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This Merchant Life is a trading strategy game set in the troubled medieval kingdom of Peregrine. Turn a rickety wooden cart, two horses and a few coins into a thriving entrepreneurial triumph!
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Review score: 74% on 2026-11-01 → 74% today (174 reviews)
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Having monitored feedback on the game there have been some concerns raised about it being a little too grindy, so we've made some balancing tweaks aimed at reducing friction a little! Balance - Unlock gold costs reduced (tier 1 from 5k to 4k, tier 2 from 10k t…
This update is primarily concerned with smoothing out a few bumps within the story campaign along with some balance tweaks. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/29485762/5af1acd73a596414c2398eb75cc910be7b6a28ed.png Systems - There…
Some more polish and fixes as we approach leaving Early Access! Also Steam achievements, although going to test them for a little before rolling them out properly. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/29485762/90c872887b54e557c893…
This version features some more bug fixes, polish and rebalancing! The looting mechanic has also been adjusted a little so that a high cart defence stat doesn't mean you can entirely ignore enemy attacks. Rebalancing efforts for this update were focused on bui…
More bug fixes and balance changes, particularly focused on skills, road events and cart parts. Also a nice new rotating background element for the combat screen! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/29485762/c5bca990d604c640cefa6…
A lot of new hints and various bits of bug fixing, balancing and polish! Systems - Added trainer available to save/load for current settlement. Balance - Some scaling to XP rewards from explore events based on global reputation. - Time to complete missions inc…
Inexplicable Games are proud to announce our second game, Showrunner! It's an isometric management game where you create and run your own TV show. Craft scripts, populate your world with characters and cast actors to play them. Hire and manage staff, develop y…
What feature is most commonly requested for This Merchant Life? You guessed it, a band management system! So we added one. Become the band's manager, rename them, get them to compose new songs, rename those too... take to road, go on tour, perform in taverns, …
We've added an Auto Resolve to combat for those that don't fancy directing their fighters in every battle! Systems - Auto Resolve option added to combat. Takes into account your current forces (including perks, deployment time, heroes, cart defences) and gives…
Happy Halloween merchant fans! We'll have some exciting new updates for you in the next few months!
Ave once more, citizens – Ghoastus here! Nate s in Berlin for PDXCON this week, but I m still haunting his PC (I zoom into it through the floppy disc drive), working my way through all the games he didn t get around to writing about in the last few weeks…
This Merchant Life version 1.0 has launched! A big thank you to everyone who supported the game through it's two years in Early Access and some wonderful content creators who've covered it. If you've ever wanted to own a trade cart with two not particularly lo…
This Merchant Life leaving Early Access has been delayed a week, will now be happening on Friday the 6th of September! Here is a 'Director's Cut' of the release trailer, featuring a different release date at the end. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm8pH_wBkF8…
UPDATE: This will now be happening a week later, on September 6th! This Merchant Life is leaving Steam Early Access after two years, version 1.0 launches on August 30th! Check out our fancy new launch trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFgxINR0Phw Big th…