Games set in space sorted by release date

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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Epic

DOS1992protected3.9/5 Digital Image Design

Frederik Pohl's Gateway

DOS19924.1/5 Legend Entertainment

Frederik Pohl's Gateway is one of the best abandoned adventures games from Legend Entertainment. Gateway is an interactive fiction with graphics and an improved interface (unusual for IFs), based on the Frederik Pohl's novel Gateway. Tt was designed by Michael Verdu and Glen R. Dahlgren and published by Legend Entertainment in 1992.

Galactix

DOS19923.3/5 Cygnus Studios

Shuttle: The Space Flight Simulator

DOS19924.1/5 Vektor graphics

Star Control 2

DOS1992protected4.2/5 Toys for Bob

Star Trek: 25th Anniversary

DOS1992protected4.1/5 Interplay Productions

WinTrek

Windows 3.x19923.9/5

Eye of the Storm

DOS19932.2/5 Rebellion Developments

Frontier: Elite 2

DOS19934.1/5 Frontier Developments

Frontier: Elite II is a classic space simulation and trading game released in 1993, developed by David Braben and his company Frontier Developments. Frontier is the sequel to the pioneering 1984 game Elite and is often considered a landmark title in the space simulation genre.

Gateway 2: Homeworld

DOS1993protected3.9/5 Legend Entertainment

Master of Orion

DOS1993protected4.1/5 SimTex

Nomad

DOS19934.1/5 Papyrus Design Group

Protostar: War on the Frontier

DOS19934.1/5 Tsunami Media

Rules of Engagement 2

DOS19933.9/5 Omnitrend Software

Solar Winds 2: Galaxy

DOS19933.9/5 Stone Interactive Media

Solar Winds: The Escape

DOS19934.1/5 Stone Interactive Media

Space Quest 5: The Next Mutation

DOS1993protected4.1/5 Dynamix

Star Trek: Judgment Rites

DOS1993protected4.2/5 Interplay Productions

Star Wars: Rebel Assault

DOSMac OS1993protected4.1/5 LucasArts

Star Wars: X-Wing

DOS1993protected4.1/5 LucasArts

Whale's Voyage

DOS19934/5 neo Software Produktions

Whale's Voyage is an abandoned science fiction first-person view party-based RPG, developed by neo Software Produktions and released by Pro One Software in 1993. Whale's Voyage is currently abandonware and it was published for PC (DOS) and Amiga.