Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator

Stylish and funny but there's so little substance to this game that I find myself bored after two hours.

only recommend on a heavy sale so its 5$ or under. game is fun but extremely repetitive with not a whole lot of content maybe 2-3 hours in total before it gets boring. 20 is insane for this wish i could get a refund.

I don't know what they're talking about, man. Woohoo Charlie comes in clutch. I learned a horrifying amount about speculative economics. It was a lot of fun. I also found myself staring out the window, depressed about the joke of our society, because very few things in this game is actually parody. Also, there's a lot of people here who say it's just completely random. It isn't, and they believe this because I imagine they gambled a mere one or two babies. You are given context clues by things like side bets (which even when they don't pay off are generally close) and information from consultants you can interpret and use to your advantage. Sure, you can also just gamble blindly, but even the cruelest scenarios don't give you NOTHING to work with.

my baby became a general and dropped 3 nukes and surged in price at the ripe age of 30. then he spent his 170 remaining years protesting and leaking state secrets. i made 30x my money off that baby on the last day of my campaign this game is lovely. i just wish they had custom campaigns. steam workshop would've made this game ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ nirvana

This is a hard game to recommend to anyone that doesn't understand the math that goes into speculative markets and finance. This is more of a puzzle game where you have to figure out on your own where your edges are and what information is actually valuable. It is also very much a push your luck game where your hubris ends up hurting in the long run. The game is pretty funny, but I do wish there was more to analyze or information to sink your teeth into.

buy babies... sell babies... it doesnt matter. you dont get to keep it after you die

tried to short my baby and i lost 100k, greatest game i've ever played, 10/10

Very addictive with a low barrier to entry, very easy to jump right into. On it's surface it seems simple -- buy low, sell high, but what makes this a joy is the other systems that interact with that simple premise. Firstly, the planet you choose to trade on gives you different events as well as trends that effect how you invest, so you start to memorize the possible events and trends that could happen on each planet and predict them. Like one planet is a rural planet ruled by a terraforming corporation, on another robots compete to get rich, another is constant war, etc. On top of that you have consultants that can tell you things like the average stock value, average lifespan, cause of death, amongst other things, with varying degrees of accuracy, but also they take a portion of your earnings. The metagame is learning which consultants are worth taking so you still come out ahead, as if you take all of them you'd only make like 50% of your earnings. And there is also side bets, shorting, the loan shark, etc that get introduced as you play. There are a lot of systems at work that make each run fun imo. There is over a dozen campaigns that shake up these various aspects as well as a fun goofy little story to go with each one. I'll be frank and say the reviews saying this game has "no content" with less than 2hrs on their account almost dissuaded me from purchasing, but I'm glad they didn't and I can confidently say those reviews have no idea what they are talking about. At the time of writing I have only done the first couple campaigns and a few scenarios and I still have many ahead of me. I have not even traded on all the available planets yet. I think this game is worth the full price in my mind, and if you find this review while its on sale I would absolutely recommend jumping on it.