The fate of the kingdom weighs heavily based on the choices you make. As ruler, you lead your people through benevolence or tyranny, setting a course for the type of leader you eventually become and the challenges that come with it. Explore and expand your kingdom through an unknown land, establishing a powerful military to fortify your domination and engaging in real-time combat with foes who seek to usurp your rule.

As you descend into Benevolence or Tyranny, you will explore, expand, and influence an unknown land.

Play solo or up to four friends; your kingdom's fate is shaped by your will.

The kingdom of Nysamor awaits its new ruler! 

Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown launches today into Steam Early Access at $27.99 USD / $35.99 CAD / €26.99 EUR.

“Early Access is fully playable with up to 20 hours of single player campaign gameplay and contains around 80% of our planned content. It contains one large map with 35 provinces for the taking, more than 40 buildings and structures, open-ended gameplay and peer-to-peer multiplayer modes. Multiplayer can be played either cooperatively with up to four friends, or PvP against each other or as allies.”

“The finished, full version of Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown will include deeper layers of gameplay to both strategic and management layers, additional features for citizens, enhanced environmental elements, and much more. During the Early Access journey, we will continue to make progress on the game by adding new content in close cooperation with the community.”

Key Features

• Struggle with real-time decision-making that leads to real-time consequences
• Discover your benevolent or tyrannical nature
• Uncover the true nature of the mysterious Waelgrim
• Survive the harsh realities of medieval life, both natural and manmade
• Traverse an unknown land to gain added resources and allies
• Explore this land solo or with up to four friends
• Defend your growing kingdom by waging epic battles
• Advance the development of your kingdom through an in-depth tech tree
• Receive modding support to play your way

Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown is in development for PC (Steam), currently scheduled for 2025.