Norland allows users to manage a medieval city-state. This is a city-planning kingdom management simulator and part-time real-time strategy game. Players control a family that controls a settlement. In addition to representatives of the upper class, there are also ordinary residents in the village. Every person here is an individual. All people have individual biographies, family traits, skills, needs, congenital and acquired character traits. They can fall in love, make love, start families and have children, passing on some of their parameters to them. This video game has high replay value. Starting conditions, based on a variety of parameters, are randomly generated on each playthrough.

Norland contains blood and dismemberment, despite the cartoon graphics. During military operations, uprisings and just everyday quarrels, virtual men carry out massacres, cutting off the limbs of their opponents. The population is divided into 4 classes: slaves, peasants, criminals and soldiers. The task of users is to take care of the happiness of residents and stop riots. Gamers can build buildings, regulate prices for goods, engage in diplomacy, build defenses, give instructions to their wards, trade, and fight with other kingdoms. Also, users often need to make controversial decisions and monitor the relationships between members of the royal family, based on the thirst for power, love, betrayal, hatred, jealousy and envy.