# Games like Offworld Trading Company

> The closest matches to Offworld Trading Company: Northgard: Definitive Edition, Per Aspera, Surviving Mars, Stronghold Kingdoms, and Oxygen Not Included. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [Northgard: Definitive Edition](https://imho.run/games/466560/northgard-definitive-edition) — Shares resource management with Offworld Trading Company. 23,056 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/466560/)
2. [Per Aspera](https://imho.run/games/803050/per-aspera) — Also Colony Sim and City Builder, like Offworld Trading Company. 2,488 Steam reviews, 77% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/803050/)
3. [Surviving Mars](https://imho.run/games/464920/surviving-mars) — A frequent pick in Offworld Trading Company players' libraries, and another Strategy. 10,552 Steam reviews, 79% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/464920/)
4. [Stronghold Kingdoms](https://imho.run/games/47410/stronghold-kingdoms) — Also Colony Sim and City Builder, like Offworld Trading Company. 4,303 Steam reviews, 57% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/47410/)
5. [Oxygen Not Included](https://imho.run/games/457140/oxygen-not-included) — Also Colony Sim, like Offworld Trading Company. 48,352 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/457140/)
6. [Banished](https://imho.run/games/242920/banished) — Shares resource management with Offworld Trading Company. 25,649 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/242920/)
7. [Frostpunk](https://imho.run/games/323190/frostpunk) — Shares resource management with Offworld Trading Company. 38,272 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/323190/)
8. [Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic](https://imho.run/games/784150/workers-resources-soviet-republic) — Also Colony Sim and City Builder, like Offworld Trading Company. 8,217 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/784150/)
9. [Imagine Earth](https://imho.run/games/280720/imagine-earth) — Also Colony Sim and City Builder, like Offworld Trading Company. 484 Steam reviews, 77% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/280720/)
10. [Tropico 5](https://imho.run/games/245620/tropico-5) — Also City Builder and Economy, like Offworld Trading Company. 4,759 Steam reviews, 77% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/245620/)
11. [Let Them Trade](https://imho.run/games/1313290/let-them-trade) — Shares real time economy with Offworld Trading Company. 477 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1313290/)
12. [Turmoil](https://imho.run/games/361280/turmoil) — Also Economy, like Offworld Trading Company. 5,211 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/361280/)
13. [Corsair Cove](https://imho.run/games/1368140/corsair-cove) — Shares resource management with Offworld Trading Company. 3,443 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1368140/)
14. [Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition](https://imho.run/games/1466860/age-of-empires-iv-anniversary-edition) — Also City Builder, like Offworld Trading Company. 27,761 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1466860/)
15. [Factorio](https://imho.run/games/427520/factorio) — Same contemplative mood as Offworld Trading Company. 114,794 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/427520/)
16. [Against the Storm](https://imho.run/games/1336490/against-the-storm) — Shares resource management with Offworld Trading Company. 18,297 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1336490/)
17. [Planetbase](https://imho.run/games/403190/planetbase) — Also Colony Sim and City Builder, like Offworld Trading Company. 5,622 Steam reviews, 77% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/403190/)
18. [Endzone - A World Apart](https://imho.run/games/933820/endzone-a-world-apart) — Shares resource management with Offworld Trading Company. 3,338 Steam reviews, 76% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/933820/)
19. [EVE Online](https://imho.run/games/8500/eve-online) — A frequent pick in Offworld Trading Company players' libraries, and another RPG. 22,693 Steam reviews, 73% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/8500/)
20. [Anno 117: Pax Romana](https://imho.run/games/3274580/anno-117-pax-romana) — Shares resource management with Offworld Trading Company. 4,901 Steam reviews, 66% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3274580/)
21. [Railway Empire 2](https://imho.run/games/1644320/railway-empire-2) — Shares resource management with Offworld Trading Company. 1,044 Steam reviews, 74% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1644320/)
22. [Dwarf Fortress](https://imho.run/games/975370/dwarf-fortress) — Also Colony Sim and City Builder, like Offworld Trading Company. 23,734 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/)
23. [Kingdoms Reborn](https://imho.run/games/1307890/kingdoms-reborn) — Shares resource management with Offworld Trading Company. 4,395 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1307890/)
24. [Port Royale 2](https://imho.run/games/12470/port-royale-2) — Shares market manipulation with Offworld Trading Company. 275 Steam reviews, 72% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/12470/)

## Machine-readable

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- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=271240&n=20
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- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=271240
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/271240
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About Offworld Trading Company

Offworld Trading Company is a 2016 real-time strategy game set on Mars where players compete purely through economic warfare rather than combat. Developed by Mohawk Games and published by Stardock Entertainment, the game tasks players with building profitable companies by managing resources, manipulating markets, and striking black-market deals while prices constantly fluctuate based on every competitor's actions. Reviewers highlight the fast-paced strategic depth and the dry humor of its corporate satire setting. Players describe it as competitive and stressful, with randomly generated maps ensuring high replayability. The game supports online co-operative play and is marked as playable on Steam Deck, currently priced at $29.99 USD and holding a 78% positive rating from over 2,600 Steam reviews.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 271240
- **Developer:** Mohawk Games
- **Publisher:** Stardock Entertainment
- **Genres:** Strategy, Indie, Simulation
- **Categories:** Multi-player, Stats, Includes level editor, Partial Controller Support, Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Online PvP, Online Co-op, PvP, Family Sharing, Co-op
- **Released:** Apr 28, 2016
- **Free to play:** no
- **Metacritic:** 78
- **Platforms:** windows, mac

## Links

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- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/271240/)
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