Space simulations
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.
Most popular space simulation games
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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...
Babylon 5: I've Found Her
Windows XP/98/952003freeware Space Dream Factory
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...
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 ...
Deep space: Operation Copernicus
DOS1986 Lerner Research
Descent: FreeSpace - The Great War
Windows XP/98/951998protected Volition
Elite
DOS1987freeware Firebird
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...
Epic
DOS1992protected Digital Image Design
Eye of the Storm
DOS1993 Rebellion Developments
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 ...
Frontier: First Encounters
DOS1995 Frontier Developments
Independence War
Windows XP/98/951997protected Particle Systems
Independence War 2: Edge Of Chaos
Windows XP/98/952001protected Particle Systems
Iron Seed
DOS1994freeware
Lightspeed
DOS1990 MicroProse Software
LineWars
DOS1990 Safari Software
LineWars 2
DOS1994 Safari Software
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...
Millennia: Altered Destinies
DOS1995 Take-Two Interactive
Noctis
DOSWindows XP/98/952000
Nomad
DOS1993 Papyrus Design Group
Orbiter
DOSMac OS1986 Spectrum HoloByte
Protostar: War on the Frontier
DOS1993 Tsunami Media
Psi 5 Trading Company
DOS1986protected Distinctive Software
Shuttle: The Space Flight Simulator
DOS1992 Vektor graphics
Skyfox II: The Cygnus Conflict
DOS1988 Dynamix
Space MAX
DOS1992 Starbyte Software
Space Rogue
DOS1989 Origin Systems
Space Rogue is what happens when Elite and Ultima decide to have a baby… in space. You’re dumped into a universe of hostile aliens, smugglers, and zero-g dogfights, and it’s your job to survive, explore, and may...
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 ...
Star Fleet 1: The War Begins
DOSMac OS1985 Interstel Corporation
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