Games like Mercatoria
If Mercatoria is your kind of game, the closest matches are Ascendant Realms, A Total War Saga: FALL OF THE SAMURAI and Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War — picked from the ranked list below. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Mercatoria: Turn-based grand strategy in the Age of Discovery. Develop a transport network, industrialise your economy, colonise the New World, and compete with five rival powers. Inspired by Imperialism 2. Early Access — built by one developer in his spare time.
Players who liked Mercatoria also play
Steam players who put hours into Mercatoria 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.
Ascendant Realms
WHY THIS
Top pick for Mercatoria fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Early Access with Mercatoria.
In Ascendant Realms you lead a nation in a struggle for glory. Cozy setting meets tactical thinking from classic turn based strategies, but twists it with compact gameplay. Develop your city, research new technologies, fight other leaders - or just create your own story in the sandbox.
A Total War Saga: FALL OF THE SAMURAI
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Mercatoria fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Mercatoria.
Experience the dramatic conflict of samurai culture and modern weaponry between the Imperial throne and the last Shogunate in 19th century Japan.
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Mercatoria fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Mercatoria.
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War brings you to a world of terror and violence. Four factions will engage in a brutal war for dominance over the planet’s resources. In the first turn-based 4X strategy game set in Warhammer 40,000 you will lead one of four unique factions.
Europa Universalis IV
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Mercatoria fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Mercatoria.
Rule your land and dominate the world with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. Write a new history of the world and build an empire for the ages.
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Mercatoria fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Mercatoria.
Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?
Driftland: The Magic Revival
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Mercatoria fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Mercatoria.
After a devastating war between ancient mages, a powerful spell is all that holds together the shattered planet of Driftland. Take on the role of a powerful mage capable of moving and connecting floating lands, develop a mighty empire, and restore Driftland to its former glory!
Old World
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Mercatoria fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Mercatoria.
Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Mercatoria fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Mercatoria.
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS is the first in the award-winning series to recreate epic conflict across ancient China. Combining a gripping turn-based campaign of empire-building & conquest with stunning real-time battles, THREE KINGDOMS redefines the series in an age of heroes & legends.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Mercatoria at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Mercatoria on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Mercatoria.
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.
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Mercatoria on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Mercatoria.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Mercatoria on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Mercatoria.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Mercatoria on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Mercatoria.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Mercatoria on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Mercatoria.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Mercatoria on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Mercatoria.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Mercatoria on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Mercatoria.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Mercatoria on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Mercatoria.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Mercatoria.
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.
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Mercatoria.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Mercatoria.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Mercatoria.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Mercatoria.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
World of Warships
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Mercatoria.
Immerse yourself in thrilling naval battles and assemble an armada of over 800 ships from the first half of the 20th century — from stealthy destroyers to gigantic battleships. Change the look of your ship, choose upgrades to suit your play style, and go into battle with other players!
Crusader Kings II
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Mercatoria.
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
Limbus Company
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
As the Executive Manager of Limbus Company, lead your group of twelve Sinners, venture into the buried facilities of Lobotomy Corporation, and lay claim on the Golden Boughs.
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Frequently asked about Mercatoria
- How much does Mercatoria cost?
- Mercatoria is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Mercatoria have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Mercatoria supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Mercatoria?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mercatoria are Ascendant Realms, A Total War Saga: FALL OF THE SAMURAI, Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War.
- Who developed Mercatoria?
- Mercatoria was developed by Dinkel Games.
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 Mercatoria.
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