Medieval economic strategy simulator
Ever wanted to try your hand at running a business in the 11th century? Carve wood, forge arms, and ship them across the world to dominate new markets. This is your chance to become a powerful medieval patrician!
Some reasons you will enjoy Mercatorio
Find profitable production chains
Hundreds of production methods across 7 specialisation classes. From splitting wood to minting coins. Plan long term to maximize your profits!
Analyse production methods
Will you vertically integrate your production chain or specialize in one area? Can you get a monopoly in a niche market or is the real money in high volumes of commodities?
Build and operate buildings
Bread-baking underway; for the moment at 30% of capacity to avoid over-supplying the market, prioritizing unit-economics over market share
Bring products to market
Are you satisified with fulfiling the local demand, or are your ambitions global?
Reach out to neighbours
You may be the only player in your town, set to dominate the local bots, or you may have other players to work with. As you ascend to the global stage however, you'll increasingly deal with other players, all looking for mutually beneficial deals (or battling for market dominance)
More reasons to try
Enjoy bleeding edge (for the 11th century) pixel graphic.
The game is nice, simple, you can play it on your phone or computer. You can play it causually with defensive strategies, direct supply lines and large buffers of key inputs; or you can take a more aggressive stance, check in multiple times a day to optimize and streamline your business for maximum return on capital.
Try different investment strategies
Each of your shops could be connected to the main warehouse and benefit from it. Or you could go the investment route and allocate resources to each building in town and see if it can make it on its own.
Conquer world with your products
A multiplayer world, with everyone chasing their own goals, makes for a complex and interesting economical environment. Reach out to other players on
Discord, to plan (scheme?) and make deals. Are you the go-to person for ships or the sole supplier of technological miracles like the spinning wheel? Or is the world running on your massive supply of low-cost everyday tools or workwear?You can trade it all anonymously in the many marketplaces of the world, or you can strike bespoke deals, if that's your preference.
What's the goal of the game?
Gain Prestige, turn it into a Legacy, and win the game!
A big part of the goal is to build a successful business that earns its keep and doesn't go bankrupt overnight. Anyway, once you've got a lot of money, like a good 11th century citizen, you have to spend it. On what? Buildings that give you prestige, from small townhouses to mansions to cathedrals. Everything gives you prestige, which is counted and saved each turn. Whoever has the most prestige at the end of the season (3 months) wins. However, you can't build up prestige without a profitable business. So when do you start?
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