![The bishop's house is set alight, burning him alive.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/norland-early-access-13.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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![The bishop's house is set alight, burning him alive.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/norland-early-access-13.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![a shiny pond in Manor Lords.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/manor-lords-pond.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Manor Lords next update will switch over to Unreal Engine 5 and, more importantly, add fishing ponds
Great now all I can think about is James Pond
![Artwork of a female Manor Lords ruler with an image of her castle town in the background.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Manor-Lords-maiden.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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The Manor Lords publisher thinks we should all reject the "opportunistic and predatory" quest for a viral hit
A chat with Hooded Horse CEO Tim Bender about strategy games and letting devs cook
![The logo art for strategy game The King Is Watching.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/capsule_616x353_ADAvoM8.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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The King Is Watching’s free demo turns city building into a brilliant balancing act of feudal surveillance
If you’ve got time to lean goblins, you’ve got time to clean goblins
![An underground isometric mining base with a huge maggot sticking out of the centre in Anoxia Station](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/1_4KUfwoG.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Dark strategy game Anoxia Station is Dwarf Fortress for oil drillers with a squirming helping of body horror
Still Wakes The Creep
![A gnome garden of ponds and flowerbeds on a dead planet in Horticular, represented in isometric pixelart 2D](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/20240705125751_1.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Gardening sim Horticular is an isometric Viva Pinata featuring a dead planet and loads of gnomes
Gnome country for old men
![People chat and work away in a screenshot from sustainable citybuilder Generation Exile.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/generation-exile-header.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![a top down view of tinsel town, baby! In management sim Hollywood Animal](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/hollywood-animal-1.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Hollywood Animal is a nifty and detailed golden age simulator populated with eminently hireable alcoholics
There's no business like it
![Sin's character in Bellwright, an archer and manager.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/bellwright_1.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Prisoners crowd into the yard, where some punching bags hang unused.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/prison-architect-2-impressions-7.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![An idyllic village scene in Of Life And Land](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/of_life_and_land_2.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Supporters only | Warm, relaxing town builder Of Life and Land has some impressive sim chops
Tell me again about the rabbits
![Farmers till a wheat field in Manor Lords.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/wheat-field-in-manor-lords.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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What did a medieval peasant’s raw, sour breath sound like? Manor Lords’ composers tell us
“Greg’s got a fantastic ear.”
![A message from the Matriarch in Norland warning you about an impending disaster](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/1_YfA5eSe.png?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Nightmare kingdom builder Norland has natural disasters, but don't worry, it also has prophets of disaster
Better stay friendly with the prophets, then
![A screenshot of a bustling city of coloured squares in Mini Settlers](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/1_QFxljMO.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Stripped-down city builder Mini Settlers has a free prologue demo that seems perfect for Steam Deck
Chip off the new block
![A close-up of a lord's face in Manor Lords.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/manor-lords-2.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Manor Lords dev wants you to decide whether the game should allow egg monopolies
No egg puns exist, unfortunately
![An ox performs their daily duties in Manor Lords](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/lordsoxheader.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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I followed this ox around in Manor Lords for a day to see what wisdom it could teach me
Quite a lot, it turns out
![a town very much in need of repair in free indie Tristram](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/image_2024-04-26_121043631.png?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Stay awhile and play this free Diablo-inspired indie as the mayor of Tristram
The home of the official unofficial best thing in games
![Parasitic lifeforms feast en masse in The Wandering Village](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/wandering-village-parasites-cults-1.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![A man rides a horse and cart down a lovely dirt path in Manor Lords.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/lordhead1.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Laysara](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/ss_199101156547fc85241207447c5c302b7623dc04.1920x1080.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Laysara: Summit Kingdom is a stunning mountainous city builder that’s out now in early access
Possibly the prettiest city builder I’ve ever seen?
![a wooden shark eats a regular shark in Besiege](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/shark_tPJN5J5.png?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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The time of the mecha-shark is upon us in upcoming Besieged expansion The Splintered Sea
If your timber shivers, you’re building it wrong
![A mini castle with purple-roofed spires in Le Chateau](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/le-chateau-launch.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Build tiny castles in another new relaxing diorama-em-up, out now
Le Château is very aptly named
![Two dwarfs look off into the distance, stood beside a mech outside a makeshift medieval village](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/dwarf_DasesKY.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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First Dwarf gameplay shows off colony survival combat as a mech-riding dwarf and a tiny polyglot dragon
You can also play as said tiny dragon
![A wide view of a town in Cities: Skylines 2 with complex, looping roads and bridges](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/cities_skylines_2_hellmarch_6.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Cities: Skylines 2 now has mod support, so you can soon annoy drivers with Spaghetti Junction 2.0
You'll need to use a separate platform to run them though
![A fledgling base in sci-fi city builder Beware Of Light](https://cdn.statically.io/img/assetsio.gnwcdn.com/beware-of-light.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)