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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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...
Entrepreneur
Windows XP/98/951997 Stardock Entertainment
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.
Railroad Tycoon Deluxe
DOS1993 MicroProse Software
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.
Elite Plus
DOS1991 Realtime Games
Elite Plus is an enhanced version of the classic space trading and combat simulator Elite, released by MicroPlay in 1991 for MS-DOS. It was designed as an update to the original 1984 game, improving graphics, performance, and overall playability while keeping the core gameplay intact. Unlike the original wireframe vector graphics, Elite Plus i...
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, ...
Ports of Call
DOS1989 International Software Development
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.
Oil Imperium
DOS1989 reLINE 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.
Frontier: First Encounters
DOS1995 Frontier Developments
Elite
DOS1987freeware Firebird
Uncharted Waters
DOS1990 KOEI
Seven Cities of Gold (Commemorative Edition)
DOS1993protected Ozark Softscape
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.
Wing Commander: Privateer
Windows XP/98/95DOSMac OS1993protected Origin Systems
Machiavelli the Prince
DOS1995protected Holistic Design
Port Royale
Windows XP/98/952002protected ASCARON Entertainment
High Seas Trader
DOS1995 Impressions Games
Zeppelin: Giants of the Sky
DOS1995 Ikarion Software
Sid Meier's Pirates!
DOS1987protected MicroProse Software
Patrician 2: Quest for Power
Windows XP/98/952000protected ASCARON Entertainment
Merchant Prince
DOS1993 Holistic Design
China Sea Trader
DOS1989
Ascii Sector
Windows 10/11LinuxDOS2007freeware
Big Business
DOS1990 Off The Wall Productions
Capitalism Plus
DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected Enlight Software
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