
Early Access
Yes, last updated 19 days ago, with about 1 update per month.
Last checked Oct 22, 2026
Trade Empire is a medieval trade strategy game. Create your merchant, start trading in your chosen city, and use diplomatic moves to take control of trade across the entire map and eliminate your rivals.
The developer filed this on the Steam store page. It is not a guess by active.games.
Some of the visuals and music were generated by AI to serve as placeholders before the full release.
Oct 2, 2026 · Patch note
Trade Empire - Version 0.3 Announcement (opens in new tab)
Hello Merchants, Planned for release at the end of October, v0.3 will be one of the most extensive updates I have worked on for Trade Empire so far. With this update, several of the game's core systems will receive significant changes. Buying and selling will be reworked to require more detail and strategic decision-making, while new mechanics such as port…
Jul 23, 2026 · Build
Public branch build 24356694
Latest build time Steam reports for the public branch.
Jul 23, 2026 · Patch note
Trade Empire - Dev Diary #16 - Danger Zones & Additional Security Options (opens in new tab)
Hello merchants, With the 0.2.7 update , danger zones and protective measures for intercity journeys have been completely reworked. Pirates, bandits, war zones, epidemics, and severe weather no longer affect every type of cargo in the same way. Each danger now targets different goods according to its own rules, and encounters may result in either minor or m…
Jun 26, 2026 · Patch note
Trade Empire - Dev Diary #15 - New Features, Improvements & Fixes (opens in new tab)
Hello merchants, With update 0.2.6, many improvements have been made to the guild system, intercity trade panel, market interactions, and city information screens. Several interfaces have been simplified to make decision-making easier, new information panels have been added, and various localization issues have been fixed. NEW FEATURES Effect: Cultural Fair…
May 29, 2026 · Patch note
Trade Empire - Dev Diary #14 - Envanter Değişiklikleri ve Ticaret Lisansları (opens in new tab)
Greetings merchants, With update 0.2.5, several new improvements and adjustments have been added to the game. The guild system, which was added during the demo phase but kept inactive for a while because it disrupted the game flow, has now been partially integrated into the game. Once the required conditions are met, players can now establish a main guild.…
Trade Empire last posted a patch note 19 days ago (Oct 2, 2026: Trade Empire - Version 0.3 Announcement (opens in new tab)).
It got about 1 update per month over the last year and is consistent (61/100). 5 of the last 7 months had at least one update day. Gaps between updates are uneven.
No. It shipped a build or patch note within the last 90 days and updates steadily.
Trade Empire: 8 updates in the last 12 months, avg every 31 days. The chart shows the last 12 months, including months with zero patch notes. Counts are dated patch and update posts, not branch builds. The Early Access release on 2026-04-20 falls inside this window.
| Month | Updates |
|---|---|
| November 2025 | 0 |
| December 2025 | 0 |
| January 2026 | 0 |
| February 2026 | 0 |
| March 2026 | 0 |
| April 2026 | 2 |
| May 2026 | 2 |
| June 2026 | 1 |
| July 2026 | 1 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 0 |
| October 2026 | 1 |