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Is The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Guild-management fans who want to direct parties and recruit heroes instead of controlling one adventurer throughout the world.
- Simulation players who want to influence settlements and the economy through crafting, trade, resource networks, and posted quests.
- Players who enjoy high-stakes planning and want an option where hero deaths permanently affect the guild.
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a conventional action RPG focused on directly controlling a single hero during combat.
- Players who prefer a tightly scripted setting over autonomous adventurers and changing towns, dungeons, and economies.
- Players who do not want permanent-death stakes may find Hardcore mode unsuitable.
Our take on The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom
The defining perspective is that of a shopkeeper and guild master: the player directs a guild from the safety of a shop while other heroes pursue their own goals.
What is The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom?
Play as a shopkeeper and guild master in a simulated MMORPG world.
Trade and craft equipment, manage resource networks, recruit customizable officers and other heroes, assign roles, and equip parties for dungeons, world events, and raids of up to 40 players. Heroes outside the guild act independently, forming parties, accepting quests, and exploring the realm. Posted quests and other decisions influence adventurers’ actions, settlements, and the economy. Follow a campaign about protecting the Elemental Stones. Choose Softcore or Hardcore play; Hardcore makes hero deaths permanent. Fishing is also available.
How The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom plays
- 01Autonomous Adventurers
- Heroes outside the guild pursue quests, form parties, and explore according to their own ambitions.
- 02Permanent Death Mode
- Hardcore play makes a hero’s death permanent.
- 03Large-Scale Raids
- Guild parties can face raids involving up to 40 players.
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The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom: platforms & release
Is The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom worth it?
It is worth it if: guild-management fans who want to direct parties and recruit heroes instead of controlling one adventurer throughout the world. Skip it if: players seeking a conventional action RPG focused on directly controlling a single hero during combat.
Where can I download The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is The Merchant's Guide to the Kingdom on?
Windows only.
