Yes, Your Grace
In this kingdom management RPG, petitioners will arrive in the throne room each turn to ask for your advice and assistance. Decide whether to help them with their problems, or to conserve resources for more important matters. Remember: supplies are limited, and not everyone has the kingdom’s best interests at heart… Listen to petitioners each turn and decide who needs your support. Aid your family with their personal problems and decide upon their fate. Hire Generals, Witches and Hunters to aid your efforts. Prepare for battle and make alliances by satisfying the whims of lords and kings. Follow the stories of the quirky and determined characters that visit your halls. Yes, Your Grace tells a tale of Davern, a medieval kingdom ruled by King Eryk. The game is set in a fictional world where monsters and arcane practices inspired by Slavic folklore are the order of the day. Villagers will ask for your help with various problems, from monsters attacking the village to a lack of places to relax and enjoy themselves. Some will bring humour to your throne room and some will present you with difficult choices. Your family is important too, and throughout your time as King, you will have to support them in their struggles. You will face lords with a variety of personalities; you will need their support in order to win an upcoming battle, but some may ask you to perform dirty deeds to cement the alliance. One thing is clear: It won’t be easy to keep everyone happy…
Steam User 23
Yes, Your Grace is a very well writen game where you act as a king, and with all the responsabilities coming with it. The game greets you with attaching characters and hilarious scenes, and unless you are an heartless jerk, it WILL make you high on feelium at some point.
This being said, the gameplay is simple and repetitive, not focused on action so it may not be for everyone as it's primarly a narrative game. As long as you enjoy text narratives and can take the time to appreciate pixel art, you are good to go.
It would add that this game have a good balance in its art style with pretty nice soundtracks and nice looking pixel art (which let room for imaginating the details).
Steam User 18
When I started Yes, Your Grace, I thought I was just stepping into a charming pixel art game about running a medieval court. What I didn’t expect was how quickly I would become emotionally invested in the story, the characters, and the weight of every decision I made.
At first, it felt manageable. Hear petitions, make choices, keep your kingdom alive. But the more I played, the harder everything became. Decisions were no longer about resources alone. They were about people I had come to care about. My family, my allies, even some strangers. I caught myself pausing for minutes, thinking through the consequences of a single “yes” or “no.”
The game has a way of making you feel the pressure of being a ruler, but also a father and a human being. It’s not always fair, and that’s what makes it feel so real.
By the end, I wasn’t just managing a kingdom. I was trying to protect something fragile and important. And when things went wrong, it hurt in a way I didn’t expect from a game like this.
Yes, Your Grace surprised me. It stayed with me. And I’d gladly return to that throne again.
Steam User 18
I rarely leave reviews, but I feel like I had to this time. This game has a GREAT story and actually fun, somewhat difficult and careful choices to make, you want to help everyone but no matter how hard you try you still have to deal with resources management and other problems at hand...
The characters are well written, and the story events make you actually feel for them. This was definitely a surprise! Highly recommended, it was an amazing experience!
Steam User 14
A very well-written game. I hope anyone that enjoys stories where you get to make some tough decisions gives this game a try. The game has the same vibe as a TellTale game, but with the difference being there is a clear GOOD and BAD ending to this game.
Checklist:
Music: Really good. BGM is easy to listen to, and the welsh/celtic rock song for the credits and main menu is very fun to listen to.
Character design: Pretty good for pixels. I could tell the difference between almost every npc, and the character splash art at the end of the end felt very modern.
Aesthetic: I really enjoy the style. It's very clean pixel art. It's not common to see games in this style so it was a refreshing take on art and game design.
Accessibility: You need to be someone who enjoys reading a lot of text, as a large majority of the game is comprised of reading character dialogue. There is no voice overs, just some mumbled gibberish.
Game difficulty: Pretty easy. The first few weeks seem like there are some tough choices, but you learn pretty quick to listen to the petitioner speaking to your King character about their plight and needs. Depending on how they sound when they ask for help, you can tell right away if you should actually give them aid, or call them out on their bull crap.
Multiple playthroughs: Kinda. This game is only best played by doing two routes. Good route, or bad route. There isn't multiple endings aside from doing things the ethically right way, or the morally corrupt way.
Price Point: I was gifted the game, so I don't know how expensive it is in the store. But if it's anything under $25 USD, then it's a pretty fair price point. I would still recommend buying it at a sale price though, for the sole fact that the game is REALLY short. You'll do an entire play through in about 6 hours. Maybe less if you're not too worried about your choices and the impact of your choices.
Cons:
There's only one thing that really bugged me during the entire game. There is a pretty clear situation that pops up pretty early on that you (the player) probably would never agree to do. However, the situation is written into the story and isn't actually a choice the player can make. Long story short, I didn't enjoy being locked out of a choice that I would never have made myself, but unfortunately, it's just part of the story. One of those times where what the player expects from a Kingdom Management Sim RPG and what the narrator (or game dev) intended don't really align. I don't see the game devs as bad people for this forced choice, but at the end of the day, I still I wish I could've completely avoided the literal main plot of the game.
Overall: The game is great. Definitely consider picking it up if you like a gripping story. It's a bit TOO short, so it might be a good idea to pick it up when it goes on sale.
Steam User 14
"Yes, Your Grace" pulls a pretty neat trick. It builds up an enemy force that seems impossible to defeat, makes you believe this is the most important part of the game and where your story will end, just for the game to then pull the rug from underneath you, show you that you are only halfway done with your story, and throw basically every single minute decision you have made when it comes to ruling your kingdom right back at you.
While I am pretty certain most of these wouldn't make a huge difference in the overall resolution of the plot, it is still a pretty dang impressive moment. I just wish the gameplay was somehow enhanced. Most of the second half of the game just consists of you sitting on your throne talking to random people and giving them gold / supplies if you can afford to do so. Which, while not horrible, really starts to slow the entire game down tremendously.
6/10
Steam User 13
This game is an enjoyable narrative that gives vibes of other pixel games of the vein, such as Paper's Please. Though with a very different story and mechanics. Overall it was an enjoyable story although surprisingly short. At full price I would probably not purchase it again but if it is at 50% or more off it is worth it for sure.
Some game systems feel a bit underdeveloped and like they could have more weight to your choices. On my first playthrough I easily had a near-perfect outcome from the narrative and it didn't feel like a challenge to just make the "right choices". At times some of your choices feel like they don't matter because something you don't control decides the outcome, I suppose life is like that at times though.
If you play though you will likely understand what I mean when I say that the result is always "20", regardless of how well you plan. Still, a fun little narrative if you can get it for discount!
Steam User 13
I say yes with caveats. This game's story feels like its written specifically to "get you" by withholding information to start with, forcing you to make uniformed decisions that your character frankly should have more knowledge about. This info isn't revealed to you instead forcing you to make guesswork decisions which in a game that is supposed to be all about choices mattering feels pretty unfair. The story itself is pretty good and asks some compelling questions and the pixel art is good. Maybe pick up on a sale but it feels a little limited and frustrating sometimes.