Star Merchant
Star Merchant is a galactic trading sim where you become a space entrepreneur. Buy and sell items, fight pirates, upgrade your ship and try to meet your goal without going broke!
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March 7, 2017
9 years and 150 days ago
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Mixed180 reviews64.4%
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NOTE: This game requires 100% (Normal) fonts in Windows 8 and up or 96 DPI system fonts in Windows 7 to display correctly. This is the default for most systems, but please be aware of this before purchasing. The game also uses 1024x768 resolution in Fullscreen mode while running.
Star Merchant is a galactic trading sim where you become a space entrepreneur, looking to make your mark. Buy and sell items, upgrade your ship and try to meet your own self-appointed goal without going broke!
Features:
- Slick, high-res UI makes it simple and easy to corner the galactic marketplace. Set the length of game you want, and choose from 4 different starting ships with different advantages.
- Randomly generated items and universe every game! Demand for items and on different planets changes even during the game.
- Fight 4 different space pirate clans during your journey using a variety of strategies. Do you use that big new weapon you bought? Sacrifice your ships for bigger damage? or use the always dangerous Suicide Volley to maximize your damage at a cost of hull strength? It's up to you.
- Upgrade your ship with better weapons, more cargo room, more passenger room and bigger gas tank.
- Hundreds of weapons to equip and new ships to buy, pick up passengers, or deal with rogue traders for big profits -- or not!
- Invest in stock of different companies and funds, or just use your bank account to squirrel away money for a rainy day.
- Lots of surprises, including stops at the Galactic Casino, bonuses, and more!
Stake your claim and become a Star Merchant today!
Star Merchant is a galactic trading sim where you become a space entrepreneur, looking to make your mark. Buy and sell items, upgrade your ship and try to meet your own self-appointed goal without going broke!
Features:
- Slick, high-res UI makes it simple and easy to corner the galactic marketplace. Set the length of game you want, and choose from 4 different starting ships with different advantages.
- Randomly generated items and universe every game! Demand for items and on different planets changes even during the game.
- Fight 4 different space pirate clans during your journey using a variety of strategies. Do you use that big new weapon you bought? Sacrifice your ships for bigger damage? or use the always dangerous Suicide Volley to maximize your damage at a cost of hull strength? It's up to you.
- Upgrade your ship with better weapons, more cargo room, more passenger room and bigger gas tank.
- Hundreds of weapons to equip and new ships to buy, pick up passengers, or deal with rogue traders for big profits -- or not!
- Invest in stock of different companies and funds, or just use your bank account to squirrel away money for a rainy day.
- Lots of surprises, including stops at the Galactic Casino, bonuses, and more!
Stake your claim and become a Star Merchant today!
