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Lords and Villeins
Developer Honestly Games
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! From the Steam store page
199 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Aug 27, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
54
Mixed
105 positive · 90 negative
95% range 47–61%
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| Steam reviews | 105 | 90 | 0 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
4 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
688 of 972 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 199 · most liked firstOn the surface Lords and Villeins has a great concept. There is something beautiful about designing a functional economy where everything works with money changing hands and eventually ending up back in your pocket as the Lord or Lady of the region. The only caveat is – It does not work. The Good: Bright and colorful world which has an immediate draw. Current games generally seem to obsess over dark, Earth tones instead of obscenely eye-assaulting bright colors. This was very welcome. The…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While the core game is awesome and great, the game breaks down due to AI issues after reaching a population of 100-150, and becomes completely unplayable (NPCs break and stop performing tasks completely) by around 250 pop. The dev committed to fixing the issues and initially promised to fix the issues, and said to expect early 2025 for a fix. Michal, the dev, when asked in late 2025 on the Discord made an announcement that he had a child - he was wished the best by the community and we…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Weekend PC Game Deals: Free Half-Life, returning bundles, cozy indies, and more. Big Deals - Remnant II – $34.99 on Steam - Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition – $29.99 on Steam - Victoria 3 – $24.99 on Steam - Grounded – $23.99 on Steam - Half-Life: Alyx – $20.39 on Steam - Way of the Hunter – $19.99 on Steam - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare – $19.79 on Steam - EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5 – $17.99 on Steam - The Riftbreaker – $17.99 on Steam - Satisfactory – $16.49 on Steam - HROT – $15.99 on…
unlabelledView post →Pros: * Really interesting economy model. * Lots of production chains that don't overwhelm the player because they're managed automatically. * Blueprinting feature to save you from setting up repetitive houses. * A pretty long campaign mode which does decent job in teaching mechanics of the game. * Seems to still be developed quite actively. Cons: * Crashed couple times. * Serious bugs (like campaign objectives not being loaded when you load a game). * Some balance issues making certain…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Avoid this one - it is utterly broken. And that's a shame, because if it worked, it would be a true gem. With well over 100 hours into the game, I have witnessed it break down completely in my last two playthroughs. There are a number of game breaking bugs. I have had visitors visit the butcher's storefront and die of starvation on the spot. They simply get to the tile and stand around to die. The game doesn't tell you when visitors starve, and it won't tell you they died. You will get that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Since there is now paid DLC I will write a review. I don't think this game is in a good state. Many things are obscured by menus or not fully explained so you will likely spend hours learning the game. In reality its fairly simple and most of the difficulty comes from the lack of control over individual pawns as a design choice. You have to decide when to add complexity, but many families are not self-reliant so if you want to see the midgame you need to slowly progress. Many of your actions,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got really into this game, it's my type of game, just what I was looking for. However, the developer hasn' t updated in almost a year and there are game-breaking bugs, to the point where it ruins your whole savegame. It's not profitable anymore and it's a small developer, I get it... I'm still very sad that my game became unplayable after 12 years building my town because the regional taxes aren't delivered, amongst other bugs...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a cute townbuilder, in a similar vein to rimworld or dwarf fortress. The main feature that sets it apart is its economy, where every household needs to buy/sell to get the food/clothes/goods they need. While the game mechanics themselves are explained decently enough (though often lacking in the minor details), the game doesn't present nearly enough information to allow the player to understand the consequences of those mechanics and make any informed decisions. The issue is that the game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So, after seeing this on Humble Monthly and then (as always) checking out the Steam reviews before actually claiming the game, I still decided to go for this, despite how many negative reviews there were. I love colony builder games and don't even mind micro-managing to a certain extent. I'm also a bit of a spreadsheet nerd when it comes to gaming, so I thought this would still be up my alley. However, after just under 2 hours of playtime, which was literally me doing the very first "learn the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a crucial turning point in the up-and-coming generation's city and town simulators. Ever since Banished introduced the concept of varying commodities as part of the inhabitants' "survival" and "quality of life", this game has added the next step of "administrating through private property", where the a ruler-player is given an additional fog-of-war that is each family's private possessions and land ownership. Maintaining the wealth and purchasing power of the people becomes an…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a village simulator with a very complex set of production chains. The most interesting thing about it is that your village has an internal economy. Villagers have to buy things from each other, food and items your villagers produce aren't community property the way they are in most colony simulators. It has a 2D top down view that's a lot like Rimworld. You zone areas as houses or workplaces, and build walls, furnishings, and workbenches inside those zones. I really, really wanted to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The only game i played where money dont just spawn out of nowhere. It comes to your town via trade, then circulates between the people. Never seen such feature even in economy simulators.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do you want to do 20 hours of tutorial scenarios where they insist on you doing the same thing over and over again? Instead of just a tutorial as you play? Or a quick tutorial showcasing game mechanics? This is the game for you then. You can waste tens of hours just to learn about 20 minutes of gameplay. Not sure what the dev. was thinking here. Otherwise it's a fun game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's with heavy earth that I write this review. As you can see, I spent a lot of hours in this game. And maybe I'll play again in future. Now, this game has a lot of pros: charming visuals, unique economic system, relaxing gameplay... and those things drew me in again and again! It can be fun seeing you village slowly grow, new families moving in, designing new homesteads etc... BUT. This game has also many flaws. Too many to leave a positive review, sadly. First and foremost, the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well, when this game was in early access and a work in progress, I would have recommended this game, but not any longer. The devs basically released this game, than abandoned it. Release, one hot fix, then abandonment. The Unity update that should have been urgent came out many weeks after it urgently came out for all the other Unity games in my library. And with no notification whatsoever. If you want to buy an old game that was okay once, but was abandoned immediately after release, then…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've been following along and playing through updates since this game has released. Starting off good, the content is great and fun to play with. The play on production chains and medieval economy simulation is something I enjoy most, but it can get very confusing very fast (took me atleast 3-4 playthroughs and all the tutorials to even remotely understand half the mechanics of this game). Whenever I notice a new content update or bug patch I always give it another go and start a big…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is broken garbage that hasn't been update in over a year. The game broke on the 3rd training level. People would stop eating/working even after sending them free food. Once your villager get to starving mode they won't do anything including eating.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The gameplay looked very interesting. The tutorial is huge. But the game has some game breaking bugs. Game sometimes doesn't see Artisans You got I FOUND A FIX: 1. Left click on Builder's Guild 2. Left click on open warehouse book (5th icon from left) Few days ago I opened the game just to find out that ALL my villagers are DEAD. I tried loading different saves, nothing helped, they were still dead.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun and unique game but a few issues that are borderline game breaking: 1. Certain professions simply can't sustain themselves and need to be actively subsidized by the Government no matter what, this is annoying to have to do constantly for the same families over and over again (also there should be an option to tell hunters not to attack things that are likely to kill them like wolves. For hunting families it is just a ticking time bomb until they all die, even if you give them Armour it is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Micromanagement hell.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There is an issue with this game that causes it to only use 2 of the CPU cores. In my case, I'll have 2 cores maxed and 6 idle by midgame. At midgame the game lags so hard the framerate drops to 10fps. looking at the forums, it seems the game is abandoned. I really like this game and its a shame, the Dev's have a great concept and did a good job executing. At this point in time I can't recommend this game. FYI I have over 650 hours of game play.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cant lie this is one of my Favourite colony sims ever, the way you manage the family's zones, the lords house and the church all full of all sorts of complexities. The game feels full and keeps me engaged, I've played far too many colony/settlement style games and their all quite samey with very mild graphical differences, this one perfectly achieves a different angle on the game play which I love. I do have to say though that due to this different angle and the not so enticing tutorials this…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →6.5/10 due to villagers getting stuck after you increase the population 200+ otherwise 9/10. DIFFICULTY ▢ Easy ▢ Normal ☑ Hard ▢ Very Hard ▢ Impossible GAMEPLAY ▢ Poor ▢ Boring/Repetitive ▢ Normal ☑ Fun ▢ Masterpiece GRAPHICS ▢ Poor ☑ Medium ▢ Good ▢ Very Good ▢ Masterpiece SOUND/MUSIC ▢ Poor ☑ Nothing special ▢ Good ▢ Great ▢ Masterpiece STORY ☑ No Story ▢ Poor ▢ Normal ▢ Well written ▢ Masterpiece LENGTH ▢ Very short (0-3 hours) ▢ Short (3-10 hours) ▢ Average (10-30 hours) ▢…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Okay. I've only played 3 hours so far, and I can already feel burnout creeping in. I generally love micromanagement games, Rimworld is literally my favourite game, with Songs of Syx coming up a close second. These kinds of games tend to scratch an itch for me. But this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game is sooooooo taxing to play! Just from the main menu I had red flags popping up, then going to the tutorial! I felt like a complete idiot playing through it, I'm sorry but the missions were so much, why does there…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is poorly optimized in general, DLC is broken and forces a performance drop lmao Good game, fix game after year two. EDIT - PLS, I really love this concept/game, just needs a little more... ;-;
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The idea seems interesting, a bit like dwarf fortress. But the amount of micro management is unbearable. Your peasants won't even build tables or chairs without you ordering them to.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game would be great, except the last update seems to have made its performance unplayable with more than 30 people in your village or so. The last update from a year and a half ago, since which development seems to have not been really happening at all, aside form language localizations which presumably are being farmed out anyay. I Get it, life gets in the way, But we didn't pay actual money to a pile of unplayable crap to sit and gather e-dust on our hard drives.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't normally post reviews, but this game has such a small player base that I wanted to express how great this is. Although some of the mechanics are odd and it take a bit to learn, the balance and depth is amazing. I am a huge fan of this style game, having sank endless hours into rimworld, clanfolk, prison architect, etc. so I was looking for something unique with this one. The economic system is what sets this game apart from any other and is really done very well. I found that it…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If rimworld is space warcrime simulator then this is medieval excell doc simulator. As long as you are aware of that, its good. If you expect raids, combat and eating eachother, i dont think you will like it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There are positives. In fact, I wouldn't call it a bad game, it is not a bad little colony sim. The ultimate issue is for similar money you can get a game that does everything else it does better. There two points were the ultimate deciders in giving the thumbs down. 1. The game keeps crashing when I try to save it. There might be a fix to this, but once my settlement reaches a certain size this starts happening, or will say it was unable to save it. Very frustrating, especially given it…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No updates, what a disappointment
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Micromanagement simulator. This game has no personality. It's a spreadsheet with 2D sprites.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is hard to put in one category. It is not like Banished or Rimworld. Only in the sense that you have a village, but it is more of an economic sim set in the feudal age. I like. The main drawback though is performance when your population grows.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am really enjoying the game. im a little concern seeing it hasnt had an update in a year? i hope this isnt an abandoned game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you like colony builders with high complexity like Rimworld and Dwarf Fortress, this game is for you. It has a fresh take on the whole Medieval Village take, making it so you don't control every pawn yourself, but rather set conditions for the families and watch them go. Giant tutorial, must have for genre fans. Could be too difficult to get in for casual gamers.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has potentially but lacks in quite a few things. Firstly the tutorial is still bad. It currently is so that you don't have freedom, yet can fail and have to do exactly as it tells you to do. If you do something early, like give yarn to your fisher people, then you can't finish it and have to repeat 20 minutes or so. In addition the UI is bad, escape doesn't clear your view often. It isn't clear what the rulers do, if you have to bed them, or put a roof over their workhouse. You can't…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it's one of those game i feel neither positive or negative about. i respect it but i have a really hard time with it - very complex and too much micromanagement. almost too much so.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its a decent game but performance is atrocious. Sad :(
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Poor performance with bigger towns, typical high effort turned to low effort after initial interest and now complaining about negative reviews. EDIT: Just want to say that this feels like an early access release and definitely not close to a version 1 and then releasing DLC, what a joke. GIMME MONEY!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Literally my favorite game. Very niche gameplay, and the developer is very responsive. I recommend!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →On paper, this game has many boxes ticked for me and I should love it ... Unfortunately those boxes are on different papers in different locations and they all hate each other. Nothing within this game seemed to work with itself, its hard to describe, kinda just typing what i'm thinking here. The level of micromanaging needed is insane, it makes everything you do an absolute bureaucratic chore. Its not even displayed in a 'user friendly' manner. Nothing is easy to find and i think they know…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Why do I need a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ PhD to figure out why an NPC would just stand around and do nothing when it has all the resources it needs to do its task?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like the market aspect of this game. You can really micromanage if you want to or let everyone figure it out themselves (and the market has worked well in my play throughs at least). I got into this game maybe a year ago, and coming back now many of the bugs I was dealing with before have been addressed, so that's nice. There is a lot of content and the information screens are much improved (love the graph view for resource demand/supply), but it does generally feel a bit unpolished. I hope…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A stunning city-building game with a unique deep economic and feudal system. This diamond is one of a kind - no one has yet attempted to recreate the market model so well. Unfortunately, there are plenty of problems in the game as well. The monotony of graphics negatively affects creativity when creating a city, the huge amount of micro-management is tiring, but the main problem is performance. In the late stages of the game, time drags so slowly that you can easily leave to read a book for a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a quieter, gentler Rimworld, with deeper crafting elements and Inn management. Haven't tried the world map yet, but seems like there's a lot of potential for expansion and conquest now. I will say, the DLC has introduced bugs and large populations (150+) seem to break the game. So watch for these things. If you do pick up the game, be sure to join the Discord, there are helpful people there.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unfortunately its as many people have reviewed, the game is a buggy mess and the dev has abandoned the game. I like the early game, but the bugs with middle to late game make it unplayable.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game was fun, but it had some issues. The map is a little small, so you cannot have all job types avaiable, which is unfortunate and the dev has abondoned the game. Definitely worth a buy, but be warned.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is good, it's about production lines and economies so you need to play it from that perspective. You're managing and planning a market based economy, if you're not putting restrictions on how some goods can be brought and sold you're going to have a bad time. From reading the bad reviews I think maybe the people who don't like this game approach it like a typical colony sim and are possibly missing the point. I agree with criticisms of the art style but I think the team are adding…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This feels like a very clunky and obfuscated rimworld. It takes forever to clear the tutorial and even then you still are unclear how to make your people build and move supplies as you see fit. The level of detail in the inventory management and property relationships is incredibly complex which I found pleasant but households not using storefronts, not building rooves despite having supplies and starving to death despite households having food and wealth is nonsense. This game needs a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Further proof that Humble Bundle is just an express lane for middling content.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like the idea, but the resource management needs some work.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →-.- the game is broken My Village is full of gay people and adopting here adopting there, this isn´t medival reality, this is the modern i feel with you ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ... (waht your sex interessts are doesnt interesst me, same oposite i think) and my lords buildings are always broken and nobody want to repair it Stonecuter and many other jobs doesn´t have enough earnings to feed their children ... the builders are always broke and doesnt build or repair without my coinrain fix taht ♥♥♥♥ so i…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i can not read any of the buttons and it is clunky as hell to even do the first tutorial so i gave up and refunded
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For the very time i refunded a game is this game. From game preview is look interesting, but when i play it, it has no clear objective and has annoying micromanagement game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lacking. Not gonna lie, this game feels very strange. It looks cute and I like town builders, especially those that revolve around trade, economy, and family building. However, I can't recommend this. Even if I dabble with it, I don't find its worth the price, NOR would I EVER recommend its full price. (£20???) 🥴 The game has a lot of really in depth things ...in some areas, for example storage and the AI works seemingly well there. But it feels...not complete. As soon as I made a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Horrible game and I wanted to like it. Bad UI. Bad default family. Villagers are so ugly. Villagers would hoard resources and nobody could use them. I hate that you have to open the stockpile book to see what each family needs all the time. Horrible tutorials that I was told by veteran players to just skip. Music would just end even though It is on loop. Don't waste your money and time on this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I gave it a fair shake. Tutorial takes forever. Game is simple in nature but easy to mess up a run. I have a lot of the same complaints that have been listed in reviews. Theres better, similar games out there... kind of a last resort this one.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun little game that is easy to get sucked into. Not super crunchy or difficult, but requires more planning than a chill zone-out game. Worth the price for sure!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really engaging and surprisingly complex game. I've got over 300 hours in it, so it's probably only fair I review it. I will say that things are complicated enough that there's a bit of a learning curve when you start, but I greatly enjoy how streamlined I can make everything go once I've got my ideal peasant house tile count down. The names are also fantastic. Got some great entertainment out of certain ones turning up. There haven't been any updates or bug fixes for over a year, and there…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →They posted they have had a data breach on their discord but nothing on their official steam storefront. Be aware of this game's ♥♥♥♥♥♥ opsec.
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