This Merchant Life

Medieval trading strategy with caravan upgrades and turn-based battles

Inexplicable Games · Released Sep 6, 2019

Reviews: Mostly Positive; 74% of 178
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 0; daily peak, Oct 29, 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update on Steam: 4 years ago; Dec 21, 2021
Minimum PC: 512 MB; 1 GB RAM · 0.2 GB disk; Full requirements

What is This Merchant Life?

This single-player strategy RPG takes place in the kingdom of Peregrine. You buy and sell goods across towns with changing prices, recruit mercenaries to protect your travels, and complete missions in a story campaign about a merchant caught up in intrigue.

For you if...

+you enjoy planning trade routes and managing a caravan
+you like story choices mixed with character progression

Not for you if...

−you prefer real-time action and minimal reading

What players say

74% of 178 reviews are positive

Players praise the approachable trading systems and witty writing. Recurring complaints concern bugs, including a broken achievement, while some players find progression repetitive or grindy.

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This Merchant Life system requirements

Minimum: 512 MB, 1 GB RAM, 0.2 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: Windows 7
Processor: 2 GHz
Graphics: 512 MB
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Storage: 200 MB available space
DirectX: Version 9.0

Does This Merchant Life have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does This Merchant Life run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 65
Steam features: Family Sharing
Languages: Text only: English.

Does This Merchant Life use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam