Sovereign Elect

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Sovereign Elect is a single player and multiplayer casual role playing game with fantasy, anime, medieval and historical themes. It was developed by iBlackpen and was released on July 22, 2024. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Sovereign Elect is a game centered around accumulating influence. Your ultimate goal is to become the sovereign of the land. To do this, you must gain influence, which is primarily done through mercenaries you hire. Mercenaries come in different rarities. They each have different stats and abilities which effect your methods of obtaining merit. Once merit is obtained, it can be converted into infl…

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64%

Audience ScoreBased on 28 reviews

music3 positive mentions

grinding5 negative mentions

The game offers a simple, relaxing idle/clicker gameplay loop that many players find enjoyable as a background or secondary game.
There is ongoing development with frequent updates adding new content, mechanics, and improvements, showing the developer's commitment.
The game features good music, voice acting, and artwork, which contribute positively to the atmosphere and player experience.

Gameplay loop is repetitive and slow, often becoming boring due to excessive farming, crafting, and monotonous tasks.
The monetization model is consumer-hostile, with paywalls for better classes and required DLC to fully complete achievements.
The game suffers from UI oddities, confusing mechanics, bugs, crashes, and lack of polish, which detract from the overall experience.

grinding
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Grinding in the game primarily revolves around repetitive farming and resource gathering, with players managing multiple character groups and specialized tools to optimize efficiency. While the gameplay can feel tedious and is often relegated to background activity, ongoing updates and new mechanics show developer commitment to enriching the farming experience. Overall, grinding is the core loop, suitable for casual multitasking but may become repetitive over time.
- “After a few hours, you will find that it is essentially a farming game.”
- “But hey, in the end, this game is about farming.”
- “The quests are tedious.”
music
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The music in the game is praised for being beautiful, soothing, and well-crafted, complementing the overall experience alongside excellent voice acting and artwork.
- “The voice acting and music are very well done.”
- “The artwork and soundtrack are beautiful.”
- “It has soothing music and is interesting enough for many hours of my time.”
gameplay
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
33%
The gameplay is primarily a straightforward clicker with farming, quests, and character leveling, offering a relaxing, background activity experience. Recent updates have introduced new mechanics like tool differentiation and a reputation system, showing ongoing developer support and adding strategic depth. However, the core loop remains simple, with limited variety in activities.
- “While the gameplay loop is quite basic (click on coins generated by your party of mercenaries), it kept the happy brain juices flowing for a long time.”
- “It's a clicker with some farming and quests. You have characters of all kinds and you farm and level up things. Usually, I have it in the background while I play or do other things. With the new update came several interesting things like the reputation system, differentiation of tools (pickaxe for stone or wood, shovel for wheat), and better tier gloves that offer more ways to equip your mercenaries. The developer is doing a good job adding several things over time and not letting the game die. My strategy is dividing my groups into four, equipping each one with a different tool, using low-merit characters for gathering bags to collect items efficiently. Overall, the gameplay offers progression and evolving mechanics that keep it engaging.”
- “The developer adds new mechanics like reputation systems and tool differentiation, allowing players to strategize differently with their mercenary groups. Equipping groups with specific tools to farm particular materials adds depth to the gameplay loop beyond simple clicker mechanics.”
- “Very simple gameplay loop with little else to do.”
story
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The story in the game is minimal and mainly serves as a backdrop for the idle, crafting, and clicker mechanics, with players engaging in farming, quests, and character progression. While quests are often described as tedious, ongoing updates and added features like the reputation system keep gameplay evolving, maintaining player interest despite the lack of a deep narrative.
- “With the new update, several interesting things have been added, like the reputation system, differentiation of tools, and better equipment options for mercenaries. The developer is doing a good job adding content over time and keeping the game alive with new mechanics.”
- “You have characters of all kinds and you farm and level up things, complete quests, and engage in normal gameplay progression with a storyline backdrop.”
- “The quests are tedious.”
- “It's a clicker with some farming and quests, the normal thing. I usually have it in the background while doing other things.”
- “Idle, crafting mixed with clicker at times with a storyline.”
graphics
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The graphics are praised for their stunning and beautiful artwork, though the visual variety between areas is limited, mainly differing in backgrounds and collection entities.
- “The artwork and soundtrack are beautiful.”
- “The artwork is stunning.”
- “Getting more mercenaries does speed up collection, but there really isn't anything different between areas besides the background and collection entities' artwork.”
monetization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's monetization is heavily criticized for its pervasive microtransactions, giving it a pay-to-win feel despite being advertised as free.
- “As mentioned, this isn't really free as the game is infested with mobile app store-like microtransactions.”
stability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game has some bugs and occasional crashes, but ongoing updates have addressed many issues, making its stability decent for an early access title.