# Manor Lords

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/manor-lords/

6 people recommended Manor Lords in Hacker News comments and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 4 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

3 of the 6 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Why medieval city-builder video games are historically inaccurate (2020)”.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a fun, laid-back medieval city builder that looks like a medieval village and captures details such as women's work and home gardens.

Summary written by Claude from 6 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Historically detailed medieval life (2 comments in the sample): "it even captures woman’s work of the era, with homes having small gardens" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46727423)) "probably comes the closest to something historically accurate" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46727026))
- Fun indie city builder that works (2 comments in the sample): "All the current popular city builders work fine (eg. Timberborn, Foundation, Manor Lords" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48729702)) "Some very fun indie games I've been playing this past year" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46407258))

## Other city builder games people recommend

- [SimCity 3000](https://hackerapproved.com/p/simcity-3000/): 18 recommend, 5 mixed, 2 criticize
- [SimCity 2000](https://hackerapproved.com/p/simcity-2000/): 16 recommend, 3 mixed, 7 criticize
- [SimTower](https://hackerapproved.com/p/simtower/): 11 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize
- [SimCity](https://hackerapproved.com/p/simcity/): 10 recommend, 7 mixed, 10 criticize

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://manorlords.com/)

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Manor Lords", https://hackerapproved.com/p/manor-lords/ (6 recommend, 0 mixed, 1 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 3 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.