High Seas Trader is a 1995 naval business simulation video game.

The player runs trade routes, fends off pirates, collects artifacts and offers transport to fellow countrymen in need, all for the sake of climbing up the game's ranking ladder, which in turn allows the player to buy bigger ships, more firepower and larger cargo holds to progress more quickly in the ranks.

However, the savings are reduced by the interest rate over time, as the player must pay for the security.

The game was reviewed in 1995 in Dragon #221 by John Brunkhart in the "Eye of the Monitor" column.

[1] Next Generation reviewed the PC version of the game, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "Although the subject material may be a little too dry for some gamers, High Seas Trader is definitely a must for strategy fans.