Microsoft Picks Up Third Most-Wishlisted Game on Steam for Day-One PC Game Pass Launch

Microsoft has snapped up eye-catching PC city-builder Manor Lords as a day-one Game Pass launch title.

Publisher Hooded Horse announced Manor Lords launches on PC via Steam and GOG in early access form on April 26, 2024, and will be available then on PC Game Pass. A release on consoles and Xbox Game Pass is due “later”.

Manor Lords is currently the third most-wishlisted game on Steam behind only Hades 2 and Hollow Knight: Silksong, and appeared during Microsoft’s Xbox Partner Preview October 2023 broadcast. The new trailer is below:

Developer Slavic Magic has created a historical city-building strategy game that mixes city-building systems with complex production chains alongside a real-time combat layer that turns workers into warriors. It’s set in a world inspired by 14th-century medieval life, with the player tasked with building a new home for the people.

Here’s the official blurb:

“Exploit local resources, expand the settlement, and establish robust trade routes to meet the people's ever-growing demands. Surviving the first winter will be challenging, but once players have mastered their surroundings, they’ll need to be wary of new threats such as bandits and rival lords seeking to claim territory for themselves.”

Slavic Magic is a Polish development studio led by Greg Styczen, the (mostly) solo developer of Manor Lords.

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