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Build a trader’s deck, move stock prices up and down, and meet rising weekly targets without pricing yourself out.
Released 18 Feb 2026
Manipulate Stock Prices
Build Two-Way Decks
Chain Matching Cards
Insider Trading is a roguelike deckbuilder where you bend the market to your will. Synergize perks, manipulate stock prices, and trade wisely or risk pricing yourself out.
Developed by Naiive · Published by Naiive
You play as a trader trying to meet a financial target each week. Runs feature different traders with distinct starting decks and mechanics, and the targets rise as you progress.
On each market day, play cards to move stock prices up or down, then decide whether to trade or skip. You need to balance potential gains against the cost of buying shares: weekly starting funds reset, so prices that climb too high can leave you unable to buy in the following week.
Between market days, draft cards from different pools, weighing their benefits against their drawbacks. Reposition cards to create combos, and use perks and one-use pills to shape your strategy. Events can disrupt a run, and multiple difficulty levels offer additional challenge.
Players who enjoy the game often praise its unusual market-control twist: success depends on being able to lower prices as well as raise them, rather than simply maximizing gains. They also like working out card synergies and making careful turn-by-turn decisions, with some finding the challenge rewarding once the systems click. The rhythmic presentation, visuals, and music are also appreciated. Other reviewers find the difficulty and randomness frustrating, so the challenge is not a universal draw.
A stock-themed roguelike deckbuilder where the market you create can just as easily crush you.
Insider Trading is a deckbuilder about manipulating the stock market. Each run you play as a trader with a unique strategy and a deck of market-moving cards. Play your hand to move prices, controlling how the market reacts. Greed acts like rocket fuel, accelerating gains and risk. Only you can decide when to cash out and secure your profits.
Your Cards Break the Market
This is not a trading simulator. It is a deckbuilder built with your choices. Between market days, you enter the Aftermarket to draft cards from different pools, often taking upside alongside risk. Some cards strengthen your deck. Others weaken it. When the market opens, the deck you built is the only thing shaping price movement.
Strange Characters
Each character is a maverick trader with a unique approach to the market. Get to know their quirks as you play. Their starting decks and special mechanics open up new possibilities, encouraging strategies you might not try otherwise.
Precision Over Power
Command the market in each run, creating opportunities and risks as you build towards your weekly financial target. Push too hard and the cost of entry skyrockets. Play it too safe and the market slips away.
Key Features:
120+ cards to pump, crash, and exploit prices
60+ stackable pills and perks for wild synergies
Unlockable characters with unique decks and mechanics
Combo system rewards smart positioning
Disruptive events like recessions that can derail a run
Multiple difficulty levels for hardcore challenge
Is This Trading?
Nope. Insider Trading is a razor-sharp roguelike deckbuilder dressed up like Wall Street. Outplay the market, amass a fortune, and make Warren Buffett cry. The best part? You won't lose your life savings playing it.
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
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| Achievements | 37 |
| Age ratings |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| Demo | View demo on Steam |
