This Merchant Life

Buy75%

Mostly Positive · 186 player reviews · Low confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows

Inexplicable Games · Strategy · Sep 6, 2019

Player review score
75%
Mostly Positive
Price
$10.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
65
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio0 of 1
Subtitles0 of 1

Should I buy This Merchant Life?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 48 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 24 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 20 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 186 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 161 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
38% of themes are praise25% are divided37% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
48 of 161 sampled reviews raised it
yeah it can be grindy - at the beginning it's actually exciting even though you are running a negative balance and cannot pay enough mercenaries to protect you.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
24 of 161 sampled reviews raised it
great story - the campaign is not your average ''hero'' saves the kingdom, but you still play a major role in orchestration all of it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
9 of 161 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics, lore, music and thought put in to this game is great.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay48 reviews
Story24 reviews
Graphics9 reviews
Divided opinion
Characters
100% still recommend
Interface
75% still recommend
Players complain
Combat
85% still recommend
Difficulty
94% still recommend
Bugs
50% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$10.99

The lowest we've tracked is $1.09.

6 points recordedtoday · $10.99

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