Rising Lords

Medieval turn-based strategy with province management and card-driven battles

Argonwood · Published by Deck13, WhisperGames · Released Jan 18, 2024

Indie Simulation Strategy

Reviews: Mostly Positive; 71% of 974
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Playing now: 3; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 2 months ago; Jul 18, 2026

Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.

Metacritic: 69/100 (critic reviews)

What is Rising Lords?

You rule medieval provinces in this turn-based strategy game, managing serfs, taxes, rations, construction, and armies. Battles take place on a hex grid, where cards affect troops. A story campaign follows Tankred as he expands and defends his realm; separate scenarios and multiplayer matches are also available.

For you if...

+you like balancing medieval economies with turn-based battles
+you enjoy hex-grid tactics shaped by combat cards
+you want a story campaign alongside multiplayer matches

Not for you if...

−you prefer real-time battles over deliberate turn-based tactics
−you dislike managing taxes, rations, and resource production
−you expect a campaign that thoroughly explains its systems

What players say

71% of 974 reviews are positive

Players praise the approachable economy, tactical battles, and art style. They complain about bugs and crashes, clunky menus, sparse explanations, and punishing campaign scenarios. One player also reports serious DLC bugs.

Screenshots and trailer

Rising Lords system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: WIndows 64bit
Processor: 2,27 GHz Dual Core
Graphics: Dedicated Graphics Card with min. 2GB shared RAM
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 500 MB available space
DirectX: Version 11

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 12
Steam features: Workshop, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Playable

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

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Polish, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish.