States Builder: Trade Empire offers a world-building experience driven by strategy, supply chains, and industrial growth. This idle builder game challenges players to develop human civilization from its earliest resource-gathering stages to advanced, continent-spanning industry. By harvesting materials, crafting goods, upgrading production, and unlocking vast lands, players gradually transform simple settlements into bustling industrial empires.
Start With Logging and Basic Resources
Everything begins with wood—the foundation of early development. Players gather logs, sell them at the market, and reinvest profits to build mills, factories, and essential facilities. As progress continues, new resources become available, creating increasingly complex production paths.
Build Complex Supply Chains
Processed materials offer higher rewards but require more time and planning. Success depends on building efficient supply chains that maximize profits. Each decision influences overall output, encouraging strategic thinking. From combining raw materials to crafting advanced products, the game rewards clever resource management as coins steadily flow in.
Upgrade Facilities for Immediate Returns
Every mine, factory, and processing unit includes six upgrade levels, each increasing productivity. Upgrading the right locations at the right time is crucial for accelerating income. Players adapt their strategy to generate fast profits, pushing forward through each level of the map.
Invest in Long-Term Global Upgrades
Beyond local facility upgrades, players can enhance production speed and boost profit for specific material types. These global upgrades persist across levels, ensuring steady progress throughout the entire game.
Research and Exploration Balloons
Exploration balloons offer an additional strategic layer. By diverting resources toward launching balloons, players gain coins, crystals, and essential scouting data. Each launch provides bonuses and reveals new areas, helping guide progress across uncharted lands.
Discover New Territories
Unlocking all hexes in a region opens the path to new lands. Each territory features unique resources and challenges, keeping gameplay fresh and exciting. With every new area revealed, players must adapt their industrial strategy while uncovering hidden riches.
Fuel the Rocket and Expand to New Continents
When an entire continent has been unlocked, a rocket becomes available. Filling it with resources completes the level and launches players to a brand-new continent. Each new location introduces fresh materials, production chains, and opportunities to rebuild and refine industrial mastery.
FAQs
1. What is the main goal in States Builder: Trade Empire?
The aim is to develop supply chains, unlock new lands, and build a global industrial civilization one hex at a time.
2. How do supply chains work in the game?
Players gather raw materials, process them into higher-value goods, and optimize production to maximize coin earnings.
3. Do upgrades carry over between levels?
Yes, global upgrades for production speed and profit persist across levels and benefit all related facilities.
4. How are new areas and continents unlocked?
By opening every hex in a region, players can unlock new areas, and completing an entire continent activates the rocket to travel onward.
5. What benefits do exploration balloons provide?
Launching balloons grants coin and crystal bonuses while revealing new lands and supporting strategic expansion.
Version History
v1.11.0—4 Dec, 2025
Lots of rewards for new weekly and daily quests!
TRAINS!
Fixed some issues (based on our users' feedback) where players would get stuck previously
Graphics and visual effects optimized to have extreme fun
We keep working on improving your states builder adventures: let us know what you think about this update!
v1.10.1—4 Oct, 2025
Lots of rewards for new weekly and daily quests!
TRAINS!
Fixed some issues (based on our users' feedback) where players would get stuck previously
Graphics and visual effects optimized to have extreme fun
We keep working on improving your states builder adventures: let us know what you think about this update!
v1.10.0—30 Sep, 2025
Lots of rewards for new weekly and daily quests!
TRAINS!
Fixed some issues (based on our users' feedback) where players would get stuck previously
Graphics and visual effects optimized to have extreme fun
We keep working on improving your states builder adventures: let us know what you think about this update!
