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Light of Altair

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First release
May 04, 2009
Publisher
SaintXi
Genres
Indie, Simulator, Strategy, Real Time Strategy (RTS) · 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate), Science fiction
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows)

Light of Altair is a sci-fi colony building game with a deep plot. Grow colonies from landing pod to metropolis, while sending off new spaceships to expand your territory to other worlds. You are not alone in space, 8 factions from different parts of the world are all following their own agendas in the solar system; diplomacy and orbital-combat are essential to learn.

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Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
May 04, 2009
Game modes
Single player
Keywords
spaceship, steam, economy, steam achievements

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Steam users rate this Positive, 33 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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