StrategyFit check
Is Forsaken Portals worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Space-game fans who want exploration combined with trading and crafting
- Strategy players who prefer turn-based ship battles and equipment choices
- Players who enjoy upgrading ships while building and using a space station
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking real-time combat rather than turn-based encounters
- Players who prefer a tightly linear adventure instead of open-world exploration with several connected systems
- Players looking for a focused combat game without trading, crafting, station building, or resource collection
Our take on Forsaken Portals
The broad simulation structure trades immediate focus for variety: exploration, commerce, combat, crafting, ship progression, and station building all compete for attention. Players looking for a single dominant mechanic may find the overall experience less concentrated.
What is Forsaken Portals?
Forsaken Portals is a top-down space simulation with a story set in an open universe.
Players explore hand-designed worlds containing alien races, factories, resources, and space stations, then trade with different races and build a trading empire. Combat uses turn-based battles, with weapon choices shaped by discovered blueprints, crafted equipment, and information about opposing ships. The game includes five ship classes, beginning with a Corvette and progressing through Frigate, Destroyer, Cruiser, and Battleship. Modules add ship abilities related to finding resources, viewing trade goods, and learning about enemy armaments. Players can construct a station for crafting, ship maintenance, upgrades, organic-material cultivation, and access to remote locations. A wider objective involves restoring inactive portals between star systems.
How Forsaken Portals plays
- 01Turn-Based Space Combat
- Players choose weapons for battles using blueprints, crafted equipment, and information about enemy armaments.
- 02Five Ship Classes
- Progression runs from Corvette through Frigate, Destroyer, Cruiser, and Battleship.
- 03Custom Ship Modules
- Installed modules can locate resources, display trade goods at remote stations, or provide information about enemy armaments.
- 04Player-Built Station
- A constructed station supports item production, ship upkeep, upgrades, organic-material cultivation, and access to otherwise unreachable areas.
- 05Portal Reactivation
- The story includes restoring an old interstellar portal network so different races can travel again.
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Forsaken Portals: platforms & release
Is Forsaken Portals worth it?
It is worth it if: space-game fans who want exploration combined with trading and crafting. Skip it if: players seeking real-time combat rather than turn-based encounters.
Where can I download Forsaken Portals?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Forsaken Portals's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Forsaken Portals on?
Windows and Linux.
