Mercatoria overview

Overview

Mercatoria comes from Groundwork Studio and is published by Groundwork Studio. It arrived on Steam on May 6, 2026, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, LAN PvP, Co-op, Online Co-op, and LAN Co-op. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Mercatoria's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 11 September 2026 - 04:12:06 UTC, with a tracked peak near 1. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 0% positive across 3 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Mercatoria is available in 1 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Mercatoria has no public VGI unit-sales estimate available and has recommendation data pending. Revenue data is not available for this game yet. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Mercatoria overview details

Mercatoria combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

[h1]Mercatoria[/h1] A hex-grid, turn-based grand strategy game set in the Age of Discovery, inspired by the 1999 classic Imperialism 2. The year is 1492. You take command of one of six European powers — England, France, Spain, Holland, Portugal, or Sweden — and compete for dominance of the Old World through trade, industry, colonisation, and war. Across the Atlantic, the New World lies mostly unexplored: sugarcane, tobacco, fur, and diamonds await the nation bold enough to reach them first. Every turn is a year. Every map is new. No two games play the same. What you actually do in Mercatoria Build a transport network. Resources don't appear in your stockpile by magic. Send Engineers out to build roads, connect your iron ore mines and timber clusters to your capital, lay down a harbour, and watch your industrial base come to life. Rivers give free transport. Roads take 1–3 turns to build depending on terrain. Every hex matters. Industrialise. Raw materials become finished goods in your capital: timber becomes lumber and paper; iron ore and coal become steel; wool becomes fabric for training your workforce. Lock your production batches manually or let auto-production handle the grind. Grow your workforce. Level 1 workers produce 1 Labour per turn. Upgrade them through four tiers using luxury goods — sugar at tier 2, cigars at tier 3, fur hats at tier 4 — and a single worker can do the output of eight. But luxuries need to come from somewhere, which usually means the New World, which usually means you need a navy. Explore, colonise, and conquer. Send Explorers out to pro…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Mercatoria is listed as a game with $14.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, LAN PvP, Co-op, Online Co-op, and LAN Co-op, and is associated with Simulation and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 11 September 2026 - 04:12:06 UTC, a tracked peak of 1, and review score data when available.

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