The Patrician is described as 'The title of a series of historical trading simulation computer games for the PC, Amiga and Atari ST published by Ascaron Entertainment. In the games, the player assumes the role of a merchant in any of several cities of the Hanseatic League, accumulating money' and is a Historical Game in the games category. There are more than 25 games similar to The Patrician for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Steam, Mac and Android apps. The best The Patrician alternative is 0 A.D., which is both free and Open Source. Other The Patrician like games are Age of Empires, Civilization, Warcraft III and Warzone 2100.