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Patrician III

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

SteamGOG

RPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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!

Patrician III is an RPG, Simulation and Strategy game released in 2010, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 1023 reviews).

46
playing now
82%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$4.99
steam price (US)

46 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 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

Quietly active
  • · 46 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 43 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 13,891 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 41k–82k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,023 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

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 123 of 181 observed days · $2.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

76162026-09-15 00:00 — 25 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 27 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 65 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 27 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 42 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 36 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 35 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 16 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 37 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 65 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 17 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 37 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 69 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 19 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 60 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 76 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 18 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 37 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 45 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 29 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 44 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 59 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 23 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 46 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
416Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 13 · peak 25Dec 2012 — avg 11 · peak 28May 2013 — avg 9 · peak 26Oct 2013 — avg 9 · peak 23Mar 2014 — avg 20 · peak 106Aug 2014 — avg 13 · peak 49Jan 2015 — avg 12 · peak 30Jun 2015 — avg 15 · peak 33Nov 2015 — avg 16 · peak 49Apr 2016 — avg 13 · peak 32Sep 2016 — avg 17 · peak 38Feb 2017 — avg 16 · peak 37Jul 2017 — avg 19 · peak 47Dec 2017 — avg 20 · peak 45May 2018 — avg 18 · peak 38Oct 2018 — avg 18 · peak 42Mar 2019 — avg 21 · peak 49Aug 2019 — avg 21 · peak 51Jan 2020 — avg 25 · peak 57Jun 2020 — avg 21 · peak 53Nov 2020 — avg 26 · peak 61Apr 2021 — avg 27 · peak 65Sep 2021 — avg 27 · peak 57Feb 2022 — avg 29 · peak 66Jul 2022 — avg 29 · peak 74Dec 2022 — avg 27 · peak 64May 2023 — avg 29 · peak 58Oct 2023 — avg 35 · peak 79Mar 2024 — avg 35 · peak 83Aug 2024 — avg 33 · peak 71Jan 2025 — avg 39 · peak 88Jun 2025 — avg 33 · peak 74Nov 2025 — avg 40 · peak 83Apr 2026 — avg 37 · peak 81Aug 2026 — avg 37 · peak 80
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.492015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — 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 $2.242026-09-10 — best price $4.992026-10-14 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2022026-05-30 — 7 pageviews2026-06-03 — 11 pageviews2026-06-07 — 13 pageviews2026-06-11 — 10 pageviews2026-06-15 — 7 pageviews2026-06-19 — 17 pageviews2026-06-23 — 11 pageviews2026-06-27 — 7 pageviews2026-07-01 — 10 pageviews2026-07-05 — 9 pageviews2026-07-09 — 12 pageviews2026-07-13 — 16 pageviews2026-07-17 — 12 pageviews2026-07-21 — 12 pageviews2026-07-25 — 9 pageviews2026-07-29 — 14 pageviews2026-08-02 — 12 pageviews2026-08-06 — 4 pageviews2026-08-10 — 11 pageviews2026-08-14 — 6 pageviews2026-08-18 — 14 pageviews2026-08-22 — 11 pageviews2026-08-26 — 8 pageviews2026-08-30 — 8 pageviews2026-09-03 — 12 pageviews2026-09-07 — 14 pageviews2026-09-11 — 8 pageviews2026-09-15 — 8 pageviews2026-09-19 — 11 pageviews2026-09-23 — 12 pageviews2026-09-27 — 16 pageviews2026-10-01 — 3 pageviews2026-10-05 — 10 pageviews2026-10-08 — 9 pageviews
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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