A free space trading roguelike in the browser tab: fly a ship through procedurally generated sectors, mine asteroids for ore, dock at stations to buy and sell goods, upgrade your hull and weapons, and push deeper until you clear all eight sectors or die. Canvas 2D, no install, no account, nothing uploaded.
Prefer a pure arcade shooter with no trading? Try Asteroid Blaster.
A deep-space trading roguelike on the open-source Orbitron engine. About 50 KB downloads once from this site when you press Play, then the browser caches it.
Best on a desktop with a mouse and keyboard: WASD to fly, mouse to aim, click to fire, E to dock, Tab for cargo.
Void Trader
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Void Trader is a real-time space trading roguelike. You start with 500 credits, a light ship, and one life. Each sector has asteroids to mine, stations to dock at, and pirates that hunt you. Clear a sector to jump deeper; die once and the run ends. Press Play to launch.
Controls at a glance:
| Action | Input |
|---|---|
| Move ship | WASD or arrow keys |
| Aim / fire | Mouse / left click |
| Missile / shield | Right click or X / Space |
| Dock / cargo | E (near station) / Tab |
| Pause / restart | Esc / R |
Stations buy and sell five goods - Titanium Ore, Crystal Shards, Plasma Cells, Nav Data, and Quantum Core - and also repair hull, recharge shields, restock missiles, and upgrade the ship from Scout to Fighter to Cruiser. Mining fills your 20-slot cargo; asteroid hits damage the hull. Pirates scale with depth and pay a bounty.
Eight sectors. Clear every enemy to jump deeper; clear sector 8 to win. Nothing is saved - each visit is a fresh permadeath run. The game is a single 50 KB HTML file (Canvas 2D + Web Audio) and plays best on a desktop. It runs on Orbitron by Daniel Silva Perez under the MIT license, rebranded here as Void Trader.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does Void Trader do?
It is a browser space trading roguelike: fly through eight procedural sectors, mine asteroids for ore, dock at stations to buy and sell five trade goods, upgrade your ship, and fight pirates. Clear a sector to jump deeper. Die once and the run ends.
Does it work on a phone?
The page and the game load on a phone, but the controls are keyboard and mouse only (WASD, click to fire, E to dock). There are no on-screen touch buttons, so a desktop or laptop is the practical way to play.
Is anything saved in my browser?
No. The game is permadeath and session-only - there is no localStorage write, no high-score list, and no account. Each visit starts a fresh run with 500 credits.
How do I make money?
Mine asteroids (they drop Titanium Ore into your cargo), then dock at a station with E and sell what you are holding. Stations also stock the other four goods at randomized prices, so buying low in one sector and selling high in a deeper one is the main profit loop. Destroying pirates pays a bounty in credits too.
What happens when my ship is destroyed?
The run ends immediately. Press R to restart from sector 1 with a fresh ship and 500 credits. There is no continue and no checkpoint.