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Lords and Villeins

Honestly Games · Fulqrum Publishing · 2022-11-10

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 30, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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!

Lords and Villeins is an Indie, Simulation and Strategy game released in 2022, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 977 reviews).

11
playing now
71%
positive of 977 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
6
Nexus mods (772 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 11 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 39 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 20k–44k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 977 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$6.24-75%
GOG$6.49-74%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.37 at GameBillet (2025-11-21) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 145 of 192 observed days · $1.87 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
717120212026Week of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2222026-09-15 03:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 9 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 11 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 8 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 8 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 9 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 11 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 7 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 12 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 22 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 11 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 11 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 12 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 15 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 13 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1048Oct 2021Aug 2026Oct 2021 — avg 81 · peak 309Dec 2021 — avg 32 · peak 73Feb 2022 — avg 14 · peak 36Apr 2022 — avg 40 · peak 79Jun 2022 — avg 40 · peak 151Aug 2022 — avg 21 · peak 38Oct 2022 — avg 20 · peak 54Dec 2022 — avg 73 · peak 160Feb 2023 — avg 32 · peak 70Apr 2023 — avg 27 · peak 66Jun 2023 — avg 35 · peak 85Aug 2023 — avg 20 · peak 47Oct 2023 — avg 55 · peak 137Dec 2023 — avg 41 · peak 87Feb 2024 — avg 39 · peak 85Apr 2024 — avg 22 · peak 51Jun 2024 — avg 46 · peak 308Aug 2024 — avg 29 · peak 59Oct 2024 — avg 17 · peak 38Dec 2024 — avg 22 · peak 53Feb 2025 — avg 13 · peak 30Apr 2025 — avg 15 · peak 33Jun 2025 — avg 33 · peak 179Aug 2025 — avg 14 · peak 30Oct 2025 — avg 19 · peak 43Dec 2025 — avg 17 · peak 35Feb 2026 — avg 14 · peak 34Apr 2026 — avg 9 · peak 23Jun 2026 — avg 9 · peak 25Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 18
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$4.202021-09-292026-10-142021-09-29 — best price $19.992021-12-04 — best price $19.992022-01-31 — best price $19.992022-03-22 — best price $16.992022-05-01 — best price $14.992022-06-17 — best price $19.992022-08-12 — best price $14.392022-10-08 — best price $19.672022-12-03 — best price $24.992023-01-23 — best price $19.992023-03-20 — best price $19.992023-05-05 — best price $19.992023-07-21 — best price $12.502023-09-12 — best price $24.992023-11-16 — best price $19.672024-01-09 — best price $12.492024-03-06 — best price $20.652024-04-25 — best price $8.492024-06-14 — best price $8.492024-07-31 — best price $22.292024-09-30 — best price $19.672024-12-03 — best price $19.672025-01-20 — best price $5.372025-03-20 — best price $24.992025-05-06 — best price $6.242025-07-08 — best price $6.252025-09-03 — best price $6.242025-11-12 — best price $24.992026-01-06 — best price $9.992026-03-03 — best price $24.992026-04-25 — best price $24.992026-06-19 — best price $5.372026-08-12 — best price $24.992026-09-11 — best price $24.992026-10-06 — best price $6.492026-10-14 — best price $6.24
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
23.9%
earned "Nice Day For Fishing Ain't It?"
3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

6 supported languages: English, Czech, French, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2022-11-10, latest 2024-06-25 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6431%50

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DIndieEconomySandboxBuildingMedievalStrategyTop-DownColony SimManagement

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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