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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.

6
playing now
87%
positive of 86 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 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

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 69% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
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 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

1202026-08-07 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 9 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 9 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 10 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 11 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 12 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 9 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 12 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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).

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

Census log

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

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