Mercatorio is a browser-based economy simulation game set in medieval times where players interact through economic competition and cooperation, chasing financial success and, ultimately, prestige. The game is currently in its first season, which started on April 19th and will run until late August.

Production and logistics are core elements in Mercatorio, and will be recognizable to players familiar town-building or economy simulation games, like the great games of the Anno and Victoria series, with chains of production buildings and production methods refining raw materials into more valuable finished products, and ships or carts bringing raw materials in or shipping the finished products to their markets.

What is new in Mercatorio is a mercantile environment where prices and product availability are determined exclusively by the supply and demand of other market participants, akin to how modern mercantile exchanges function.

In addition, and maybe in contrast to this, Mercatorio strives to simulate the medieval economy as historically accurate as possible, with buildings, products and production methods all modeled after the activities of the era. Put this together and you get a game with a lot of depth and possibilities to explore, hopefully offering an interesting and challenging experience.

Read the introduction and other articles on IndieDB or go straight to the homepage.

A purchase on itch.io gives you a Season Pass key, which should be entered into the game-page after login in to active your account.

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