In the far future, humanity is ruled by The Ministry of Accounts, an oppressive bureaucracy that tracks, records and taxes every transaction of daily life. From the depths of Red Tape, a new breed of marketeer arises to challenge the authority and make a profit: the Space Trader is born! As a Trader, you will attempt to amass a fortune beyond your wildest imagination, buying and selling commodities and taking up arms against the oppressors or even accepting bounty missions, hunting down crime bosses and their thugs. Trader Campaign: Start as a rookie trader and earn your way to Master Trader using shrewd trades, back alley deals, bribes, a well placed bullet and more through a challenging 5-level single-player campaign.
SimulatorStrategyIndieActionScience fictionspacePC (Microsoft Windows)
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Plot-driven, unpretentious, classical in form and contemporary.
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- cooloverwhelming
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- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Developer
- Meridian4
- Publisher
- Meridian4
- Released
- October 23, 2008
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
IGDB rating 5.0/10 from 1 ratings.
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