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Port Aphelion

Port Aphelion is a trading-simulation and adventure game where players build their economic empire through honest trade, smuggling, bounty-hunting, or all-out piracy!

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Developer
John Pile Jr, Matthew Moore
Publisher
John Pile Jr
Release
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About the Game

Port Aphelion is a trading-simulation and adventure game where players build their economic empire through honest trade, smuggling, bounty-hunting, or all-out piracy!

Features include:
  • Open World
  • Economic Simulation
  • Story mode and Sandbox

Gameplay includes:
  • Navigate the Politics of Multiple Factions.
  • Define Complex Trade Routes to Maximize your Profits!
  • Play as Merchant, Smuggler, Pirate, or Bounty-Hunter!
  • Modify game settings to generate unique star systems!
  • Replay again and again with fractal-generated worlds!
  • As you build large fleets, upgrade your ship captains' skills to improve their ability in combat, trade, and smuggling.
  • Space Battles, Space Piracy, Space Marauding, and Space Madness!

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