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by pbrw 1902 days ago
Is there any economy/strategic game about delivering goods with cargo ships, containers, etc.? I would love to play it.
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That revives memories :) I used to play it alot on the Amiga. Interesting to see, that the game is still alive. Unfortunately currently not avialable on iOS or the Mac :(
I played it on the Amiga as well !
Haven't heard that name in about 27 years. Thanks for bringing it up
Theres a game called TransOcean: The Shipping Company on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/289930/TransOcean_The_Shi...

Theres a sequel to it, although I've never played it. First one wasn't too bad, the economics wasn't too complicated, but worthy of playing.

Sequel: https://store.steampowered.com/app/350110/TransOcean_2_Rival...

https://store.steampowered.com/app/671440/Rise_of_Industry/

I found this to be a bit difficult though. I don't think there are necessarily boats of this, but it does go into basic business logistics

Offworld Trading Company is close to what you're looking for i think. But it's not ship-centric.
Good game overall, but terrible end-game. You're playing along, building and making money and no obvious mistakes, and then all of a sudden you get the big pink screen that says "Sorry, someone else made more money than you and decided to buy you. Game over. Better luck next time!"
there is a board game about exactly that:

https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/26990/container