Offworld Trading Company [v 1.16.17762 + 7 DLC] (2016) PC

The game is an economic strategy, but you will have to conduct financial affairs not on Earth, but on Mars. On the red planet, the colonial period is in full swing, which means that you will have to face all the cruelty inherent in early capitalism. Since the leading designer of Civilization-4 took part in the development of the application, there is no need to worry about the quality of the implementation of strategic aspects. You can play not only with a computer in career mode, but also online with other players (up to 8 people).

The essence of the game

Here you will need to explore the territory of the younger brother of the Earth, or rather, the Martian bowels. As it turned out, they are not so rich in minerals, and there is clearly no whole periodic table in the lithospheric layers that earthmoving and drilling equipment can reach. And the resources on the planet are extremely unevenly distributed.

You will extract the following substances:

• silicon;
• iron;
• aluminum;
• carbon;
• water.

Next, you have to decide what you will produce from them. This is where the "cornerstone" of the strategy is buried. After all, the cost of manufactured products is not constant – it is determined by supply and demand. Make an excessive amount of glass out of silicon – you will make it worse for yourself, since the price of it will immediately fall. You can take loans to build factories, but you should not get too carried away with them, because over time interest payments can become unaffordable.

Speculation on the stock exchange will not be superfluous in terms of additional income. At the same time, you need to strive to acquire a large number of shares of one company – this way you can collect a blocking package of securities, and the company will come under your control.

The goal of the game is to build your empire, which in its economic indicators will surpass the business of the rival colonizers.

Other ways to achieve success

But only honest methods of dealing with competitors were mentioned above, while various machinations can also be used in the game, such as:

• hiring pirates for the purpose of carrying out various sabotage operations;
• organization of contract riots at the enterprises of opponents;
• hacker attacks that lead to misinformation about the current balance of resources, thereby affecting their prices, etc.

Thus, you will definitely not be bored! After all, it will be necessary to constantly make some plans and take into account many options for the development of events in order to surv