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Space Merchant

Retora Games · 2021-10-01

Steam

RPGSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 01, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), TBD (Android)

Based off the original Merchant RPG, a new Idle RPG space exploration experience!

Space Merchant is a 2021 RPG and Simulation game that is free-to-play, with a Mixed sentiment (43% of 35 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-30

43%
positive of 35 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 64% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 69% of 12,818 RPG games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920212025Week of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerIn-App PurchasesSteam CloudFamily Sharing5 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2021-10-14 (Steam store data)

Census log

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