Shipping Manager

Shipping Manager

Released Sep 2023

Create and manage your own shipping empire. Control every aspect from route creation to marketing to staff handling and beat other managers to top the leaderboards.

45% positive · 594 reviews
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Released, but still in active development
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Released, but still in active development
Medium confidence
Active Development

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Evaluation

Shipping Manager launched on September 18, 2023 as a free-to-play multiplayer shipping tycoon game. Since launch, the developer has continued adding content and issuing patches. Two new vessels were introduced: the Southern Cross on October 2, 2025 and the Emerald Sea on January 15, 2026 — establishing a pattern of major content drops roughly every 3-4 months. The most recent developer communication is a feature patch on June 9, 2026, which included translation fixes, reward rebalancing, and a new cooldown mechanic. No specific future content has been announced, but the developer remains actively engaged with the game and no statement about concluding development has been made.
Evidence
New tanker vessel 'Emerald Sea' added to the game, expanding fleet options for players entering liquid cargo operations.
news post · Jan 15, 2026 source content shipped
high
New long-range vessel 'Southern Cross' added to the game, with stats and new route capabilities.
news post · Oct 2, 2025 source content shipped
high

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Trophy Games
Achievements
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Platform
Windows, Linux
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

Shipping makes the world go round

In Shipping Manager you can be the next big shipping tycoon and make sure your empire brings cargo and wares from the amazon to the chinese seas to the emirates on time.

Play with or against friends and other real life shipping enthusiasts to control the seas and top the leaderboards.

Create and manage your own shipping empire strategy. In this multiplayer naval simulation game you have the opportunity to become bigger than real life container transport tycoons like Maersk, Evergreen and MSC. Create, schedule and navigate routes in the seas from ports like Shanghai, Los Angeles, Rotterdam, Singapore, Dubai, Hamburg and New York.

Choose between 2 game modes: EASY or REALISM. Go the easy way to lower prices and increase profits or challenge yourself with realism where you have to consider the smallest things like the fuel prices and canal usage tax.

People need their goods transported and by sea is the most optimal way by far! Not by air and not by land. Not by rental car, train, bus or aircraft. But by ship.

In Shipping Manager you get in-depth tactical features like being able to buy vast amounts of different real ship types and sail to over 400 real ports and docks all over the world.

Shipping features

  • Stop pirates from hijacking your ships.

  • Manage your staff.

  • Play the stock market. Invest in other shipping companies.

  • Manage company marketing.

  • and much more!

Ship features

  • Build new vessels.

  • Purchased used ships.

  • Track your routes live.

  • Customize your vessels to contain more cargo.

  • Improve ships to sail faster around the world.

  • and much more!

Become the CEO of an empire of cargo and travel naval routes and utilize your complicated strategy to be the new boss of the maritime world.

Last evaluated Jun 21, 2026
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