SAELIG

This is literally my first review ever and with that being said this game checks all of my boxes. It’s immersive, well thought out, and the developer is so responsive it feels like the community is helping build his passion project. Which in my opinion is one of the better games I’ve played in a very long time.

What a great experience this game is.

I like the business management aspects the most, but the sheer amount of interactions you can have with characters, items, animals.

I pet the cat, and it said that it loves me.
Then it died, and the message was full of condolences.
Man I felt that, and when my wife died. Like a whole part of my character's life was gone... remembered only on the tombstone.

Then my trading cart from abroad arrived with 9000 gold and I went on to focus on another business, until I died of old age.
Then I continued playing as my character's eldest son and upholding my first character's legacy.

What a ride.

Is good.

One of the best early access games on the market, also the dev is fixing bugs and adding new content and listening to feedback even after so many years, looking forward to 1.0!

Dev is very responsive when it comes to issues.

In one update the dev turned a cozy game about having a family in a pop-history version of early Medieval England into a game about human trafficking and sex slavery.

It's just gross.

The best indie game on here!

Nuff said.

This is one of those game you wish had a middle thumb as it's not a negative game but just fail to deliver a complete experience. I can see the love from the Developer and considering the price the amount of content is more than enough, but this is one of those games where you wouldn't mind spending 20$ extra and get a full experience. I did read previous posts and i'm sorry to say i don't agree with this kind of mentality "is my game, i do what i want" and this is the vibe i feel here reading the comments . It's clear this game took inspiration from The Guild 2 and people gave you precious feedback about their expectation but they got ignored as simply decided to not implement it, maybe because of costs and time consuming. Unfortunately more i play this game and more i want to get back to The Guild 2. Let's break it down:

-Businesses: You can see here already how the business management and types have been took from the guild 2 but unfortunately the guild 2 is just more complete with more business interactions and controls. Positive note, you are not restricted to business type based on your class like the Guild was.

-Family Tree: Again here a lazy choice where you have a full family legacy and still you can interact with on of them only at a time and you are unable to fully control your family members. Another thing taken inspiration from the guild 2 failing to deliver the full experience.

Politics: I didn't have the time to dive deep into it just yet but as i can see you pretty much automatically get titles based on your revenue instead of buying them like the guild , this is of course just a developer choice i fully support but again you miss all the political dramas and scheme The Guild was able to deliver leaving you again with half experience

Evil interactions : I don't know if is a bug but at the moment what ever NPC i assault (Bow,Melee or Punches) they never die or get unconscious. You can clearly see the game give you options to be an outlaw and potentially a murderer with the Den but if this is the way has been designed intentionally i am once again disappointed to barely get half the experience the guild was able to deliver.

In Conclusion:
I feel like the Dev shouldn't have used another game to build is own because in the moment you copy something people will want same or better experience.

You copied half game mechanics and just changed few thing here and there to make it look unique, that's unfortunately not enough in my opinion. If i had this game or The Guild 2 with remastered graphic, The Guild 2 would be still superior to this title in every expect. I hope you will take this feedback in the right way as i feel you deserve to be prised for your accomplishments especially the map that's beautifully crafted, but you claimed the game to be 90% finished and to me looks roughly a 60%.

Kind of like Sims but in 9th century England; very relaxing way to spend many hours, whether building a trading empire, or merely hunting, mining, or as a worker in one of the available trades. There is even the possibility of pursuing less legal careers as a bandit or thief, or if you prefer your violence on the side of good, there are opportunities to fight invaders and loot valuables from their corpses.

YES BUT... It's different enough to play and invest precious time in. It is REALLY a unique game lovingly crafted by the dev. However, in just the past few weeks- a few updates have been made and the game crashes A LOT. No it's not my rig, that's the easy way out. I am concerned that the more they overtake the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain... I've had a lot of fun with this game so I do recommend, just know it is buggy and appears to getting worse... BTW Splattercat sent me to this game! Yes indeed!

It's already in a better state than The Guild series ever was

Absolutely fun medieval rpg. Absolutely hooked on this game. Financial management has a nice learning curve to it that doesn't make it feel like a chore. Relationships, viking raids, family and settlement building. I'm hooked.

You probably found this because someone said it was like the Guild series of games. It is, but it is lacking a lot. It's a one man side project like Dwarf Fortress was. It's too rough for me to recommend anyone pay for. The political system appears to only have two roles and there doesn't seem to be a court system which was my favorite part of the guild. I think this game could become really good some day. It at least doesn't crash all the time like the guild does.

Fantastic spiritual successor to "The Guild II: Renaissance" in a Medieval Anglo-Saxon setting.

I have found the game to be very stable, no significant bugs so far, tremendous depth of gameplay, and the developer is extremely responsive and engages with the community in the discussion forums.

I followed this game for quite a while before buying it. I'm a slow methodical player, fast paced games are definitely not my thing. I like having time to plan what I wan to do. I also prefer games where I can just enjoy being in the game world plodding along my own way. Saelig does a very good job with both those. The game world is very well crafted and looks appropriate for the time period represented. It's a little bit survival, city builder, rpg, production manager, and dynasty game all in one. You have to choose skills for your avatar at the beginning but you don't have to stick with just those skills. You can learn other skills just by doing those activities. Start out as a hunter and run short on food in the evening? Throw a line in the water and go fishing. You will start building fishing skill. Cut down some trees you'll get woodcutting skill and so on. It is a sandbox game with no defined objective other than developing your character and continuing the blood line. If you die without an heir it's game over. Some players may not like that enforced 'permadeath' but you can load an autosave and continue the same game without losing too much. I died twice so far in viking raids. Just got over confident/careless/stupid, choose one, but it is fun.

There are some minor things I wouldn't mind seeing improved. The maps seem a little small at times. The villages can seem a little cramped compared to the size of the map. Also, and this may just be due to my slow play style, but the npc villagers seem to hog the building spaces kind of fast at times. You can still buy most plots of land but you have to convince the owner to sell and it isn't just money. You have to have a good relationship with them. I would also like a little more flexibility with the character creation especially facial characteristics. The limited sliders available now don't seem to change much and it is hard to see what they actually change.

The game is in early access and is updated regularly so I'm hopeful some of these will be improved. The game is still very enjoyable and it seems like there is always 'one more thing' before I stop a play session.

I love this game.

Guild 2 Vikings Edition

but more indie, more bugs, more crashes, but hey that's alright this games in early access and it's to be expected

If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class and this game showcases it perfectly.

This game is also a hell of a lot of fun once I understood it. Play the tutorial, it's worth it and will save you a headache later down the line.

I'm playing on hardcore, so I'm not very far yet, [hardcore is long days, 30 days per season, 1 year after 4 seasons, player needs on, viking raids on - i put it on easy] I'm still in the first year but now in summer [the game starts in spring] as I write this. This game can be as easy or as hard as you want it. Changing settings is easy enough and there's a customization config if you want to change even more options!

I started as a baker as that's what they teach you in the tutorial and what I was most confident in going in. So far, I've put nearly all my rivals out of business with arson [I have yet to be caught. In fact, I'm quite beloved by the community]. I'm now the only bakehouse in town, but not the only flour mill. I'm working on it. I'm trying to get a soldier to marry my character to defend my businesses and family from viking raids. I adopted the orphans I hired to help run my bakery. [I don't think I pay them anymore since I adopted them tbh, but I'm not entirely sure lmao] So, I'm 18 years old with two 13 year old kids, trying to marry a 20 year old soldier.

If you can handle jank and love simulation rpgs like the guild 1 and 2 pick this up. I can't wait to see the game fully fleshed out and finished.

11/10 one of the best guild-like games out there that isn't the guild 1 or 2 [we don't talk about 3]


3/14/2025 story update - minor spoilers for gameplay: I now own a quarter of the town of Ashbury. Either burning [arson] my enemies, killing them outright with my gang of goons from the dens, extorting the roads as I make silver hand over fucking fist. Nobody can stop me because I can just pay a fine or if I can't, make them go to the pit. It's not like *I* was involved after all, why yes they are on my payroll why do you ask? You're not suspicious are you? Not gonna go around asking questions in *my* town? We're not gonna have any problems...Are we? Not like you can do anything about it, *my* husband's the governor / town ruler and *I'm* next in line! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

*AHEM*
I was never involved. I am a lovely herbalist doctor, healing the sick, offering some products for free [especially if they work for me] and my husbands the governor of the town. Even if they did catch me, dead humans tell no tales.

Currently, I am 19, my husband is 27 [also at 900 rep with him lmao - sadly, he has since passed from the plague on the 9th day of Summer, 881AD. May you rest in peace, Newton. You won't be forgotten, and you will be missed. I'll make sure our daughter Sophia and unknown child currently in thyne womb whose yet to be given a name much less be birthed knows of you and loves you more than the surrogate father.], I own 20 buildings. [the default is 18, but i wanted 20. I'm still a Geneat. I'm working on it. ] Some of which include a corral for pigs and hens, a leatherworker, a butcher, woodcutter, 2 farms, the bakery i started with, a herbalist den, trade house, harbor trade house, a fishers dock, a normal trade house, shed, mine, several houses, a couple of dens to "keep the peace" off record. I also have 8 kids now. Only 2 are biological, the rest are adopted. They were originally workers, but then I saw they were orphans and felt bad, so, I adopted them. They've since taken over the homestead and anywhere with spare beds. I live in the herbalist hut most days like a hermit witch. I have all I need. Sleep, food, and if I am desperate, I can go fuck my husband or get a drink for a bliss buff [which refills your food and drink] and have all nighters, just like tonight. I fucking love this game. I can't wait to see what else gets added and how it improves over time.

ps: I did eventually get that flour mill. I eventually made it *my* flour mill bwahahahahahahahahahahaha

I also have a new husband since Newton. His name is Rowe. He's my personal guard, younger than me and leader of one of my dens lol

i love this game. This game gets added to my "crack addiction" games along the lines of foundation, rimworld, kenshi, manor lords, songs of syx, final fantasy 14 and a few others. I can't get enough of it! I dream of the world, of playing it, of being in the world. This game is well worth more than $15 USD. I'd easily say $30 - $40.

Love the game would like a little more control over town layout, really my only gripe such as rotating buildings or be to able to put up town walls around one of my buildable settlements. Ai could be a little more aggressive also.

This is like "the Guild 3" but better at every level.

A very good game that continues to improve through a very active dev.

The game is regularly updated by the developer. It is like an indie version of The Guild. You can either be a criminal or hold a variety of professions and be a land-owner. It's a fun sim game that fills the historical niche.

Playtrough ruined after all my buildings burned and there was no option to stop it even if all my buildings where right next to water.

As someone who loves the Sims Medieval,, Crusader Kings, Sapiens, Wolfquest and Stardew Valley I have to say that this game is a combination of all my favourite elements!

Adopted A child from the Church.. Put him to work the next day in my gold mine! 10/10! Bravo thanks for a gem of a game!

Paid full price for this hidden gem, and it's worth EVERY penny! I haven't even had it a week, and I've already sunk 34 hours into the game, and have no intention of slowing down. I hope there's still more content and updates coming out for it, but so far, the Dev has delivered one of the best thought out games I've ever played. Graphics may be a little rough, but the gameplay is better than any of the "triple A" GARBAGE that's being regurgitated up by companies who charge $80 for it. It's got a lot to learn, and the game does crash occasionally. So far, it's only happened once, and it was right after I died to a Viking raider. Luckily, it's fun to start a new character and go back into the thick of things! Thank you Dev, from the bottom of my heart, for making a game that I actually WANT to keep playing!

Day 1:
Bought some land, built some huts.
Some people moved to town and started renting
Started talking to them

Day 2:
Caught plague and died.

Absolutely fantastic.

This is from my first play-through so far:

1. First wife died to the plague after only having 1 kid with me
2. I just became a Geneat in the social class, so was feelin kinda rich'
3. Started a corral business and upgraded it a fair bit
4. Hired an eligible woman from a lower social class to be my first worker
5. Slowly raise wages each day, and flirting with her, increasing relationship quickly
6. Her skills at pig butchering were increasing a ton, still she was fairly pricey to upkeep
7. Got our relationship high enough to marry her, she accepted, had 2 more kids.
8. She works for free now and i get free expert pig butchering labour
9. Profit

This game right here is what was lost so many years ago in the gaming industry. I can tell the *1 dev* put his heart into this game. So much content, so many things and or directions you can go in this game. I feel out right lucky I stumbled upon this game. I have been addicted to it since I purchased it. 1 dev puts shame to the whole damn AAA industry! I feel guilty for waiting till this game was on sale to purchase it.. this dev surely deserved full price on this beauty of a game! At my age I almost thought I had grown bored of gaming but it was the way the new games are created. Most of the industry have lost sight in what makes a game fun and or entertaining.

A fun little town management / medieval peasant simulator. The combat is lackluster, but far from the main focus. Live out the life of your peasant and his/her heirs, and just try to get by- or try to become a thane that can hold a vast number of properties tax free. The npcs have their own lives to live as well as the same needs that you do, and will compete with you and each other towards their goals. You hold no advantages over the AI save for any advanced micro managing and planning skills that you as a player have. Socialization is an important part of the game, and there is both positive and negative gossip. It is not always a simple task to kill off other citizens and get away with it..but it is doable under the right circumstances. Far easier to sneakily destroy the properties of your competitors until their wealth dries up. There is plenty to do to keep you occupied, and the events are fairly random. The dev adds new updates fairly often, and this is far from being abandonware. Definately worth the purchase if you enjoy these types of games.

Ok this is a tough one. I love the game style and premise, but the AI is awful... Example, there is no way to tell a family member or employee to rest when sick or injured, case and point my characters wife was heavily pregnant and had a broken bone and yet is still wandering around the town at 3am, tell her to relax, she does for 5 min then up and to the alehouse again... There is alot to enjoy about the game but there are many, many bugs still. Had the game crash 2x from vikings spawning, had skill progressions stick to the screen and refuse to go away unless the game is reloaded, same thing for info popups cant close them sometimes. Had alot of issues with people getting stuck trying to get around eachother and then doing so until they exhaust themselves. The ai doesnt seem to understand what to do with horses on auto, they just sit there 90% of the time, and speaking of auto, you cannot help at a building thats on auto, the game wont allow you, you have to drop auto to be able to help there. Overall, its a good game and I enjoy how skills progress and the ability to teach others and give them medicine to heal them, just needs more time in the oven to be good.

This is the closest I've come to enjoying a game in fifteen years. Fully recommend.

Very fun medieval business Simulator. Would recommend! Somewhat Kenshi-like but Anglo-medieval and more focused on business. If that sounds enjoyable to you this one is right up your alley.

For the developers: I know it's not the mist important mechanic BUT I think it would be cool if you overhauled the socializing in this game to resemble something like 'The Sims' series.

I don't care much about what the NPC's have to say and wouldn't mind the chatting being streamlined by word bubbles in addition to additional ways of interacting with the villagers.

Overall: Fun game - would recommend

a very fun game imo, watch some youtube videos if it looks like something you would like i definitely recommend playing.
and to the developer kudos to you for keeping you passion project alive all these years.

Fantastic medieval game combining numerous elements of that time period, grow your family, your businesses, your whole empire! Live the noble honest life, or take a darker route!!

Definitely a neat game!

What an interesting game! It combines several genres that I haven't seen combined before.

It's a choose your own adventure RPG. I could live off the lands and survive or I could settle towns and build businesses and own homes and rent them to folks.

I can get married and have children, which I sadly can abandon (lol), don't worry there's an orphanage available.

My wife, and assume my children can commit crimes, unbeknownst to me, which creates some funny scenarios. I think my wife got fined for defecating while giving birth lmao.

Basically the sims but medieval, They say game is fully playable in FPS but i have doubts after having tried it.

Not a fan.

Play Kenshi instead, Sure no FPS mode but it's way easier to control and learn.

I'll get into this one another time, I don't have hours to dump into a tutorial to master the control system atm. Maybe after i get another depressive streak i'll revisit this one.

Soulash 2, Kenshi, Adventure Mode DF, Elin, this game. There's a special world out there wherein these types of games are more common, but right now, this one does a DAMN fine job at the advertised gameplay.


This is a fantastic open ended sandbox RPG. I am even seeing some Ruinarch concepts here, before that game died it was nearly one of the legendaries. There are no god powers here, but there's so much to do in regards to messing with the history of your little towns.


A grand focus on the dynamism and reactivity of NPC's would be nice! More, mess with this person in this way and a logical reaction occurs, but otherwise! Gotta say, this game is shaping up to be one of the greats.

I hope the game becomes a linked open world game to make it more interesting for markets and exo markets (thievery) nice system but it can have a lot more and hope to see what comes to pass thank you for the game and hope my words help with something bigger then the current build. i do have fun with the game just localisation is restrictive.

This game is a treat. To my eye the art is perfect for the period. Love the open world open destiny approach. Lots of crafts and skills to master. A social layer that matters. The challenge is to find a way to amass wealth and income in an impoverished community and help build it up. Lots of maps for re-playability. First game. Bought a bakery. Realised I was skill 0/100 in baking! Not a problem. Bread is profitable. That is why they call money 'bread'. Recommended buy 7/10. With the low game price value is 8/10.

Kenshi like UI - very utilitarian, but SAELIG plays nothing like it. It's mainly a game about managing a business.

The execution is not perfect, but it's unique and ambitious enough to be worth it.

Game is fairly well put together. Dev is very responsive with issue. Currently enjoying the game a lot.

Small issue with avatars for people. Sometimes they have no heads, other times they have 2 heads mixed together.

I believe archery should give you a small gain on missing the target as well. Seems like it will take a year to level your archery otherwise. I typically have to choose a few levels in this just to be able to hit once in a while.

Honestly can't really complain about anything at this point except that. Played 44 hours, 4 different characters. Enjoying the game at this point.

kenshi-like. pr good

cannot wait for a more in-depth talking mechanic (I have committed various heinous crimes, why can't I confess or brag/threaten ppl? & just more questions would be fun, I wanna know more abt my wife & kids T-T)

also had an update recently, not had this game long so it's pr regular. big W dev :)

Capitalism is, at it's core, a zero-sum game. I scraped together some silver, and lived the life of a humble bakeshop owner. I had a wife, a house, and two kids. But I wasn't satisfied with the life of a baker, it is a lot of work, and after paying the miller for flour, didn't have a lot left over.

So with a lot of work and saving every bit, I bought out the miller's mill, and then, not satisfied with paying the farmer for his wheat, I bought his farm. For some, this was more than enough to live happily ever after, I was medieval Rockefeller at this point.

But still, I wanted more. Started buying up houses in town and renting them out. But I was tired of tenants renting from other landlords because they undercut me on rent. So I bought every house in town.

Now I own every house in town, and control most places of employment and industry. I daily flood the market with goods, depressing prices, and keeping any upstarts from competing with me. Everyone in town buys the food I produce, lives in the houses I own, and works for wages which I pay. Knowing the price of food, and setting the rent,

I am able to keep my town in a perpetual state of poverty, paying juuust enough to cover rent and food for the day. And the best part is, the peasants show up to work every day, none the wiser, thinking if I just work a little harder and a little longer, i'll make it. But the truth is, I've put everyone on an invisible hamster wheel for the rest of their lives.

10/10 Very relatable to me, as a person living in year 2025
10/10 Great Game

To me, the game feels very much like playing the old 'The Guild' game, a particular itch that was very hard to scratch over these years. Even at this stage of development, it felt very good to play and I would definitely recommend if you are looking or a similar experience.

Fun game if you like simulation games, its not SUPER similar to bannerlord or dwarf fortress or kenshi but if you like those games you'll like this one if yknow what i mean.

Medieval England (imagine the series 'The Last Kingdom') + Kenshi (sandbox world, easy to start but with deep and rich systems) + Mount & Blade world vibes (with the economy simulation, which is waaay more refined here. Albeit, not that combat heavy). A bit more macro than Medieval Dynasty (has first person mode, but its way better to play on third person). Some people say its the spiritual successor of The Guild 2 with a tad of Banished (I did not play both). So far a perfect mix for me. AND THE AMAZING DEV KEEPS UPDATING AND RESPONDING IN THE COMMUNITY DISCORD-ALMOST LIKE HE NEVER SLEEPS! (Please do, we love your work and want you to be healthy and happy as well).

TLDR: If you love medieval 'RPG' with an emphasis on settlement economy & business owning with a dash of survival (not THAT combat heavy). Buy it. Its great. And it gets better. A hidden gem, plain and simple.

I am having a blast with this game. You can pretty much do as you want with character. One day I am hunting with my trusty fox (Freddy) and my chicken (daisy). The next day I am fighting off invaders while I am trying to get a wife. The amount of freedom you have in this game is incredible. I find the graphics and sounds very calming. This game is top notch.

Saelig: Immersive Life-Sim Management Done Right

My god, this was the most fun i had in a game since The Guild 2 Renaissance. I have been looking a life-sim management game with an immersive economy and roleplay for so long, and this game really scratched that itch. Have you ever wanted to experience life as an ordinary citizen, working your way up the social ladder, being a worker, landlord, business owner, or even a criminal? Saelig offers precisely that.

The game also excels at immersing the player in their character's daily life roleplaying aspect, in which seemingly minor details, such as visible building interiors, detailed animations for everyday actions, NPCs with their own routines, ambitions, and lives, and dynamic interactions between characters—both NPC-to-NPC and player-to-NPC—all contribute to a deeply engaging experience. This level of details are, in my opinion, what sets Saelig and The Guild 2 Renaissance apart from The Guild 3 in terms of immersiveness. Granted, some things are still rough a bit around the edges that needs more polishing (rough camera work, economy balance, npc line of sight, etc.), but the foundation for a great game can already be seen. With consistent updates throughout the years, the future of Saelig looks incredibly promising.

It is criminal that only so few knew of this gem, as I myself have only recently found out through one of Splattercat's video. I'm certain other fans who appreciate this type of game will see Saelig's potential, and I sincerely hope it achieves the success and recognition it deserves.

I played SAELIG back in 2017. At that time, the game felt extremely bare-bones, but it captivated me nonetheless. Fast forward to 2025, and I decided to dust it off. I’m amazed at how far the game has come, and it’s impressive to see your consistent updates over the years. I see even more growth potential for the future. Thank you for being a shining example of consistency and progress.