A Surprising Manor Lords VR Mod Is Even Impressing the Game's Developer

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Manor Lords, the medieval-themed strategy game released in early access last week, recently got a mod that allows it to be played with a VR headset, and it's even caught the attention of the game's developer.

Flat2VR, a community of modders and developers aiming to port "flat" games into virtual reality, announced on X/Twitter that there is now a VR mod for PC players looking to play Manor Lords on a virtual reality headset. Flat2VR notes that the mod currently uses mouse and keyboard controls and that "it works perfectly" in six-degree-of-freedom VR (6DOF VR). It's made possible thanks to UEVR, a mod that allows developers and modders to make VR mods for games powered by Unreal Engine.

Wow I have no idea how it's done but I'm impressed it works https://t.co/G1W6l5oDcq

A video shared by the modding group caught the eye of Manor Lords developer Slavic Magic, who responded with awe that modders managed to get a VR mode running.

"Wow I have no idea how it's done but I'm impressed it works," they replied.

Manor Lords has been out for less than a week and it already has becomer a big hit on PC. A few days after its early access release, publisher Hooded Horse revealed that Manor Lords not only sold over a million copies in a day, buy it also hit a peak Steam player concurrent out of 173,178. Manor Lords is the latest indie of 2024 to break out in the industry, joining the likes of Pocket Pair's open-world survival game Palworld and Arrowhead's shooter Helldivers 2 in finding success outside of AAA development.

In our early access review of Manor Lords, IGN wrote: "Manor Lords is a gorgeous medieval city-builder that kept me occupied for hours building my perfect, cozy hamlets, but it definitely feels very early in its Early Access development."

Taylor is a Reporter at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster.