Manor Lords topped the charts as one of the most highly anticipated games on Steam prior to its release. Now, it has achieved another milestone by boasting the highest levels of concurrent online players among all city-building simulators on the Valve platform.
The team at Hooded Horse, publishers of Manor Lords, proudly announced this achievement. With over a million copies sold, the game currently has a staggering 173,000 online players and the numbers are still on the rise.
According to Hooded Horse, these numbers are unprecedented not only within the city-building genre but also across related genres like grand strategy games, 4X games, and colony simulators.
Since yesterday’s launch Manor Lords has already sold over 1 million copies & hit a peak Steam concurrent player count of 170k – highest ever for a city builder (or for other different genres like GSG/4x/colony sim). Congrats @LordsManor, we’re honored to serve as your publisher! pic.twitter.com/559uGRp1NO
— Hooded Horse (@HoodedHorseInc) April 27, 2024
The claims made by Hooded Horse are backed by solid evidence. By examining SteamDB data, we can compare the peak online player counts of various popular city builders, grand strategy games, and colony simulators:
- Manor Lords – over 173,000 users.
- Cities: Skylines II – 105,000 users.
- Sid Meier’s Civilization VI – 163,000 users.
- RimWorld - 62,000 users.
- Jurassic World Evolution – 60,000 users.
- Anno 1800 - 25,000 users (released on Steam three years after initial launch).
- Farthest Frontier – 25,000 users.
- Total War: Three Kingdoms – 192,000 users.
While Manor Lords reigns supreme among “pure” city builders, it falls slightly short compared to Total War: Three Kingdoms in related genres. Despite similarities, these games are not direct competitors, as the creators of Manor Lords have emphasized.
In terms of player satisfaction, Manor Lords excels with an impressive 89% positive review rating based on nearly 15,000 reviews on Steam.
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