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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.

15
playing now
78%
positive of 605 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

15 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 27% of 9,678 Casual games in the census by review count.

Players online

1952026-08-11 18:00 — 6 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 9 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 12 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 9 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 8 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 8 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 9 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 11 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 10 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 16 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 13 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 14 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 13 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 14 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 14 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 19 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 16 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 15 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing7 DLC

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

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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