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Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown

Medieval fantasy city builder with moral choices and real-time combat

Zugalu Entertainment · Published by PlaySide · Released Jun 18, 2025

ActionAdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Reviews
Mixed
58% of 458
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Players
0
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
10 months ago
Dec 7, 2025
Minimum PC
GeForce GTX 980
16 GB RAM · 5 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown?

This medieval fantasy city builder follows a ruler leading survivors of Aldamor to a new home in Nysamor. You assign subjects to gather resources, build a settlement, and compete with other kingdoms through trade or real-time battles on a world map. Decisions steer your rule toward benevolence or tyranny, whether you play alone or with others.

For you if...

  • +you like managing settlements and production chains
  • +you want real-time battles alongside city building
  • +you enjoy building a kingdom cooperatively with friends

Not for you if...

  • −you want city building without real-time military combat
  • −you prefer battles without managing food and other supplies

What players say

58% of 458 reviews are positive

Players praise the mix of city building and combat, and some enjoy cooperative play. Many report freezes, unusable saves, multiplayer desyncs, and poor performance; several also say updates have been scarce.

Screenshots and trailer

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Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown system requirements

Minimum: GeForce GTX 980, 16 GB RAM, 5 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 10
Processor
Intel Core i5 4690 @ 3.5 GHz | AMD Ryzen 5 1600x @ 3.6 GHz or better.
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Memory
16 GB RAM
Storage
5 GB available space

Recommended

OS
Windows® 10 (64-bit)
Processor
Intel® Core™ i5-7600 (quad-core) / AMD® Ryzen™ 3 2200G (quad-core)
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB) / AMD Radeon RX 580 (8 GB)
Memory
16 GB RAM
Storage
15 GB available space
DirectX
Version 12

Does Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown have co-op or multiplayer?

Yes: co-op online; PvP online. It also has a single-player mode.

Does Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
32
Steam features
Family Sharing
Languages
Text only: English, French, Simplified Chinese, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian.

Does Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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