About RK ROYAL KLUDGE
RK ROYAL KLUDGE was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in China, where it has grown into a global brand of mechanical keyboards and gaming peripherals sold in more than 100 countries, according to the company's own site. The catalog spans mechanical, magnetic, AI, and QMK-programmable keyboards across 60%, 75%, 80%, 96%, and full-size layouts, alongside gaming and office mice, headphones, speakers, and gaming controllers, built around what the company describes as a mission of enabling everyone around the world to enjoy the fun of technology equally.
Independent reviewers have backed that positioning up directly: Tom's Guide called the S98 one of the best mechanical keyboards available at its price, praising its typing experience and its internal foam sound damping, which the reviewer found eliminated unwanted pings and echoes during use. Tom's Hardware has separately reviewed the RK84 and RK96, and hands-on testing across multiple outlets has confirmed the hot-swappable switch sockets that run through RK's keyboard lineup, letting a buyer change switches without soldering. RK ROYAL KLUDGE also runs a dedicated Sustainability Lab focused on redeveloping and reincorporating consumer plastic waste into new products.
Brand website: en.rkgaming.com
What RK ROYAL KLUDGE makes
RK ROYAL KLUDGE's range runs wider than the products we review. The lines we know best from our own testing are marked with a star:
Mechanical & magnetic keyboards
60% to full-size layouts, hot-swappable switch sockets — featured on DeskRated
QMK-programmable keyboards
open-source firmware support
Gaming and office mice
wired and wireless
Headphones and speakers
gaming audio peripherals
Controllers, fight sticks & hitboxes
gaming input devices
Why we recognized RK ROYAL KLUDGE
The DeskRated Top Brand recognition isn't paid for and can't be applied for. We award it to the brands whose products consistently stand out in our hands-on category reviews. RK ROYAL KLUDGE earned it on the strength of the products below, evaluated the same way every product on this site is: bought, used at a real desk, and judged on merit.
RK ROYAL KLUDGE products we rated highly
RK ROYAL KLUDGE S98 Wireless Mechanical Keyboard
One of our top picks for a shared office where a number pad is still needed, in our testing. Five layers of internal sound damping, an IXPE switch pad, two foam layers, and a silicone dampener, make it one of the quietest boards we tested that still uses full-height switches, and outside reviewers have praised the S98's internal foam damping too: Tom's Guide noted it produced no unwanted pings or echoes during typing. The 96% layout keeps the number pad and arrow cluster while trimming about an inch of width from a true full-size board, and its pre-lubed switches are hot-swappable for both 3-pin and 5-pin MX switches, so the feel can be tuned further after purchase. It connects over Bluetooth, 2.4GHz, or USB-C, with a smart display showing connection mode, layout, and battery at a glance, and it carries a 4.4-star rating across more than 1,600 Amazon reviews.
Read the 7 Best Mechanical Keyboards of 2026 guide →What earned RK ROYAL KLUDGE the recognition
- Founded in 2014 and grown into a global mechanical keyboard and gaming-peripheral brand sold in more than 100 countries, per the company's own site.
- Hot-swappable switch sockets across its keyboard lineup, including 3-pin and 5-pin support, letting a buyer retune the switch feel without soldering, confirmed hands-on by multiple independent outlets.
- Multi-layer internal sound damping that outside reviewers, including Tom's Guide, have found eliminates unwanted pings and echoes during typing.
- Tri-mode connectivity (Bluetooth, 2.4GHz wireless, and wired USB-C) with multi-device pairing and a hardware macOS/Windows toggle across its wireless boards.
- A dedicated Sustainability Lab focused on redeveloping and reincorporating consumer plastic waste into new products.