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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Protostar: War on the Frontier

DOS1993 Tsunami Media

Rags to Riches

DOS1993 Interplay Productions

Railroad Tycoon Deluxe

DOS1993 MicroProse Software

Seven Cities of Gold (Commemorative Edition)

DOS1993protected Ozark Softscape

Wing Commander: Privateer

Windows XP/98/95DOSMac OS1993protected Origin Systems

Iron Seed

DOS1994freeware

Frontier: First Encounters

DOS1995 Frontier Developments

High Seas Trader

DOS1995 Impressions Games

Machiavelli the Prince

DOS1995protected Holistic Design

Ocean Trader

DOS1995 Software 2000

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 set sail with their ship and go wherever you want exploring, fighting, trading, privateering, etc.

Zeppelin: Giants of the Sky

DOS1995 Ikarion Software

Gloriana

DOS1996 ASCARON Entertainment

Baseball Mogul

Windows XP/98/951997 Infinite Monkey Systems

Capitalism Plus

DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected Enlight Software

Entrepreneur

Windows XP/98/951997 Stardock Entertainment

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 underground economy of buying, selling, and transporting various illegal substances.In the Windows version of the game, player...

Patrician 2: Quest for Power

Windows XP/98/952000protected ASCARON Entertainment

Capitalism 2

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2001protected 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.