Manor Lords: Latest News & Updates

Manor Lords is currently available in early access as a medieval European city-building game where players assume the role of a feudal lord. This section covers all the latest updates and developments.

Manor Lords News Updates

2025

March 1

Manor Lords celebrates its first year in Early Access with significant progress and new features. What began as a solo development project has grown into a team of specialists focusing on programming, art, design, and AI improvements.

Planned enhancements include:

• Smarter village management AI
• Detailed production and consumption tracking
• Redesigned approval system
• New building maintenance mechanics
• Expanded stone construction with quarries and lime kilns

Source: Hooded Horse Twitter announcement

March 1

Manor Lords receives "Best Indie Game of 2024" honors at the Digital Vikings Awards. Publisher Hooded Horse acknowledged the recognition during DevGAMM in Gdańsk, thanking both Digital Vikings and DevGAMM for their indie development support.

Source: Official Hooded Horse Twitter

March 8

New features revealed:

• Modular stone castle upgrades
• New Devil's Hill strategic map
• Complete progression system overhaul

Source: Steam update preview

January 31

Hotfix 0.8.029 implements beta-tested improvements:

• Optimized storage building operations
• Fixed artisan work interruptions
• Replaced problematic vegetable patches with storage sheds

Source: Steam patch notes

2024

December 24

Beta patch 0.8.017 introduces:

• Marketplace redesign
• New maps
• Tavern upgrades

Note: Players should backup saves before joining beta

Source: Steam announcement

April 30

Commercial success milestones:

• 1+ million copies sold in first day
• 170,000 peak concurrent Steam players
• New record for city-building genre

Source: Game8 report

April 29

Launch details:

• 25% introductory discount
• 3.2 million wishlists achieved
• No purchase pressure emphasized

Source: Game8 interview

April 26

Regional pricing strategy explained:

• Dynamic regional pricing implemented
• US price deliberately withheld pre-launch
• Aiming for global affordability

Source: Game8 coverage