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Games like The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom

If The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Bestest Knight, Infinite Dungeon Crawler and Halls of Taurthos — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and relaxing. 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 The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom: You are an NPC and shopkeeper in a simulated MMORPG world. Trade, craft and manage a guild to acquire powerful gear and face dangerous dungeons, world bosses, rare spawns and up to 40-man raids while following the campaign to aid in the protection of the ancient and powerful Elemental Stones.

2023StrategyIndieAdventureRPGEarly Access19.99 USDWindowsby Bearplane
The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom — Steam game cover
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Auto battler with dps meter is satisfyingDelegating tasks to npcs while you chillDevs actively fix bugs and engage with communityChallengingContemplativeRelaxing

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Steam players who put hours into The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom 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. The Bestest Knight

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

    Travel to the end of the world in this auto scroller RPG. Craft unique builds, discover powerful item combos, and transform your fragile stable boy into the Bestest Knight.

  2. Infinite Dungeon Crawler

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

    Second-strongest match for The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

    Fantasy turn-based RPG. Build and customize your party with 8 character classes and lots of weapons and armor options. Explore and fight through randomly generated worlds in search of loot with over 45 monster types to battle. Lots of skills, abilities, and magik spells provide ample re-playability.

    2021RPGFreeSteam ↗
  3. Halls of Taurthos

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

    A hand-crafted open-world RPG with no hand-holding. Explore, survive, and carve your own path through the fractured lands of Wyrelande.

    StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Dark is the Void

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

    Dark is the Void is a combat focused JRPG-inspired roguelike featuring fast paced, menu-driven battles. Build, level-up, and optimize your party of four from a mix of 24 distinctly unique classes. The game blends in MMO threat mechanics and class roles for intense tactical battles.

    2024StrategyIndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Hyforge

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG and Early Access with The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

    Hyforge is a "roguelike", first-person fantasy rpg; a self-proclaimed "Elder-Rogue." On your quest to find the Hyforge, a device capable of creating and destroying all life, you will encounter Majik, Mystery, and LOOT. Also death... PERMA-DEATH.

    2021RPGEarly Access14.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Between Adventures IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

    Idle RPG Strategy game where you gather resources, battle creatures, and upgrade your gear. Master 10+ skills to create items you can equip or sell. Your journey never stops, even offline. No Microtransactions, No P2W, just pure idle fun.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Gold's Dungeon

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

    GOLD'S DUNGEON is a modern text-based roguelike with RPG elements. Venture through a randomly generated dungeon while building a new character each run! Are you brave enough to enter GOLD'S DUNGEON?

    2025IndieAdventureRPG3.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Dungeon Exiles

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

    Ranked #8 for The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

    Conquer the darkness in Dungeon Exiles, an autobattler roguelike set in a dark fantasy world. Descend into the procedurally generated dungeon, level up, unlock synergies and acquire powerful items as you fight for survival and slay the bosses.

    2024StrategyIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom on Steam right now. Shares RPG with The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

    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 ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

    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 ↗
  6. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom

Does The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom work on Steam Deck?
The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom cost?
The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom are The Bestest Knight, Infinite Dungeon Crawler, Halls of Taurthos.
Who developed The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom?
The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom was developed by Bearplane.

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 The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom.

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