Abandonware DOS title

Games involving some sort of trading practice

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
Dope Wars
simulationWindows XP/98/95
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1869

DOS19924/5 Max Design
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Acquire

DOS19893.9/5 IBM
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Ascii Sector

Windows 10/11LinuxDOS2007freeware4/5
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Baseball Mogul

Windows XP/98/9519973.9/5 Infinite Monkey Systems
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Big Business

DOS19904/5 Off The Wall Productions
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Black Monday

DOS19873.5/5 Starsoft Development
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Business Simulator

DOS19873.9/5 Reality Development
Business Simulator is an abandoned business simulation game developed and released by Reality Development in 1987 for DOS only. Business Simulator is a text-based management simulation designed by an university professor.
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Capitalism 2

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2001protected4.2/5 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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Capitalism Plus

DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected3.5/5 Enlight Software
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China Sea Trader

DOS19893.5/5
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Corporate Raider: The Pirate of Wall Street

DOS1988protected3.8/5 SoftServ
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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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Elite

DOS1987freeware4.1/5 Firebird
eliteplus-5

Elite Plus

DOS1991freeware4/5 Realtime Games
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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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Frontier: First Encounters

DOS19954.1/5 Frontier Developments
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Gloriana

DOS19964.2/5 ASCARON Entertainment
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High Seas Trader

DOS19953.9/5 Impressions Games
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Inside Trader

DOS19874.1/5 Cosmi Corporation
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Inve$t

DOS19903.5/5 Starbyte Software
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Iron Seed

DOS1994freeware3.8/5
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Machiavelli the Prince

DOS1995protected4.1/5 Holistic Design
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Merchant Colony

DOS19914.2/5 Impressions Games
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Merchant Prince

DOS19934.1/5 Holistic Design
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Moonbase

DOS19903.3/5 Wesson International
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Nomad

DOS19934.1/5 Papyrus Design Group
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Ocean Trader

DOS19954/5 Software 2000
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Oil Barons

DOS19923.9/5 Starsoft Development