Space Trader

Space Trader Free Game

Rated 4.23/5 (1,265) —  Free Android application by Benjamin Schieder

About Space Trader

Space Trader is a strategy game in space. It is a port of the Palm Pilot game “Space Trader” by Pieter Spronck, which is inspired by David J. Webb’s PalmPilot game SolarWars (which in turn is based on Matt Lee’s game DopeWars) and the 80’s classic 3D strategy game Elite (though it does not have Elite’s 3D flight mode).

- Ten different trade goods are available, two of which are considered to be illegal but can bring great profits.
- Ten different ship types are available, some of which are especially suitable for trading, some for pirating, and others for both. Ships differ in size, the distance they can travel, their hull strength, the number of weapons, shields and gadgets they can carry, the number of cargo bays and the number of crew quarters that are available.
- Ships can be equipped with different selections of equipment, among which are several types of lasers, several types of shields, an escape pod and certain special gadgets like a cloaking device.
- You can distribute skill points over your character at the start of the game, to allow you to function well in your chosen role. For the skills your character lacks, mercenaries can be hired which may have different skills.
- There are more than a hundred solar systems in the galaxy, with different sizes, tech levels, governments, resources and special situations. These are not just for background color, but play a vital role in the game.
- While travelling to another solar system, you might encounter police ships, pirates and other traders. There are several ways to handle such encounters. You can even force a trader to allow you to plunder his ship.
- There are about a dozen unique missions and offers available, some of which may bring great special rewards.

The game is available as free software under the GNU General Public License.

How to Download / Install

Download and install Space Trader version 1.4.4 on your Android device!
Downloaded 10,000+ times, content rating: Not rated
Android package: de.anderdonau.spacetrader, download Space Trader.apk

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Game History & Updates

What's Changed
- Fix a bug allowing to start a game with more than 20 skill points assigned
Version update Space Trader was updated to version 1.4.4
Version update Space Trader was updated to version 1.4.3
More downloads  Space Trader reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
Version update Space Trader was updated to version 1.4.2

What are users saying about Space Trader

S70%
by S####:

I never played original game, so I suppose I can't give a valid rating regarding comparison, but i love text based RPGs. There is another version of this game that I've yet to try, but i give credit here with what I can see. A few sound effects would polish it a bit. A way to jot down some notes about star systems would be a lifesaver (does anyone else use a pad and pen with this game? Lol) Good job!

S70%
by S####:

Fun game. Feels like Elite without actually flying the ship. Think I found a bug with the scarab quest line, tho. Flew around the galaxy to every wormhole exit about 50 times with 3 pulse lasers equipped, never saw it. All my exits were also wormhole entrances, maybe that's why?

W70%
by W####:

Im so excited to be playing such a classic on my phone like this. Im downright awed that it's on my phone now

T70%
by T####:

I have spent a humiliatingly enormous amount of time playing this game. Glad to have it on my new device. PC games are dead to me now.

S70%
by S####:

Plain simple UI, super addictive gameplay, tonz of replay value. Brings back the memories of playing Elite on my old x86 PC in ms-dos era. :)

Z70%
by Z####:

The user interface has lots of detail but is still simple to understand and read. Well done, great game overall.

V70%
by V####:

Theres not much to the game. I "beat" it in like 2-3 hr, but it has a lot of potential. Besides that what I did play was quite fun. I can see this getting alot of really fun and intersting updates

Y70%
by Y####:

A classic game from Palm OS, I used to play it in high school. Not great on graphics, but superb gameplay.

S70%
by S####:

Text is too big in many places, but it's playable. Check the other Space Trader for a better implementation.

S70%
by S####:

Game was fun for the first 20 mins - by then I had the best ship and weapons and there is literally nothing else to do but uninstall

S70%
by S####:

I used to spend hours playing it on palmos, this is very real port with same look and feel

S70%
by S####:

I missed this game!

C70%
by C####:

Just like the Palm Pilot game. Great time waster.

B70%
by B####:

Elite while you're not playing Elite

S70%
by S####:

Plays just like the original. Great game

S70%
by S####:

Good game. Grate for 1.02MB. But there is no save butten.

S70%
by S####:

Cool

P70%
by P####:

This is the best game I've ever played on here. I do wish there was a bit more depth (maybe make your own spinoff? Doesn't that sound fun!?) but I'm so entertained right now it doesn't really matter. For example, I'd like to be able to hail ships. I'd also like the police to save me once and a while instead of just being jerks! Oh also, no save scumming is a great feature, please don't give into the whiners that want to be able to rollback! Also less than 1mb makes this so unbelievably awesome.

S70%
by S####:

I noticed a glitch; bought 11 Medicine and 2 food respectively to trade at a planet. Was able to sell the food but the medicine would not be sold anywhere and still takes up 11 slots claiming that I don't have it in my cargo bay. > update: re-installing does not reset game, I've changed my rating from 4 to 3 until this is fixed.

S70%
by S####:

Only the bloody option "load saved game" is missing. Give me back the time I spent on this piece of "brown and sounds like a bell".

O70%
by O####:

I played the old Palm OS version endlessly, and loved it. This is a faithful and fun port of that game. It will kill many an hour on the train ride to work for me.

B70%
by B####:

I read why you didn't include the save, but completely disagree. A game like this NEEDS a save function.

S70%
by S####:

A great game, easy to pick up. I would give 5 stars but personally I'd like to see a bigger map, more special missions and more ships. I had been playing for hours and when I retired due to lack of difference only got a 35% score

S70%
by S####:

UI elements are so big it hurts usability -- I have to scroll around in trade screen to see robots. Buttens tend to be too small to contain their text. Other than that, works as advertised.

S70%
by S####:

Great entertaining game, the actual repetitiveness of it never shone through and I enjoyed every minute

S70%
by S####:

that makes your game suck any game that takes you time to build up and no save you get a flea come on are you new at this

S70%
by S####:

I achieved a score of 0.3%. After 1 Days I got killed.

S70%
by S####:

It just cant chalange any other games with iut a clear guide you cant get into it

J70%
by J####:

So addictive, I might have to uninstall it...

S70%
by S####:

Don't forget to buy insurance for your ship at the bank

S70%
by S####:

I've been waiting for a port of this game for years!

U70%
by U####:

Very fun and intriguing and interesting to learn :-)

G70%
by G####:

Its a great game

G70%
by G####:

Fun game but the inability to return to a previous save after getting killed is ruinously out of date. Not good enough I'm afraid.

S70%
by S####:

Please for the love of god add a save system. Had a maxed out wasp and died from an army of aliens that I did not know about. My escape pod ejected and I now have a flea with no equipment and 20000 credits. The rage was real.

S70%
by S####:

I like it. Could really appreciate an option to "not allow me to purchase beneath what my mercs cost". That is, i don't want to have to think about paying my mercs every single jump or transaction.

K70%
by K####:

There is no way to save progress. If you quit the app, you lose the data.

S70%
by S####:

Can not start game

S70%
by S####:

Loved this game on my palm, it's almost exactly the same. Notable differences: either the mercenaries you hire are free or there's no way to know how much they cost each day; autosave is under options but still works if it's not checked, there's no way to save manually or return to last saved spot.

D70%
by D####:

This is absolutely amazing. If I ever get bored of it, I can just stop playing for a while and come back later because it's one of those game. Beautiful T_T Tears of joy... Hour later, and all I can say is that wow, I just wasted an hour on this. Totally worth. Get this if you haven't, and you think you like these kind of games. One of the best yet.


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