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).
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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...
Corporate Raider: The Pirate of Wall Street
DOS1988protected SoftServ
Railroad Tycoon
DOSMac OS1990freeware MicroProse Software
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.
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.
Oil Imperium
DOS1989 reLINE Software
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, created by Sid Meier in 1987. Pirates! Gold gameplay is a unique mix of action, strategy, pirate life simulation, ...
Seven Cities of Gold (Commemorative Edition)
DOS1993protected Ozark Softscape
Frontier: Elite 2
DOS1993 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.
Moonbase
DOS1990 Wesson International
Port Royale
Windows XP/98/952002protected ASCARON Entertainment
Patrician 2: Quest for Power
Windows XP/98/952000protected ASCARON Entertainment
Railroad Tycoon Deluxe
DOS1993 MicroProse Software
Frontier: First Encounters
DOS1995 Frontier Developments
Elite
DOS1987freeware Firebird
Space Rogue
DOS1989 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.
Acquire
DOS1989 IBM
Xiphos
DOS1990
Uncharted Waters
DOS1990 KOEI
Sid Meier's Pirates!
DOS1987protected MicroProse Software
Business Simulator
DOS1987 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.
Wing Commander: Privateer
Windows XP/98/95DOSMac OS1993protected Origin Systems
Ports of Call
DOS1989 International Software Development
Ascii Sector
Windows 10/11LinuxDOS2007freeware
Capitalism Plus
DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected Enlight Software
Nomad
DOS1993 Papyrus Design Group
Elite Plus
DOS1991freeware Realtime Games
Machiavelli the Prince
DOS1995protected Holistic Design
Patrician
DOS1992protected ASCARON Entertainment
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