The best space simulation games
Space simulation games, as the name suggests, are all about flying a starship in the vastness of space. The gameplay usually involves one or more of the following activities: space combat, space exploration, trading commodities, taking missions, piracy, crafting, mining asteroids, etc. Some of the most popular space sim series are Wing Commander, Elite and X-Wing / Tie Fighter.
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Star Fleet 2: Krellan Commander
DOS1989 Interstel Corporation
Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space
DOS1993 Strategic Visions
Finally, a game where you don’t blast aliens—you launch real people into space, with all the white-knuckled tension of 1960s NASA. Buzz Aldrin’s Race into Space is a strategy sim with rocket science and Cold War ...
Star Trek: Starfleet Command
Windows XP/98/951999protected Interplay Productions
Star Wars
DOS1988 Atari
Orbiter
DOSMac OS1986 Spectrum HoloByte
Protostar: War on the Frontier
DOS1993 Tsunami Media
WinTrek
Windows 3.x1992
Frontier: First Encounters
DOS1995 Frontier Developments
Shuttle: The Space Flight Simulator
DOS1992 Vektor graphics
Microsoft Space Simulator
DOS1994 The Bruce Artwick Organization
Microsoft Space Simulator is a space flight simulator game developed by Bruce Artwick Organization and published by Microsoft in 1994. It is part of the broader range of simulation games that Microsoft released during the 1990s, b...
Star Wars: X-Wing
DOS1993protected LucasArts
Frontier: Elite 2
DOS1993 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 ...
Elite
DOS1987freeware Firebird
Wing Commander: Privateer
Windows XP/98/95DOSMac OS1993protected Origin Systems
Descent: FreeSpace - The Great War
Windows XP/98/951998protected Volition
Tau Ceti
DOS1987 Thunder Mountain
Star Wars: TIE Fighter
DOS1994protected LucasArts
Space Rogue
DOS1989 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 bou...
Wing Commander
DOS1990freeware Origin Systems
Wing Commander 1 is a space combat simulator video game; the first game in the Wing Commander series. Wing Commander 1 was developed and published by Origin Systems in 1990. The game was created by Chris Roberts and beca...
Nomad
DOS1993 Papyrus Design Group
Psi 5 Trading Company
DOS1986protected Distinctive Software
Wing Commander 3
Windows XP/98/95DOSMac OS1994protected Origin Systems
Wing Commander 2: Vengeance of the Kilrathi
DOS1991protected Origin Systems
Epic
DOS1992protected Digital Image Design
Ascii Sector
Windows 10/11LinuxDOS2007freeware
Ascii Sector is what happens when someone takes Privateer, removes the graphics, and replaces them with pure ASCII and sheer willpower. It’s open-world space sim meets roguelike: you trade, fight, explore, get stabbed in sha...
Elite Plus
DOS1991 Realtime Games
Elite Plus is an enhanced version of the classic space trading and combat simulator Elite, released by MicroPlay in 1991 for MS-DOS. It was designed as an update to the original 1984 game, improving graphics, performance, and over...
Independence War 2: Edge Of Chaos
Windows XP/98/952001protected Particle Systems
LineWars
DOS1990 Safari Software
Star Crusader
DOS1994 Take-Two Interactive
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 ...
Wing Commander: Armada
DOS1994protected Origin Systems
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...
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