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Patrician IV: Rise of a Dynasty

Patrician IV: Rise of a Dynasty

Gaming Minds Studios | Apr 11, 2011 | DLC

Released

DLCfor Patrician IV

StrategyTradingSimulationEconomySingleplayerSteam Store

  • Steam app typeDLC
  • Steam App ID57730
  • Price$2.49 (75% off from $9.99)
  • Release dateApr 11, 2011
  • DeveloperGaming Minds Studios

Patrician IV: Rise of a Dynasty is a Steam DLC entry. SteamPulse displays its Store metadata without treating it as a live playable game.

  • Steam app typeDLC
  • Steam App ID57730
  • Price$2.49 (75% off from $9.99)
  • Release dateApr 11, 2011
  • DeveloperGaming Minds Studios
  • PublisherKalypso Media Digital
  • Parent gamePatrician IV

Genres: Strategy

Company pages: Developer: Gaming Minds StudiosPublisher: Kalypso Media Digital

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Game overview

Overview

Patrician IV: Rise of a Dynasty is a Steam DLC connected to Patrician IV. It was prepared by Gaming Minds Studios, published by Kalypso Media Digital, and released on Apr 11, 2011. This page focuses on the store listing, screenshots, price, requirements, and its relationship to the main game rather than presenting it as a normal live-player game.

Store reviews and relationship

Patrician IV: Rise of a Dynasty is a DLC, so player-count observations and tracked peak are not meaningful in the same way they are for a base game. The useful signals here are reviews, store recommendations, price, platform support, and the link back to Patrician IV.

Language and system requirements

Patrician IV: Rise of a Dynasty is available in 3 languages including:

EnglishFrenchGerman

5 regional rating boards including pegi, usk, dejus, steam germany, and igrs

PlatformTypeOSProcessorMemoryGraphicsStorage
WindowsMinimumXP / Vista / 72 GHz Intel Pentium 4 / AMD Athlon 641 GB RAMShader Model 2.0 PCIe (Geforce 6 series, Radeon X1000 series), 256 MB, DirectX 9.0c DirectX®: 9.0c Hard Drive: 5 GB Sound: DirectX compatibleNot listed

Recommendations and store value

Patrician IV: Rise of a Dynasty has 500 Steam recommendations. Twitch streaming and unit-sales estimates usually belong on the parent game page, while this page is better for checking the DLC, price, media, and store details.

Detailed game overview

Patrician IV: Rise of a Dynasty overview details

Patrician IV: Rise of a Dynasty is tracked as Steam Store content with pricing, reviews, packages, media, requirements, and its relationship to the parent app.

Steam Store description

Patrician IV - Rise of a Dynasty brings a comprehensive package of improvements and new features to the best-selling Patrician IV including online multiplayer and new scenarios. Finally, you are able to operate your business in cooperative multiplayer mode with up to three friends helping out. And if you are already master of the seas, you can now try and conquer the continent as well! In Rise of a Dynasty, you will find new routes into the heartland and trade with cities like Berlin, Warsaw and Nijmegen. But of course you have to grapple with the territorial rulers first and protect your wagon convoys from errant highwaymen. Key Features: New land trade feature - Merchandise in heartland cities and establish an extensive road network Cooperative multiplayer mode - Manage your company alongside three of your friends via LAN or Internet Treasure hunt - Collect parts of a treasure map in the whole Hanseatic territory to find the ultimate pirate treasure New scenarios - Six new scenarios, demanding even for experienced players Become a big landowner - Buy parts of the regional territories to claim and expand your power Loads of visual, AI and gameplay improvements - Revised nautical chart and city views, portraits for players and quest givers, new animations for citizens and businesses

SteamPulse editorial summary

Patrician IV: Rise of a Dynasty is listed as a DLC with $2.49 (75% off from $9.99). It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op, Downloadable Content, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Strategy. Because it is a DLC, SteamPulse focuses on its Store listing, relationship to the parent app, media, packages, and metadata rather than treating it like a standalone concurrency page.

Overview facts

FieldValue
GamePatrician IV: Rise of a Dynasty
Steam App ID57730
TypeDLC
Release dateApr 11, 2011
DeveloperGaming Minds Studios
PublisherKalypso Media Digital
Price$2.49 (75% off from $9.99)
PlatformsWindows
GenresStrategy
CategoriesSingle-player, Multi-player, Co-op, Downloadable Content, Family Sharing
Supported languagesEnglish, French, German
WebsiteOfficial website

Player and review overview

MetricValue
Latest observed playersNot applicable
SteamPulse tracked peakNot applicable
Positive reviews414
Negative reviews181
Total reviews595
Positive percent70%
Review typeMixed
Recommendations500
Average playtime9,112 minutes

SteamPulse record freshness

FieldValue
Steam release dateApr 11, 2011
Official Steam feed update (UTC)Not available
SteamPulse last record update (UTC)4 October 2026 - 20:00:09 UTC
Live player count updated (UTC)Not applicable
Store metadata updated (UTC)4 October 2026 - 20:00:09 UTC

References

Official and third-party reference links for checking this Steam app outside SteamPulse.

ReferenceLink
SteamPulse canonicalhttps://steampulse.org/dlc/57730
Steam Storehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/57730/
Steam Communityhttps://steamcommunity.com/app/57730
PCGamingWiki search
IGDB searchSearch IGDB for Patrician IV: Rise of a Dynasty

Game FAQ

Real questions answered from SteamPulse data, including live players, monthly momentum, review sentiment, regional audience signals, Twitch activity, and current Steam pricing.

What is the latest observed Steam activity for Patrician IV: Rise of a Dynasty?

Patrician IV: Rise of a Dynasty is tracked here as a Steam DLC, so SteamPulse does not treat it like a standalone live-player game. The useful activity signals for this kind of page are price, reviews, metadata, media, and its relationship to the parent app when one exists.

Is Patrician IV: Rise of a Dynasty growing or declining recently?

Patrician IV: Rise of a Dynasty's latest stored observation is 45 players at 5 May 2026 - 12:41:37 UTC versus a SteamPulse tracked peak of 106, so the stored count has declined by 57.5% from that observed peak. This comparison does not claim coverage before tracking began.

What country-level audience data is available for Patrician IV: Rise of a Dynasty?

In the observed sample of public reviewer profiles with a visible country, the leading shares are United States (32.4%), United Kingdom (10.8%), Germany (8.1%). The separate directional player-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (30%), United Kingdom (9.3%), Germany (7.2%). The directional follower-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (37.7%), United Kingdom (9.7%), Germany (7.4%). The directional wishlist-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (27.1%), United Kingdom (8.5%), Germany (7.1%). Only the reviewer view is based on observed public profile countries; the other percentages are modeled relative weights, not verified account locations or country-level user counts.

What does the Steam review footprint look like for Patrician IV: Rise of a Dynasty?

Patrician IV: Rise of a Dynasty currently sits at 70% positive across 595 Steam reviews tracked by SteamPulse, including 414 positive reviews and 181 negative reviews. Steam labels the current review summary as Mixed.

How much follower and Twitch attention does Patrician IV: Rise of a Dynasty have?

Patrician IV: Rise of a Dynasty currently has about 311 tracked Steam followers as of 23 January 2026 - 00:00:00 UTC. SteamPulse is not treating the current Twitch number as authoritative because the Twitch category for this app is not resolved yet or the Twitch API credentials are unavailable.

What is the current Steam price for Patrician IV: Rise of a Dynasty?

Patrician IV: Rise of a Dynasty is currently listed at $2.49 on Steam. That is 75% below the usual price of $9.99. Steam recommendations currently stand near 500, which helps add market context around that price.

Reviews, pricing, and metadata

Review summary

Mixed

70% positive, 414 positive, 181 negative

Price and discount

$2.49 (75% off from $9.99)

Platforms

Windows

Categories

Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op, Downloadable Content, Family Sharing

Achievements

Not available

Platform releases

No data available

DLC and packages

Patrician IV: Rise of a DynastyBuy Patrician IV: Rise of a Dynasty #7804$2.49Patrician IV GoldBuy Patrician IV: Rise of a Dynasty #11830$4.99Port Royale 3 Gold and Patrician IV Gold - Double PackBuy Patrician IV: Rise of a Dynasty #47967$8.99

System requirements

Minimum requirements

OS: XP / Vista / 7 Processor: 2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 / AMD Athlon 64 Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Shader Model 2.0 PCIe (Geforce 6 series, Radeon X1000 series), 256 MB, DirectX 9.0c DirectX®: 9.0c Hard Drive: 5 GB Sound: DirectX compatible

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