have to recommend Demon blade as LKS isnt anywhere to be found.

It's sad really. People cannot buy what isnt there.

[SpoonyRedMage]

Both are great and in HMV in the UK LKS is currently £10. What a steal.

[CoffeewithChess]

about $20 USD?