Even if you've only got a passing interest in strategy and management games, you've almost certainly encountered Hooded Horse before—it's the publisher behind Manor Lords, Against the Storm, Endless Legend 2 and 9 Kings, to name but a few. It started in 2019, and since then it's published a slew of successes. It's rare that I don't have a Hooded Horse game in rotation these days.
One of the things that makes its success so surprising—though I'm beginning to think it's one of the core reasons it's done so well—is that Hooded Horse CEO Tim Bender started the company with no industry experience, aside from his passion for modding.
