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Merchant cover art

Merchant

Retora Games · 2018-10-08

Steam

CasualRPGSimulationFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 19, 2014 (Android), Jun 09, 2016 (iOS), Jan 01, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Merchant blends traditional RPG systems and tycoon style mechanics. No gems, no consumables, all purchases are DLC! Great for second screen gaming! Merchant reimagines the classic RPG experience from the perspective of a Merchant. Hire Heroes and Crafters to do your bidding for you.

Merchant is a Casual, RPG, Simulation, Free To Play game released in 2018, free-to-play, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (78% of 606 reviews).

15
playing now
78%
positive of 606 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

15 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 15 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 22 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (76 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 29,047 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
585820182026Week of 2018-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2182026-09-15 01:00 — 13 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 8 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 14 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 13 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 9 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 9 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 14 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 11 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 9 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 19 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 10 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 15 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 20 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 16 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 14 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 18 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 13 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 17 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 21 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 12 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 18 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 18 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 14 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 15 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1758Oct 2018Aug 2026Oct 2018 — avg 175 · peak 633Jan 2019 — avg 81 · peak 123Apr 2019 — avg 32 · peak 52Jul 2019 — avg 21 · peak 43Oct 2019 — avg 24 · peak 55Jan 2020 — avg 25 · peak 41Apr 2020 — avg 41 · peak 73Jul 2020 — avg 33 · peak 55Oct 2020 — avg 34 · peak 56Jan 2021 — avg 19 · peak 44Apr 2021 — avg 18 · peak 31Jul 2021 — avg 12 · peak 25Oct 2021 — avg 16 · peak 32Jan 2022 — avg 18 · peak 35Apr 2022 — avg 11 · peak 23Jul 2022 — avg 16 · peak 31Oct 2022 — avg 15 · peak 34Jan 2023 — avg 14 · peak 25Apr 2023 — avg 15 · peak 26Jul 2023 — avg 14 · peak 25Oct 2023 — avg 14 · peak 26Jan 2024 — avg 11 · peak 19Apr 2024 — avg 13 · peak 25Jul 2024 — avg 14 · peak 24Oct 2024 — avg 14 · peak 31Jan 2025 — avg 11 · peak 21Apr 2025 — avg 10 · peak 20Jul 2025 — avg 11 · peak 21Oct 2025 — avg 8 · peak 20Jan 2026 — avg 13 · peak 24Apr 2026 — avg 15 · peak 35Jul 2026 — avg 9 · peak 18Aug 2026 — avg 11 · peak 21
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
86.5%
earned "Craft a Potion"
11.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing7 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Post-launch support: 7 DLC released, first 2018-10-09, latest 2018-12-21 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,3861%62

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RPGIndieCasualClickerCraftingManagementSimulationFree to PlaySingleplayerPixel Graphics

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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