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Merchants of Kaidan cover art

Merchants of Kaidan

Forever Entertainment S. A. · 2014-11-10

Steam

AdventureIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 01, 2014 (Mac), Oct 01, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 01, 2014 (Linux), Feb 18, 2015 (iOS), Jan 31, 2019 (Nintendo Switch)

Regain your riches, restore your honor and avenge your father's murder. A challenging trading game with lots of RPG elements.

Merchants of Kaidan is an Adventure, Indie, RPG, and Simulation game released in 2014, priced at $1.49, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed sentiment from 67% of 521 reviews.

1
playing now
67%
positive of 521 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.49
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 13k–31k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 521 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.89 at IndieGala Store (2016-11-30) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 15 of 27 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020142026Week of 2014-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.892015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $10.042015-12-01 — best price $14.992016-03-25 — best price $3.742016-09-05 — best price $1.492017-01-17 — best price $0.892017-12-21 — best price $1.492018-08-20 — best price $1.492019-02-04 — best price $1.492020-01-02 — best price $14.992020-06-03 — best price $14.992020-07-11 — best price $14.992020-08-10 — best price $14.992020-09-09 — best price $11.012020-11-01 — best price $14.992020-12-02 — best price $14.992021-01-04 — best price $14.992021-02-04 — best price $10.752021-03-11 — best price $12.632021-04-09 — best price $14.992021-05-08 — best price $12.632021-06-16 — best price $14.992021-10-11 — best price $12.632021-12-22 — best price $1.492022-03-28 — best price $1.122022-06-26 — best price $11.012022-09-29 — best price $1.122023-01-18 — best price $14.992023-07-10 — best price $14.992023-11-13 — best price $14.992024-02-15 — best price $14.992024-06-10 — best price $14.992024-09-09 — best price $1.492024-12-13 — best price $1.502025-05-26 — best price $1.492025-11-17 — best price $1.492026-07-20 — best price $14.992026-08-24 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
9.8%
earned "Double money"
4.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)82512%22
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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

Player tags

RPGAnimeIndieCasualEconomyFantasySandboxTradingMedievalStrategy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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