(It’s amazing what a developer can achieve) – Manor Lords is a Steam sensation by any metric

Sales figures, player numbers and reviews speak for themselves

Manor Lords is now available in Early Access after many years of waiting and uncertainty. And it is immediately clear at the launch weekend: this building game may not yet be finished, but it is already a huge success

Let’s take a closer look at the most important figures and metrics for the medieval hopeful!

The sales figures

Manor Lords has already sold one million copies on Steam in just over 24 hours. This is reported by the producer Hooded Horse via Reddit For an indie title without a big publisher wallet and with only minimal marketing measures, this figure is absolutely exceptional

For comparison: The massive blockbuster game Spider-Man 2 sold 2.5 million copies in the same period, setting a new record for Sony’s PlayStation Studios in October 2023.

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 player numbers

At the same time, player numbers also soared, as a look at SteamDB reveals. This does not even include the statistics from Game Pass and GOG, where Manor Lords is also available!

At its peak on April 27th,170,000 Steam users were online at the same time in Manor Lords, which catapulted the game to 7th place among the most-played Steam games. The title even overtook long-running hits such as Helldivers 2, GTA Online and Fallout 4, which was reignited in the wake of the Amazon series.