Steam's newest smash success is a medieval city builder called Manor Lords, a game primarily stemming from the talents of a single developer, but it was only able to attract a publishing partner thanks to a shared love of a 1994 classic.
Tim Bender, CEO of strategy-focused publisher Hooded Horse, told Gamesradar+ in an interview that he and solo developer Greg Styczeń appreciated "the same things, the potential of the game, how it was going to play." Bender even name-dropped Lords of the Realm, "that ancient series of games that Sierra published way back in, like, 1990," as a sort of predecessor for Manor Lords' vision.
