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, ultimately being elected Elderman, leader of the trading league.

You start bargaining with common goods, build up your own production and establish a merchant fleet. Later on, you will gain more and more political influence and even found new towns.

However, a Hanse merchant's life can also have its dark sides.

On your way to power you have to hold your ground against fierce rivals, whom you have to fight with economic competition, price wars or impure means such as sabotage.

Will you even engage in piracy?

Become a powerful merchant - rise through the ranks using your increasing fame and wealth to shape towns from small villages to glorious capitals under your control

A complete strategic simulation - balance competing interests, trade routes, political turmoil, disease, weather, piracy and greedy royalty

Build an empire - construct buildings and hire workers, stimulating demand for common and exotic goods

Battle on the high seas - protect your ships from pirate raiders in realistic and exciting sea battles

Visually stunning - a powerful new graphics engine lets you visit bustling and realistically recreated medieval cities such as London, Novgorod, Cologne and Bergen

Friendly Interface and Gameplay - Players will enjoy a brand-new, user friendly interface that makes Patrician IV easy to play but challenging to master

brings a comprehensive package of improvements and new features to the best-selling Patrician IV including online multiplayer and new scenarios.

Finally, you are able to operate your business in cooperative multiplayer mode with up to three friends helping out. And if you are already master of the seas, you can now try and conquer the continent as well!

In Rise of a Dynasty, you will find new routes into the heartland and trade with cities like Berlin, Warsaw and Nijmegen. But of course you have to grapple with the territorial rulers first and protect your wagon convoys from errant highwaymen.

New land trade feature - Merchandise in heartland cities and establish an extensive road network

Cooperative multiplayer mode - Manage your company alongside three of your friends via LAN or Internet

Treasure hunt - Collect parts of a treasure map in the whole Hanseatic territory to find the ultimate pirate treasure
New scenarios - Six new scenarios, demanding even for experienced players

Become a big landowner - Buy parts of the regional territories to claim and expand your power

Loads of visual, AI and gameplay improvements - Revised nautical chart and city views, portraits for players and quest givers, new animations for citizens and businesses

Patrician IV
Strategy, Trading, Resource Management, Economy

Patrician IV: Rise of a Dynasty
Strategy, Trading, Simulation, Economy

- OS:
Minimum: Microsoft Windows XP (SP3) or later;
Recommended: Microsoft Windows Vista or later

- CPU:
Minimum: 2.0 GHz dual-core processor;
Recommended: Dual-core CPU 2.4 GHz

- RAM:
Minimum: 2 GB;
Recommended: 4 GB

- Graphics:
Minimum: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 series or ATI Radeon HD 2600 with 256 MB of video memory;
Recommended: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or ATI Radeon HD 6850 with 512 MB or more of video memory

- DirectX:
Version: 9.0c

- Storage:
Minimum: At least 8 GB free disk space;
Recommended: At least 8 GB free disk space