Space trading and combat simulation games

Space trading and combat simulators, also known as space trading and combat games or space trading simulators (sometimes with the term "exploration" thrown in between), are a genre of video game which is characterized by trading, combat and exploration while piloting a spaceship in a simulated space environment. The modern space trading and combat simulation genre emerged at the point when home computers became sufficiently powerful to draw bas... more
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