Games like Patrician IV
If Patrician IV is your kind of game, the closest matches are Patrician III, East India Company and Build It Up! - The Holy Roman Empire — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and immersive. 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 Patrician IV: You are a merchant in northern Europe in the late Middle Ages when the Hanseatic League was flourishing. Your goal is to rise to the most successful and influential member of the Hanse, ultimately being elected Elderman, leader of the trading league.
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Steam players who put hours into Patrician IV 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.
Patrician III
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Patrician IV.
Top pick for Patrician IV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Patrician IV.
Become a fellow of the famous medieval Hanse trading association in the 13th century. Manage the politics, prestige and economic success in your city and the known parts of Europe!
East India Company
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Patrician IV.
Second-strongest match for Patrician IV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Patrician IV.
Trade exotic goods, command fleets, and dominate 17th-century seas. This blend of real-time strategy and naval warfare lets you build a trading empire across Europe and Asia. Strategize trade routes, engage in epic naval battles, and expand your influence to become the ultimate maritime force.
Build It Up! - The Holy Roman Empire
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Patrician IV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Patrician IV.
Build thriving cities in the Holy Roman Empire! Manage resources, production, and trade in a complex economy. Plan defense and siege. Expand your empire through military might or diplomacy and claim the imperial crown!
Silk Roads II: Paths of Fortune
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Patrician IV.
Ranked #4 for Patrician IV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Hire companions, master trade routes and build relationships as you forge a path of trade through the medieval world in Silk Roads II: Paths of Fortune - a colourful trading sim that uses real history to present you with a view of the life of a medieval merchant in the times of Marco Polo.
Grand Ages: Medieval
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Patrician IV.
Ranked #5 for Patrician IV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Patrician IV.
Rise from the humble role of a simple mayor governing a small settlement and rule over all of Europe.
Port Royale 3
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Patrician IV.
Ranked #6 for Patrician IV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Patrician IV.
The Caribbean, in the turbulent 17th Century. The mighty kingdoms of Spain, England, France and the Netherlands fight over the colonies. And there you are, a young sea captain whose only goal is to become the most powerful man in the New World.
Rise of Venice
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Patrician IV.
Ranked #7 for Patrician IV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Patrician IV.
Venice: As a young man striving for success, power and wealth and with the support of your family, you begin to build up a trading empire across Genua, Tripoli, Rome, Alexandria and Constantinople in addition to many other significant cities from the Renaissance. This is where your story begins...
The Guild II
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Patrician IV.
Ranked #8 for Patrician IV fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Patrician IV.
The Guild 2 is the shining successor of the ultra successful medieval life sim, Europe 1400. The Guild 2 is a unique mixture of RPG and life simulation in an immersive middle ages scenario. The player and his party become part of history and can even change it in real-time. Go back to the dark middle ages and found a new dynasty!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Patrician IV at current Steam store prices.
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
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Priced ~50% under Patrician IV on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Patrician IV.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
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Priced ~58% under Patrician IV on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Patrician IV.
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 Patrician IV on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Patrician IV.
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 Patrician IV on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Patrician IV.
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.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Patrician IV on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Patrician IV.
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.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Patrician IV on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Patrician IV.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Patrician IV on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Patrician IV.
Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?
Nubby's Number Factory
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Patrician IV on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Patrician IV.
A plinko-style roguelike where you work at a number factory. Launch your spherical friend, Nubby, down a pegboard to make bigger and bigger numbers! But beware, if you fail to meet your number quota, the sun will explode.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
The Lab
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Patrician IV.
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!
SuchArt: Creative Space
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Patrician IV.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Patrician IV.
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!
Crusader Kings II
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Patrician IV.
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
Umamusume: Pretty Derby
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Umamusume: Pretty Derby, winner of Best Mobile Game at The Game Awards 2025, is ready to race! Scout featured trainees and supporters as you navigate the immersive sports life simulation through the game's in-depth training system and top-of-the-line 3D graphics!
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More from Gaming Minds Studios
Other recommendable Steam games by Gaming Minds Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Railway Empire
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Patrician IV.
Another title from Gaming Minds Studios, the studio behind Patrician IV. Shares Strategy with Patrician IV.
In Railway Empire, you will create an elaborate and wide-ranging rail network, purchase over 40 different trains modelled in extraordinary detail, and buy or build railway stations, maintenance buildings, factories and tourist attractions to keep your travel network ahead of the competition.
Railway Empire 2
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Patrician IV.
Another title from Gaming Minds Studios, the studio behind Patrician IV. Shares Strategy with Patrician IV.
Don the coat of a clever entrepreneur, take over a small railway company in the early 1800s and turn your steam engines into the workhorses of the economy. Grow your company into the largest railway company of the continent and outsmart your competitors.
Grand Ages: Medieval
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Patrician IV.
Another title from Gaming Minds Studios, the studio behind Patrician IV. Shares Strategy with Patrician IV.
Rise from the humble role of a simple mayor governing a small settlement and rule over all of Europe.
Port Royale 3
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Patrician IV.
Another title from Gaming Minds Studios, the studio behind Patrician IV. Shares Strategy with Patrician IV.
The Caribbean, in the turbulent 17th Century. The mighty kingdoms of Spain, England, France and the Netherlands fight over the colonies. And there you are, a young sea captain whose only goal is to become the most powerful man in the New World.
Rise of Venice
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Patrician IV.
Another title from Gaming Minds Studios, the studio behind Patrician IV. Shares Strategy with Patrician IV.
Venice: As a young man striving for success, power and wealth and with the support of your family, you begin to build up a trading empire across Genua, Tripoli, Rome, Alexandria and Constantinople in addition to many other significant cities from the Renaissance. This is where your story begins...
Tortuga - A Pirate's Tale
WHY THIS
Shares fleet management and an immersive mood with Patrician IV.
Another title from Gaming Minds Studios, the studio behind Patrician IV. Shares Strategy with Patrician IV.
Tortuga - A Pirate’s Tale tells the journey of a pirate captain with a lust for gold and glory who assumes command of a fleet of pirate ships to strike the Caribbean.
Frequently asked about Patrician IV
- Does Patrician IV run on Steam Deck?
- Patrician IV is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Patrician IV cost?
- Patrician IV is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Patrician IV?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Patrician IV are Patrician III, East India Company, Build It Up! - The Holy Roman Empire.
- Who developed Patrician IV?
- Patrician IV was developed by Gaming Minds Studios and published by Kalypso Media Digital.
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