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Match villagers by personality, build families across generations, and put their skills to work as you grow a medieval settlement.
Released 20 Jul 2023
Match Villagers by Traits
Pass Down Useful Traits
Staff Production Buildings
Take fate into your own hands in Lakeburg Legacies, a social-based village management sim where love is your favourite resource. Play matchmaker to create the most effective, and most loved up, couples and help your kingdom thrive. How long will it take you to crown a sovereign?
Developed by Ishtar Games · Published by Ishtar Games









Oversee Lakeburg as it grows from a small village toward a kingdom. The townspeople are central to your plans: pair them into couples by considering their preferences and traits, and guide the community through changing generations.
Married couples may have children who inherit traits and skills from their families. Follow family lines and place residents in jobs that suit their abilities, helping shape both the future workforce and the settlement's population.
Manage production, trade, housing, and other resources by building and upgrading facilities. Random events and visitors bring new choices, while procedural elements vary the course of each playthrough.
Players who enjoy the game often praise its matchmaking-and-village-management premise, charming art, family trees, and amusing events, describing it as a relaxing way to watch a community grow. Others find the systems shallow or repetitive, especially over longer playthroughs, and say the relationship and management mechanics offer less depth than they expected.

Make couples! Pair together the lovebirds of your town, regardless of gender, and find the perfect matches to create the strongest, happiest settlement around.
In Lakeburg, each character has their preferences and flaws that you’ll need to pay attention to. Nobody wants to be stuck in an unhappy match (and nor does your kingdom)!
Write your legacy: happy couples will have children, so try to pass the best traits from generation to generation.
From small village to flourishing kingdom: manage your resources to thrive!
Drama! Navigate tricky, randomised events that will introduce chaos in the love life of your people. Try to keep them in check!
Everything procedural: every playthrough of Lakeburg Legacies is different - what kind of ruler will you be?

| Platforms | Windows |
|---|---|
| Steam Deck | Playable |
| Achievements | 62 |
| Age ratings |
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| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
| Website | Official website |