Patrician IV

Gaming Minds Studios · Kalypso Media Digital

Released: Sep 17, 2010
Platforms: Windows
Last updated: 04 Sep 2026, 01:49 GMT

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14 Aug 2023Developer post
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Patrician IV is the sequel to the historical trading simulation and strategy series. You are a merchant in northern Europe in the late Middle Ages when the Hanseatic League was flourishing. Your goal is to rise to the most successful and influential member of the Hanse , ultimate
10 Apr 2023Developer post
Patrician Franchise up to 60% off!
Patrician IV is the sequel to the historical trading simulation and strategy series. You are a merchant in northern Europe in the late Middle Ages when the Hanseatic League was flourishing. Your goal is to rise to the most successful and influential member of the Hanse , ultimate
30 Jan 2023Developer post
Patrician Franchise up to 60% off!
Patrician IV is the sequel to the historical trading simulation and strategy series. You are a merchant in northern Europe in the late Middle Ages when the Hanseatic League was flourishing. Your goal is to rise to the most successful and influential member of the Hanse , ultimate
01 Aug 2022Developer post
Patrician Franchise up to 60% off!
Patrician IV is the sequel to the historical trading simulation and strategy series. You are a merchant in northern Europe in the late Middle Ages when the Hanseatic League was flourishing. Your goal is to rise to the most successful and influential member of the Hanse , ultimate
28 Feb 2022Developer post
Patrician Franchise up to 60% off!
Patrician IV is the sequel to the historical trading simulation and strategy series. You are a merchant in northern Europe in the late Middle Ages when the Hanseatic League was flourishing. Your goal is to rise to the most successful and influential member of the Hanse , ultimate
27 Oct 2021Developer post
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10 May 2021Developer post
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01 Feb 2021Developer post
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About the game Patrician IV is the sequel to the historical trading simulation and strategy series. You are a merchant in northern Europe in the late Middle Ages when the Hanseatic League was flourishing. Your goal is to rise to the most successful and influential member of the H
17 Dec 2010Product Update
Patrician IV Update Released
Updates to Patrician IV have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: Gameplay Pirate activity can now be set via options in three levels Mass gatherings of pirates have been fixed Pirates off the tow
Updates to Patrician IV have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

Gameplay
Pirate activity can now be set via options in three levels
Mass gatherings of pirates have been fixed
Pirates off the town are shown on the nautical chart for cities where the player has an office
Pirate ships out of the player's visual range can now be attacked
When a convoy is attacked on a trading route, there will be an entry in your chronicle
Added option to skip cities (frozen harbor, full convoy or empty convoy and none of the commodities served)
Added notification for interrupted trade route
Redesigned development of Mediterranean cities, expansion to five stars is now calculated properly
Before sending an expedition, the return harbor of the expedition convoy can now be chosen
Rebalanced calculation of population to make it more dependable on quality of life
Adjusted sabotage carried out by the AI
The state of a city now has an effect on wage costs
'Pause' is added as a new game speed
Savegames now show extended information of game type, difficulty and in-game date
In-game date is added to the file name of the savegame
Abbreviations of the first and the last town of a route are added to the file name of the trading route files
New Missions
Share trading with the Prince added (ability for players to acquire shares in the region of the Prince and thus to achieve a permanent increase in satisfaction)
Loan mission added for the Town Hall (the player borrows gold from the town)
Loan mission added for the Tavern (the AI borrows gold from the player)
Interface
Added percentage of occupied dwellings in a town
Added display of harbor fees to the town information and nautical chart
Redesigned the trading route interface
New ordering options added to convoys ship list and convoy transfer dialogue (escort/size/number of guns)
A gun icon is added to every ship in the ship list to mark them as escort ships.
Third tab for an overview of the Prince's shares added
Added a "Brick" icon to display lack of building materials. Missing materials are displayed in a tooltip
Gold transfer in the city treasury can now be set using the mouse
Graphics
Added new effect during construction or demolition of a building
Added a hit effect for tower projectiles
Added effect for destroyed towers
Sound
Added new sounds for shots, hits (melee and distance shots), death, victory, destroyed tower and destroyed business
Added sound for the construction and demolition of a building
Added gold jingle sound for every button with a buy/sell function
20 Oct 2010Product Update
Patrician IV Update Released
Updates to Patrician IV have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: Patrician IV 1.2 Missions Harbours in an entire region are now besieged by the local sovereign Two new events for the Elderman to
Updates to Patrician IV have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
Patrician IV 1.2

Missions
Harbours in an entire region are now besieged by the local sovereign
Two new events for the Elderman to react to: Harbour siege and bad food supply
New town hall mission: City seeks help after a desastrous event
Two new guild missions: Supply food, hunt down pirates in a region
New tavern missions: Hunt down pirate, provoke uprising, transport evacuees
Revised some missions
Gameplay
Plagues now cause fatalities on advanced difficulty settings
Treasuries of AI-controlled cities increase more slowly (AI construction slowed down)
Buildings under construction by the player can now be canceled
Reduced volume of money jingle and added options.cfg setting
Underproduction of goods in a city is now displayed in the trade window of the market hall
Fire event revised and new event video added
Revised display of guild options
Revised construction and layout of streets
Decreased duration of sieges
Sea battles
Matched camera zoom levels with cannon ranges
Player-controlled vessels now stick to their last command until a new one is issued
Revised gunfire sound and line of fire
Wind speed and direction is now displayed by moving clouds
Interface
If a trade convoy is being attacked, a battle icon with tooltip is being displayed for two days on the sea map
In construction mode, buildings under construction are now indicated with a tooltip
The currently selected convoy is now marked in the convoy list
The convoy options window can now be accessed from the convoy list
Transferring goods between convoys is now possible by selecting a convoy and right-clicking on the target convoy
The convoy list now displays single, unorganized ships
Tooltips for the counting house administrator now display the production price of goods
Amount of goods for auto trade routes can now be adjusted in +/
10 percent steps
Revised keyboard shortcuts and added a new options dialogue in pause menu
Convoys can now be saved on number keys (1...0)
Added new video events for rank promotion
Info displays
City info: Current amount of beggars and influx of beggars is now displayed
City info: If living space for individual types of citizens is filled by 90% or more, the amount of tenants is displayed
Negative values for city reputation is now displayed instead of 0%
Effects of fountains, hospital and chapel are now displayed
Bugfixes
Resolved issues with administrator and trade routes due to rounding errors
Revised city promotion
Fixed some rare crashes
Fixed AI building construction outside city walls
Fixed issues with sieging player convoys
Fixed issues with town discovery and city founding
Fixed issues with high desktop resolution (DPI) settings in Windows
Improved support for USB sound devices (e.g. Logitech G35)
20 Sep 2010Product Update
Patrician IV Update Released
Updates to Patrician IV have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: 1.1.3 Improved visual quality and detail of world map Added individual textures for various regions Added individual houses for va
Updates to Patrician IV have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

1.1.3
Improved visual quality and detail of world map
Added individual textures for various regions
Added individual houses for various regions
Improved behaviour of user interface for several menus
Added new missions, sabotage options, marriage and family feature
Fixed audio sync for tutorial videos
Game is now paused in trade window
Added several new events: Fire, Castaway encounters, Harbour blockades, etc. (some events only available on expert difficulty)
Resolved crashes under rare circumstances
Event log entries can now be deleted
Reduced volume of money jingle
AI players do not comment the building of every structure
Fixed issues related to convoy management
Fixed issues related to mission assignments
Fixed issues while switching between Counting Houses
Fixed issues with automatic display resolution/refresh rate detection on some systems
Fixed mouse scrolling issues
Fixed display errors for trade routes
Fixed issues related to building city walls
Fixed volume settings not being saved properly
Fixed crashes due to task-switching or resolution changes
New shipyards can no longer construct researched vessels
Increased variety and frequency of sovereign requests
In sea battles, a sound is now played for every individual cannon fired
Pirates are no longer able to travel rivers with Holks
Improved building behaviour of AI
After moving from a newly founded town, the player remains a mayer in this town
17 Sep 2010Product Release
New Release - Patrician IV Steam Special Editioin
You can now enjoy Patrician IV , the sequel to the historical trading simulation and strategy series. Rise through the ranks using your increasing fame and wealth to shape towns from small villages to glorious capitals under your control!

Patrician IV

Updates & announcements

Patrician Franchise up to 60% off!

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Patrician Franchise up to 60% off!

These Patrician titles are also on sale this week:

Patrician Franchise up to 60% off!

These Patrician titles are also on sale this week:

Patrician Franchise up to 60% off!

These Patrician titles are also on sale this week:

Patrician Franchise up to 60% off!

These Patrician titles are also on sale this week:

Daily Deal: Traders & Merchants Bundle

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Get Patrician IV on sale now!

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