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Patrician IV

Patrician IV

You are a merchant in northern Europe in the late Middle Ages when the Hanseatic League was flourishing. Your goal is to rise to the most successful and influential member of the Hanse, ultimately being elected Elderman, leader of the trading league.

Released Sep 17, 2010 Developer Gaming Minds Studios Publisher Kalypso Media Digital Platforms Windows StrategyTradingResource ManagementEconomySimulation
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-05-13)

What players say

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55.3%positive700 reviews
Not recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Not sure why but either Kalypso or Steam they took away access to my license. I purchased this game a second time because i had doubts that i even owned it on steam in the first place. Low and behold last time played was 2019 with almost 20 hours played. I absolutely recommend…”

— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 19:13 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

33playing at last check
4224-hour peak
134all-time peak
0 25 50 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 37 avg · Apr 2020

Latest official news

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Aug 14, 2023
Patrician Franchise up to 60% off!

Patrician IV is the sequel to the historical trading simulation and strategy series. You are a merchant in northern Europe in the late Middle Ages when the Hanseatic League was flourishing. Your goal

Apr 10, 2023
Patrician Franchise up to 60% off!

Patrician IV is the sequel to the historical trading simulation and strategy series. You are a merchant in northern Europe in the late Middle Ages when the Hanseatic League was flourishing. Your goal

Jan 30, 2023
Patrician Franchise up to 60% off!

Patrician IV is the sequel to the historical trading simulation and strategy series. You are a merchant in northern Europe in the late Middle Ages when the Hanseatic League was flourishing. Your goal

Aug 01, 2022
Patrician Franchise up to 60% off!

Patrician IV is the sequel to the historical trading simulation and strategy series. You are a merchant in northern Europe in the late Middle Ages when the Hanseatic League was flourishing. Your goal

Feb 28, 2022
Patrician Franchise up to 60% off!

Patrician IV is the sequel to the historical trading simulation and strategy series. You are a merchant in northern Europe in the late Middle Ages when the Hanseatic League was flourishing. Your goal

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Facts & details

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GenresStrategy
Player tagsStrategy · Trading · Resource Management · Economy · Simulation · Singleplayer · Capitalism · Historical · Management · Multiplayer · Medieval (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, German
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Minimum system requirements (PC)

OS *: Windows XP / Vista / 7 Processor: 2 GHz Memory: 1 GB Hard Disk Space: 5 GB Video Card: 256 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible PCIe (Geforce 6 Series/Radeon X1000 Series) Sound: DirectX compatible DirectX®: 9.0c