# Idle Merchant: Hero Forge Shop — Craft & sell in a pixel RPG

> Craft & sell in a pixel RPG (iPhone/iPad app by Takashi Hamanaka.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idle-merchant-hero-forge-shop/id6796927762 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Takashi Hamanaka](https://appshunter.io/developer/1707678439)
- Category: Games, Role Playing, Simulation
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 11 MB
- Languages: American English, Japanese
- Released: 2026-08-20
- Data updated: 2026-08-24
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idle-merchant-hero-forge-shop/id6796927762/reviews.md

## What is Idle Merchant?

Forge a weapon, sell it to a hero, and that hero heads into the wastes to hunt
monsters and haul the materials back to your counter. You forge those materials
into something better. The loop closes, and keeps turning.

A pixel-art idle craft-and-commerce RPG.

HOW IT PLAYS
- Forge weapons in the workshop (sword, bow, staff, kodachi, shakujo - no tier cap)
- Put them out on the shop front and sell to the heroes who walk in
- Those heroes fight in the wastes and bring materials home
- Use the haul to forge something stronger

FEATURES
- The shop keeps trading while the app is closed; a return report is waiting for you
- Collect magic stones to unlock recipes, and expand through 28 mastery nodes
- Five hero classes - Warrior, Archer, Mage, Ninja, Healer - each buying their own line
- 100 monsters roaming the wastes
- Branch out your shop to reset your stack and regrow it fast
- A daily trade challenge to test your build
- No stamina. No gacha. No haggling minigame to sit through
- English and Japanese

ADS AND PURCHASES
- There are no forced interstitial ads
- Rewarded ads are optional and only play when you choose to claim a bonus
- One single non-consumable PRO unlock. No subscriptions
- PRO removes ads, extends offline trading to 24 hours, doubles return rewards
  permanently, raises visiting heroes from 3 to 5, auto-triggers skills, and
  gives 3 daily trade challenges instead of 1
- Purchases can be restored from the Settings screen

Save data stays on your device. No account or login required.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bukiya PRO | $2.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0.0 — 2026-08-20

No release notes.

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All apps by Takashi Hamanaka: https://appshunter.io/developer/1707678439

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*Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-24.*