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Roads & Riches: Traveling Merchant Simulator Sets January 21 Early Access Launch

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November 15, 2026

A large wooden horse-drawn merchant caravan stands in a sunny green meadow in Roads & Riches: Traveling Merchant Simulator.

A large wooden horse-drawn merchant caravan in a sunny green meadow in Roads & Riches: Traveling Merchant Simulator. Photo by Alvios Games

Pack up your caravan and sharpen your trading instincts: Roads & Riches: Traveling Merchant Simulator, the fantasy trading adventure from indie developer Alvios Games, will launch into Early Access on Steam on January 21, 2027.

Alvios Games announced the date today, with a new release date announcement trailer. Players will build a traveling business, trade magical treasures and explore a fantasy world alone or with up to three friends. A free Steam demo is available now ahead of the Early Access launch.

The Early Access launch will feature 28 locations across five regions, each with its own trading opportunities and customer preferences, and around 50 commodities to buy and sell as players grow their traveling merchant empire.

Players can customise their caravan and trade their way across the fantasy world, with co-op available from the start of Early Access, supporting up to three friends joining the journey.

Alvios Games plans to expand and improve the game throughout Early Access, incorporating player and community feedback. The Early Access version will introduce new and improved systems, including enchanting and disenchanting, giving players more ways to grow their business.

Alvios Games previously launched Vellum into Early Access in March 2024, a game that has sold more than 125,000 copies and holds 90% positive reviews on Steam.

Roads & Riches: Traveling Merchant Simulator launches into Early Access on Steam on January 21, 2027, with a free demo available now.

Project Hail Mary: Journey Among the Stars Is Out Now on Quest, PICO and Android XR

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3 minutes ago

November 15, 2026

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Rocky, a rocky alien crewmate, reaches out with a stone fist inside the Hail Mary spaceship in Project Hail Mary: Journey Among the Stars.

Rocky, the rocky alien crewmate, inside the Hail Mary in Project Hail Mary: Journey Among the Stars. Photo by Maze Theory

Humanity’s last hope is now a mission you can step inside. Project Hail Mary: Journey Among the Stars is out now, a mixed-reality adventure that tells a previously untold chapter of Andy Weir’s bestselling sci-fi universe.

The immersive mixed reality experience launched on PICO, Android XR and Meta Quest 3/3S. It comes from Maze Theory, the award-winning London-based immersive entertainment studio behind Peaky Blinders: The King’s Ransom and Doctor Who: The Edge of Time.

Players step into the role of Ryland Grace. Ryland Grace and his friend and crewmate Rocky must work together in the face of disaster to keep the Hail Mary intact and bring their world-saving cargo to Eridani — Rocky’s home planet, and Grace’s new home.

It is a story of trust and communication between species. As this mixed-reality experience blends your physical environment with the Hail Mary itself, players diagnose problems, improvise solutions and push the limits of science and engineering to keep the mission alive.

Along the way, players work alongside Rocky to keep the mission alive, diagnose failing systems and improvise scientific solutions, and manage their ship and its precious cargo as they travel through the stars — experiencing humanity’s last hope firsthand.

Watch the launch trailer below.