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An indie trading game with a retro pixel look in which you buy and sell goods as a merchant while seeking revenge on your father's killer. It blends economic simulation with light RPG elements.
The closest matches for 16bit Trader are Merchants of Kaidan, Sid Meier's Civilization and Sid Meier's Colonization. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes 16bit Trader special – the reasons are listed right on each game.
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A trading simulator set in feudal Japan where you start with a single cart and build a merchant career through market knowledge, smart buying and selling, and negotiation, with light RPG elements.
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The founding classic of 4X strategy: guide a civilization from 4000 BC to the space age, researching technologies, founding cities and competing through diplomacy or conquest. This is where the famous 'just one more turn' compulsion began.
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A turn-based 4X strategy game set in the colonial era: you lead a European power in the New World, founding settlements, trading goods, managing resources, and ultimately fighting for independence from the Crown.
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As Ishmael, you sail the world's oceans in the golden age of whaling, managing your ship and crew while hunting Moby Dick. A slow-paced seafaring strategy game built around trade, discovery and a literary backdrop.
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The classic city-building and trading game: you settle islands in the 17th century, build trade routes and a thriving economy, and hold your own against rivals. The History Edition brings the original to modern PCs with 4K support and multiplayer.
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An economic simulation set in the 17th-century Caribbean: you build trade routes between port towns, manage fleets and settlements, and fend off pirates in naval skirmishes.
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You guide a small tribe from a first-person view through millennia of progress, building settlements and industries in a living simulated world where your people work on their own.
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This strategy classic has you lead a civilization from the dawn of history into the future, founding cities, researching technology, trading and waging war. Its 'just one more turn' loop turns every game into a long, gripping saga of your own making.
79 % −50 %A turn-based grand strategy game on a world map where you lead any nation to power through diplomacy and war. Easy to learn, with high replayability thanks to free choice of country and mod support.
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A classic turn-based 4X strategy game where you lead a nation from the ancient age to the modern era. You found cities, research technologies, handle diplomacy and compete through conquest, culture or space travel.
