What’s the biggest challenge that you face in Manor Lords? Maybe resources are running low and winter is on the way, or perhaps you want to expand further outward but don’t have the cash and people power. The economy might sink. Your citizens could turn on you. But at least you can sleep at night confident that your burgeoning medieval township won’t be ransacked by a gigantic horde of monsters. Not so in Super Fantasy Kingdom, the new city builder published by Hooded Horse that mixes municipal planning and strategy with frantic, Vampire Survivors-esque horde combat. It’s been in the works for a while, but we finally have a launch window.
On first glance, Super Fantasy Kingdom looks a bit like Stardew Valley, or maybe even Terraria, a warm, colorful, pixel world that implies gentle peril. But the pressure soon mounts. Part roguelike, part city-building game, you spend the daytime allocating your limited resources and construction space to whatever you feel is the most pressing project. Do you want higher, stronger walls, or better, quicker defenses like trebuchets? If you survive long enough, you can pioneer more complex production chains and convert your scrappy little settlement into a legitimate medieval city.
If you survive long enough. At night, you’ll come under siege from giant armies of marauding monsters, and I’m not talking about ten or 20 here – I mean enough to fill the entire screen. Each run, you can choose a different guardian to lead your town’s militia. Maybe you want an ice priestess who’ll freeze enemies in place, giving your archers more time to shatter them into pieces.
On the other hand, you might want to play it more conventionally, recruiting a legendary knight who will storm into battle head first. The key is in the combination. There are more than 100 recruits available, and each of them has different abilities and strengths. Find the right leader, pair them with the most complementary city defenses, and hopefully you can make it until dawn.
The Super Fantasy Kingdom release window is set for Q3 of 2025. We’re still waiting on a specific date, but in the meantime, you can wishlist the strategy game right here.
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