Space Trader: Merchant Marine

Space Trader: Merchant Marine is the debut production of the independent HermitWorks Entertainment studio. The intention of the developers was to combine the best features of economic strategies and action games with a first person perspective (FPP).

The plot takes players into a distant future - planets and moons in the solar system have been colonized, and humanity is ruled by a highly bureaucratic institution - the Ministry of s, which tracks, s and taxes all kinds of transactions related to everyday life. However, trade restrictions have paved the way for a new profession - the Cosmic Traders, who, regardless of the dangers and risks, travel through space in search of opportunities for enrichment.

In the main campaign the player plays the role of a beginner space trader, and his task is to gain as much wealth as possible in a limited period of time. The game mainly involves travelling between locations and buying or selling goods (more than 40 types of products - from iron ore to human organs) at a favourable course. At the same time, the creators took care of a number of diversifications, such as periodical price fluctuations, the black market, the risk of encountering control officials from the Ministry of s or the possibility of leasing spacecraft. A separate element of the game are reward hunters' missions, in which for a certain amount of money, the most dangerous criminals of the galaxy should be traced and neutralized, using various types of futuristic weapons.