Manor Lords: How to Play in Third-Person View

Manor Lords is the latest indie game in 2024 to become a global overnight success, while also bringing players back to a genre that has remained quite niche over the last few years. The game is a medieval strategy city-builder in which you start with a humble settlement, and in just a few hours, you are thinking about how you can continue expanding your empire. Gathering resources, constructing buildings, and making an army are just some of the features that you will be able to play around with in Manor Lords, making the game a fun puzzle to solve for all fans of the genre.

One interesting feature that you can find in Manor Lords is called 'Visit Mode', and it allows you to free roam in 3rd person view, giving you yet another way to fully immerse yourself in the world. In this article, we are going to show you how you can enter 'Visit Mode', as it's not really explained in the tutorial of the game.

How to Enter Third-Person View in Manor Lords

Entering the third-person view in Manor Lords is extremely simple and you can do with just a press of a button. On the top right side of the screen, you will be able to find a small 'eye' icon just below the portrait of your Lord. By pressing this button, you are going to switch to third-person view, and you are going to take control of a character that looks very similar to one of the Lords from the 'character creator' menu in the game. You are usually going to spawn on a road that is currently on your screen, so if you move your camera around you should be able to change your location.

You are going to be able to move around the world using the WASD keys, allowing you to explore the area surrounding you. You can't really interact with anything in the world and you are going to be able to walk through trees, tents, and other structures. There is no information on whether or not this feature is going to allow you to interact with the environment in the future, so for now, you are only going to be able to move around and enjoy the scenery. You can leave third-person view by pressing the 'Escape' key and you will be back to the regular UI of the game. Judging by the model of the character, it's likely for more of the Lord portraits to be turned into their own 3D models in the future, but we can't really know for certain.

That is everything you need to know about the third-person 'Visit Mode' feature in Manor Lords. If you want to check out how your settlement looks like from a more grounded perspective, you can always use this feature to run around and immerse yourself in the world. If you are interested in more Manor Lords news and guides, make sure to check out the rest of our website!