In East India Company, players will enjoy building the World's most powerful trading empire & engaging in vigorous battles in both single player & multiplayer modes, all within a breathtaking cinematic game environment.
Mixed
202 Steam reviews
| LANGUAGE | AUDIO | SUBTITLES | INTERFACE |
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Love the game, but crashes a lot. It also has problems with the graphics freaking out especially when there are islands are in the combat map.
Fun little game
Was really looking forward to playing this. Text is too small to see and can't be adjusted. Literally unplayable
East India Company is a strategy title that sets out to explore a relatively uncommon angle within the genre: the uneasy balance between commerce, diplomacy, and naval warfare during the Age of Sail. Developed and published by Nitro Games, the game places the player in control of a European trading power seeking dominance over lucrative trade routes in and around the Indian subcontinent. Rather than focusing purely on conquest or base-building, it emphasizes economic influence and maritime control, asking players to think like merchants and governors as much as military commanders.
At the strategic level, the game revolves around managing a growing trade empire. Players choose from several historical European powers, each with different starting positions and political contexts, and are tasked with expanding influence by establishing trade routes, securing ports, and responding to shifting market demands. Goods such as spices, tea, silk, and other exotic commodities form the backbone of progression, and profitability depends on smart routing, timing, and awareness of supply and demand. This economic layer is where the game shows its greatest ambition, as success often hinges on anticipating market changes and outmaneuvering rival companies rather than simply overpowering them.
Trade management is tightly intertwined with diplomacy and conflict. Rival nations compete for the same ports and markets, and tensions can escalate quickly if trade interests clash. Alliances, truces, and wars are all part of the experience, forcing players to constantly reassess their priorities. Protecting trade routes becomes just as important as expanding them, as enemy fleets can blockade ports or intercept valuable cargo. This creates a persistent sense of vulnerability, where economic success attracts attention and conflict rather than guaranteeing safety.
Naval combat plays out in real time and is deliberately slower and more methodical than many modern strategy games. Battles emphasize positioning, wind direction, broadsides, and the gradual wearing down of enemy ships rather than fast-paced action. Ships feel weighty and deliberate, reinforcing the historical theme, but this also means that combat can sometimes feel drawn out. While visually satisfying in moments, naval engagements often lack the tactical depth needed to stay engaging over long campaigns, and they can begin to feel like obstacles interrupting the economic flow rather than highlights in their own right.
The game also demands a significant amount of micromanagement, particularly as an empire grows. Managing multiple fleets, monitoring trade prices, handling port upgrades, and responding to diplomatic shifts can become overwhelming, especially given the interface limitations. Information is available, but not always presented clearly, leading to moments where the challenge comes less from strategic decision-making and more from wrestling with menus and notifications. For players who enjoy dense management systems, this complexity can be rewarding, but for others it may feel unnecessarily cumbersome.
Presentation reflects the game’s focus on function over spectacle. Maps, ships, and ports are clear enough to convey scale and purpose, but the visuals are dated by modern standards. The historical atmosphere is present, but understated, relying more on context and mechanics than on cinematic flair. Sound design and music support the setting without standing out strongly, contributing to immersion without becoming a defining feature.
Reception to the game has been mixed, largely because its ideas often feel stronger than their execution. The concept of combining deep trade simulation with naval warfare is compelling, and when the systems align, the experience can feel uniquely engaging. However, uneven pacing, limited combat depth, and interface frustrations prevent the game from fully realizing its potential. It is a title that rewards patience and a willingness to engage with its quirks rather than one that offers immediate satisfaction.
Overall, East India Company stands as an ambitious but imperfect attempt to model the economic and military tensions of colonial-era trade empires. Its greatest strength lies in its focus on commerce as a driving force of conflict, offering a perspective rarely explored in strategy games. While its age and mechanical rough edges are evident, players with an interest in naval history, trade simulation, and slower-paced strategic planning may still find value in its distinctive approach, especially if they are willing to look past its limitations and appreciate its niche focus.
Rating: 5/10
не ка не могу Русифицировать игру .кто может помочь?
DLC says its listed but it isn't no pirates or investment companies. Refund this and buy the gold edition on G2A.
все
The game itself is not bad, but the crashes every 20 min... and every time you aoutu protect stuff the ship just sailes of
Постоянно какие то баги и выкидывает из игры. Сама игра прикольная.
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 8-Core Processor 4.50 GHz 64 ГБ
Al empezar el juego al cabo de 10 a 15 minutos desaparece y pierdes todo lo avanzado y tienes que volver a empezar de nuevo.
Great business sim, with a cosy histroical setting
Easy to learn and fun to play. Give yourself a break from war games.
不会吧不会吧大名鼎鼎的p社游戏你们都没见过，我童年的梦啊游戏名称：东印度公司，跟文明2还能比较一下，虽然没席德梅尔的海盗出的早但是游戏本体达到了2gb左右了你们细品，喜欢的就去打折入手
When it came out I would've recommended it. However in the years since release, I am unable to recommend this game due to frequent crashes & the inability to play any of the bought DLC's.
East India Company is a great game, it has everything: war, trade, diplomacy, cunning, maneuver. It is on a par with games like Empire or Crusaders. Unfortunately, it is outdated for modern equipment, and there are few options for changing events with one or another choice in the game.
Ост индская компания це чудова гра, в ній є все війна, торгівля, дипломатія, хитрість, маневр. Вона на рвні ігор Імперія чи Хрестоносці. Нажаль застаріла для сучасного обладнання, та мало варіантів змін подій при тому чи іншому виборі в грі.
Still leanring to play but so far I would recommend to any one interested in the Age of Sail. Nice sail trading game on a strategic level with ship battles on a tactical level.
I had the game for year, loved the game.
I purchased the Gold Edition with all DLCs, then they took it off the store and now I lost access to the DLCs and I am supposed to buy each individual DLC?
Also the game crashes very often and I havent found a work around in year.
Great game, great concept, horrible publisher policies and lack of patches. Cant recommend one of my favorite games.
I love the economy building aspect of this game. The "battles" are really more a side aspects and not hard to figure out. Ive gone back to this game time and time again for about 5 years and still love it every play through
The developers left a bug in the game, it keeps crashing
Otherwise nice game but crashes too much to be enjoyable.
For those experiencing Crashes, Try run it in compatibility mode Windows XP ServicePack3. Since then I haven't have a single crash. I'm still in windows 10.
This would be a fun little game if You didn't have to save every 3 to 5 minutes and restart the game every 15 or 20 minutes. Even though it's cheap what ever is causing it to crash and bug out should have been fixed before it was re-released in the special designer crash bug edition. It's great for people who enjoy mandatory scum saving every minute or two.
Randomly crashes, very annoying to the point I just give up!!! Use to love this game. Back to Cleopatra.
Très mal vieillit au niveau interface et graphismes, crash rencontrés en moins de 2h de jeu
Love this game
童年回忆
An oldie but goldie. recommended for those who like sailing games with trade, diplomacy and combat.
Stars received: 1.8/10 _ Note: v.7 [0.0 to 1] = IMHO
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Game description key-points: This Gamash, lagacy asset as good as +1 to the library
Overview:
I really enjoyed staying away from it, and heartly recommend the same to better build a world
Versuche immer mal wieder den Privater DLC zu acktivieren ist mir bis jetzt noch nie gelungen, auch mit neu installieren keine Möglichkeit an den DLC zu kommen. Überprüft dass von den Betribern vorher niemand!
Hatte das Spiel früher auf CD da hat alles funktioniert. Fühle mich von Steam verscheißert im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes, weil ich ohne diesen Privater DLC, dieses Spiel nie gekauft hätte. Der Steam Support ist dazu völlig Nutzlos!!!!
Love the game but there is a bug that freezes the game after a pirate attacks and I flee. I get away safely but the screen freezes and I have to Ctrl, Alt, and Delete to get out.
East India Company'de oyuncular, nefes kesici bir sinematik oyun ortamında dünyanın en güçlü ticaret imparatorluğunu kurmanın ve hem tek oyunculu hem de çok oyunculu modlarda zorlu savaşlara girmenin tadını çıkaracaklar. Çalıştırması epey zor.
i had this game as a kid on a CD so i figured that i would get it on steam and play it once again as i can't find the disk. But the steam version likes to crash and bug out. Unless the devs fix it its not worth the price. The game came out in 2009 so i'd say there not going to do that.
good game nice
installierte DLC`s lassen sich nicht öffnen. Ich rate vor einem Kauf ab. Eine Rückerstattung des Kaufpreises wurde abgelehnt
it glitch to much
It costs too much for what it's worth. No cards, no achievements 5/10
I would love to recommend this game as past-time breaker if not for the rage-inducing crash that happen too often every 10 or 15 minutes. Gameplay wise, it's not a bad game with decent contents from 2000's, but what breaks me is the bug and crashes that made me not to recommend this game on current state in modern computer.
Years ago I loved this game, Now it wont work. And I paid for the DLC. And they dont dont work, But it is a great game
Игра хоть и древняя, но классная.
游戏是好游戏，可你tm BUG也太勾巴多了
My experience with East India Company started off somewhat on a positive note. I mean, the graphics / sounds are nice, the gameplay is entertaining, but then all of a sudden, the problems decided to crash the party. Let's begin with the tutorials, or should I say the incomplete tutorials? They conveniently forget to mention important details, leaving you to figure things out through trial and error. But hey, who needs proper guidance anyway? It's like living in the glorious 80's when manuals were your only lifeline. Well, it's not like it's the end of the world, right?
At first, managing things seems like a walk in the park, but soon enough, you realize the interface is craving for some magical tools to handle all the tedious micromanagement tasks. Because, you know, who doesn't love controlling multiple fleets and feeling like Sir Henry Morgan? Well... I suppose that even that is somewhat tolerable
But here comes the grand finale of this disaster parade—the frequent crashes. They're like the icing on the cake, the cherry on top. Just when you're basking in the glory of victory and eager to collect your hard-earned loot, BAM! Crash! In my opinion, it's as if the game trips you up, and just when you think it's gonna offer you a helping hand, it instead grabs hold of your hand, steps on your stomach, and breaks your arm to finish the job
In the end, I've come to the profound realization that this title was pretty much designed to mock you just when you think you're reaching the peak of satisfaction. I got it at a "great" discount, but I can't say I really care anymore. It's not worth the hassle and the disappointment
Overall, who needs stability and a smooth experience when you can knock yourself out with frequent crashes, incomplete tutorials and unncessary micromanagement right? Good job, devs! You really nailed it
Ein sehr schönes Handels Szenario aber leider ist beim beenden und abspeichern der Spielstand beim neu laden verschwunden . Es wird nur ein alter Spielstand angeboten. Vielleicht kann mir jemand helfen, den Pfad finden wo der Spielstand hinterlegt wird damit man begreift was die Speicherung verhindert.
old but good trade strategic game
In East India Company, players will enjoy building the World's most powerful trading empire & engaging in vigorous battles in both single player & multiplayer modes, all within a breathtaking cinematic game environment.
Players will fight, manage, and rule nations from Europe to the Far East with eight nationalities to chose from: British, Dutch, French, Danish, Portuguese, Swedish, Spanish, and the Holy Roman Empire. Starting modestly, you will build your fleet, establish connections to far away countries, and keep the rivaling nations at bay. Choose from a wide array of ship classes, including a variety of transport and military vessels. Create diverse fleets and assign each of them specific trading routes. Control and upgrade well situated ports as you form your strategy for domination.
Conflicts and wars are inevitable. When hostile fleets engage each other, the spectacular naval battles are fought from a real-time tactical level. Devastating broadsides are fired with a deafening roar and cannon balls tear through enemy ships and their crew. For greater tactical depth, command your ship and give independent orders to each of your fleets. Fight against the other European powers to create a trading empire that will rule above all others in this groundbreaking strategy war game!
Overall the game is good, but the autosave system has caused me to lose too much progress. I'll be in 1675 relying on autosave (my fault for not saving previously) the game would crash quite frequently and if I happened to load a manual save (1633) then I suddenly just lost half a century of progress because the autosave then kicks in not allowing you to access previous autosaves. Ultimately the game is good but you need to micromanage your saves otherwise you'll continue doing over the same things.
Le jeu plante au démarrage et aucune aide pour y remédier....Dommage.
Går inte att sluta
Me parece un excelente juego, lo que podrían arreglar es el tema para jugar en modo multijugador para que sea mas entretenido y poder tener una mejor experiencia. Si resolvieran ese problema sería excelente.
Early game works ok but the late game breaks due to it taking forever to bankrupt competitors and it's not uncommon for ports to stop producing any resources which make progressing impossible
Great game, but unfortunately it's a crash simulator
Also DLCs don't work anymore, so I'd recommend buying it elsewhere
我电脑也不算垃圾吧 这么老的游戏居然掉帧
Eu gostei do jogo no geral. MAS eu mudaria duas coisas: primeira, batalhas terrestres. (controlar a captura de portos). E segunda, frotas de barcos maior.
This is a game somebody should really bring up to date. Good story line and quite tasking to win.
Good in it's present form worth a go something always happening
Ein "altes" Spiel.
Hat aber viele unterhaltsame + spannende Stunden gebracht :)
if you like dominating AI, its your thing!
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Build your own trading empire. A type of digital monopoly trading with the Indies.
This has been an interesting game to try. It doesn't try to be balanced, as the age wasn't: Portugal has a stark advantage, and one they utilized for a couple generations until overtaken by Spain.
We honestly need a lot more economic and trading games, but it's nice to discover an older gem that was lying on a shelf collecting dust!
I ran into problems almost immediately in basic path finding
I had this game years ago and for what it is, it's enjoyable.
The game itself does work, but the DLC does NOT work on steam!!!!!
5/5 game. But no support, Piratebay DLC broke main game and can't play either anymore.
In my own humble opinion, I don't really feel like this game aged well. It's in the kinda ugly period of gaming where they all looked like wierd collabs between 1990's games and those recent web browser games that look bomb but play like ♥♥♥♥ spilled out of the reapers ass.
EG, I LOVE look of Patrician III (late 90s), it's not a 'of ♥♥♥♥ this game looks amazing' sorta game, but it was cozy... sort of. and I love Tempest (look it up if you don't know it. Terrible as a trader but fun action and not really a long term type of game).
This game, East India Company is somewhere in between those to. I don't like it. I don't think I've ever played a game, other than this one, where I disliked the game purely because I hated how it looked. It was also spectacularly average in terms of gameplay, UI, trading, combat (non-existant, technically. It's statistically settled). Nope, can't recommend this one. I've played browser games that feel like more full games than this one.
This was one of my favorite games when I was a kid and I was really excited to get the chance to play it again.
It is with a heavy heart that I can't recommend the game in it's current state. I can't seem to play for more than 20 minutes before the game crashes or some other sort of fatal bug starts up.
There are smaller issues like when you have a fleet set to patrol the fleet just, goes north and runs into the coast.
There are also really frustrating issues that half the time you come out of a naval battle your game might crash.... and for those who aren't familiar big naval battles could take an hour to complete if you're effectively doing the whole thing manually with 5 on 5 ships.
I really hope that there are some developers who are actively working on the game because I miss playing this one and I desperately want to change my recommendation from a no to a yes
This is still a wonderfully entertaining trading sim.
Une version supposée v1.12 via Paradox encore plus buggée tout simplement car en version française on aura juste accès au menus principaux...!!
Tout le reste crash direct au lancement (didactitiels, campagne, bataille etc...)
En le passant en anglais via Steam, on pourra les lancer mais avis aux bugs/crashs réguliers...
Gra nie jest doskonała, twórcy za mało się nią zajmowali po wydaniu. Gra ma dobry system handlu, każdy port ma swój popyt i podaż, jest niewiele zdarzeń losowych i zleceń, które jednak potrafią dużo zmienić szczególnie mam na myśli kwarantanny. Minusy będą dwa. Sprawa optymalizacji została porzucona za szybko przez twórców, grałem w tą grę i na sprzęcie z 2009 jak i na takim powiedzmy z 2020. Na mapie strategicznej gra albo przycina albo kursor migocze, poza tym gra się wyłącza co ok 1,5 - 2 godziny. Do tego gdy moje eskadry mają wydany rozkaz podróży do dowolnego portu, a wdadzą się w walkę morską, (mimo ze cel podróży jest ten sam) zaczynają blokować się na jednej z pobliskich plaż, która nawet nie była po drodze... Dodam ze odbijając się od plaży, tracą zaopatrzenie co nie polepsza sprawy.
Looks like it would be a fun game, but I can not get it to run.
FUN GAME. GOOD DEVELOPMENT OF COMPANY AND FLEETS. AN ADULT VERSION OF SID MYERS PIRATES.
Games like this one, which cover such a niche and unused periods and themes in history (in this case XVII century trade wars and economy in the east indies) should always be praised and incentivized, and for that, this game already deserves my thumbs up.
However, you can tell how low budget and janky this game is. It has great ideas but execution is a bit too lacking, unfortunatly. The tactical part, with the real time sea battles, is clearly the best part for me, but the strategic part it's too simplistic and lacks depth for my tastes.
Game worked well for me, even though I dont recomend playing it in ultrawide screen, as it presents the world map in a weird vertical ratio. 16:9 it's fine.
I only played this game for the first time recently and for a roughly 12 year old game; I'm actually really impressed.
The things I like;
The files are easily moddable so you can experiment with the game to make it easier, harder or more chaotic.
Every nation has a limited amount of money at any time, so say a nation sends a fleet to India, buys 100 tons of spice at £1000/ton, but on the return journey, the fleet gets attacked, destroyed and go down with their cargo. A blow like that can be devastating to company progress, and could even cause a nation to resign.
I feel this is an essential feature which is missing from other trade sim games, most of them don't simulate rival finances and you can't beat them by bankrupting them because they never go bankrupt.
Things I don't like;
The only thing that I don't like is the market supply system.
From what I understand through gameplay and game files, random quantities of goods spawn in markets and prices randomly scale between 95%-105%.
There is no production chain, there are no carpenters or smithies which need to be fed raw materials to produce other materials or populations that need to consume anything.
I understand that production and population aren't intended to be part of the game. I just prefer that extra layer that gives you more reason to move things from here to there than it makes you money. Though maybe this wasn't possible at the time of development.
Overall, I think this is a great game, I'm really enjoying it and I honestly believe that other trade sim developers can learn quite a bit from this one, it's a shame how obscure and overlooked it is.
killer game for economic growth of the brain
When this came out i considered it _the_ revolution in age-of-sail combat. What a delightful trading sim it was. If you like this genre, you ought to try this one.
A long but very addictive game, many different choices.
Um passa tempo, foi um dos primeiros em que aprendi muito outra língua.
Lots of potential (e.g. interesting era ship types and manual naval battle interface) BUT so many glitches dont understand how this got past the testers??
Roligt tidsfördriv
WARNING!!
This game should not be bought:
1. unplayable
2. crashing
3. getting stuck in combat screen.
I bought this when it was new and it ran smoothly.
Then it got pulled off steam (i do not know why exactly).
Now it can not be played yet it can still be bought on steam.
Do not buy it from steam at least. This version is very broken.
垃圾游戏
Very good game
McAfee causes game to crash as it thinks there is a virus within the main executable file. Temporarily disabling McAfee does not solve the problem - the game still hangs. Successfully ran the game for about 10 hours cumulative, but on starting a new game it now crashes within the first 10 minutes, consistently.
Great Fun
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最近突然又想玩航海类的模拟经营游戏了。DK4玩了太多年，而且在win10下很多问题。突然想起来，东印度公司这个游戏会不会在steam也有了？于是一搜，还真有，赶紧补个票。
这个游戏有个缺点，就是大战役和自由战役都限制了时间长度，不能无限玩模拟经营。而且游戏内容相对来说还是单一了一点。但是价格也是很香的，不打折全套才40几块钱。
补票游戏，第一次接触盗版光盘就是这个游戏，虽然至今游戏也没有汉化，但上3DM上可以找到汉化补丁。
非常有趣的游戏，在09年时令人激动的玩法背后蕴含着丰厚的历史背景。当你看着代表你国家的贸易公司的旗帜一面面冉冉升起时，自豪感油然而生。
征服新大陆时的过场动画让你感受到刀与血的辉煌，而战斗时击沉敌军的战舰时的背景音效至今令人澎湃！
简单模式下，对对贸易与历史政治感兴趣的新人非常友好，可以让你学会在不断征战的同时要照看好自己的生意。
还有一个姐妹游戏，好像是关于西印度题材的，与本作算是互补关系了。那个游戏带有STEAM的成就系统，喜欢挑战自己或沉迷于成就栏不能自拔的朋友可以也顺道关注下。
I enjoy this game though I understand it isn't for everyone.
startet nicht
I highly recommend this game. It isn't your typical just buy stuff and sell stuff and get so much money you are bored out of your mind type of game. You can be doing extremely well one minute and have utterly destroyed your empire the next due to poor decision making. If you expand too fast, you die. If you expand too slowly or in the wrong ways, you haven't a chance. Sure, there could be some refinements and a bit more complexity; but it is truly a grand strategy molded into a smaller package. I put off buying this game for at least a year or two. My only disappointment is that I didn't give it a chance sooner. And I've found that some of the missing features I need aren't really missing, they are just obscure. Like moving ships from one fleet to another; it is the arrow to the left of the "sell ship" button for those who wondered; you are welcome. Give it a try; I would love to see an updated version of this game with more depth more complexity and more features; but until that happens, I will probably play this until I wear it out!
O jogo é antigo, já tem mais de 10 anos, então não espere por gráficos avançados. No entanto, para gosta de desafios e gosta de gestão econômica é muito divertido e desafiador. Os amantes de batalhas navais podem achar interessante também!
Bugged and average.
great ship battles
Great idea, but its so easy it gets boring.
Very good old school naval warfare game without lots of learning needed. Play against AI ships that are not hard to defeat. Trade routes are extra to learn and soon those AI ships will fight back, but with tactics learnt you can still hold to your own fleet
I had this game back when it still came on a CD. Played it for hours on end. This Steam release is somehow worse than the CD version though. Whatever you do, in a sea battle don't select 4x speed, as it pretty much crashes the game.
Tip: I have found it does wonders for your profit margins when you don't pay for the cargo you're selling... or the ships you're hauling it in. No I'm not a pirate; I'm an honest, God-fearing merchant, who just doesn't pay for things.
Dutch VOC for the win.
Good historical simulation. Occasionally crashes, but usually can be recovered with little to no loss in experience. Great sea battle simulation, either from the deck, or in a birds eye view.
is good
The DLC's don't work on the Steam version of this game. Don't buy it if you intend to play the DLCs
"You want us to attack that ship? Maybe after at least 2/3rds of the navy sails over that way, leaving the remaining ships a numerical disadvantage. Allowing them to be easily destroyed."
Yeah, the AI is potato.
If purchased with the DLCs when you play the game you won't have access to the DLCs for some weird reason.
If you want to play this game and it's DLCs then purchase from another platform
