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The most popular space games

Science fiction doesn't always means space battles, space exploration, exploding stars, etc. In some games, though, the "space" element is heavily present. Space simulations, shoot 'em ups, RPGs are some of the genres where science fiction "space" games are abundant.
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Starflight

DOS19864.1/5 Binary Systems
Starflight is a classic space exploration and role-playing video game released in 1986 by Binary Systems and published by Electronic Arts. It is known for its innovative gameplay, as well as its open-ended approach to space exploration and storytelling.The game is set in a massive, procedurally generated universe with thousands of star systems to e...
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Command Adventures: Starship

DOS19953.6/5 Future Vision
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Space Quest 3: The Pirates of Pestulon

DOSMac OS1989protected3.9/5 Sierra On-Line
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Wing Commander 3

Windows XP/98/95DOSMac OS1994protected4.1/5 Origin Systems
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Elite

DOS1987freeware4.1/5 Firebird
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Frontier: First Encounters

DOS19954.1/5 Frontier Developments
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Galaxy

DOS19814.1/5 Microcomputer Games Inc.
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Star Control 2

DOS1992protected4.2/5 Toys for Bob
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Star Wars: Rebel Assault

DOSMac OS1993protected4.1/5 LucasArts
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Tau Ceti

DOS19874.1/5 Thunder Mountain
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Space Rogue

DOS19894/5 Origin Systems
Space Rogue is a science fiction RPG developed by Richard Garriott's Origin and desined by Paul Neurath. Space Rogue combines a 3D space simulation with a top down view RPG gameplay. As a space pilot you can hunt bounties, buy and sell goods, land on starbases or outposts and talk to NPCs, do quests, etc.
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Solar Winds: The Escape

DOS19934.1/5 Stone Interactive Media
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Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021

DOS1987freeware3.9/5 Thinking Machine Associates
Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021 is one of the first 4x turn-based strategy games, ASCII based. Anacreon is set in space, as most 4x sci-fi games are, and was published by Thinking Machines Associates and designed by George Moromisato who later re-released the game as freeware.
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Wing Commander: Privateer

Windows XP/98/95DOSMac OS1993protected4.1/5 Origin Systems
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Millennia: Altered Destinies

DOS19953.5/5 Take-Two Interactive
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Master of Orion 3

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2003protected4.2/5 Quicksilver Software
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Space Quest 2: Vohaul's Revenge

DOS1987protected4/5 Sierra On-Line
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MegaTraveller 2: Quest for the Ancients

DOS19913.6/5 Paragon Software
MegaTraveller 2: Quest for the Ancients is the sequel to MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy. It is a science fiction role-playing game (RPG) released in 1991, developed by Paragon Software. Like its predecessor, MegaTraveller 2 is set in the expansive Traveller universe.In MegaTraveller 2, players continue their journey in the Third Imperium, ...
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MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy

DOS19903.9/5 Paragon Software
MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy is a science fiction role-playing game (RPG) released in 1990. The Zhodani Conspiracy is the first installment in the MegaTraveller series and was developed by Paragon Software.MegaTraveller 1 takes place in the Traveller universe's Third Imperium, a vast interstellar empire. The plot revolves around a c...
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Descent: FreeSpace - The Great War

Windows XP/98/951998protected4/5 Volition
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Epic

DOS1992protected3.9/5 Digital Image Design
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Space Ace 2: Borf's Revenge

DOS19913.7/5 ReadySoft
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Operation: Inner Space

Windows 3.x1994protecteddemo3.7/5 Software Dynamics
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Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

DOS19893.4/5 Mindscape
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Deep space: Operation Copernicus

DOS19863.9/5 Lerner Research
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Space Quest 5: The Next Mutation

DOS1993protected4.1/5 Dynamix
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Protostar: War on the Frontier

DOS19934.1/5 Tsunami Media
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Independence War

Windows XP/98/951997protected3.7/5 Particle Systems