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worlds short on supply**Discover hidden recipes** — experiment in the Recipe Lab; relic-tier formulas are hiding in the outer sectors**Automate with fleets** — five ship classes, from nimble Cutters to heavy Ore Barges, running auto-arbitrage, mining, patrols and hunts**Build space stations** — turn discovered recipes into production lines for passive income**Fight for the lanes** — three tiers of pirates, faction protection rackets, escorts and bounty hunts**Outsmart the guilds** — Red Sail, Swiftcurrent and Deepwell each play monopoly, arbitrage or price war; their intel panel shows their latest moveA SECTOR WITH STORIESNarrative event chains unfold as you play: guild wars, mysterious signals, harvestseasons — and in the outer sectors, five handcrafted worlds (Veinmelt, Jadereap,Ashforge, Hushport, Firstring) with their own specials, from relic whispers to black-marketpremiums. Deal in smuggled goods if you dare: prices are higher, and so are the seizures.INSPIRED BY THE WORLDS WE KEPT PLAYINGStar Trader was shaped by the games we kept coming back to: X4: Foundations,EVE Online, No Man's Sky, Astrobuilder, Distant Worlds and Starsector.What drew us to all of them was the same thing — a universe that feels alive:economies churning, prices breathing, a world that doesn't wait for you. We'renot trying to out-build any of them. We pulled out the one thread we lovedmost — the living economy — and wove it into something small, honest andcomplete: deterministic, turn-based, fully offline. Same seed, same world,every time — the only thing between you and the summit is your decisions.WHY WE BUILT OUR OWNThe games above taught us to love space trading. They also left us a wish list:**Trading should not require a pilot's license first.** No hand-flying, no docking exams — click a route, place an order, and spend your attention on decisions, not throttle juggling.**A sold game should be complete to play.** No subscription, no token meter, no external accounts or services. Buy it, install it, play it — everything runs on your machine.**Pirates should be algorithms, not strangers.** Strictly single-player: your opponent is the sector's rulebook — no guild dues, no cargo ambushes by other players at 2 AM.DETERMINISTIC. OFFLINE. YOURS.**One code, one sector** — share your scenario code and friends replay the exact same world; a paste-and-play preview of Steam Workshop support**100% offline** — no account, no internet, no telemetry (see our Privacy policy)**Deterministic by design** — the same seed plays the same game, so competition is about decisions, not dice**Legacy** — finish a run and carry +2,000 credits into New Game+; 15 achievements and 8 milestones chart the climb**Bilingual** — full English & Simplified Chinese UI, self-hosted music and sound effectsOUR TAKE ON AI — THE HONEST VERSIONAI was part of making this game, and we'd rather explain that than hide it.**Not in the game.** The simulation IS the game: every price, every pirate raid, every guild move comes from hand-tuned deterministic rules. AI merchants are classic state machines playing real strategies — no language model improvises your economy. The shipped game contains no generative AI at all.**Only in the making.** The four BGM tracks were made with Suno; in-game text and this page were drafted with AI assistance, then human-edited; the code was written with AI coding tools under human direction.**Where we stand:** AI is a decent apprentice and a poor substitute for game design. The rules are the game — and the rules are ours.HOW LONG?Three difficulties (Relaxed / Standard / Hard). A standard summit run takes about2–6 hours — tight enough for one sitting, deep enough to replay. The outer sectorsunlock as your net worth grows: The Veins, The Breadbasket, The Foundries, The Fringe,and finally The Vault.Ready the cargo hold, captain. The tide is turning.