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Games like Royal Merchant

If Royal Merchant is your kind of game, the closest matches are Smithy Wars, Idle Vikings Clicker and Click Legends — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Royal Merchant: Manage your team of Heroes and Crafters while upgrading your Castle in Royal Merchant! A blend of RPG, clicker, idler, and management gameplay with epic quests, crafting, and conquering bosses. Master the trade, outfit your Heroes, and grow your trade empire.

2023SportsStrategyIndieAdventureSimulationRPG0.99 USDWindows · macOSby Badim
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Balance hero survival against gold incomeCraft gear to sell for profitManage over a hundred unique heroesAtmosphericChallengingContemplative

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Steam players who put hours into Royal Merchant also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Smithy Wars

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Royal Merchant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Royal Merchant.

    DISCOVER RECIPES. TRY OUT TACTICS. CUSTOMIZE A FIREBALL. Smithy Wars is a fighting game with a heavy focus on crafting and customizing spells. Equip and craft for your team and autobattle your way to the ELO top.

    2021IndieAdventureSimulation3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Idle Vikings Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Royal Merchant.

    Second-strongest match for Royal Merchant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Royal Merchant.

    Idle Vikings Clicker is a fun and immersive clicker game. It's easy to learn, but contains many various mechanics, so you could spend hours and hours playing it and trying different tactics.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Click Legends

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Royal Merchant.

    Third-strongest match for Royal Merchant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Royal Merchant.

    Join your Legendary Heroes in a battle for strength in CLICK LEGENDS. A Clicker - Incremental - Management game. Battle your way through a variety of enemies by leveling up your heroes, empowering them, and finding them equipment! Click your way to victory!

    2019StrategyIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Warlords: Age of Shadow Magic Tactical Action RPG

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Royal Merchant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Royal Merchant.

    Warlords: Age of Shadow Magic Tactical Action RPG Save the World by destroying it? Gather your squad and "put things in order"!

    2022ActionStrategyAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Idle Hero

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Royal Merchant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Royal Merchant.

    Idle Hero is a reference game in its genre. No endless walkthrough and unreachable goals. Everything is completable with guaranteed fun, pleasure and challenging but fair tasks.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Fantasy Waifu Collector

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Royal Merchant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Royal Merchant.

    Fantasy Waifu Collector is an exciting game about collecting "Waifu" in order to build an army to build a town and restore the world from decay! Players will recruit many different characters as they explore a fascinating world filled with monsters. Defeat the Demon King to win, right?

    2026ActionIndieRPGSteam ↗
  7. Monsters Idle RPG

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a challenging mood with Royal Merchant.

    Ranked #7 for Royal Merchant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Royal Merchant.

    Monsters Idle RPG is a cozy and relaxing idle game where you collect monsters, deploy them in battles, gather resources, and sell them to earn profits! Explore Arcanium as you advance from a basic starter monster to your favorite companion by expanding your collection.

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Water Margin Scrolls

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a contemplative mood with Royal Merchant.

    Ranked #8 for Royal Merchant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Royal Merchant.

    "Water Margin Scrolls" is a squad-building loot-hunting game set in the world of Water Margin. Collect iconic heroes from the classic tale and challenge other players in strategic battles.

    2026StrategyIndieRPG5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Royal Merchant at current Steam store prices.

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Royal Merchant on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Royal Merchant.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Miss Neko

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Royal Merchant on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Royal Merchant.

    Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)

    2019ActionCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Royal Merchant on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Royal Merchant.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Royal Merchant on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Royal Merchant.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Royal Merchant on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Royal Merchant.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Royal Merchant on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Royal Merchant.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Royal Merchant on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Royal Merchant.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Royal Merchant on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Royal Merchant.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Royal Merchant.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Royal Merchant.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Royal Merchant.

    Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Royal Merchant.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Royal Merchant.

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  6. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Royal Merchant.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. An Arcade Full of Cats

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Royal Merchant.

    Journey through gaming history's time and space, while searching for adorable feline companions in 'An Arcade Full of Cats,' the ultimate pet'em up hidden object game.

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Royal Merchant.

    『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Royal Merchant

How much does Royal Merchant cost?
Royal Merchant is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Royal Merchant have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Royal Merchant supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
What games are most similar to Royal Merchant?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Royal Merchant are Smithy Wars, Idle Vikings Clicker, Click Legends.
Who developed Royal Merchant?
Royal Merchant was developed by Badim.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Royal Merchant.

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