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Manor Lords

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4.1/5

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4.1

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Manor Lords
Description
From city building to grand strategy, turn-based tactics to RTS, see more strategy games from Hooded Horse.   Manor Lords is a strategy game that allows you to experience the life of a medieval lord. Grow your starting village into a bustling city, manage resources and production chains, and e...
Genre:
Strategy - Building - Historical
Tags:
Indie, Strategy, Atmospheric, Exploration, Open World, show 11 more... Sandbox, Historical, Survival, Resource Management, Building, Medieval, Crafting, Base Building, City builder, Fighting, Amazon Luna
Critics reviews
50 %
Recommend
IGN
7/10
Eurogamer
GamingBolt
7/10
User reviews

4.1/5

( 320 Reviews )

4.1

320 Reviews

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Product details
2024, Slavic Magic, ...
System requirements
Windows® 10 (64-bit), Intel® Core™ i5-4670 (quad-core) / AMD® FX-Series™ FX-4350 (quad-core), 8 GB...
DLCs
Manor Lords - Soundtrack, Manor Lords - Artbook
Time to beat
10.5 hMain
17.5 h Main + Sides
28 h Completionist
12.5 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Description




From city building to grand strategy, turn-based tactics to RTS, see more strategy games from Hooded Horse.

 
Manor Lords is a strategy game that allows you to experience the life of a medieval lord. Grow your starting village into a bustling city, manage resources and production chains, and expand your lands through conquest. 

Inspired by the art and architecture of late 14th century Franconia, Manor Lords prioritizes historical accuracy wherever possible, using it to inform gameplay mechanics and visuals alike. Common medieval tropes are avoided in favor of historical accuracy in order to make the world feel more authentic, colorful, and believable. 
 

 
Manor Lords provides a gridless city-building experience with full freedom of placement and rotation. Building mechanics are inspired by the growth of real medieval towns and villages, where major trade routes and the landscape influenced how settlements formed and developed. 
 

  • Spreading outward from a central marketplace, build your residential, commercial, and industrial districts following the natural lay of the land. Establish farms based on soil fertility, position hunting grounds according to animal populations, and ensure access to adequate resource deposits and forests to provide the raw materials needed for growth.
  • Assign areas for housing and watch your residents build their homes in accordance with the historical burgage plot system. Each area will be subdivided based on your roads and the allotted space, and homes will scale accordingly.
  • Build extensions behind larger homes to generate resources that would not otherwise be available. Homeowners don't just pay taxes – they grow vegetables, raise chickens and goats, and otherwise supply themselves and other townsfolk with essential needs beyond what your managed farms, pastures, and industries can provide.
  • Guide your settlements through the unique demands and opportunities of each season, enjoying the bounty brought by spring rains and preparing for the harsh snows of winter.

 

 
From boots to barley and hides to honey, Manor Lords features a great variety of goods fitting of the era. Materials need to be transported and processed into finished products through production chains, and you must balance the basic needs of your people against the desire to produce luxury items to ensure happiness, manufacture trade goods for export, or forge arms and armor to aid in your conquests. 
 

  • Resources are littered across the map, encouraging you to expand and establish multiple specialized settlements. Extract valuable ores from your mining colonies, while villages devoted to agriculture, herding, or hunting supply the grains and meats needed to feed your growing populations. Will you spend your hard-earned influence to first acquire a rich source of iron for your smiths, or will you prioritize regions with fertile soil to serve as your breadbasket?
  • Unchecked expansion will have a direct effect on the environment. Herds of deer will migrate away from encroaching civilization, lack of crop rotation will worsen soil fertility, and cutting down too many trees will result in deforestation.
  • Establish trade routes and sell surplus goods to traveling merchants to enrich your population. Manufacturing and exporting a variety of goods will provide wealth with which to upgrade your peoples’ homes, import goods you can’t produce yourself, and through taxes on said wealth, fill your own coffers.

 

 
Yours is but a small parcel of land in a vast territory, and the competing ambitions between you and rival lords will inevitably lead to conflict. Lead your people into battle, not as expendable units to be easily replenished, but as your beloved loyal subjects where every death is a cost worth considering. 
 

  • Train a retinue of skilled warriors to fight battles alongside the levies you raise from the town militia. At times these soldiers will be needed to suppress banditry, and at other times you will lead your men into battle to conquer or defend territory. When needed, mercenaries are a costly option to bolster your ranks. Will you raise the militia at the first sign of trouble, bringing your economy to a stand-still as your peasants pick up arms and rush to form ranks, or will you spend your personal wealth to hire bands of sellswords instead?
  • Command real-time tactical battles, taking into consideration fatigue, weather conditions, and equipment. Position your troops wisely – a smaller force can defeat a larger enemy, if commanded well.
  • Feel the cost of battle, even in victory, as each fallen soldier represents a lost person from your city.

 

 
This game is a passion project started by a solo developer, grown through player support into a full team of passionate individuals ranging from programmers and 2D artists to Game and Map Designers. You can reach out to us and share your opinions, ideas, and criticisms – we listen to your feedback.

Popular achievements
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Change the church bell sound.
common  ·  30.48%
Start the game
Big success!
common  ·  48.03%
Survive the first year
Face the winter and have your settlers not abandon you.
common  ·  37.24%
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Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
10.5 hMain
17.5 h Main + Sides
28 h Completionist
12.5 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Game details
Genre:
Strategy - Building - Historical
Tags:
Indie, Strategy, Atmospheric, Exploration, Open World, show 11 more... Sandbox, Historical, Survival, Resource Management, Building, Medieval, Crafting, Base Building, City builder, Fighting, Amazon Luna
Works on:
Windows (10, 11)
Release date:
{{'2024-04-26T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Company:
Slavic Magic / Hooded Horse
Size:
6.7 GB
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DLCs
Manor Lords - Soundtrack
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Critics reviews
71
Top Critic Average
50 %
Critics Recommend
OpenCritic Rating
IGNby Leana Hafer
7/10
Manor Lords is a gorgeous medieval city-builder that kept me occupied for hours building my perfect, cozy hamlets, but it definitely feels very early in its Early Access development.
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Eurogamerby Robert Purchese
There's a confidence to Manor Lords that belies its one-person development, and what's there can be spellbinding, but it's a pastoral idyll that still needs significant development.
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GamingBoltby Ravi Sinha
7/10
Manor Lords still requires time to develop, especially when building out several of its more intriguing features. Nevertheless, its emphasis on medieval city-building with dashes of combat can prove enjoyable.
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Posted on: December 22, 2024

Early Access review

Seivad74

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Games: 11 Reviews: 1

Updates needed, WAITING TOO LONG!

Execellent game, It has taken my gaming away from Furthest frontier.

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Posted on: December 25, 2024

Early Access review

Papernaut

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Games: 133 Reviews: 4

A wonderful medieval city builder

I've found great enjoyment in this beautiful and atmospheric game with gorgeous visuals and music that really pulls me in.

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Posted on: May 9, 2025

Early Access review

WhiteW01f93

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Games: 205 Reviews: 3

Best city builder

Best city builder and survival managment out there. Plus its gorgeous!

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Posted on: October 19, 2024

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guillesolo

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Games: 10 Reviews: 1

Excelent game...

waiting for the complete one...

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Posted on: October 31, 2024

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Pitahamkaas

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Games: 5 Reviews: 1

Work in progress

Great potential but still a lot to develop.

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