Fleeting Shores

Fleeting Shores is a trading and sailing game about a captain racing against a family curse. You have three years to amass 500 million gold before your life ends. Sail the storm-tossed Mediterranean, pursue profitable opportunities, recruit companions and search for legendary treasures.

Trade and rumors

Standard buy-low, sell-high trading is not enough to meet your goal. Tavern intel can point you to market surges where prices rise several times over. You must decide whether to stockpile goods during a crash or sell during a boom; your choices can make you wealthy or leave you destitute. The tavern is also where you can play Blackjack (21 Points), risking your capital.

Build your ship

Use your limited funds to shape a flagship for your needs. Expand the cargo holds to increase profits on each run, or upgrade cannons and armor to fend off pirates. Recruited experts can improve ship speed, make intel more accurate or reduce trade costs. You woo them with gifts before bringing them aboard.

Explore and recruit

Ports are home to talented people you can recruit as strategic companions. You can also hire expedition teams to search for lost treasure maps and uncover ancient relics. Relics are valuable and can permanently raise your ship’s stat caps; they can also pass down as family heirlooms.

Generations and inheritance

The three-year deadline and 500-million-gold target form a repeating cycle: failing to reach the goal ends your captain’s life, but death does not end the journey. You carry accumulated wealth and rare heirlooms into the next playthrough, bringing each generation closer to breaking the curse.