Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown

Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown

Steam Deck Playable

Zugalu Entertainment · 4X · Jun 18, 2025

It depends on what you're after.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $13.99.

59%
Mixed
451 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Multiplayer: 45 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 27 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Co-op: 8 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 37 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Combat: 19 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 451 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 272 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
27% of themes are praise46% are divided27% are caveats
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
Multiplayer support adds an additional layer of unpredictability and replayability.
45 of 272 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The gameplay is mostly intuitive & the OPTIONAL Mystical and narrative driven story element (which keeps the mind engaged) has numerous Unique and intriguing twists thrown in.
27 of 272 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
I really want to like this game as a co-op RTS/city builder it fits right in with my gaming group.
8 of 272 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love3 themes
Multiplayer45 reviews
Gameplay27 reviews
Co-op8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters26 reviews
62%
Graphics14 reviews
50%
Optimization10 reviews
60%
Interface9 reviews
33%
Performance6 reviews
50%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs37 reviews
46%
Combat19 reviews
47%
Crashes11 reviews
55%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $13.99 (−50%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $13.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
59%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
32
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.

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