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.

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Title (Year ) Platforms Genres Moby Score
box cover thumbnail Acid Drift: Solar (2012) Xbox 360 Action, Simulation
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box cover thumbnail Alite (2015) Android Action, Simulation
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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
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 (+1 more) Action, Simulation
7.0
box cover thumbnail Earth & Beyond (2002) Windows Role-playing (RPG)
7.4
box cover thumbnail Elite (1984) BBC Micro, Electron Action, Simulation, Strategy
n/a
box cover thumbnail Elite (1984) DOS, Amiga (+11 more) Action, Simulation
7.5
box cover thumbnail Elite Plus (1991) DOS, PC-98 Action, Simulation
7.6
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
7.9
box cover thumbnail Elite: The New Kind (2000) Atari ST, Macintosh (+3 more) Action, Simulation
n/a
box cover thumbnail Escape Velocity (1996) Macintosh Action, Strategy, 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
7.6
box cover thumbnail Hyperspeed (1991) DOS, Linux (+2 more) Simulation
n/a
box cover thumbnail Independence War 2: Edge Of Chaos (2001) Windows Action, Simulation
7.9
box cover thumbnail Lightspeed (1990) DOS Simulation
6.8
box cover thumbnail Merchant of Venus (1982) ZX81 Strategy
n/a
box cover thumbnail Miner Wars 2081 (2012) Windows Action
6.0
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 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 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
7.2
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
box cover thumbnail Space Rogue (1989) DOS, Linux (+9 more) Action, Simulation
7.4
box cover thumbnail Spaceforce: Rogue Universe (2007) Windows Action, Simulation
6.5
box cover thumbnail Starflight (1986) DOS, Windows (+5 more) Simulation, Role-playing (RPG)
8.0
box cover thumbnail Starflight 2: Trade Routes of the Cloud Nebula (1989) DOS, Windows (+2 more) Simulation, Role-playing (RPG)
7.4
box cover thumbnail Starglider II (1988) Amiga, DOS (+4 more) Action, Simulation
7.7
box cover thumbnail Starpoint Gemini (2011) Windows Simulation, Strategy / tactics, Role-playing (RPG)
6.4

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