Patrician III
Fair · Multiplayer · 2010
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $4.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 55.6h
- Value
- $0.09/hr
- Reviews
- 82% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 128 MB DirectX 9-compatible (Pixel/Vertexshader 1.1), 6.5 GB of storage. Windows only.
Become a fellow of the famous medieval Hanse trading association in the 13th century. Manage the politics, prestige and economic success in your city and the known parts of Europe!
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The value story
It has never been cheaper than $0.74. That was November 2014. It has been discounted 79 times in the 14 years tracked here, typically at 66 percent off, with about 8 weeks between sales.
On value it sits in the top 13 percent of its genre. It is cheaper than 63 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 84 percent. Among the games that feel like it, The Guild II Renaissance ($2.49, scores 67) beats it on value, while it beats SAELIG ($14.99, scores 48).
Of the 376 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 6 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. That is more refunded reviewers than 8 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 651 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 210 have a larger share. Inside the two-hour refund window, 57 percent of the 215 reviews written there were positive, against 82 percent overall, and those are 24 percent of everything written about it.
What players say
A Timeless Masterpiece of Trade, Growth and Living Cities After dozens upon dozens of hours, I feel compelled to write a recommendation for Patrician III, because this game continues to amaze me in ways that very few modern games can. What strikes me the most is how alive the world feels. At first, you are just a small merchant trying to make a profit by moving goods between Hanseatic cities. The economy appears...
Once you get auto trade down, it becomes so satisfying. This is a fun game, but I have too much to play and things to do in life. Worth the cost.
Don't be fooled, you aren't actually buying the game; you're letting yourself get scammed by paying for access to a copy that belongs to the company not to you. They can block your account and all your games. Buy a real copy that you can physically hold in your hands. It's a great game, I remember playing it many years ago, but this version is bugged. It crashes close every time I try to save or load the game, and...
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No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Patrician III scores 54/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/33570/patrician-iiiReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27, price as of Oct 1.
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