Merchant RPG vs Progress Knight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Merchant RPG
Manage a fantasy shopkeeping empire by sending heroes on quests for materials and using crafters to create gear. Balance crafting, selling, and hero upgrades to build your trade empire and conquer foes. This offline idle RPG blends tycoon mechanics with traditional RPG elements.
- Send heroes on quests
- Craft weapons and armor
- Manage shop economy
- Upgrade heroes and crafters
- Raid bosses
- Customize characters
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Be the Merchant of your very own empire! Quest, Craft, Profit, Upgrade! As the Merchant, you are the commander of your own domain! Blending together traditional RPG systems, tycoon mechanics, and a fantasy overworld, Merchant aims to reimagine the traditional mobile RPG. In Merchant, players take the role of a shopkeeper who must manage a team of Heroes and Crafters. Heroes are sent out on quests in order to fight enemies and gather materials. Crafters then use those materials to create weapons and armor. As the shopkeeper, players must balance their micro-economies between selling items for gold and crafting items to better ensure success for the Heroes. * * * TAKE REIGN OF YOUR MARKET - Send Heroes out on epic adventures! - Pay Crafters to create gear! - Earn gold and dictate the direction of your economy! - Grow your inventory and profit from your trade empire! VICTORY THROUGH CONQUEST - Choose your cast of characters from multiple Hero classes! - Ride out to battle to bring back items and loot! - Customize your champions with weapons and armor! - Band together to raid powerful bosses as a party! - Better performance leads to greater rewards! CRAFT YOUR LEGACY - Utilize the unique Crafters to create items and gear to use and sell! - Train the Crafters to create better items, allowing them to master their trade! - Ensure the victory of your Heroes by outfitting them with superior items! * * *
Progress Knight
Engage in strategic PvP combat in a medieval fantasy world. Gather gold, develop skills, and climb the ranks of The Order by defeating opponents. Reset your progress with retained power for faster advancement.
- Incremental PvP combat
- Skill and ability progression
- Gold gathering
- Rank climbing
- Strategic resets
- Fantasy medieval world
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Progress Knight: Multiplayer is an exciting incremental player versus player game that builds on the success of its predecessor, Progress Knight: Mobile. Set in a rich fantasy/medieval world, players must gather gold and progress their skills to fight against their opponents. As a novice of The Order, you start at the bottom rung of the ladder. However, through your faith and dedication, you can discover new skills and abilities that allow you to overpower your rivals and climb the ranks of The Order. You must choose whether to rely on their wits and skills alone, embrace your belligerent side, or use your dedication to deter potential attackers. In Progress Knight: Multiplayer, combat is a key aspect of the game. You can engage in battles with other players to steal their gold and gain ranks. But be warned, you can only attack those of a lower rank than you. Eventually, you will hit a plateau and find it difficult to progress further. However, among the ranks of The Order, you may discover a way to start over while retaining some of your power to progress even faster than before. This adds an extra layer of strategy to the game, as you must balance short-term gains with long-term planning.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Progress Knight at fortnightly against Merchant RPG's every 4 months. Merchant RPG's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Merchant RPG sells 12 one-off in-app purchases and Progress Knight sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Merchant RPG against 4.7 for Progress Knight. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 265 and 313 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 69% of Merchant RPG's written reviews are positive against 75% of Progress Knight's.
Merchant RPG ships an update every 4 months, Progress Knight fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Merchant RPG | Progress Knight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (265 ratings) | 4.7 (313 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.9% of reviews | 75.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 265 | 313 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Retora Game Studios | Noe LE PHILIPPE |
Customer experience
Merchant RPG
Progress Knight
User reviews
Merchant RPG
From 265 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Simple yet deep mechanics
- 🎨 Lovely pixel art style
- 💰 Fair monetization model
- ⏱️ Quick progression
Room to improve
- 🔇 Cuts off background audio
- 🤔 Confusing for new players
- 🤖 Lack of combat animations
- 🧠 Repetitive gameplay loop
Progress Knight
From 313 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👥 Friendly and welcoming community
- 😊 Engaging incremental/idle gameplay mechanics
- 🎮 Unique PvP attacking system
- ♿ Excellent accessibility features (VoiceOver support)
- 💰 No aggressive monetization or pay-to-win mechanics
Room to improve
- 🐛 UI and display bugs requiring app restart
- ⚠️ Insular and toxic player base elements
- 🚫 Inconsistent moderation and censorship
- ❓ Poor in-game tutorials and explanations
- 🔐 Privacy concerns with Discord login requirement
Bugs and requests
Merchant RPG
Reported bugs
3 issues- Ads not working properly
- Inventory management issues
- Progression-blocking bugs
Requested features
4 requests- Add save slots or cloud sync
- Improve equipment visuals
- Implement auto-repeat quests
- Provide more guidance for new players
Progress Knight
Reported bugs
8 issues- Prices and in-game information don't update without app restart
- Infinite loading and server connection issues
- Login functionality broken
- Unable to change account name
- Account deletion without warning
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- UI glitches affecting gameplay
- Inaccurate gold gain projections during attacks
- Missing attack completion notifications
Requested features
10 requests- Guild or clan system for cooperative play
- Team-based friendly events and competitions
- Notification system for completed attacks
- More in-depth story and cinematic elements
- Housing or resource management system
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- Improved PvP balance and incentives
- Better tutorial for new players
- Clearer chat moderation rules
- Account name change functionality
- AFK status indicators for players
In-app purchases
Merchant RPG
- 16 Inventory Slots$0.99
- 16 Additional Inventory Slots II$0.99
- 16 Additional Inventory Slots III$0.99
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- 16 Additional Inventory Slots$0.99
- Unlock the Jeweler$0.99
- Hero Slot I$0.99
- Hero Slot II$0.99
- Enchanter Unlock$1.99
- Unlock all Shop Themes$2.99
- Frozen Tome Expansion$2.99
- Scribe Expansion$3.99
- Unlocks Everything$14.99
Progress Knight
- Remove ads$1.99
- Longer boosts$1.99
- Gift Remove Ads$1.99
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- Gift longer boosts$1.99
- Fast autolearn$1.99
- Gift fast autolearn$1.99
- Gift 5 boosts$9.00
- Gift 10 boosts$18.00
- Gift 20 boosts$35.00
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