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

Action Adventure Casual Indie RPG Simulation Strategy

Reviews: Mixed; 58% of 458
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Playing now: 1; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 9 months ago; Dec 7, 2025

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.

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Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown system requirements

As published by the developer.

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