East India Company
Real-time trading strategy with port management and naval battles
Nitro Games · Released Jul 31, 2009
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 53% of 215
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 3
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- Unknown
- no patch notes on Steam
Metacritic: 67/100 (critic reviews)
What is East India Company?
A real-time strategy and trading game set during the Age of Exploration, where you choose a European nation and seek control of trade routes between Europe and the Far East. You manage goods and fleets, develop ports, negotiate with rivals, and fight naval battles by issuing fleet orders or controlling a ship directly.
For you if...
- +you enjoy managing trade routes and growing a maritime economy
- +you like balancing diplomacy with real-time naval combat
Not for you if...
- −you want naval combat without trade and resource management
What players say
53% of 215 reviews are positive
Players praise the trading and economic management, particularly building a maritime trade empire. They often report crashes and freezes, while some mention save errors or visual glitches during battles.
Screenshots and trailer
East India Company system requirements
Minimum: DirectX 9 GPU, 1 GB RAM, 6 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run East India Company?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows® XP
- Processor
- 1.6 GHz Intel Pentium processor or equivalent AMD Athlon processor
- Graphics
- 128 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible or better video card with pixelshader 2.0
- Memory
- 1GB
- Storage
- approx. 6 GB
Recommended
- OS
- Windows® XP/Vista
- Processor
- 2.0 GHz dual core processor
- Graphics
- 512 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible or better video card with pixelshader 3.0
- Memory
- 2GB
- Storage
- approx. 6 GB
Does East India Company have co-op or multiplayer?
Yes: multiplayer (mode not specified). It also has a single-player mode.
Does East India Company run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English, French, German.
Does East India Company use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Trading
- Capitalism
- Political Sim
- Historical
- Economy
- RTS
- Diplomacy
- Strategy
- Medieval
- Grand Strategy
- Management
- Simulation
- Naval Combat
- City Builder
- Exploration
- Sailing
3 DLC available.
