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The best 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

Capitalism 2
simulationWindows XP/98/95, Mac
Railroad Tycoon
simulationDOS, Mac
Entrepreneur
simulationWindows XP/98/95
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Port Royale

Windows XP/98/952002protected4.4/5 ASCARON Entertainment
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Capitalism 2

Windows XP/98/95Mac2001protected4.3/5 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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Gloriana

DOS19964.2/5 ASCARON Entertainment
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Patrician

DOS1992protected4.2/5 ASCARON Entertainment
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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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Merchant Colony

DOS19914.2/5 Impressions Games
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Machiavelli the Prince

DOS1995protected4.1/5 Holistic Design
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Patrician 2: Quest for Power

Windows XP/98/952000protected4.1/5 ASCARON 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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Uncharted Waters

DOS19904.1/5 KOEI
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Nomad

DOS19934.1/5 Papyrus Design Group
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Protostar: War on the Frontier

DOS19934.1/5 Tsunami Media
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Ocean Trader

DOS19954.1/5 Software 2000
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Frontier: First Encounters

DOS19954.1/5 Frontier Developments
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Ports of Call

DOS19894.1/5 International Software Development
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Inside Trader

DOS19874.1/5 Cosmi Corporation
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Big Business

DOS19904.1/5 Off The Wall Productions
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Railroad Tycoon Deluxe

DOS19934.1/5 MicroProse Software
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Railroad Tycoon

DOSMac1990freeware4.1/5 MicroProse Software
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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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Merchant Prince

DOS19934.1/5 Holistic Design
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Oil Imperium

DOS19894.1/5 reLINE Software
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Entrepreneur

Windows XP/98/9519974.1/5 Stardock Entertainment
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Wing Commander: Privateer

Windows XP/98/95DOSMac1993protected4/5 Origin Systems
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Elite Plus

DOS1991freeware4/5 Realtime Games
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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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Seven Cities of Gold (Commemorative Edition)

DOS1993protected4/5 Ozark Softscape
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Rags to Riches

DOS19934/5 Interplay Productions
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Traders

DOS19924/5 Linel