Steam's most-anticipated city-builder racks up another 500,000 wishlists - after solo dev's girlfriend guessed it would only get 7,000 total
Apr. 16, 2024Manor Lords is going from strength to strength
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Manor Lords, the hotly-anticipated medieval city-builder that recently became themost-wishlisted game on Steam, has gained 500,000 prospective players in the past three months - far more than its solo developer’s girlfriend predicted it would ever gain.
Yesterday, Manor Lords publisher Hooded Horse confirmed that it had hit 2.5 million wishlists on Steam, a milestone likely hit off the back of the news that the strategy game had overtaken Hades 2 to become the most-anticipated game onValve’s platform. It’s an impressive feat - many of the top-performing games on the wishlist chart are sequels to beloved games - Hades, Hollow Knight, Ark, Frostpunk, and Stalker all maintain a presence in the top ten, but Manor Lords sits ahead of all of them.
An upcoming release date is also likely to be a factor in that success - Manor Lords is the earliest release in that top ten. Due to release into early access on April 26, it’s a long way ahead of the next game down the chronological pecking order: Frostpunk 2 is due to launch at the end of July.
I played the medieval city builder-meets-RTS game that has 2 million wishlists on Steam and it blew my tiny mind.
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