Choose The Darker Night: Regent City
Choose The Darker Night: Regent City if you want a RPG experience. On Steam, it's a focused single-player run rather than a multiplayer commitment.
The Darker Night: Regent City vs Rise of the Merchants
The Darker Night: Regent City and Rise of the Merchants both land in Strategy, Simulation on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Strategy, Simulation on Steam. Rise of the Merchants has co-op; The Darker Night: Regent City does not. No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Rise of the Merchants
Choose Rise of the Merchants if you want an Early Access game with Multi-player, Online PvP, and Online Co-op. On Steam, it has co-op, so you can bring a friend. Rise of the Merchants launched in 2026.
Both The Darker Night: Regent City and Rise of the Merchants sit in Strategy and Simulation on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 The Darker Night: Regent City |  Rise of the Merchants | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | — | 2026 |
| Genres | Strategy, Simulation, RPG | Strategy, Simulation, Early Access |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | Price unknown | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | — | — |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | Spinnerzeit | Black Duke Games |
Side by side
- Both share Strategy, Simulation on Steam.
- Rise of the Merchants has co-op; The Darker Night: Regent City does not.
The Darker Night: Regent City vs Rise of the Merchants — FAQ
- Are The Darker Night: Regent City and Rise of the Merchants similar?
- They overlap on Strategy, Simulation on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Does The Darker Night: Regent City have multiplayer like Rise of the Merchants?
- No. Rise of the Merchants supports multiplayer on Steam (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op), while The Darker Night: Regent City is listed as single-player only.