The best abandonware vehicle simulation games
Vehicle simulation games put the player right in the pilot’s seat, for an immersive and realistic game experience. Vehicles can be cars, airplanes, spaceships, or tanks. Simulation is often based on details in order to augment realism, like full-features dashboards, controls, gauges, and indicators.
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Great Naval Battles: North Atlantic 1939 - 1943
DOS1992protected naval simulation
Independence War 2: Edge Of Chaos
Windows XP/98/952001protected space combat, space exploration, space simulation
Metaltech: Battledrome
DOS1994 mech simulation
Overlord
DOS1994 flight simulation
Strike Fleet
DOS1989 naval simulation
Subhunt
DOS1997 naval simulation, submarine simulation
Super Huey UH-IX
DOS1985protected helicopter simulation, flight simulation
Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0
DOSMac OS1989 civilian flight simulation, flight simulation
Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0 (MSFS 4.0) is a flight simulation game released by Microsoft in 1989 for MS-DOS. It was the fourth major version of the Microsoft Flight Simulator series and introduced several improvements over its ...
Star Crusader
DOS1994 space simulation, space combat
Star Crusader is an abandoned science fiction first-person 3D space combat simulator, developed by Take-Two Interactive and published by GameTek in 1994 for both DOS and Amiga platforms. In the game, you must choose which side to ...
Archimedean Dynasty
DOS1996protected naval simulation, submarine simulation
In Archimedean Dynasty, humanity did the logical thing after wrecking the surface world: moved underwater and started shooting each other in submarines. It's part tactical sim, part gritty sci-fi novella, and entirely German in it...
Dawn Patrol
DOS1994 flight simulation
Wing Commander: Armada
DOS1994protected space combat, space simulation
Wing Commander: Armada is space combat simulation game developed by Origin Systems and released by Electronic Arts in 1994 for DOS. Wing Commander: Armada is part of the Wing Commander game series and was published before Wind Com...
Armored fist
DOS1994 tank simulation
Armored Fist is all about tanks. Big, heavy, no-nonsense tanks. It's essentially a driving sim for people who think speed is overrated and armor is fashion. Missions involve slow, deliberate destruction, long-distance sniping, and...
The Dam busters
DOS1985 flight simulation
Flight of the Intruder
DOS1990 flight simulation
Great Naval Battles vol. 2: Guadalcanal 1942 - 43
DOS1994protected naval simulation
Ace of Aces
DOS1987 flight simulation
Ace of Aces (1987, DOS) is a game where you pilot a WWII plane via a series of still-image panels that suggest action more than deliver it. It’s like a flipbook with ambitions. You’ll toggle views, dodge bullets (sort ...
Subwar 2050
DOS1993 submarine simulation
Mechwarrior 2: 31st Century Combat
DOS1995 mech simulation
Harpoon II
DOS1994protected naval simulation
Blue Angels: Formation Flight Simulation
DOS1989 flight simulation
Ever wondered what it’s like to fly inches from another jet’s tail while defying both gravity and common sense? Blue Angels: Formation Flight Simulation (1989, DOS) tries to capture the precision of elite aerobatics wi...
Starglider 2
DOSMac OS1989 space simulation, space combat
Xiphos
DOS1990 space simulation, space exploration, space combat
Transarctica
DOS1993
MDDClone
Windows 10/11LinuxMac OS2007remake space exploration
Deep space: Operation Copernicus
DOS1986 space combat, space simulation
Babylon 5: I've Found Her
Windows XP/98/952003freeware space simulation, space combat
Released in 2003 for Windows XP, Babylon 5: I've Found Her is the kind of fan-made game that makes you question whether it’s actually fan-made or secretly a pilot for a new sci-fi show. You pilot sleek Starfuries in this spa...
Cybercon III
DOS1992 first-person action-adventure
Ocean Ranger
DOS1988 naval simulation
Arctic Fox
DOS1987 tank simulation, first-person shooter
Tank controls + polar bears + Cold War vibes = Arctic Fox. In this early vehicular combat sim, you're piloting a futuristic snow tank across an icy wasteland to stop some aliens or Russians or alien Russians. The plot is thin, the...