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Rising Lords

PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch, Xbox One • 2024

Should you play it?

Rising Lords is a medieval turn-based strategy game with card and board game elements. Send your serfs to fight and die in your name... or let them prosper, and use them to your advantage!

What works
  • Unique medieval art style
  • Deep resource and army management
  • Engaging tactical combat with cards
  • Active and responsive developers
  • Map editor and user-generated content
Things to keep in mind
  • Early access bugs and crashes
  • Ai is weak and predictable
  • Some ui and performance issues
  • Limited multiplayer player base
  • Campaign time limits reduce autonomy

What to play next

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Top picks

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  • Oriental Empires

  • Making History: The Great War

  • Making History: The Second World War

  • Interstellar Space: Genesis

  • Supreme Ruler Ultimate

  • Field of Glory: Empires

  • Galactic Civilizations IV

  • Strategic Command WWII: World at War

  • Medieval II: Total War™ Kingdoms
Hidden Gems

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  • Making History: The Second World War

  • Strategic Command WWII: World at War

  • Voxel Turf
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Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

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Rising Lords: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Fellowship, Status, Cooperation. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy, Intimacy.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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  • Competence

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  • Competition

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  • Continuation

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  • Cooperation

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  • Creativity

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  • Domination

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  • Escapism

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  • Exploration

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  • Expression

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  • Fantasy

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  • Fellowship

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  • Growth

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    "Game is sedentary with no physical activity involved."

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  • Idle

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  • Intimacy

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    "Social interactions are limited to multiplayer; no evidence of close emotional connections or relationships."

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    "Some players find the game relaxing and immersive; others note frustration and challenge."

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  • Strategy

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  • Value

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  • Violence

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