# Space Commander: War and Trade

> Action

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1524627432](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1524627432)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1524627432`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Teresa Dymek
- **Category:** Action
- **Rating:** 4.20 / 5 (170 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.7.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-24
- **First published:** 2020-10-13
- **Size:** 283 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-16
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/space-commander-war-and-trade/id1524627432)
- **Website:** [https://homenetgames.com](https://homenetgames.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.homenetgames.com/privacypolicy.htm](https://www.homenetgames.com/privacypolicy.htm)

## Description

Space Commander: War and Trade is a single-player space-sim that blends fast-paced combat with deep trading and fleet management. Build and customize your fleet from a range of ship classes, upgrade commander skills, and chart your course across a galaxy generated by the expansive module. With diverse campaigns offering arcade-style action and sandbox RPG elements, you can tailor your experience from the bridge of a nimble fighter to the helm of a capital fleet.

Choose a career path — mercenary, trader, or mobster — and pursue faction missions to unlock new content, higher-risk jobs, and greater profits. The game includes an in-game economy, station wares, trade routes, fuel management, and production modules. Create your own stories with the mission editor and explore community-made campaigns across countless star systems.

## Rankings

- #115,158 — Overall

## Review summary

Reviewers praise Space Commander for its engaging story, strong graphics, and open-world space feel, plus a deep trade/economy loop and freedom to field a large fleet without mandatory purchases. Recurrent criticisms focus on update cadence, desire for capital-ship gameplay, and problematic touch controls on mobile, along with combat balance/AI issues and limited ship variety. Despite these flaws, the core gameplay has solid appeal and clear potential for future expansions.

### Pros

- Engaging storyline with strong graphics and a Star Wars vibe.
- Deep, enjoyable trade/economy and fleet management in an open-world space setting.
- Freedom to own and command a large fleet without mandatory premium purchases (no hard cap on ships).
- Solid core gameplay with potential for future updates and expansion.

### Cons

- Update cadence/content additions are inconsistent; many reviewers want more content, noting the game hasn’t been updated in years in some cases.
- Touchscreen controls are poor and difficult to use for combat; many players recommend a controller.
- Combat balance and AI issues; combat can be unrewarding and expensive; partner AI can be unreliable.
- Desire for capital ships / battleship-class content; current lack of capital ship ownership/control.
- Limited ship variety (about 26 ships) and a demand for more ships and deeper ship diversity.

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