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Ports of Call Classic cover art

Ports of Call Classic

Dipl. Ing. Rolf-Dieter Klein · Dipl. Ing. Rolf-Dieter Klein · 2019-05-31

Steam

AdventureSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: May 31, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

created by Rolf-Dieter Klein and Martin Ulrich The classic trade- and shippingsimulation Ports of Call. Create your own Shiptrading company.

Ports of Call Classic is an Adventure, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2019, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and Very Positive sentiment (87% of 86 reviews).

4
playing now
87%
positive of 86 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Ports of Call is a business simulation game developed by German duo Rolf-Dieter Klein and Martin Ulrich, and published in 1987 by Aegis Interactive Entertainment. It was initially released for AmigaOS, then MS-DOS. Much later, it was converted to Windows, iOS, Android, and as a browser game.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 43% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 2.1k–5.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 86 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2019-10-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520192026Week of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1112026-09-14 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 9 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 10 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 8 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
71Jun 2019Aug 2026Jun 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Dec 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2020 — avg 3 · peak 10Jun 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2020 — avg 3 · peak 8Dec 2020 — avg 3 · peak 13Mar 2021 — avg 5 · peak 16Jun 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Sep 2021 — avg 3 · peak 8Dec 2021 — avg 3 · peak 14Mar 2022 — avg 4 · peak 12Jun 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Sep 2022 — avg 3 · peak 14Dec 2022 — avg 5 · peak 13Mar 2023 — avg 6 · peak 14Jun 2023 — avg 4 · peak 11Sep 2023 — avg 4 · peak 10Dec 2023 — avg 6 · peak 13Mar 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11Sep 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Dec 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Mar 2025 — avg 3 · peak 14Jun 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Dec 2025 — avg 4 · peak 14Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11Jun 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 16
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$3.992019-06-012026-01-052019-06-01 — best price $4.992019-10-28 — best price $3.992019-11-01 — best price $4.992024-05-20 — best price $4.492024-05-27 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $4.242024-12-04 — best price $4.992024-12-20 — best price $4.242025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $4.492025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-07-30 — best price $3.992025-08-13 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $4.242025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $3.992026-01-05 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6232026-06-01 — 9 pageviews2026-06-05 — 11 pageviews2026-06-09 — 15 pageviews2026-06-13 — 4 pageviews2026-06-17 — 8 pageviews2026-06-21 — 5 pageviews2026-06-25 — 15 pageviews2026-06-29 — 13 pageviews2026-07-03 — 10 pageviews2026-07-07 — 11 pageviews2026-07-11 — 62 pageviews2026-07-15 — 13 pageviews2026-07-19 — 15 pageviews2026-07-23 — 11 pageviews2026-07-27 — 18 pageviews2026-07-31 — 13 pageviews2026-08-04 — 15 pageviews2026-08-08 — 17 pageviews2026-08-12 — 24 pageviews2026-08-16 — 19 pageviews2026-08-20 — 14 pageviews2026-08-24 — 13 pageviews2026-08-28 — 30 pageviews2026-09-01 — 19 pageviews2026-09-05 — 13 pageviews2026-09-09 — 23 pageviews2026-09-13 — 18 pageviews2026-09-17 — 11 pageviews2026-09-21 — 14 pageviews2026-09-25 — 19 pageviews2026-09-29 — 12 pageviews2026-10-03 — 7 pageviews2026-10-07 — 10 pageviews2026-10-11 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Portuguese - Portugal, Swedish

Player tags

2DRetroActionEconomyTradingStrategyAdventureSimulationSingleplayer2D Platformer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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