Game Groups > Genre: Simulation - Space trading and combat

This group includes predominantly free-form, exploration-based games that incorporates space combat with an economy system that allows (and usually requires) the player to trade with organizations or entire planets, typically with the goal of outfitting, enhancing, and strengthening the player-controlled ship to perform better in combat.
Elite (1984) is commonly considered the progenitor of this type of games.

In order to be included in this group, a game must feature space trading as an important gameplay element. The actual percentage of combat and trading in the game may vary; however, in most cases combat is of secondary importance compared to trading and exploration.

Related Groups

72 Games [ view in game browser ] [ add game ]

Title Released Platforms Genres Moby Score
box cover thumbnail Acid Drift: Solar 2012 Xbox 360 Action, Simulation
n/a
box cover thumbnail Alite 2015 Android Action, Simulation
n/a
box cover thumbnail ASCII Sector 2007 DOS, Linux (+2 more) Simulation, Role-playing (RPG)
n/a
box cover thumbnail Battlecruiser 3000AD 1996 DOS Simulation, Strategy
5.1
box cover thumbnail Battlecruiser 3000AD v2.0 1998 Windows Simulation, Strategy / tactics
n/a
box cover thumbnail Battlecruiser Millennium 2001 Windows Action, Simulation
6.3
box cover thumbnail Battlecruiser Millennium (Gold Edition) 2003 Windows Simulation
5.7
box cover thumbnail Darkstar One 2006 Windows, Xbox 360 (+2 more) Action, Simulation
7.2
box cover thumbnail Earth & Beyond 2002 Windows Role-playing (RPG)
7.4
box cover thumbnail Elite 1984 DOS, Amiga (+11 more) Action, Simulation
7.6
box cover thumbnail Elite 1984 BBC Micro, Electron Action, Simulation, Strategy / tactics
n/a
box cover thumbnail Elite Plus 1991 DOS, PC-98 Action, Simulation
7.7
box cover thumbnail Elite Starfighter 2004 Windows Action, Simulation
5.8
box cover thumbnail Elite: Dangerous 2015 Macintosh, Windows (+3 more) Action, Simulation, Strategy / tactics
8.0
box cover thumbnail Elite: The New Kind 2000 Atari ST, Macintosh (+3 more) Action, Simulation
n/a
box cover thumbnail Endless Sky 2015 Linux, Windows (+1 more) Action, Simulation
n/a
box cover thumbnail Escape Velocity 1996 Macintosh Action, Strategy / tactics, Role-playing (RPG)
n/a
box cover thumbnail Escape Velocity Nova 2002 Macintosh, Windows Action, Simulation
7.8
box cover thumbnail EVE Online 2003 Windows, Linux (+2 more) Simulation, Role-playing (RPG)
7.5
box cover thumbnail Evochron Alliance 2005 Windows Action, Simulation
6.3
box cover thumbnail Evochron Mercenary 2010 Windows Simulation
7.2
box cover thumbnail Federation 1989 Amiga, Atari ST Simulation
7.2
box cover thumbnail Forsaken Portals 2022 Linux, Windows Adventure, Strategy
n/a
box cover thumbnail Free Trader 1984 Apple II, Atari 8-bit (+2 more) Action, Strategy
n/a
box cover thumbnail Freelancer 2003 Windows Action, Simulation
8.0
box cover thumbnail Frontier: Elite II 1993 DOS, Amiga (+2 more) Action, Simulation
7.5
box cover thumbnail Frontier: First Encounters 1995 DOS Action, Simulation
7.1
box cover thumbnail Galaxy on Fire 2005 J2ME, Symbian (+2 more) Action
8.2
box cover thumbnail Galaxy on Fire 2 2009 J2ME, Windows (+5 more) Action
7.7
box cover thumbnail Hardwar 1998 Windows Action, Simulation
6.8
box cover thumbnail Hyperspeed 1991 DOS, Linux (+2 more) Simulation
6.6
box cover thumbnail Independence War 2: Edge Of Chaos 2001 Windows Action, Simulation
7.9
box cover thumbnail Lightspeed 1990 DOS, Windows Simulation
6.8
box cover thumbnail Merchant of Venus 1982 ZX81 Strategy / tactics
n/a
box cover thumbnail Miner Wars 2081 2012 Windows Action
6.0
box cover thumbnail Moonfall 1991 Amiga, Atari ST (+1 more) Action
6.4
box cover thumbnail No Man's Sky 2016 Windows, Windows Apps (+5 more) Action
7.2
box cover thumbnail Nomad 1993 DOS Action, Simulation
7.2
Oolite 2004 Macintosh, Windows (+1 more) Simulation
n/a
box cover thumbnail Parkan II 2005 Windows Action, Simulation
6.3
box cover thumbnail Parkan: The Imperial Chronicles 1997 Windows Action, Simulation
n/a
box cover thumbnail Pioneer 2013 Linux, Windows (+1 more) Action, Simulation
n/a
box cover thumbnail Privateer 2: The Darkening 1996 DOS, Windows Action, Simulation
7.5
box cover thumbnail Privateer: Righteous Fire 1994 DOS Simulation, Add-on
7.6
box cover thumbnail Project Alpha 2009 Xbox 360 Action, Simulation
n/a
box cover thumbnail Project Delta 2010 Xbox 360 Action, Simulation
n/a
box cover thumbnail Protostar: War on the Frontier 1993 DOS Simulation, Strategy / tactics
6.5
box cover thumbnail Rebel Galaxy 2015 Windows, PlayStation 4 (+2 more) Action, Simulation
7.1
box cover thumbnail Rebel Galaxy Outlaw 2019 Windows, PlayStation 4 (+2 more) Action, Simulation
7.7
box cover thumbnail Smugglers 2001 Windows Strategy
n/a

[ Page 1 of 2 ] [ Next ]