« I focussed on expanding the team and tackled way too many issues at once ».
It isn’t unusual for a game to go quiet after a popular early access launch, but Manor Lords has been quieter than most. Slavic Magic’s medieval city-builder was the most exciting thing to happen in April 2024, a quietly enthralling simulation of everyday life in the Middle Ages that somehow achieved cultural critical mass, becoming Steam’s most wishlisted game and selling 3 million copies in its first year of early access.
Yet while updates remained relatively consistent through last year, 2025 has been much more sporadic, with no updates in the last nine months. That’s changed now, however, as Slavic Magic has finally released a new experimental beta for Manor Lords, one that brings an impressive array of new features to the city-builder.
The beta patch expands the scope of Manor Lords in several directions. It adds four new maps that can be played in two additional game modes—1v1 Duel and a four-way free-for-all called Fractured Realm. It also adds a new masonry-themed production chain that lets players fashion stone and mortar through building a quarry, stonemason and lime kiln.
