Sol Trader Demo

Sol Trader is a space simulator that’s all about meeting new people and less about trying to survive.

Sol Trade is a different game from what most people would expect because it wants to do its own thing, something that hasn’t been trying until now and we really should respect that. The game is made by a single guy, Chris Parsons, and he wanted to build more of a space social experience, although that might sound bad if you think about it.

When you here someone saying space game or space sim you immediately have a particular image in mind, but those kinds of stereotypes don’t really apply in this case. In fact, a large part of the game will be spent speaking with other people and impressing them, with flying and doing other space stuff on an afterburner.

Even the developer says that it’s a single player space game all about people, even if that reads a little bit weird. We don’t get many space games where defending your life from pirates isn’t the main objective, so when we do have something different we might not enjoy it as much.

The game starts with a pretty powerful character generator that lets users choose from a number of variables, and the engine does the rest. You get a wife or a husband, kids, and friends. You first aim should be getting a loan from the back so that you can rent a ship.

After that’s done, you can talk with various people and see if you can get some missions that will make you some money. When you get a few missions, you can finally depart and start making your way through the Solar system, in a 2D space sim.

It seems to be following some Newtonian rules, so if you’re speeding, you’re going to slow down before you reach the target. The demo is offering more of the economic simulator experience more than anything else, but you can download it as well and decide for your self if you like what Sol Trader is offering.