# Manor Lords turns wishlists into a city-building hit

> Manor Lords reached 173,178 concurrent Steam players in its launch weekend.

- Owner: Slavic Magic; Hooded Horse
- Kind: Game
- Sector: Gaming
- Seed date: 2024-04-26
- Peak proxy date: 2024-04-28
- Date basis: Proxy date; not a directly measured attention peak.
- Spread Score: 46 (Notable), v1.3
- Mechanics: Underdog, Controversy

## Summary

The medieval city builder accumulated millions of wishlists before its early access launch. Launch player counts became news, and the publisher reported over one million sales.

## Timeline

- 2023-10-25 — Xbox Wire (Open web) — Xbox announced an April 2024 PC Game Pass release.
- 2024-01-18 — Slavic Magic (Open web) — The developer said the game had passed two million Steam wishlists.
- 2024-04-16 — Xbox Wire (Open web) — Xbox listed the game for PC Game Pass on April 26.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/mcp#api).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/manor-lords-early-access-2024

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Manor Lords turns wishlists into a city-building hit.” Case HIS-01959. Spread Score v1.3: 46/100. Updated 2026-10-28. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-01959