Abandonware DOS title

Games involving some sort of trading practice sorted by release date

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

Entrepreneur
simulationWindows XP/98/95
Dope Wars
simulationWindows XP/98/95
black-monday-01

Black Monday

DOS1987 Starsoft Development
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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.
elite-1

Elite

DOS1987freeware Firebird
inside-trader-04

Inside Trader

DOS1987 Cosmi Corporation
pirates-2

Sid Meier's Pirates!

DOS1987protected MicroProse Software
yuppisrevenge-4

Yuppi's Revenge

DOS1988 Ariolasoft
acquire-splash

Acquire

DOS1989 IBM
oil-imperium-03

Oil Imperium

DOS1989 reLINE Software
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Ports of Call

DOS1989 International Software Development
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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.
big-business-03

Big Business

DOS1990 Off The Wall Productions
invest-01

Inve$t

DOS1990 Starbyte Software
moonbase-03

Moonbase

DOS1990 Wesson International
railroadtycoon1-6

Railroad Tycoon

DOSMac OS1990freeware MicroProse Software
uncharted-waters-splash

Uncharted Waters

DOS1990 KOEI
xiphos-02

Xiphos

DOS1990
eliteplus-5

Elite Plus

DOS1991freeware Realtime Games
merchant-colony-07

Merchant Colony

DOS1991 Impressions Games
1869-7

1869

DOS1992 Max Design
oil_barons-01

Oil Barons

DOS1992 Starsoft Development
patrician1-04

Patrician

DOS1992protected ASCARON Entertainment
spellcraft-aspects-01

Spellcraft: Aspects of Valor

DOS1992 Ybarra Productions
traders-02

Traders

DOS1992 Linel
frontier-1

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.
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Merchant Prince

DOS1993 Holistic Design
nomad-02

Nomad

DOS1993 Papyrus Design Group
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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, ...