Rise of the Merchants Release Date
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Passau, September 30, in the year of our Lord 2026;
Rise of the Merchants will launch into Steam Early Access on
October 29, 2026, giving players the chance to turn a small
medieval settlement into a thriving trading empire. Players
won’t have to wait that long to get started, though: a playable
demo arrives on Steam at the end of next week.
Developer Black Duke Games has also released a new video
focusing on one of the central parts of Rise of the Merchants:
building and shaping the settlement at the heart of your growing
trade network.
From Small Village to Trading Town
Every merchant has to start somewhere. In Rise of the Merchants,
that means helping a small settlement get back on its feet and
gradually turning it into a thriving center of production and
trade.
Players decide where buildings are placed and how their
settlement develops, with a wide range of structures forming the
backbone of increasingly complex production chains and trading
operations.
But settlements are not simply functional. Players can also give
their town its own look by customizing elements such as roofs,
half-timbering, plaster, wood and walls, making each settlement
visibly different from the next.
And that difference carries over into the persistent online
world. Zoom out from the settlement view and your town appears
on the world map exactly as you have built it. Other players can
see it too, and even visit your settlement to take a closer
look.
The new video offers a glimpse at the range of buildings already
available and how a modest medieval village can gradually grow
into something much more ambitious.
Build, Trade and Find Your Own Way to the Top
Beyond settlement building, Rise of the Merchants combines
economic simulation, production, politics and trade in a
persistent online world.
Players establish production chains, move goods between
settlements and trade with NPCs and other players, while
distance, terrain and bandits can turn an attractive deal into a
risky undertaking.
Economic success is not the only route to influence. Political
offices, negotiations and alliances can open other doors, while
optional PvP allows particularly ambitious merchants to
interfere with their rivals’ businesses.
Rise of the Merchants launches into Steam Early Access on
October 29, 2026. A free playable demo will be available at the
end of next week.
No word on a physical copy version of this game on this system(s)
in the US at this time.
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