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Games like Mad Merchant

If Mad Merchant is your kind of game, the closest matches are MR MAGEBOY, Inventory Manager and Idle Cyber Dungeon — 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.

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About Mad Merchant: Build, arm, and command a merchant train across a hostile wasteland. Choose your routes, trade for profit, upgrade your wagons, and survive deadly ambushes on the rails.

2026ActionStrategyIndieAdventure4.49 USDWindowsby Ravenholm Interactive
Mad Merchant — Steam game cover

Players who liked Mad Merchant also play

Steam players who put hours into Mad 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. MR MAGEBOY

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Mad Merchant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Mad Merchant.

    A cozy incremental game about an aspiring mage trying to start a business selling resources. Upgrade your spells, explore biomes, and help your village!

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  2. Inventory Manager

    WHY THIS

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

    Everyone's favorite part of any video game is managing their inventory, so why aren't there tons of games available where this is the main feature? To fill the void this game focuses on the most fun aspect of any game Inventory Management!

    2021StrategyIndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Idle Cyber Dungeon

    WHY THIS

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

    This is a Cyberpunk style role-playing game. Players don't need a lot of operations, they just need to think about some strategies to complete the victory.

    2022StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Rust & Ruin

    WHY THIS

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

    Rust & Ruin is a deckbuilder battler about robot fights. Each round you'll draw a random hand, gamble your coins to redraw for better odds, and manage your budget to build a bot tough enough to survive whatever the arena throws at you!

    ActionStrategySteam ↗
  5. The Eastern Sacrifice

    WHY THIS

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

    “The Eastern Sacrifice” is an idle game combining simulation with Eastern Cthulhu-inspired themes. In a world spiraling into chaos over authority, vanquish enemy, gather treasures, and build a devoted religion. Your sanctuary will help you reclaim theurgy, ascend to the divine realm.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. God Awe-full Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Mad Merchant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Mad Merchant.

    God Awe-Full Clicker is an Endless Dungeon Clicker/Idle game full of Greek Mythology and Epic Battles with RPG style aspects.

    2018ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  7. Kiwi Clicker - Juiced Up

    WHY THIS

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

    Deliver more and more kiwis to satiate the kings' hunger - sacrifice their pulp and transcend beyond your fruital form!

    2022ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. FRONT MISSION 2: Remake

    WHY THIS

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

    FRONT MISSION 2: Remake preserves the mature story, strategic turn-based combat, and Wanzer customization options of the original.

    2024StrategyRPG34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~78% under Mad Merchant on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Mad Merchant.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Mad Merchant on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mad Merchant.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Mad Merchant on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mad Merchant.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~78% under Mad Merchant on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Mad Merchant.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Mad Merchant on Steam right now. Shares Action with Mad Merchant.

    You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~78% under Mad Merchant on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mad Merchant.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Mad Merchant on Steam right now. Shares Action with Mad Merchant.

    Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.

    2009Action2.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~56% under Mad Merchant on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mad Merchant.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Mad 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 ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Mad Merchant.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Ravenholm Interactive

Other recommendable Steam games by Ravenholm Interactive, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Infect Cam

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Ravenholm Interactive, the studio behind Mad Merchant. Shares Action and Indie with Mad Merchant.

    A world where the living envy the dead. Cities are plunged into darkness, the world into silence. You are part of the extraction team, but this time you are trying to save not just people, but humanity itself. Gear up, trust your comrades, and dive into the darkness to save humanity!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Deal Me Another Shock

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Ravenholm Interactive, the studio behind Mad Merchant. Shares Action and Strategy with Mad Merchant.

    You're one of up to five gamblers fighting to be the last alive in a multiplayer Blackjack elimination game. Burn cards, bribe the dealer, sabotage the table, and send each round's losers to the shock machine.

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  3. Desktop Pinforge

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Ravenholm Interactive, the studio behind Mad Merchant. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mad Merchant.

    A cyberpunk idle pinball game that lives on your desktop. Smash blocks, automate your build, upgrade your Reactor and Launcher, and let your neon machine print profit while you work or play.

    2026StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Beellionaire Idle

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Ravenholm Interactive, the studio behind Mad Merchant. Shares Indie with Mad Merchant.

    In Bee-lionaire Idle, harvest your hives, process the honey, sell your products, and reinvest your profits in your farm. Unlock new equipment, boost your production, and build a honey empire starting from a single hive.

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  5. Eyesnt

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Ravenholm Interactive, the studio behind Mad Merchant. Shares Indie with Mad Merchant.

    One player hunts by sonar. Everyone else runs, throws physics objects, triggers explosions, and chains chaotic combos for points. The bigger the chaos, the easier you are to find.

    IndieCasualEarly AccessSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Mad Merchant

How much does Mad Merchant cost?
Mad Merchant is listed on Steam at 4.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Mad Merchant?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mad Merchant are MR MAGEBOY, Inventory Manager, Idle Cyber Dungeon.
Who developed Mad Merchant?
Mad Merchant was developed by Ravenholm Interactive and published by Stay2Busy.

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 Mad Merchant.

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