Co-op and multiplayer with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Great idea! Online co-op city building, we waited a long time for someone to make this.”
Steam review · translated · 4.5 h played ↗
Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown
Worth buying? What 275 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 275 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 55%Mixed · 55%Zugalu Entertainment20254X · Grand Strategy · City Builder
$27.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
An ambitious Anno-meets-RTS fantasy city builder with co-op, held back by game-breaking bugs, lost saves and weak combat AI. Skip it if you want a polished game with active support.
Great for
Anno or Manor Lords fans who want co-op city building with friends and can tolerate jank, ideally on sale
Main risk
Game-breaking bugs (stuck workers, lost saves) that the developers seem to have stopped fixing
What players love
Story and choices that matter
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“the choices don’t feel tacked on – they actually matter.”
Steam review · 5.4 h played ↗
Anno-like multi-province city building
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Its Anno with land combat and a touch of magic, its exactly my kind of game.”
Steam review · 12.1 h played ↗
Good value when on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“I'd say this game is a steal while it's on special.”
Steam review · 13.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Game-breaking bugs and stuck units
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“Units get stuck constantly for no reason which eventually leads to riots.”
Steam review · 4.2 h played ↗
Clunky trade, UI and poor explanations
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“I think the core of my issue with the game is not anything to do with Early Access”
Steam review · 4.7 h played ↗
Lost saves and broken save loading
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the save I'd sunk 65 hours into being deleted by the game”
Steam review · 65.8 h played ↗
Abandoned after 1.0 release
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“This game is effectively abandoned and has one community manager/dev who's entire job seems to be to reply whenever anyone says the game is abandoned”
Steam review · 161.8 h played ↗
Poor combat and unit pathfinding
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“The pathfinding is hot garbage. Units get stuck, wander off, disappear.”
Steam review · 19.8 h played ↗
Unstable multiplayer with desyncs
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“Started 3 different multiplayer games. After shutting down the game for the night, crossed fingers that it would load the next night. All three times it failed entirely.”
Steam review · 17.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable5 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5 4690 @ 3.5 GHz | AMD Ryzen 5 1600x @ 3.6 GHz or better.
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Storage5 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows® 10 (64-bit)
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-7600 (quad-core) / AMD® Ryzen™ 3 2200G (quad-core)
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB) / AMD Radeon RX 580 (8 GB)
Storage15 GB available space
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5 4690 @ 3.5 GHz | AMD Ryzen 5 1600x @ 3.6 GHz or better.
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Storage5 GB available space
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