Light of Altair

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About

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...

Game Details

Developer:SaintXi
Release:June 4, 2009
Metacritic:66
Platforms:
PC
IndieStrategyRTSSci-fi

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