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Lords and Villeins

Lords and Villeins

Build a prosperous settlement in a unique simulation of a feudal economy - each family runs their shop, owns their goods, and trades with other villagers in a free market. You will manage the land, build houses, organise events, set taxes, and balance supply and demand while engaging in diplomacy!

Released Nov 10, 2022 Developer Honestly Games Publisher Fulqrum Publishing Platforms Windows Colony SimStrategyCity BuilderPixel GraphicsManagement
View on Steam ↗ $24.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

72.6%positive872 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Lords and Villeins, developed by Honestly Games and published by Fulqrum Publishing, is a medieval colony simulator that distinguishes itself by shifting the player’s role away from hands-on micromanagement and into that of a governing lord overseeing a living, self-regulating…”

— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“I love this game. Highly recommend it to anyone. So many little things to manage.”

— a player, Steam review · 141 hrs played
Not recommended · 36 found this helpful

“While the core game is awesome and great, the game breaks down due to AI issues after reaching a population of 100-150, and becomes completely unplayable (NPCs break and stop performing tasks completely) by around 250 pop. The dev committed to fixing the issues and initially…”

— a player, Steam review · 560 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:01 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

6playing at last check
1024-hour peak
343all-time peak
0 100 200 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 104 avg · Nov 2022

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

50achievements
3.0%median completion
0.8%rarest: The War Is Never Won
23.9% of players 22.7% of players 21.6% of players 19.1% of players 13.0% of players 12.3% of players 11.5% of players 10.7% of players 9.3% of players 8.6% of players 8.1% of players 8.0% of players 7.5% of players 7.0% of players 6.8% of players 6.1% of players 5.9% of players 5.6% of players 5.5% of players 5.2% of players 3.9% of players 3.6% of players 3.2% of players 3.2% of players 3.0% of players 3.0% of players 2.9% of players 2.7% of players 2.7% of players 2.5% of players 2.4% of players 2.3% of players 2.3% of players 2.3% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 23.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
23.9%Nice Day For Fishing Ain't It? — Fish 1000 fish.
22.7%May I Keep It? Please! — Obtain an animal.
21.6%Ownership Is Subjective — Seize any resource from a family.
Rarest badges of honor
0.8%The War Is Never Won — Send 10 regiments to war.
0.8%Your Soul Be Blessed — Perform blessing on 50 soldiers.
0.9%Cavalry Is Here! — Equip 25 horses with horseshoes and horse saddles.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$24.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$24.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US24.99 USD
EU24.99 EUR
UK20.99 GBP
Australia34.95 AUD
Canada29.99 CAD
Japan3,150 JPY
Brazil83.99 BRL
China93.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$14 Brazil Japan Canada Australia US UK EU≈$28

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jan 02, 2026
Lords and Villeins is on a Winter Sale!

It’s Steam Winter Sale time! Perfect time for some village building! That’s why Lords and Villeins is at an 75% discount until the 5th of January! And if you want to get full experience, get the The G

Sep 23, 2025
Spelkollektivet MEGA Bundle – Save Big on Lords and Villeins!

Greetings, Lords and Ladies! Did you know that Sweden is home to the world’s largest co-living and co-working space for game developers, Spelkollektivet ? Since 2017, over 500 developers have joined t

Apr 24, 2025
Realpolitiks 3: Earth and Beyond is Leaves Early Access!

Greetings, Lords and Ladies! It's time to put your ruling abilities to use again! Allow us to announce that Realpolitiks 3: Earth and Beyond, a grand-strategy published by Fulqrum Publishing , is leav

Sep 24, 2024
Hotfix for Patch 1.6.14 (Issue with Saves and Achievements)

Greetings, Lords and Ladies, A nasty bug snuck into the patch we published yesterday, and caused problems in communication with the Steam platform. As a result, your achievements were not logged and y

Sep 23, 2024
Patch 1.6.14 Is Out Now!

Greetings, Lords and Ladies, We have another bugfixing update for you! Thanks to your reports on Steam and on our Discord , we were able to locate and fix several annoying bugs! For that, we owe you o

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresIndie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsColony Sim · Strategy · City Builder · Pixel Graphics · Management · Simulation · Medieval · 2D · Building · Sandbox · Indie · Open World (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Czech, French, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain *
Achievements50
Estimated owners50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://lordsandvilleins.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Intel Pentium i5-3470 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 660 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 750 MB available space