Spacefreight is a game you play using just your standard web browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, for example). You don't have to download anything. You only need to provide your e-mail address so we can send you a password to get you started. When you create an account and log into it you will be taken into a virtual world where you run an interplanetary transportation company. You need to decide when to buy more space ships, which cargo to transport, who to employ, who to fire.
The decisions you make along with a little luck will affect your success. Will your strategy build up a muiti-billion credit freight company or will you go bust; the way you run your company will decide! Your company will have to compete with many competitors with a one million cubic lightyear galaxy.
There are more than one ship type so you can make money in a variety of ways. There are always new features being introduced into the game. Socialize by sending messages to other players, chatting in the chatroom or posting in the forum.