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The most popular trading games

If buying and selling goods is your thing, give these games a try. Every one of them involve trading in some form: buying and selling goods and moving them by sea (Ports of Call), stock exchange (Acquire, Black Monday), smuggling items in deep space (Elite, Frontier).

Most popular trading games

Entrepreneur
simulationWindows XP/98/95
Frontier: Elite 2
vehicle simulationDOS
Railroad Tycoon
simulationDOS, Mac OS
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Entrepreneur

Windows XP/98/9519974.1/5 Stardock Entertainment
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Frontier: Elite 2

DOS19934.1/5 Frontier Developments
Frontier: Elite II is a classic space simulation and trading game released in 1993, developed by David Braben and his company Frontier Developments. Frontier is the sequel to the pioneering 1984 game Elite and is often considered a landmark title in the space simulation genre.
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Railroad Tycoon

DOSMac OS1990freeware4.1/5 MicroProse Software
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Dope Wars

Windows XP/98/9519984.2/5 Beermat Software
Dope Wars is a text-based simulation game that originated as a DOS program in the early 1980s, but gained popularity in its Windows version released in 1998. The game puts players in the role of a drug dealer navigating the underground economy of buying, selling, and transporting various illegal substances.In the Windows version of the game, player...
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Capitalism 2

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2001protected4.3/5 Ensemble Studios
Capitalism 2 is simulation game designed by Trevor Chan, developed by Ensemble Studios and released by UBI Soft in 2001 for Windows and Macintosh. Capitalism 2 is the quintessential capitalistic simulation and involves stock exchange, business management, marketing, etc.
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Pirates! Gold

DOSWindows 3.xMac OS1993protectedremakedemo4/5 MicroProse Software
Pirates! Gold is an open world game designed by Paul Murphy, developed and released by MicroProse Software in 1993 for DOS, Windows 3.x, Mac and also Sega Genesis and Amiga CD32. Pirates! Gold is a remake of the game Pirates, created by Sid Meier in 1987. Pirates! Gold gameplay is a unique mix of action, strategy, pirate life simulation, ...
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Frontier: First Encounters

DOS19954.1/5 Frontier Developments
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Uncharted Waters 2: New Horizons

DOS19954.2/5 KOEI
Uncharted Waters 2: New Horizons is an abandoned simulation game, sequel of Uncharted Waters, developed and released by KOEI in 1995. The Uncharted Waters series is set in the Age of Discovery and gives the player the freedom to set sail with their ship and go wherever you want exploring, fighting, trading, privateering, etc.
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Elite Plus

DOS1991freeware4/5 Realtime Games
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Wing Commander: Privateer

Windows XP/98/95DOSMac OS1993protected4.1/5 Origin Systems
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Big Business

DOS19904/5 Off The Wall Productions
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Sid Meier's Pirates!

DOS1987protected4.1/5 MicroProse Software
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Elite

DOS1987freeware4.1/5 Firebird
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Rags to Riches

DOS19934/5 Interplay Productions
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China Sea Trader

DOS19893.5/5
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Capitalism Plus

DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected3.9/5 Enlight Software
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Patrician 2: Quest for Power

Windows XP/98/952000protected4.1/5 ASCARON Entertainment
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Gloriana

DOS19964.2/5 ASCARON Entertainment
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Space Rogue

DOS19894/5 Origin Systems
Space Rogue is a science fiction RPG developed by Richard Garriott's Origin and desined by Paul Neurath. Space Rogue combines a 3D space simulation with a top down view RPG gameplay. As a space pilot you can hunt bounties, buy and sell goods, land on starbases or outposts and talk to NPCs, do quests, etc.
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Port Royale

Windows XP/98/952002protected4.2/5 ASCARON Entertainment
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Acquire

DOS19893.9/5 IBM
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Xiphos

DOS19903.8/5
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Merchant Prince

DOS19934.1/5 Holistic Design
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Ascii Sector

WindowsLinuxDOS2007freeware3.8/5
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Ports of Call

DOS19894.1/5 International Software Development
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Protostar: War on the Frontier

DOS19934.1/5 Tsunami Media
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1869

DOS19923.9/5 Max Design
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Traders

DOS19924/5 Linel
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Yuppi's Revenge

DOS19883.3/5 Ariolasoft