Every so often a role-playing game will come along that truly rewards patience, attention to detail, and critical thinking. Our review of Sovereign Tower shows it to be one of those rare finds, and this latest release from developer Wild Wits Games is a genuine pleasure to play.
Sovereign Tower is a management RPG set inside a tower that was once abandoned and locked away with a special key. That key can only be turned by the game’s unnamed protagonist, who manages to open up the titular tower. The player takes on the role of said protagonist, who ends up becoming the new sovereign in charge of the kingdom of Brizh and its people.
From the game’s dialogue, it’s apparent that the new sovereign is both young and unproven. They’ll have to work doubly hard to earn respect of their new knights, and of other neighboring kingdoms.
You might think decision-making from this position would be as simple as clicking as you please through dialogue boxes, but in our review time, Sovereign Tower surprised with real consequences that’ll have you wishing you could rewind and choose all over again. The good news is that the game gives you exactly that option, in the form of its “demon power” rewind ability.
The Good:
- Simple gameplay mechanics come together to present a real challenge
- Beautiful line art that’s easy on the eyes
- Strong characters and world-building
The Bad:
- Some menu and UI elements can be confusing
Review Details:
- Reviewed on: PC
- Platforms available: PC
- Official release date: August 6, 2026
Sovereign Tower is a surprisingly addictive RPG experience
Sovereign Tower might be the closest we’ll get to feeling what it was like to be royalty in a bygone era. The dialogue and art feel raw and authentic, and the choices you’re given between varied responses carry real consequences.
The game has two main cores: its audiences and its round table. Both are interconnected.
You start with meeting varied audiences, who are typically very needy and will have you wondering how these people ever survived before this tower was unlocked. People will come in with matters as serious as having their daughters abducted by nefarious schemers, to cries for help regarding someone’s missing snake. Of course, it’s up to you to decide whether you want to take any of them up on their requests.
The consequences of those choices will follow you. If you’re rude or dismissive towards the people, it shows up on your scorecard as the sovereign. The game tracks a meter called “Satisfaction of the Realm,” which counts every time you upset the game’s commoners, nobles, merchants, or scholars. These same choices also feed into your archetype, which is represented by a separate score.
We typically played it safe and picked the most polite options, even taking on tasks that didn’t really seem to require knightly assistance. It costs a fair amount of in-game currency and resources to so liberally take on tasks, but the game’s rewards stack up fast and help to steadily pay for these engagements.
It also helps that the game unlocks plenty of knights early on that can join the second core element of the game, the round table. But you can’t just assign them to random tasks and expect the rewards to follow. That’s where your real test as a worthy leader begins.
Each knight has distinct strengths, so a knight who excels at “taking out” enemies likely won’t fare as well on tasks that call for careful negotiation.
Angelica is the very first knight you unlock, and after bringing on a total of six knights, she remains the most consistent and the best of the bunch. It’s admirable how the developers have created knights that quickly make you warm up to them. Ursula, for example, is quick to engender sympathy from the player, and became a featured knight during our time with the game. Other players may emphasize different knights with their own strengths.
Knights can also be fed meals, and both Angelica and Ursula were kept well-fed throughout our playthrough; the same courtesy wasn’t extended to Gwendan, an admittedly frustrating knight whose sky-high charisma score comes bundled with the “arrogant” trait. Missing that detail early on made our use of the game’s demon power a necessity.
The rewinding demon power ability is a feature that looks conspicuous on the surface, and players who use it will just have to trust the demon who provides it that’s it’s safe in practice.
Demon power unlocks quite early on in the game and is essentially an “undo” button. It wouldn’t come across as quite so suspicious had it not been named for and provided by a demon who assures you, not terribly convincingly, that there won’t be any cost for its use.
We didn’t initially think that we’d ever need to use demon power considering how simple the game seemed on its surface, but during our review, Sovereign Tower’s depth and complexity really surprised us. There were numerous moments that caused us to want to hit the rewind button and reconsider our previous decisions, whether because of gameplay or narrative consequences.
Sovereign Tower also features gorgeous line art throughout its presentation. This is a gorgeous game with a distinct artistic flair. It manages to be evocative of its fantasy setting while standing apart from other games in the genre.
Really, it was hard for us to find much fault with the game. One minor quibble is that some of the menu and interface elements were initially odd or confusing, but it wasn’t a major drag to the experience once we figured it out.
The challenging balance of tasks and resources, combined with the game’s narrative heft, is what gives the title’s many decisions their weight and makes the game hard to put down. Sovereign Tower proves out that running a fantasy kingdom is no easy task, but it’s definitely a fun and engaging one that we think any player interested in a good story is bound to enjoy.
The Bottom Line: Sovereign Tower is a challenging and intriguing role-playing game with weighty choices that carry real impact.
Score: 9.5/10
