Star Traders: Frontiers is an excellent space RPG game where you’re the captain of a starship, making a living for yourself out among the stars. You'll need to navigate Game of Thrones-style court politics, pirates, even terrifying Xenos, all while you try to keep you and your crew paid.
It may be 2D, but it’s a compelling sandbox tactical RPG that lets you play pretty much how you want, with plenty of different options to explore. You can be the eponymous trader, making an honest living or smuggling goods, you can be a mercenary for hire, you can even join a faction and fight for their military in your own warship. It left Steam Early Access three years ago, and developer Trese Brothers has been supporting it with free updates ever since, with the latest milestone introducing mod support.
You can read the details in the most recent developer update, but Star Traders: Frontiers has now been fully integrated with Steam Workshop. When you boot up the game, you’ll be able to load a separate, moddable version of the game that keeps its own save files, and also comes with all of the in-game rewards automatically unlocked.
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