This Merchant Life

This Merchant Life

Steam Deck Playable

Inexplicable Games · Strategy · Sep 6, 2019

Worth it for the right player.

At $10.99. It has been as low as $1.09.

75%
Mostly Positive
186 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 46 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 34 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 12 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 24 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 186 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 162 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
57% of themes are praise14% are divided29% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
-never ending debt,
46 of 162 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
As I delved deeper into the gameplay, I discovered that settlements not only have low, normal, and high prices for different products, but also within settlements with low prices, there is a variety of prices (for example, super low prices in settlements where products are produced).
34 of 162 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Graphics, lore, music and thought put in to this game is great.
12 of 162 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
The interface is clear, the graphics are fun, the story and world+character development is text based, but chunked up into bit size pieces and easily skippable.
7 of 162 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Story and characters46 reviews
Gameplay34 reviews
Graphics12 reviews
Interface7 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty13 reviews
92%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat24 reviews
79%
Bugs6 reviews
50%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $10.99. The lowest we've tracked is $1.09.

4 points recordedtoday · $10.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
75%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
65
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.