Medieval city builder Manor Lords is a smash hit, selling two million copies in just three weeks.
Slavic Magic’s debut game launched on Steam priced $39.99 and straight into PC Game Pass in Early Access form on April 26. On Steam, the game is particularly well-received, with a ‘very positive’ user review rating. IGN’s Manor Lords Early Access review returned a 7/10. We said: “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.”
Publisher Hooded Horse said on Manor Lords’ opening weekend, the concurrent player count peaked at over 173,000 on Steam alone (the highest ever concurrent player count for a city builder on Valve’s platform), and the first one million sales were made by the next day. Since then, solo developer Greg Styczeń has been hard at work processing feedback from the player base, and the first patch recently went into open testing.
“It’s been wonderful to see so many players give Manor Lords a try,” commented Hooded Horse CEO Tim Bender. “We had some pretty optimistic expectations and even some wild hopes, but reaching two million copies on Manor Lords so quickly has exceeded even those.”
The two million sales figure is across all platforms Manor Lords is sold on: PC via Steam, GOG, Epic Games Store, and the Microsoft Store, and comes despite its availability in the PC Game Pass subscription.
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— MANOR LORDS (@LordsManor) May 16, 2024
Slavic Magic has said Manor Lords may remain in Early Access for around a year, “but that might change depending on how the design develops with player feedback.”
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