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Rise of the Merchants

Black Duke Games · published by Black Duke Games, Three River Games (3RG) · released Oct 29, 2026

Rise of the Merchants is a medieval city-building, economic, political, and trade simulation set in a persistent online world. Start with a small settlement in your county, develop it into an influential city, and establish a trade network that extends far beyond its borders.

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Price
$23.98
US store
Reviews
73%
134 · Mostly Positive
Playing now
59
sampled 8h ago
24h peak
59
all-time seen 59
Followers
5,036
2h ago
Owners (est.)
~4K
2K – 6.4K
Revenue (est.)
~$53K
gross, lifetime · how
YouTube activity
33
videos · 30 d
31
creators
296K
views · 1 y
Twitch activity 11 watching · 1 live
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avg viewers · 30 d
83
hours watched · 30 d
9
streamers · 30 d

Product info

from Steam's PICS · read 2h ago
Change number
40,920,853 · seen 2h ago
Public build
26,648,466 · Nov 13, 2026 (2h ago)
Operating systems
windows, macos, linux
Architecture
64-bit
Install size
16 GB · 9.6 GB download
Install folder
Rise of the Merchants
Controller support
Full
Metacritic
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Release state
released
Community
hub · stats

Steam Deck

Unknown

No Deck test results published.

Branches · 1

every build Steam serves for this app
BranchBuildUpdatedDescription
public 26,648,466Nov 13, 2026 · 2h ago

Build history

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BuildBranchReleasedFirst seen
26,648,466public Nov 13, 2026 16:062h ago
26,490,997public Nov 6, 2026 17:503d ago

Depots · 7

content of the public branch
DepotNameOSLanguageDLC / sharedSizeDownloadManifest
5031211 windows 5.2 GB3.1 GB 8686369154775571068
5031212 linux 5.2 GB3.1 GB 6931087991258732088
5031213 macos 5.4 GB3.2 GB 4246424009014882421
5438990 all DLC Rise of the Merchants - Official Guide 98 MB86 MB 7119890641090412160
5439000 all DLC Rise of the Merchants - Official Cookbook 33 MB31 MB 2680694341463001018
5522280 all DLC Rise of the Merchants - Official Supporter ——
228989 windows shared from #228980 ——

Launch options · 3

ExecutableOSDescription
rotm.exe windows
rotm
--no-sandbox --ozone-platform=x11
linux
Rise of the Merchants.app macos

Languages · 15

LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
Czech ✓—✓
French ✓—✓
German ✓✓✓
Polish ✓—✓
English ✓✓✓
Italian ✓—✓
Korean ✓—✓
Russian ✓—✓
Spanish ✓—✓
Turkish ✓—✓
Japanese ✓—✓
Simplified Chinese ✓—✓
Traditional Chinese ✓—✓
Portuguese - Brazil ✓—✓
Ukrainian ✓—✓

Packages · 1

all packages
SubNameBillingPrice
1744614Rise of the Merchants Store or CD key -20%$19.99

Bundles · 11

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DLC in product info · 3

includes DLC not sold separately

Change numbers

all changes
#40,920,853 · 2h ago#40,920,208 · 2h ago#40,919,409 · 3h ago#40,914,546 · 5h ago#40,907,825 · 8h ago#40,869,838 · 1d ago#40,868,923 · 1d ago#40,865,297 · 1d ago#40,830,879 · 2d ago#40,830,125 · 2d ago

Updates · patch notes

Steam announcements tagged as patch notes, linked to the public build they followed
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WhenNoteBuildUpdate size
Nov 13, 2026 Update 0.5.12: Settlement Relocation and Automatic Repair
Hello merchants, Update 0.5.12 is live! You can now move your settlement to a new place, there's an option for auto-repair of vehicles, and the Trading Overview and the Map filters get a new filter for types of goods and quality levels. The Manor Lord's Privileges grow to 19 stages, and many fixes make quests, missions and trade run more smoothly. New Settlement You can now relocate your settlemen
26,648,466 +1.1 MB
Nov 6, 2026 Update 0.5.11: Foreign Bridge Repairs & Fixes
Hello merchants, Update 0.5.11 is live! If you already have a convoy in a foreign shire, you can now patch up a collapsed bridge there and keep going. On top of that, this update fixes settlements that failed to load, gifts that could be obtained multiple times, and a tavern conversation that got stuck when a settler left for the Earl's Court. New Trade and Bridges If you have a convoy in a foreig
26,490,997 14.7 GB total
Nov 4, 2026 Update 0.5.10: Chat Overhaul, Ship Sales and Route Fixes
Hello merchants, Update 0.5.10 is live! The chat got a big round of work: private conversations are now grouped, messages can show the time they were sent and can be copied. Ships can now be sold in the harbour, automatic sales in other settlements along a trade route now work, and the route planner got several fixes for convoys and ships. Offer limits on trade routes now count per stop, so please
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Nov 3, 2026 Update 0.5.9
Hello merchants, Update 0.5.9 is live! Your Warehouse now holds a lot more: the Reinforced Interior Walls upgrade goes through many more levels, each adding more capacity than the last. Workers repair production buildings faster in Maintenance mode, which also speeds up Automatic Repair. After their shift, some of your employees now spend their free time in the Tavern or the Den of Thieves, where
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Nov 2, 2026 Update 0.5.8: Better Prices for Basic Resources and a Busier Earl
Hello merchants, Update 0.5.8 is live! Basic resources sell for more at Local Markets, and their price range is now centred on the price other NPC merchants actually sell. The Earl's merchants can spend a higher budget buying goods each Payroll, the Local Markets button is now also available from the world map, and maintaining your production buildings got easier. New Production and Buildings Cond
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Oct 30, 2026 Update 0.5.7: Faster Ship Search and a Smoother World Map
Hello merchants, Update 0.5.7 is live! So many of you have joined us over the last days, and this hotfix is all about keeping up with you: the search with ships is faster and reliable again, the world map loads trade offers more quickly, and searching for a specific good finds the right settlements again. Improvements Trade The search with ships is faster and no longer fails. Without a filter, the
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Oct 30, 2026 Update 0.5.6: Duty Calls, Riskier Cargo and Easier Starts
Hello merchants, Update 0.5.6 is live! The game stays noticeably smoother in long play sessions, carrying valuable quest cargo now puts you at greater risk from bandits, and starting a new game is more approachable. On top of that: longer chat messages, quicker ways to reach your friends, and a solid batch of convoy fixes. Gameplay and Balancing Quests The "Duty Calls" quest now includes a short t
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Oct 26, 2026 Demo Update 0.4.8: Controller Keyboard, Smarter Route Planner and Many Fixes
Hello merchants, demo update 0.4.8 is live! Text fields can now be filled in with a controller thanks to the new on-screen keyboard, the Route Planner follows your convoy after departure and picks fitting ships for you, and the whole interface runs smoother. On top of that, a big round of fixes takes care of convoys, production, quests and the tutorial. New Controller Text fields can now be filled
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