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Patrician IV

Gaming Minds Studios · Kalypso Media Digital · 2010-09-17

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 17, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You are a merchant in northern Europe in the late Middle Ages when the Hanseatic League was flourishing. Your goal is to rise to the most successful and influential member of the Hanse, ultimately being elected Elderman, leader of the trading league.

Patrician IV is a 2010 Strategy title priced at $14.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and Mixed sentiment (56% of 775 reviews).

22
playing now
56%
positive of 775 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Patrician IV is a business simulation game developed by Gaming Minds Studios and part of the Patrician series. It is a game simulating trading, piracy, politics and economics. An expansion pack, Rise of a Dynasty, was released in April 2011.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 22 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 14,119 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 31k–62k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 775 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.89 at WinGameStore (2024-05-16) · bundled 13×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 78 of 121 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920172026Week of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

47102026-09-15 15:00 — 37 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 15 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 12 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 42 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 35 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 10 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 29 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 32 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 11 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 42 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 47 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 13 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 21 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 38 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 19 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 30 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 34 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 17 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 17 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 40 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 20 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 17 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 22 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3710Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 13 · peak 33Dec 2012 — avg 16 · peak 52May 2013 — avg 15 · peak 47Oct 2013 — avg 14 · peak 43Mar 2014 — avg 18 · peak 116Aug 2014 — avg 20 · peak 113Jan 2015 — avg 19 · peak 52Jun 2015 — avg 14 · peak 39Nov 2015 — avg 14 · peak 42Apr 2016 — avg 16 · peak 40Sep 2016 — avg 14 · peak 39Feb 2017 — avg 17 · peak 52Jul 2017 — avg 18 · peak 43Dec 2017 — avg 22 · peak 52May 2018 — avg 19 · peak 47Oct 2018 — avg 19 · peak 50Mar 2019 — avg 22 · peak 59Aug 2019 — avg 21 · peak 49Jan 2020 — avg 25 · peak 60Jun 2020 — avg 23 · peak 58Nov 2020 — avg 30 · peak 80Apr 2021 — avg 27 · peak 66Sep 2021 — avg 26 · peak 59Feb 2022 — avg 25 · peak 64Jul 2022 — avg 28 · peak 62Dec 2022 — avg 26 · peak 65May 2023 — avg 22 · peak 51Oct 2023 — avg 23 · peak 62Mar 2024 — avg 27 · peak 76Aug 2024 — avg 24 · peak 57Jan 2025 — avg 33 · peak 82Jun 2025 — avg 25 · peak 64Nov 2025 — avg 30 · peak 78Apr 2026 — avg 27 · peak 64Aug 2026 — avg 25 · peak 62
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$2.152015-01-012026-09-132015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-05-09 — best price $13.412015-11-26 — best price $2.992016-04-30 — best price $4.992016-10-03 — best price $19.992017-03-28 — best price $3.752017-10-03 — best price $14.992018-02-19 — best price $4.992018-08-22 — best price $14.992019-02-11 — best price $3.702019-07-17 — best price $3.752019-10-26 — best price $10.662020-01-31 — best price $2.772020-06-20 — best price $14.992020-09-06 — best price $14.992020-12-02 — best price $11.892021-02-22 — best price $14.992021-05-02 — best price $12.782021-07-23 — best price $6.002021-11-19 — best price $5.992022-02-18 — best price $7.992022-06-07 — best price $12.592022-09-23 — best price $14.052023-01-03 — best price $13.022023-04-14 — best price $14.992023-07-25 — best price $5.992023-11-01 — best price $5.392024-02-03 — best price $13.192024-05-21 — best price $12.592024-08-24 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-04-23 — best price $12.422025-08-20 — best price $4.502025-11-25 — best price $4.492026-03-16 — best price $8.992026-07-16 — best price $14.992026-09-13 — best price $3.68
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2742026-06-01 — 13 pageviews2026-06-05 — 11 pageviews2026-06-09 — 27 pageviews2026-06-13 — 18 pageviews2026-06-17 — 6 pageviews2026-06-21 — 12 pageviews2026-06-25 — 17 pageviews2026-06-29 — 8 pageviews2026-07-03 — 16 pageviews2026-07-07 — 6 pageviews2026-07-11 — 7 pageviews2026-07-15 — 8 pageviews2026-07-19 — 9 pageviews2026-07-23 — 8 pageviews2026-07-27 — 13 pageviews2026-07-31 — 10 pageviews2026-08-04 — 13 pageviews2026-08-08 — 4 pageviews2026-08-12 — 5 pageviews2026-08-16 — 20 pageviews2026-08-20 — 20 pageviews2026-08-24 — 7 pageviews2026-08-28 — 13 pageviews2026-09-01 — 10 pageviews2026-09-05 — 7 pageviews2026-09-09 — 15 pageviews2026-09-13 — 8 pageviews2026-09-17 — 7 pageviews2026-09-21 — 9 pageviews2026-09-25 — 9 pageviews2026-09-29 — 11 pageviews2026-10-03 — 11 pageviews2026-10-07 — 11 pageviews2026-10-11 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, German

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2011-04-11 (Steam store data)

Player tags

EconomyTradingMedievalStrategyCapitalismHistoricalManagementSimulationMultiplayerSingleplayer

Census log

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

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