# Offworld Trading Company

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Offworld Trading Company and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a favorite real-time strategy game; one commenter says its loops are shorter and more gamified.

## Why people recommend it

- Called a favorite real-time strategy game (1 comments): "Offworld Trading Company is one of my favorite RTSes." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47056703))
- Shorter, more gamified play loops (1 comments): "much shorter and gamified loops - which isn't a criticism, just not exactly the same itch" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49496651))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Battle for Wesnoth](https://hackerapproved.com/p/battle-for-wesnoth.md): 39 recommend
- [Sid Meier's Civilization](https://hackerapproved.com/p/civilization.md): 25 recommend
- [Sid Meier's Civilization III](https://hackerapproved.com/p/civilization-iii.md): 20 recommend
- [Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri](https://hackerapproved.com/p/alpha-centauri.md): 16 recommend
- [Heroes of Might and Magic III](https://hackerapproved.com/p/heroes-of-might-and-magic-iii.md): 16 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://mohawkgames.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Offworld Trading Company", https://hackerapproved.com/p/offworld-trading-company/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).