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Patrician III cover art

Patrician III

Ascaron Entertainment ltd. · Kalypso Media Digital · 2010-11-18

SteamGOG

RPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Nov 19, 2010 (Linux), Oct 31, 2003 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Become a fellow of the famous medieval Hanse trading association in the 13th century. Manage the politics, prestige and economic success in your city and the known parts of Europe!

23
playing now
82%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

23 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Patrician II: Quest for Power, entitled Patrizier 2: Geld und Macht in Germany, is the second video game from developer Ascaron in their Patrician series. The sequel to The Patrician, it is a game simulating trading, piracy, politics, and economy. An expansion pack, Patrizier 2: Aufschwung der Hanse, was released in Germany in 2001. A compilation release containing the main game and the expansion was released as Patrizier 2: Gold Edition in Germany in 2002 and as Patrician III: Rise of the Hanse internationally in 2003. A sequel, Patrician IV, was released in 2010.

Health check

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  • · Top 34% of 6,151 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 41k–81k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,015 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.30-54%
GOG$2.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at GOG (2022-07-25) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 97 of 157 observed days · $1.81 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

68132026-08-11 17:00 — 56 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 49 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 16 players2026-08-13 16:00 — 45 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 32 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 27 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 55 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 50 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 28 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 48 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 32 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 30 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 51 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 25 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 24 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 44 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 34 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 37 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 68 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 17 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 51 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 31 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 22 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 50 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 41 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 13 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 37 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 47 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 23 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.492015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $1.242015-08-21 — best price $4.992016-02-05 — best price $1.242016-10-12 — best price $1.242017-08-11 — best price $4.992018-01-23 — best price $4.992018-08-07 — best price $1.242019-01-07 — best price $1.192019-06-24 — best price $1.242019-10-11 — best price $1.242020-03-02 — best price $4.992020-06-16 — best price $4.082020-09-12 — best price $4.492020-12-03 — best price $4.992021-02-19 — best price $4.992021-04-29 — best price $4.142021-08-18 — best price $5.852021-12-02 — best price $4.992022-03-22 — best price $4.322022-07-11 — best price $2.492022-10-27 — best price $0.992023-01-23 — best price $2.492023-04-22 — best price $4.992023-08-12 — best price $2.292023-11-21 — best price $0.992024-02-05 — best price $2.452024-05-05 — best price $2.492024-07-27 — best price $4.192024-10-16 — best price $2.492025-01-07 — best price $2.502025-03-31 — best price $2.502025-06-28 — best price $2.172025-09-09 — best price $1.242025-12-06 — best price $4.992026-03-17 — best price $2.502026-06-19 — best price $2.242026-08-30 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RPGNavalClassicEconomyPiratesTradingMedievalStrategyHistoricalManagement

Census log

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

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