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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.
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“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 playedPlayer activity
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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
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
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
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
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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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Trading · Resource Management · Economy · Simulation · Singleplayer · Capitalism · Historical · Management · Multiplayer · Medieval (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, German |
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