Manor Lords Promises Frequent Discounts

In a rare move, Manor Lords publisher Hooded Horse has promised to frequently discount the game. The pledge was offered as part of the company's reflection on Manor Lords' launch.

That launch has been going incredibly well so far, with Manor Lords debuting at the top of Steam's best-sellers charts on April 26. Prior to its immensely successful release, the strategy game managed to reach 3.2 million wishlists on Valve's PC storefront.

This strong early momentum prompted a statement from Tim Bender, the CEO of Manor Lords publisher Hooded Horse. The message saw the executive thank fans for their support, while also offering an uncommon piece of advice for a publisher to voice: «don't feel any pressure to buy the game.» Elaborating on that point, Bender explained that Manor Lords' launch sale is not a one-time thing. «We'll run those 25% discounts often and give you plenty of opportunities to get the game later as well, [so] no one should feel any fear of missing out,» he wrote.

Bender also went on to assert that «early access isn't for everyone» as another reason why some strategy fans may want to wait before pulling the trigger on the game, even though Manor Lords' $39.99 price has now temporarily been slashed by one-quarter until May 10. Although early access titles often launch in an unoptimized state, Slavic Magic's city builder is actually fairly polished, but is instead a bit light in terms of content. Specifically, it is possible to see the majority of what the day-one version of the game has to offer in approximately ten hours, even though some genre aficionados will inevitably spend much longer than that on building perfect cities.

Don't feel any pressure to buy the game… we'll run those 25% discounts often and give you plenty of opportunities to get the game later as well.

An alternative way to experience this indie hit would be to grab Manor Lords via Xbox Game Pass. Since the early access version of the city builder is exclusive to PC, Microsoft's