800,000 Wielders!

Greetings Wielders!

Well, this is going to be quite the week for Songs of Conquest!

First of all, we've reached another one of those milestones. We've now sold over 800,000 copies of Songs of Conquest on Steam alone! That's a number that's a little hard to wrap our heads around, especially when we think back to when we first started working on this game; at this rate we’ll hit a million in like two years or something. That might not sound like much compared to the big games or the viral hits, but for us, in this genre? Huge.

We've said it before, but it really is something special to see how far Songs has come. What started as a small team of strategy nerds wanting to make the kind of game we grew up playing has now found its way into the libraries of hundreds of thousands of players all over the world. And since we're celebrating 800,000 copies sold, we thought an 80% discount would be rather fitting!

But that's not all the news we have this week! There's also something that feels a little surreal for us here at Lavapotion. Songs of Conquest is now part of a bundle together with Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era .

Now, it’s no secret to anyone that the Heroes games have been a huge inspiration for Songs of Conquest. Quite a few of us grew up playing them, spending far too many hours trying to save Erathia, playing hot-seat games with our friends, swearing on everything that was holy that we’d win next time. When we started making Songs, we wanted to capture some of that nostalgic feeling, while also making something of our own. We certainly didn't imagine we'd one day be sharing a Steam bundle with the very series that helped inspire us to make it in the first place. It's a real honour, and I think I can speak for the whole team when I say that we're rather proud of this one.

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/91637/Heroes_of_Might_and_Magic_Olden_Era_x_Songs_of_Conquest/

And finally, a big thank you to everyone who has bought Songs of Conquest, played it, recommended it to a friend, written a review, or helped us make it better over the years. 800,000 copies on Steam is quite something for our little studio, and we wouldn't have gotten here without you. Now, if you'll excuse me, I think I need to go and tell the rest of the team that we're officially allowed to celebrate, and after that get back to preparing for the 5th November release of Wielders, and after that it’s back to wrapping up mobile, putting our DLCs out on the Nintendo Switch and updating console versions.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3546610/Wielders_of_the_Essence/

There’s no rest for the wicked!

/Anders and the rest of Lavapotion