Abandonware DOS title

Games involving some sort of trading practice sorted by release date

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).
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Pirates! Gold

DOSWindows 3.xMac OS1993protectedremakedemo 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,...
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Protostar: War on the Frontier

DOS1993 Tsunami Media
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Rags to Riches

DOS1993 Interplay Productions
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Railroad Tycoon Deluxe

DOS1993 MicroProse Software
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Seven Cities of Gold (Commemorative Edition)

DOS1993protected Ozark Softscape
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Wing Commander: Privateer

Windows XP/98/95DOSMac OS1993protected Origin Systems
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Iron Seed

DOS1994freeware
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Frontier: First Encounters

DOS1995 Frontier Developments
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High Seas Trader

DOS1995 Impressions Games
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Machiavelli the Prince

DOS1995protected Holistic Design
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Ocean Trader

DOS1995 Software 2000
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Uncharted Waters 2: New Horizons

DOS1995 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 s...
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Zeppelin: Giants of the Sky

DOS1995 Ikarion Software
Ever dreamed of running a transatlantic zeppelin empire during the golden age of flight? Zeppelin: Giants of the Sky lets you do just that — and it’s every bit as niche and charming as it sounds. You build, manage, and...
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Gloriana

DOS1996 ASCARON Entertainment
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Baseball Mogul

Windows XP/98/951997 Infinite Monkey Systems
Baseball Mogul (1997) was the original release that kicked off the whole franchise. Developed by Clay Dreslough and published by Infinite Monkey Systems, this was a pioneer in the world of sports management sims. It was released f...
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Capitalism Plus

DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected Enlight Software
Before there was Capitalism 2, there was Capitalism Plus, which basically took the original and added a few bells, whistles, and ways to fail spectacularly. It’s like being handed a multi-billion dollar toy box and told &ldq...
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Entrepreneur

Windows XP/98/951997 Stardock Entertainment
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Dope Wars

Windows XP/98/951998 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 underg...
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Patrician 2: Quest for Power

Windows XP/98/952000protected ASCARON Entertainment
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Capitalism 2

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2001protected Ensemble Studios
If spreadsheets are your love language, Capitalism 2 is pure romance. This brutally detailed simulation lets you create your own corporate empire from scratch—manufacturing, retail, real estate, stock markets... even farming...
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Port Royale

Windows XP/98/952002protected ASCARON Entertainment
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Taipan for Windows

Windows XP/98/952002freeware
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Ascii Sector

Windows 10/11LinuxDOS2007freeware
Ascii Sector is what happens when someone takes Privateer, removes the graphics, and replaces them with pure ASCII and sheer willpower. It’s open-world space sim meets roguelike: you trade, fight, explore, get stabbed in sha...