Winds Of Trade
Released Feb 2017
Winds Of Trade is a strategy game about running an ocean trading company in the 18th and 19th centuries. Building your trading empire will not be your only goal! Ruthless pirates, shady smugglers, wartime and fierce competitors will make the way to the top a long and hard road for you!
61% positive · 178 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Steam $11.99
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Evaluation
On October 31, 2025, Federico (the developer behind Rhombico Games) publicly announced that he was winding down the studio. In that announcement, he explicitly stated that Winds Of Trade — along with the studio's other games — will no longer receive any content or feature updates. Only critical bug fixes or security vulnerabilities may still be addressed on a best-effort basis. A follow-up post on November 8, 2025 confirmed that the games will remain available for purchase on Steam, but reiterated that active development has ended. This is a clear, direct statement from the developer that the game's content is complete. The game had previously received several feature updates in 2017 (versions 1.1 through 1.4), but no further major content had shipped in the years since. The studio's wind-down announcement on October 31, 2025 marks the definitive end of any planned development.
Evidence
Follow-up clarification confirms Rhombico is not closing completely but is winding down significantly. Games remain available on Steam, but no new projects are in development and activity will be much reduced going forward.
Developer Federico announces the winding down of Rhombico Games, explicitly stating that Winds Of Trade will receive no more content or feature updates. Only critical bug fixes may be addressed on a best-effort basis.
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Details
Developer
Publisher
Rhombico Games
Achievements
23
Platform
Windows, Linux
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
Winds Of Trade is a strategy game about running an ocean trading company in the 18th and 19th centuries. Building your trading empire will not be your only goal! Ruthless pirates, shady smugglers, wartime and fierce competitors will make the way to the top a long and hard road for you!
Main Features
- Procedurally generated worlds: You will face different challenges and you will have to learn how the cities’ production chains interact every time you start a new game.
- Realistic economic simulation: All prices respond to the basic laws of supply and demand. Every raw material comes from somewhere and every final product goes somewhere to be bought. No arbitrary game rules set, just the will of the free market.
- Smuggling: Some goods that can be freely bought in one city may be illegal someplace else... Are you willing to take risks for some extra profit?
- Smart Artificial Intelligence opponents that will make your way to the top even more challenging!
- Dynamic world economy: Events such as forest fires, bad harvests or war alter the supply, demand and prices of the different commodities.
- Contracts system: You can accept contracts from governments, private companies and even shady smugglers in order to make some extra money transporting goods. But don't forget, failing comes with a price.
- Turn based battle system: Pirates may attack you if your cargo is valuable enough... Do you have what it takes to defend yourself? Also, be very careful during wartime, especially if you are transporting weaponry or troops.
- Your very own colonies: Once you are powerful enough you can found your own colonies in order to exploit natural resources and play with the rules of the market.
- Own warehouses to accumulate goods and manipulate the market.
- 11 different ship types from the Age of Sailing, including brigs, galleons, fluyts, frigates and schooners.
- Automatic Trade Routes: Once your fleet is big enough you can make scripts for your ships to follow and they will trade according to your rules automatically.
- Improve your ships' stats by hiring experienced captains or purchasing upgrades.
- Stock market: Invest in companies, help them sell their goods worldwide and collect the profits.
- Corruption simulation system: Obtain an advantage over your opponents by bribing corrupt governments.
- Dynamic weather simulation.
- A rich and immersive soundtrack.
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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