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Trade the Crash

A no-rewind trading survival sim set during the dot-com crash. Manage $50,000, pay living expenses, and trade 63 fictionalized instruments across 818 market days. Choose a career path, manage risk, and learn…

24 August 2026

Trade the Crash is an indie, released 24 August 2026 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Trade the Crash is

Trade the Crash was released in 2026. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A no-rewind trading survival sim set during the dot-com crash. Manage $50,000, pay living expenses, and trade 63 fictionalized instruments across 818 market days. Choose a career path, manage risk, and learn from 86 built-in lessons while every decision carries forward.
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are educational. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Trade the Crash launched on 24 August 2026, within three weeks of The Blood of Dawnwalker, Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy and Mortal Shell II.

Released around the same time: The Blood of Dawnwalker, Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, Mortal Shell II.

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When did Trade the Crash come out?
Trade the Crash was released on 24 August 2026 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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