Games like Merchant of the Seven Isles
If Merchant of the Seven Isles is your kind of game, the closest matches are Merchants of the Caribbean, Docking Ships and The Caribbean Sail — 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 Merchant of the Seven Isles: A small, unhurried maritime trading game. Sail between seven island ports, buy low, sell high, avoid pirates when possible, fight them when not. Runs on the computer in the closet. Pixel art and good intentions. Family friendly.

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Merchants of the Caribbean
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Top pick for Merchant of the Seven Isles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Merchant of the Seven Isles.
Head to the Caribbean in search of lost treasure! Build factories, produce resources, manage the economy, win sea battles and save the islanders from witchcraft.
Docking Ships
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Second-strongest match for Merchant of the Seven Isles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Merchant of the Seven Isles.
Prepare to embark on a charming and cozy puzzle adventure in Docking Ships a delightful game that combines the charm of pirate ships with the brain-teasing challenge of navigating through a grid tile system to successfully dock your vessels.
The Caribbean Sail
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Third-strongest match for Merchant of the Seven Isles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Merchant of the Seven Isles.
Name your crew, purchase supplies, sail the world, harpoon fish, plunder your enemies, die horribly, unlock a new Captain and do it all over again!
Winds of Discovery
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Ranked #4 for Merchant of the Seven Isles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Merchant of the Seven Isles.
Set sail across a living Age of Sail. Trade goods between distant ports, build your fleet, hire your crew, and forge your own path to fortune in a vast world of exploration and commerce.
Buccaneer
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Ranked #5 for Merchant of the Seven Isles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Merchant of the Seven Isles.
BUCCANEER is a 17th-century Caribbean 3D adventure that blends high-seas combat with resource management. Opt for combat-only, engage in ship-to-ship battles or lead crew boardings. Dive into the buccaneer world through campaigns. Plunder, negotiate, survive, and live to tell the tale!
Draco and the Seven Scales
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Ranked #6 for Merchant of the Seven Isles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Merchant of the Seven Isles.
Set sail on a voyage full of pirates, dark magic, and the thrill of discovery! Draco and the Seven Scales is a retro-inspired adventure that harkens back to an age of top down dungeon crawlers and lovable, crunchy pixel art.
Salt and Sails
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Ranked #7 for Merchant of the Seven Isles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Merchant of the Seven Isles.
Salt and Sails is a naval combat style game where you control a ship.
Marque & Reprisal
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Ranked #8 for Merchant of the Seven Isles fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Merchant of the Seven Isles.
Explore. Trade. Fish. Whale. Colonize. Fight. Pillage. Survive. You are a sea captain in the year 1522, and the whole world is yours to discover in this roguelike sandbox historical sailing simulator.
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Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Merchant of the Seven Isles.
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?
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Merchant of the Seven Isles.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Travellin Cats in Paris
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Merchant of the Seven Isles.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
Virtual Cottage
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Merchant of the Seven Isles.
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.
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Merchant of the Seven Isles.
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.
Coloring Pixels
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Merchant of the Seven Isles.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Merchant of the Seven Isles.
A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!
Disfigure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Merchant of the Seven Isles.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
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- What games are most similar to Merchant of the Seven Isles?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Merchant of the Seven Isles are Merchants of the Caribbean, Docking Ships, The Caribbean Sail.
- Who developed Merchant of the Seven Isles?
- Merchant of the Seven Isles was developed by ANCIENT MOAI COOPERATIVE.
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