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Mandate Order
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Mandate Order is a Warring States war city-builder set in ancient China. Build a stronghold, manage industries and logistics, recruit scholars from the Hundred Schools of Thought, raise armies, and command real-time tactical battles with thousands of soldiers.
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Your Mandate Order Journey
Four steps from your first stronghold to kingdom-scale warfare, based on the game's real systems.
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Beginner Guide
Understand the core loop first: found a stronghold, meet food, shelter, water and fuel needs, and survive your first invasions.
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City Building & Resources
Gridless free building, production chains from wood, ore and grain, storage planning and the four-season farming cycle.
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Army & Warfare
Conscript workers into infantry, archers and chariots, stock the armory, draw formations and defend your walls.
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Diplomacy & Hundred Schools
Recruit retainers from Confucianism to Legalism, set national policies, form alliances, trade and pursue titles.
About the Game
What is Mandate Order?
Mandate Order (Chinese title: 烽沙, Feng Sha) is an ancient war simulation and city-building game set in China's Spring and Autumn / Warring States period, developed and self-published by Digital Sky. Starting from a frontier stronghold, you plan residences, farmland, roads, storage and workshops into a complete production chain.
The game combines gridless free construction with a retainer system inspired by the Hundred Schools of Thought, dynamic seasons and weather, diplomacy and national policies, and large-scale real-time tactical battles. Under constant threat of invasion, you manage a military city-state that integrates production, defense and warfare.
“Under the constant threat of enemy invasion, you will build and manage an ancient military stronghold that integrates production, defense, and warfare.”
- Developer
- Digital Sky
- Publisher
- Digital Sky (self-published)
- Platform
- PC · Steam / Epic
- Genre
- Strategy · City Builder · War Sim
- Release
- Aug 12, 2026 (Early Access)
- Price
- $19.99 (intro offer $16.99)
- Languages
- 12 supported
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive at launch
Official Media
Screenshots from the Battlefield
Official screenshots from the Steam store page: free-form city building, seasonal farming and thousand-unit battles.
Redeem Codes
Mandate Order Codes
Current status
No codes available yet
Last checked: Aug 12, 2026 (Early Access launch day)
Mandate Order is a buy-to-play single-player game with no in-app purchases. Digital Sky has not announced any redeem code, gift code or creator code system so far. We only list codes verified against official channels and never publish unconfirmed ones.
Where codes would appear first
Beware of third-party sites claiming to sell or give away Mandate Order codes; none exist as of launch day.
Quick Answers
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Mandate Order free or paid?
It is a paid buy-to-play game: $19.99 on Steam, with a 15% introductory discount ($16.99) for about two weeks after launch. There are no in-app purchases or subscriptions.
When did Mandate Order release?
Early Access launched on August 12, 2026 at 10:00 Beijing time, shown as Aug 11 in some Steam regions. The developer targets roughly 12 months of Early Access before version 1.0.
Is Mandate Order on PS5 or consoles?
No. At Early Access launch the game is PC only, sold on Steam, with launch coverage also reporting an Epic Games Store release. No console version has been announced.
What languages does the game support?
12 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Russian, Turkish, Polish, Spanish (Latin America), Japanese, Korean and Portuguese (Brazil).
The game crashes on launch. Is there a fix?
Yes. The developer's pinned fix: right-click Mandate Order in your Steam Library, open Properties, then General, and add -DX11 to Launch Options to force DirectX 11 mode.
Are there any redeem codes right now?
No. No official code or redeem system exists as of the Early Access launch. Treat any site claiming to offer Mandate Order codes with caution.
Ready to Master Mandate Order?
From your first settlement to kingdom-scale warfare, this wiki helps you understand every system and strategy in the game.