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Patrician
The Patrician	1992
Patrician II: Quest for Power	2000
Patrician III: Rise of the Hanse	2003
Patrician IV: Conquest by Trade	2010

Patrician IV: Conquest by Trade is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view business and strategy game in the Patrician series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Russian copies use StarForce 5 DRM.
Publisher website		Gold Edition also available.
GamersGate		Gold Edition also available.
		Gold Edition also available.
GOG.com		Gold Edition.
Humble Store		Gold Edition also available.
Mac App Store
Steam		Gold Edition also available.
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable)		^[1]

Version differences

The Gold Edition includes the base game and the Rise of a Dynasty DLC.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Rise of a Dynasty

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/57620/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/57620/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Not mentioned in the Steam store page, but the depot is present in both Steam and GOG.com releases.
German
Russian				Fan translation by «ENPY Studio»

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		Requires the Rise of a Dynasty expansion.
Online play		4	Co-op Requires the Rise of a Dynasty expansion.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 6 series ATI Radeon X1000 series 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectX compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.7
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.7 GB

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (57620) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Welcome to Games for Windows Marketplace - last accessed on 19 August 2022

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (57620) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (57620) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[6] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Welcome to Games for Windows Marketplace - last accessed on 19 August 2022

[1]

[Note 1]

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+{{Availability/row| Steam | 57620 | Steam, account | {{store link|Steam-sub|11830|Gold Edition}} also available. |  | Windows }}
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+===Version differences===
+{{ii}} The '''Gold Edition''' includes the base game and the Rise of a Dynasty DLC.
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Developers

	Gaming Minds Studios
Publishers
	Kalypso Media
Release dates
Windows	September 17, 2010
macOS (OS X)	April 9, 2014
Reception
Metacritic	66
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Business, Strategy
Vehicles	Naval/watercraft
Themes	Europe, Medieval
Series	Patrician