About Patrician III
Patrician III is a medieval trading and economic simulation developed by the German studio Ascaron Entertainment, creators of the Port Royale series, and now published by Kalypso Media. First released in 2003, it is the sequel to the award-winning Patrician II. The game takes you to Northern Europe in the fourteenth century, when the Hanseatic League controlled trade across the North Sea and the Baltic. You start as a young merchant with a single ship and a little money, and your aim is to become one of the richest and most respected figures of the Hanse.
Trade is at the heart of everything. Each town produces its own goods, from grain, timber and bricks to cloth, fish, beer and spices, and prices rise and fall with supply and demand. By buying cheaply in one port and selling at a profit in another, you build up capital, then expand your fleet, hire captains and set up automatic trade routes. More than twenty historic cities can be visited, including Lübeck, Hamburg, Stockholm, London, Bruges, Oslo and Novgorod, and later voyages lead as far as the Mediterranean.
As your fortune grows you can invest in warehouses, workshops, farms and brickworks to produce goods yourself. Providing jobs and housing makes your home town flourish, and building roads, hospitals, schools and churches earns you reputation. With enough standing you can be elected Lord Mayor and later Alderman of the whole League, which brings political power and new responsibilities. Along the way you hold feasts, deal with town councils, respond to requests for help and manage the effects of changing seasons, frozen harbours and poor harvests.
The seas are dangerous as well as profitable. Pirates prey on trade routes, so you arm your ships, form convoys and fight naval battles, or hunt the pirates down for rewards. Some merchants choose a darker path of smuggling and privateering, which offers fast money at the risk of your reputation. The adaptive AI adjusts to your play, and several scenarios, a free game mode and adjustable difficulty give the game a great deal of depth. It remains a rich, relaxed classic for anyone who enjoys watching an empire grow from a single cog.
Key Features
- Hanseatic trade – Buy low and sell high.
- 20+ historic ports – From Lübeck to Novgorod.
- Fleet management – Captains and trade routes.
- Own production – Workshops and warehouses.
- Political career – Become Lord Mayor.
- Town building – Roads, schools and churches.
- Naval battles – Fight off pirates.
- Free game mode – Play at your own pace.
PC Version and Compatibility
The game runs on Windows XP or newer. The minimum is a 1.6 GHz processor, 512 MB of RAM, a DirectX 9 graphics card with 128 MB of video memory and about 6.5 GB of storage, so any modern computer handles it with ease. Languages: English (interface and subtitles).
Global Activation & What You Receive
This GOG key unlocks the full game Patrician III. It is a Global key that can be activated worldwide. Sign in to your GOG account, open gog.com/redeem, enter the code and the game is added to your library, where you can download it directly or through GOG Galaxy.
Why Buy This Game?
Why buy it? It is a deep, absorbing trading sim that lets you turn one small ship into a powerful medieval business empire.
Related Games
Connecting cities with rail lines and freight, Railroad Corporation offers the same satisfying economic planning. Running a Caribbean island nation, Tropico 3 mixes city building with politics in a similar way. Managing production chains on a future world, Anno 2070 Ubisoft Connect Key Global rewards the same careful balance of trade and supply. Guiding an ancient civilisation from village to empire, Age of Empires: Definitive Edition is another classic about steady historical growth.
