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Star Merchant
Star Merchant is a galactic trading sim where you become a space entrepreneur. Buy and sell items, fight pirates, upgrade your ship and try to meet your goal without going broke!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“Trading sim that's not terribly interesting. It attempts to include multiple financial features, which is good. But many of the aspects of these are confusing, and there is not much information to go on, other than trial and error. Pirate attacks are clunky and unclear what is…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-08 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Simulation · Indie · Casual · Space · Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi · Abstract · Resource Management · Management (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 and up Processor: Pentium Celeron or higher Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Any card capable of 1024x768 resolution (100% or 96 DPI system fonts REQUIRED) Storage: 30 MB available space Sound Card: Recommended Additional Notes: Normal (100%) or 96 DPI system fonts REQUIRED