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Norland
Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
69 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“As a veteran of Crusader Kings 3 and Rimworld, this game is a breath of fresh air for me. But more than that, it provides a different yet familiar experience. I hope this game gets even more exciting updates and more…”
“The good: + World Generator: Makes every start feel different. + Combat: Super satisfying and fun to watch. + Lord Interactions: Dealing with other lords is actually pretty cool and well done. The bad: - Punishing…”
“An AMAZING game overall. Just not finished. The game is still unbalanced and slightly hollow. Though each run is unique and plentiful. There just isn't enough to keep you constantly engaged. Combat is far and between in…”
18 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“As a veteran of Crusader Kings 3 and Rimworld, this game is a breath of fresh air for me. But more than that, it provides a different yet familiar experience. I hope this game gets even more exciting updates and more…”
“Pros: 1. Considerable freedom to play your way, be a bastard ruler, or a peace loving hendoist, or whatever. 2. Customization options allow you to tailor the game to the kind of experince you want. 3. Not overly…”
“This game is fantastic and is constantly updated, but I find the limit on lords always ends up killing my interest because it blocks progression and growth. I wish we could make lords take over other cities and switch…”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“It might be a bit rude to say that if you’ve ever tried installing medieval mods for RimWorld and ended up with something muddled, now you have Norland. But seriously, if you’re like me and play both RimWorld and…”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Norland was something a little unexpected as I was expecting something more along the lines of RimWorld or Prison Architect (as the visuals seemed extremely similar). What I got was somewhat of a Medieval city builder,…”
“Pros: 1. Considerable freedom to play your way, be a bastard ruler, or a peace loving hendoist, or whatever. 2. Customization options allow you to tailor the game to the kind of experince you want. 3. Not overly…”
“This game is genuinely very good. The visuals are great, and the political mechanics are one of its strongest aspects. Although, to be honest, the political side can feel a bit overwhelming at first—especially when…”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Incredible amount of game mechanics stuffed in to a single game! This game beautifully combines some of my favorite parts from games like crusader kings, mount & blade, rimworld, anno, total war etc. into an original…”
“Really cool game, played it for 13 hours straight the day i got it. I suspect many many hours to be lost to this wonderful game.”
“200 hrs spent on this game, a lot going back and forth but I enjoy the feeling of gathering resources to make sword and armor, plotting how to annex my neighbors kingdom. The progress they made to develop this game is a…”
31 of the 103 reviews raise this · 15 of them still recommend the game.
“I've played demo of this game, bought it at EA premiere and the longer the development goes the worse it gets. Game had very good foundations especially at city buidling aspect, maps were fine, cultures were fine,…”
“I've played demo of this game, bought it at EA premiere and the longer the development goes the worse it gets. Game had very good foundations especially at city buidling aspect, maps were fine, cultures were fine,…”
“Norland was something a little unexpected as I was expecting something more along the lines of RimWorld or Prison Architect (as the visuals seemed extremely similar). What I got was somewhat of a Medieval city builder,…”
16 of the 103 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“I really tried with this game but it's just overly complex for what it is. They put way to many details into the "lords" that are supposed to run the town as well as way to many details into every peon. They put so many…”
“An AMAZING game overall. Just not finished. The game is still unbalanced and slightly hollow. Though each run is unique and plentiful. There just isn't enough to keep you constantly engaged. Combat is far and between in…”
“Do not recommend. It still needs a good bit of work. Age way way to fast, punishes you if you don't steadily progress and grow, there is no chill. Needs to allow players to have more control over the settings/campaign,…”
13 of the 103 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“I've played demo of this game, bought it at EA premiere and the longer the development goes the worse it gets. Game had very good foundations especially at city buidling aspect, maps were fine, cultures were fine,…”
“Feels like basic Rimworld but with waaay slower progression. After 7h at max game speed my curiosity to explore the game died by boredom because simply nothing really interesting happens. The management part is pretty…”
“The good: + World Generator: Makes every start feel different. + Combat: Super satisfying and fun to watch. + Lord Interactions: Dealing with other lords is actually pretty cool and well done. The bad: - Punishing…”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“I've tried to enjoy this game but so far it has been an overall very annoying experience and I regret investing money and time into it. Any given orders, be it to lords or peasant workers, seem to take an unreasonable…”
“Honestly after 2 years still a ♥♥♥♥ copy of Rimworld still a bug mess that makes no logic why there is no sandbox mode and why there is a limit for the population and for the lords why does the game makes you grow your…”
“Regarding Norland, I have mixed feelings. Overall, it’s a good game, but it doesn’t feel as deep as it initially appears. After playing, it leaves a somewhat shallow impression. The game is relatively short, and in its…”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“I've played demo of this game, bought it at EA premiere and the longer the development goes the worse it gets. Game had very good foundations especially at city buidling aspect, maps were fine, cultures were fine,…”
“The Game in certain parts is not well designed and is frustrating The Game overall is kind of nice, but there is much to be desired for in terms of game control and design. It is constantly frustrating how little…”
“The game is really nice and fun overall, I enjoy the base-building and RPG elements a lot. However, the knowledge system is the biggest thing bothering me right now. It's basically just a research loop but with extra…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 81.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Please release MODDING TOOLS at least on full release it will make the playerbase 100x better and the game better when u let the community build on the game”
— a player, Steam review · 241 hrs played“TLDR - 7/10 very fun early access game. It loses points for early access and needing more content, but there's great gameplay, super entertaining stories unfold, combat is super fun to watch and can get pretty intense at times. I'm definitely gonna get 100+ hours out of it. This…”
— a player, Steam review · 75 hrs played“I wanted to like this game but I found it to be tedious. Criminals couldn't be captured, assigned task takes all day if they start it at all, the unending travel back and forth to neighbouring provinces just to set up a marriage so that the game will stop annoying you with the…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Beta Channel Hotfix 1
Hi guys, Some fixes for BETA channel is here: - Increased the height of the Dynasty window - Fixed an issue where assigning an army to attack an enemy squad on the Global Map did not immediately updat
Patch #57 (BETA). Optimization, Dark Politics, and Worldviews
Hi everyone, Dmitry here. It's been quite a while since the last update, so there's a lot to cover. Over the coming weeks and months, we'll be focusing on expanding the feudal system and villages, add
Norland News Roundup at the Hooded Horse August Publisher Sale
Summer is nearing an end, and Norland has recently received a new update to herald the coming Autumn. Dmitry and his beta testers have been hard at work since the last major patch testing and refining
Save 50% on Norland
Norland is currently 50% off during the Hooded Horse August Publisher Sale . Norland is a medieval colony sim that casts you as the head of a noble family and the leader of a small kingdom. You must n
Patches 54-56 (MAIN). Event Director, QoL and Balance.
Hello everyone, Dmitry here. Today we are releasing Patch 56 to the main branch together with the previous Patches 55 and 54, meaning the game will be updated by three versions at once. The main focus
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | RPG, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Strategy · Simulation · Colony Sim · War · Grand Strategy · Base-Building · Historical · Open World · City Builder · Management · Building · Resource Management (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Adjustable Text Size · Camera Comfort · Color Alternatives · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Playable without Timed Input |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian, Turkish, Russian, Czech, Hungarian * |
| Achievements | 25 |
| Official site | https://www.norlandgame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows® 10 (64-bit) Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-4570T (dual-core) / AMD® FX-Series™ FX-9590 (quad-core) Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 Ti (4 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ RX 560 (4 GB) DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space