Our most-anticipated city builder becomes one of the world's most-wanted games as it tops Hades 2's Steam wishlists

Manor Lords
(Image credit: Slavic Magic)

Manor Lords, one of our most anticipated city-building games, has become the world's most anticipated city-building game, according to Steam wishlist charts.

Manor Lords is an upcoming medieval strategy game that mixes top-down settlement expansion with sweeping tactical battles. It features the same economy micromanagement and complex social simulations that make games like this click, but everything is rendered in agonizingly realistic detail, giving this one the extra edge.

Various excellent demos made available throughout the years have done most of the heavy lifting when it comes to spreading word of mouth on this one. No surprise there since our hands-on Manor Lords preview said it had "some of the most in-depth and immersive gameplay" found in strategic city builders - though, we've "barely scratched the surface of what is possible in this game."

Developer Slavic Magic and publisher Hooded Horse previously announced that the game had reached a whopping two million wishlists on Steam back in January, to give you an idea of what it takes to reach that top spot. 

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