Patrician IV

Medieval trading strategy with merchant fleets and political ambitions

Gaming Minds Studios · Published by Kalypso Media Digital · Released Sep 17, 2010

Reviews: Mixed; 56% of 775
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Playing now: 18; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: Unknown; no patch notes found

What is Patrician IV?

A trading and management game set in late-medieval northern Europe. You buy and sell goods, establish production, manage merchant fleets, and develop towns as you work toward leading the Hanseatic League.

For you if...

+you enjoy managing trade routes and merchant production
+you like building a fleet and developing medieval towns
+you want economic rivalry alongside political advancement

Not for you if...

−you prefer combat to trading and economic management
−you want to avoid managing goods and trade routes

What players say

56% of 775 reviews are positive

Players praise the trading and automated trade routes, but criticize ship combat. Recent reviewers report that a launcher now requires a Kalypso account to start the game, and object to the registration requirement.

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Patrician IV system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows XP / Vista / 7
Processor: 2 GHz
Graphics: 256 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible PCIe (Geforce 6 Series/Radeon X1000 Series)
Memory: 1 GB
Storage: 5 GB