January 18, 2024 – Hooded Horse is excited to share that Manor Lords, the highly anticipated historical city-building and strategy game from solo developer Slavic Magic, has hit 2 million wishlists on Steam.
This is a major milestone ahead of the game’s release at the end of April, and a testament to how the developer has captured the imagination of gamers with Manor Lords’ vibrant and detailed world inspired by 14th-century medieval life. With a high degree of historical authenticity and a rags-to-riches journey of a humble village growing to become a powerful feudal city, Manor Lords mixes complex city-building systems and intricate production chains that feed into a real-time tactical combat layer where the workers are also the warriors.
“When we first launched the announcement trailer in 2020, my girlfriend said she expected me to get 7,000 wishlists,” says Greg Styczeń, the man behind the myth at Manor Lords developer Slavic Magic. “I was more optimistic and said it would be more like 14,000 and that would be awesome. Suffice to say, I did not expect the game to pick up so much interest and hit over 2 million.”
“I hope this is encouraging for other devs who struggle to get their games out there. I had no idea how the game would be received or if I’d be bad at marketing, but luckily I wasn’t discouraged and kept going.”
Manor Lords will release into early access for PC on April 26th, 2024 on Steam and GOG, and will also be available day one on PC Game Pass via the Game Preview program.
About Hooded Horse™
Hooded Horse is a publisher of deep strategic and tactical games with people and partners worldwide. Starting in 2019 with a single title, Hooded Horse’s portfolio has grown to 28 games and counting. Our goal is to empower and support developers in doing what they love so that they can create world-class experiences for their audiences. From the distant past of Manor Lords and the haunted woods of Against the Storm, to the depths of space in Terra Invicta and Falling Frontier.
You can find out more about us on our Steam publisher page, as well as our social channels; Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Discord, and website.
About Slavic Magic™
Slavic Magic is the Polish development studio led by Greg Styczeń, the (mostly) solo developer of city builder/RTS game Manor Lords. With a background in film production, Greg has enjoyed making things his entire life, and Manor Lords was born out of years of experimentation and prototypes of different game experiences.
You can find out more via the official website, as well as Twitter, Facebook, and Discord.
