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Suzerain

Berlin, 07.05.2025 – Torpor Games is excited to reveal a huge content update, "Sovereign," to their Suzerain DLC, The Kingdom of Rizia, now available! Suzerain is a critically acclaimed political narrative RPG that challenges players to navigate governance, diplomacy, and difficult moral decisions as leaders of a nation. The Kingdom of Rizia DLC expands this experience, offering a monarchy-driven perspective where players rule as King Romus Toras, balancing tradition, power, and the shaping of the fate of their kingdom.

Now, with the highly anticipated 3.1 "Sovereign" Update, the Kingdom of Rizia DLC introduces deeper strategic and narrative complexity. Players will wield greater authority over governance, navigate evolving relationships with advisors and foreign powers, and confront new dilemmas that test their leadership.

The key additions in the 3.1 "Sovereign" Update are:

  • A Dozen New Scenes – Experience new dialogues, including a major story conclusion. Interact more with nobles, your loyal dog, and returning characters to deepen relationships and unlock storylines with greater impact on outcomes. A new game turn with ending content and deeper epilogues.
     
  • Royal Decrees Expansion – Build factories for the industry, sanctuaries for the people, and pass laws for those you favor. Expanded content and a refined decree system offer deeper control over the kingdom, with new religious, welfare, and order decrees providing more ways to shape the country.
     
  • New Narratives, New Challenges, New Solutions - Face fresh crises and dilemmas with deeper storylines, including a reworked national instability, religious unrest, and sabotage. Tackle new events and expanded war mechanics with a full airforce system and smarter enemy AI. Manage a dynamic economy with new elements like revamped trade, tourism, drug crime, and religious happiness dynamics.
     
  • Enhanced Visuals & UI Improvements - New character art for both Rizia and Sordland brings added polish to key scenes. The user interface has been refined with clearer royal decree categories, an improved resource modifier display, and a smoother story selection experience for more intuitive navigation.
     
  • Performance & Progress Enhancements – Enjoy improved performance optimization for a smoother gameplay experience. The new Torpor Account system introduces cloud save sync, achievement tracking, and a leveling system. Over 30 new achievements will be available at launch, letting you track your journey and progress across platforms.


"With 'Sovereign', we set out to expand and deepen the potential of the DLC experience," says Ata Sergey Nowak, Managing Director of Torpor Games. "Players will navigate a more intricate web of choices, where scenes carry greater weight and challenges than ever before. Our goal was to create a royal experience that feels more dynamic, reactive, and challengingly rewarding."

The Kingdom of Rizia 3.1 "Sovereign" Update also marks a significant moment for Torpor Games, as we are now self-publishing this new phase of Suzerain and actively collaborating with Caboodle to broaden the community experience and visibility of our games. The Update's mobile port was supported by the IGDA and the IGDA Foundation.

The Kingdom of Rizia DLC "Sovereign" Update will be 20% off until May 20th, making it the perfect time to jump in. Following the official launch, The Kingdom of Rizia will increase in price to $14.99, to reflect the added value and enhancements, making the initial release period the optimal time for players to purchase at the most favorable price point.

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About Suzerain

Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, the need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?

Suzerain has over 8k reviews on Steam, 93% of which are positive, and has received critical acclaim from publications such as Der Spiegel, VICE, Rock Paper Shotgun, PC Gamer, and CNN Brazil, as well as winning several awards including the Best Expert Game at the German Game Awards 2021, and the People’s Choice Award at the 2021 Games For Change Awards, the Games Award at the 2024 Berlin Tech Awards, Best Story at the 2024 German Developer Awards and were selected to part of the 2024 Google Indie Games Accelerator program.

About Torpor Games

Torpor Games is an indie video game company based in Berlin, focused on creating thought-provoking entertainment.

The Berlin-based team of 18 launched The Kingdom of Rizia premium DLC on PC in March 2024, which was recently nominated for Best Story at the 2024 German Dev Awards. Torpor Games is excited to re-launch the Suzerain series on mobile, aiming to reach a broader audience. Torpor Games continues to expand its fictional universe, delivering more politically engaging narrative experiences.

Torpor Games is working on a prequel called, The Conformist, a narrative roleplaying game set in the 1930s in which the player guides Orwin - a propagandist working for the government of Sordland - in an attempt to discover his path in the capital.

Based on the Suzerain universe, players step into the city of Holsord, discovering the country of Sordland and its people caught in the turbulence of a newly established military government under President Tarquin Soll. Players must juggle their propagandist obligations to their superiors, their ambitions, and their families whilst avoiding the scrutiny of the state – or aiding the resistance against them.