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Sovereign Tower
Developer WILD WITS GAMES
Play as the Sovereign of a magical tower in this story-rich, Round Table management RPG. Recruit eccentric Knights, assign quests and balance egos whilst carving out your kingdom's destiny. If destiny doesn’t go your way, keep turning back time, uncover secrets and rewrite fate again and again. From the Steam store page
728 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
92
LovedLoved
567 positive · 48 negative
95% range 90–94%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 567 | 48 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 57 | 0 | 44 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 3 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Overwhelmingly Positive
2,301 of 2,399 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
91% recommend · 298 yes, 29 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 327 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (3,813 of 4,064 positive).
Players praise the game's charming characters, writing, and art style. [1][2][3] Many find the gameplay loop addictive but note it becomes tedious with repetitive tasks. [4][5][6] Some reviewers express disappointment with the ending and lack of narrative closure. [7][8][9]
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- [5]
Interesting doesn't mean fun Sovereign Tower has a genuinely clever premise, but by Act 3 the novelty is gone and what's left is busywork wearing a narrative coat. The loop: go to the forge, repair armor. Sit through dialogue you've already heard because the game doesn't let you skip it. Listen to the audience. Open the Round Table menu and manually strip and reassign weapons/horses across your entire roster to …
- [1]
It's not often that I would play a game twice in a row, let alone a visual novel (-esque management sim). Sovereign Tower has charming characters, good writing, and a decent plot, but that's not why it grabbed me. It's full of surprises! You never know which event might unlock a new knight for your roster. All knights have stats AND personalities (never matching perfectly, i.e. the fastest knight with a unique …
- [10]
I have just finished my first playthrough. As a consummate savescummer, the temptation and ease of savescumming actually made the thought repulsive to me. I wanted to stand by my decisions, and honor the choices and sacrifices of my knights. What a masterpiece of narrative game design. 10/10
- [11]
I just finished this game, and I have to admit, it is absolutely amazing! At first, I hesitated to buy it after reading some negative reviews, but after trying it myself, I found those reviews to be unfounded. So, if you're still on the fence, I highly recommend giving it a try. So, what makes this game so great? First, the writing. As a narrative-focused game, Sovereign Tower demanded exceptional writing …
- [7]
An interesting game that ends too soon with no real climax. Feels like an amazing demo and not a complete game. 8/10 If you loved Dispatch, this is currently the closest you'll get to scratching that itch. But don't be fooled; it is a very different game with its own strengths and weaknesses. This game is filled with charm, from the art style to the unique character design and goofy writing. But that charm is rather …
Summarised from 34 of the 424 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 12, 2026. How summaries are made
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Sovereign Tower sits at 92% positive across 615 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
60 of 728 · most liked firstInteresting doesn't mean fun Sovereign Tower has a genuinely clever premise, but by Act 3 the novelty is gone and what's left is busywork wearing a narrative coat. The loop: go to the forge, repair armor. Sit through dialogue you've already heard because the game doesn't let you skip it. Listen to the audience. Open the Round Table menu and manually strip and reassign weapons/horses across your entire roster to optimize for the next quest, which takes forever. Send everyone out. Someone dies…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Plugging away at Sovereign Tower on steam deck and it is impossibly charming, both in its gorgeous sun-soaked art and its knowing playfulness. Great to play a game that feels like the devs *loved* making.
positive · AI labelView post →I have finished this game (however unlike most people I see in the reviews, only once). I felt so good after winning the battle against the Empire, but then the ending came and all of a sudden, I have nothing but a very bitter aftertaste from this game. I played for the Kind archtype, helped anyone, gave money to those who asked, always tried to negotiate without the fights, gave everyone a chance. Then the ending battle comes, I am painted as a naive, kind and "limp" ruler, so I pose no…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's not often that I would play a game twice in a row, let alone a visual novel (-esque management sim). Sovereign Tower has charming characters, good writing, and a decent plot, but that's not why it grabbed me. It's full of surprises! You never know which event might unlock a new knight for your roster. All knights have stats AND personalities (never matching perfectly, i.e. the fastest knight with a unique flying mount hates hunting). As such, they can create unique outcomes for events,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Recommended 8/10 Love the story. But gameplay could use some work to remove the tedium of going through loops over and over again. There's just a bit too much manually doing things. I have often have to switch screens a lot just to prepare for each battle to prepare. Could really use a bunch of QOL stuff.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have just finished my first playthrough. As a consummate savescummer, the temptation and ease of savescumming actually made the thought repulsive to me. I wanted to stand by my decisions, and honor the choices and sacrifices of my knights. What a masterpiece of narrative game design. 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't get the hype. I love the concept, but I can't stand the execution. The management game (which is the only real 'game' part of the game) is somewhat tedious. Additionally, the game has this really interesting time reversal mechanic that allows the player, a clairvoyant, to 'go back' and navigate events differently: the problem with this is that it requires you to literally replay EVERYTHING you did. Aside from sometimes getting to skip some lines of dialogue, the time reversal mechanic…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't be fooled by a humble 'visual novel' tag - the game is much more than that, and what it stands for is extremely enjoyable. There are all kinds of ways you can approach your playthrough, and a feast of choices presented before you! Will you make your decisions based on mercy, rationality, or try and go for the ultimate people-pleaser approach? The writing is really charming, often tongue-in-cheek, but those moments never come off vulgar or hamfisted, rather, they help establish this…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A seriously addicting gameplay loop that's hard to walk away from. I've spent several nights now telling myself "One more cycle" and the next thing I know It's 3 hours later and I've spent most my time repeating the same part, looking for different outcomes. Also you can flirt with almost everyone in the game and my simp ahh loves it. You want to challenge my throne? How about we discuss your yummy facial features first? Muhaha >:3
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After being enchanted by the demo i must say i'm a little bit disapointed. I'm not going to be a contrarian for the sake of it. This is a really good game that deserves its ~90% positive review score. HOWEVER This game has it's problem, and not in spite but because of the praise it gets i'm gonna start with them: This game at it's core is mix of visual novel and a simple managment sim. Both of those genres are mixed in there almost flawlessly, and make up for a good balance of reading and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's quite simple... I cannot put this game down. I've played 20 hours in 3 days and I didn't even finish my first playthrough! Being bilingual, the mechanics of the game allow me to read it in both english and french and the writing is just excellent in both languages. Merci pour ce jeu magnifique!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A cross between Dispatch, Yes Your Grace, and the mobile game Reigns that is better than any of them. 10/10, will immediately be playing again. EDIT: Just a warning, there are some scenes/instances of eyestrain (flashing, bright colors, glitch effects).
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sovereign Tower is one of the best narrative experiences I've played in years. All the joy of a "one more turn" game smashed into a super charming world of constant, engaging choice and consequence. Just delightful.
positive · AI labelView post →Sovereign Tower Turns Life Inside A Magical Kingdom Tower Into A Deep Management RPG. [Sovereign Tower on Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4113940/Sovereign_Tower/) (August 2026 Planned Release Date)
neutral · AI labelView post →I just finished this game, and I have to admit, it is absolutely amazing! At first, I hesitated to buy it after reading some negative reviews, but after trying it myself, I found those reviews to be unfounded. So, if you're still on the fence, I highly recommend giving it a try. So, what makes this game so great? First, the writing. As a narrative-focused game, Sovereign Tower demanded exceptional writing quality—and fortunately, they nailed it! The story is genuinely gripping; it kept me…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have never been hooked so completely and so quickly before when playing a game of this type. To be clear, saving and reloading is an completely vital part of the game and the game makes that clear. Knowledge from the future is directly related to events and if you have done something before, you gain dialouge to either speed up the process or gain access to new things. While at its core, it is a management simulator, the amount of things you can do is simply brilliant. If you were even mildly…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just finished my first playthrough of Sovereign Tower and I am completely, totally, head over heels in love with this game. What an absolute delight. I haven't felt this creatively energized by a game in a very long time 💕 so excited to play more! store.steampowered.com/app/4113940/...
positive · AI labelView post →Solid game of a rare dispatcher sim kind with all necessary plot hooks, character individuality and replayabillity value. The artwork is also nice. Some desicions bring the most unexpected albeit logical consequences which is exactly what I like about this type of games. So yeah, play it, cherish it, hopefully we will see more of it in the future!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very disappointing. The core idea of the game is to play with rewinding time to get new dialogues and opportunities, avoid some events, etc... but then the gameplay loop seems made to be the most tedious possible for that. Manually equipping things, the busy work of repairing armor, giving meals... it gets old very fast. Redoing a full act with 5 hours of micromanaging quests I did before ? No, no I don't think so.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I recruited a wolf as my knight and named it "Archbishop of Evil and Darkness" 10/10 game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →cute little Serpent Lady Fiore (my oc) ~ (sovereign tower is definitely the game of the year for me) #sovereigntower #sovereigntowerfanart
positive · AI labelView post →Thank you to the incredible Sovereign Tower community for the Overwhelmingly Positive review score on Steam! 🙏 We're so happy to see players are enjoying our game 😊 #IndieGames #SovereignTower #RPG #Narrative #Medieval
neutral · AI labelView post →For the price of two booster packs(?) you could also buy Sovereign Tower on Steam right now, which is like a medieval fantasy dispatch game. The character design is cute, and seems interesting.
neutral · AI labelView post →TLDR: It's neat, but broken. Wait for more patches. ~ They used the modern release strategy. The demo works. The first act is pretty smooth. It gets buggier as you progress. Note: My hours played are inflated. I let the game idle a ton. I also fiddled and retried things a lot. Tip: Do not play on "sovereign mode". I did, at first. The game is too unstable. Leave this unchecked. It won't change much. In a way, it's moot. However, a periodic manual save before certain decisions may help some…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →been playing a bunch of sovereign tower recently and wanted to share my team of recruited knights :-) #SovereignTower
neutral · AI labelView post →mega high replay value, awesome animation and well thought out gameplay and hot musclebound women
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you aren’t playing Sovereign Tower then you are missing out on one of the best RPG from this year. So many choices that you can make that can branch you out on so many different routes that I am thinking about what I could have done differently on a new run. You need to play this game.
positive · AI labelView post →The game is fun but there is an insane bug. After finishing the game twice, I started a new playthrough in slot 2, and it completely wiped my previous 12-hour save in slot 1. WTF can this get fixed
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game with some replayability built-in because of the rewind mechanics, but could use some enhancements. General thoughts - Large variety in characters in terms of design and personality. Also a big fan of the art style. - Dispatch-like gameplay is fun. Near the end-game it does get tedious having to min-max your knights because you have so much equipment and mounts. I know I don't have to change the equipment every time, but that seemed to be a big portion of the gameplay. I wish there…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Making VERY important decisions as a Sovereign as you can see ฅ₍^•⩊ •マⳊ Game: Sovereign Tower (demo) Platform: PC
neutral · AI labelView post →This game is genuinely one of the greatest games I've played in years. The story is so good that I sunk 8 hours in without even realizing in my first session. Every character in the game is so well written, even if their entire job is to just be a silly side character. I don't really write reviews often, maybe one or two in the past several years. But this game deserved one, and I highly recommend giving it a shot.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →WTF was the ending? I had nothing but kind stats, zero tyranny, and all I did was defeat Arthur at the end and suddenly I get the bad ending and I'm a tyrant and all my people leave me? HE CAME TO CONQUER! And suddenly I'm evil for fighting back and happening to win? I told him I didnt want to fight yet he did anyway. This game really needs to sort out how it calculates the ending because its immensely out of character and honestly ruined the entire rest of the game building up to that, really…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Kinda surprised I don't see more lesbians lose it over Sovereign Tower tbh there's some *choice* weird and often evil knight ladies in this game. One of them got on with the whole "I'll cut your throat" thing in the first minute of conversation. I see we waste no time with foreplay around here.
positive · AI labelView post →An interesting game that ends too soon with no real climax. Feels like an amazing demo and not a complete game. 8/10 If you loved Dispatch, this is currently the closest you'll get to scratching that itch. But don't be fooled; it is a very different game with its own strengths and weaknesses. This game is filled with charm, from the art style to the unique character design and goofy writing. But that charm is rather shallow; most characters are very one-note and simple. The story starts off…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've never been so pulled to 100% a game and it's achievements like this. A frankly addicting gameplay loop, some of the most gorgeous art around, and a fantastic story and soundtrack to boot. Similar titles like Dispatch or 911 Operator also feature a single unit management sim but I feel both the story and depth of Sovereign Tower is far superior to other titles similar. The way the time-travel works as a feature, a crutch and a curse all at once makes this game incredible at both an…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sovereign Tower is in the "Best Indie Game" category for the Golden Joystick awards! We're honoured to make the list next to so many incredible games. If you feel like we deserve the award we'd be incredibly grateful for your vote! Vote here: www.gamesradar.com/goldenjoysti...
neutral · AI labelView post →I love the characters and style of the game, but the gameplay portion really falls short here and because of that I can't bring myself to finish this game. I loved the first act and the idea of an in-universe save scumming mechanic interested me, but later on the gameplay loop becomes very stale and looping back is usually more trouble than it's worth because it takes so long to get to where you were. The missions themselves are fine, but during the second act it gets very repetitive and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Amazing game. Persona 5 & Dispatch & Reigns & more. I mean, I will buy all dlcs I can find for this game mainly to throw money to these amazing devs. P.S. Add more acts please. I have swallowed most of content in three sleepness nights and want more. P.P.S. It very painful to see some of quests are left after end of the game. Would be great to allow to finish them
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Considering I've spent 42 hours on this game within a week, I am absolutely hooked. As I saw someone else say in their review, I just cannot put the game down. Sovereign tower hands you entire fleshed-out branches diverging from choices that in most games would be false or superficial. There are whole characters and questlines that it'll take you multiple playthroughs and different playstyles to discover, and these harder-to-disover stories are not handled with any less care than the more…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm absolutely in love with Sovereign Tower but oh do I also have my issues with it. I will tho 100% recommend it, because the story, characters, art, music and gameplay is fantastic. The character designs (and there's ALOT of characters) alone is some of the best I've seen in video games. The dialog and character writing is so fun and some characters takes unexpected directions that I love. Like I romanced Gwendan, which I did not expect to do if it weren't for the wonderful writing for the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really good for all the reasons that people have already pointed out, it's not trivial to make a menu-based game this entertaining without cheapening any individual aspects of it and I think they really succeeded in making it feel well rounded! That said, the reviews about the pacing / storyline / mechanics falling off after a certain point unless many/most of the questlines are working out for you definitely have a point. I went from having a ton of fun to abruptly feeling like I was going in…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Beautiful game with a wonderful cast of characters. There is humour and emotional depth, servicing crowds of the genre diligently. The devs once again know how to write an engaging setting, and improves from Crown Gambit by allowing the player to learn about and care for a dense cast. However, the writing begins to fall off at the latter end of the game. So far, I've played three runs, having not yet achieved the true ending after a misunderstanding of the NG+ lock mechanic. I will try again,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The art and gameplay loop manage to be fun enough to keep you playing. But I don't really recommend the game. The characters and lore are lacking, and I couldn't bring myself to care about them. This makes the game's main feature, demon power, feel irrelevant, as I didn't care enough to go back and explore the different ramifications of the narrative.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In precisely 23 minutes, @sigmagears9.bsky.social, @rexiconjesse.bsky.social, and I enter the Sovereign Tower. Spoiler alert: I've already finished the game, and I liked it A LOT.
positive · AI labelView post →Game of the Year contender? Had the chance to play it before a launch. Amazing. Love the characters, love the ideas! It is worth it! If you like witty humor, great visuals, and interesting gameplay, this game is for you.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Medieval hotties? 🥵 Our game is called Sovereign Tower and you can play the demo RIGHT NOW on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/4113940/... #IndieGames #IndieDev #RPG #Narrative #Medieval
neutral · AI labelView post →All this game needs to be good is to remember what items I equipped on knights and which quests I put them on when I use the time rewind mechanic. As it stands the effort is tedious, as if I were to fail a necessary quest (especially on the duration 3 missions) I would have to lose a significant amount of progress and micro manage all of it again from scratch. Having to rewind 4 turns at once is not fun. Struggling on act 2, being 20 turns in and having to rewind 3 turns means I have lost and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got pretty sucked into playing Sovereign Tower, and give it a solid thumbs up. I picked it up because the core gamey bit is “build a squad and dispatch them to trouble spots that pop up on the map” with story elements emerging from the characters and choices, and I love this kind of game.
positive · AI labelView post →I'm posting this when it's been 103 hours that the game came out. Don't look at my played time (I've gotten all the achievements.) I recommend this game if you want to follow an interesting story and you love chara design. All the knights are loveable in their own ways, and replaying is a core part of the gameplay. It's visible that the game is made by a little studio who loves to tell a story, and who loves videogames. Yes, they are little bugs, but the team works to patch them…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Full list of demos I covered last night: RUIN by @officialelectric.bsky.social Mothership by @spacegamestudio.bsky.social Peggy's Post by @digitarium.bsky.social Sovereign Tower by @wildwits.games Project Landsword by Mezzanine Software Petrichor by Potesaraco #indiegames
neutral · AI labelView post →I fell in love with this one in the demo. I was refreshing the page on release day to be able to get it as soon as possible. I really like this one. There is such an earnest a medieval setting/vibe that ranges from silly to serious and back pretty seamlessly. The strategy-type gameplay reminds me a bit of Dispatch and I like that a lot-- i think it's really fun to build up the knights and try to see what will work for any given quest. the characters are all their own, and very well…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just did my second interview with a game dev! 🎉 I had the honor of asking @wildwits.games some questions about their latest game, Sovereign Tower. They gave me some really interesting insights into the ideas behind the game and how some of its systems came together. Will post it soon!
neutral · AI labelView post →Just started this on my Steamdeck, medieval Dispatch my beloved, it has a very beautiful art style and the character personalities are so fun (the advisor is so full of nepotism it makes me wheeze every time).
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sovereign Tower is a management game, where you have to govern issue happening in your control region with daily meeting, dispatch your own knight solve the problem and earn their trust. Not to mention, most of the characters in this game can be romanced. What surprise me was the dept of story branches, even bad choice has good narrative story further in the game. If you dont like what you seen, you can always revert back to previous date with demon power. First Hour 30m Walkthrough YouTube…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sovereign Tower Review - A Medieval Management Delight. Our review: 8.5/10. The game releases tomorrow, Weds 8/6, on PC via Steam. @wildwits.games @curvegames.com #indiegames
neutral · AI labelView post →this game changed something inside me, and I wont use any demonic power to prevent that.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is a... mixed bag. Let's speak about the most glaring issue and the main aspect of the game. Writing. It is clear from the trailer and screenshots that the game is made by Tumblr people and for a VERY specific audience. Writing can be really good for some characters, and insultingly cringy at other times. If you played games like Borderlands 3, or watched shows like Hazbin Hotel, you know what type of writing you can mainly expect from this game. It is not a serious game; it REALLY…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was so excited when I saw the artstyle of the game already, it looked so cool and fresh! And then the gameplay omggg, this just rushed up to be one of my favorite games real fast! It has such lovely characters, a great story and an amazing combat/sorting system, just what I like! Can't recommend enough if you like strategy/rpg/choices mater games!!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I absolutely loved most of this game until out of nowhere at the end, despite choosing every kind dialogue option I could, the game just seemed to randomly decide that I was a tyrant and an awful person? I was riding such a high as I won the final encounter... and then it was like I was being punished and told that I was an objectively bad person despite doing my best. Like I understand allowing bad ends in your game, but the wording was just unecessarily rude and villainizing? It felt like I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolute gem 10/10. DONT savescum. This game is designed to live with the consequences. There is a mechanic to undo misstakes, but, at what cost?
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