Abandonware DOS title

Games set in space

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.

Most popular space games

Master of Orion 2: Battle at Antares
strategyDOS, Windows XP/98/95
Wing Commander
vehicle simulationDOS

Space games

  • anacreon-1
    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.

  • ascendancy-02
    DOS19954.1/5 The Logic Factory

    Ascendancy is a science fiction themed turn-based strategy game developed by The Logic Factory and released in 1995 for DOS. Ascendancy is a classic 4X game (eXpand, eXplore, eXploit, eXterminate), similar to Master of Orion, yet with a few differences such as a technology tree.

  • ascii-sector-02
    Windows XP/98/95LinuxDOS2007freeware4/5
  • astro-dodge-1
    DOS19823.6/5 Digital Marketing Corporation
  • bab5-found-her-03
    Windows XP/98/952003freeware3.8/5 Space Dream Factory
  • battlestar-05
    Windows 3.x1996freeware3.6/5
  • blasteroids-1
    DOS19893.8/5 Atari
  • captainblood-2
    DOSMac19883.8/5 ERE Informatique

    Exxos released Captain Blood for PC, Amiga and Atari ST in 1988. Captain Blood is a peculiar science fiction game developed by french ERE Informatique which defies genres: it's part adventure, part space exploration, part simulation.

  • champ-asteroids-01
    DOS1997remake4/5 ChamProgramming corp.
  • starshipinv-6
    DOS19953.5/5 Future Vision
  • cosmic-crusader-01
    DOS19823.8/5 Funatics Software
  • deepspace-2
    DOS19863.9/5 Lerner Research
  • freespace1-06
    Windows XP/98/951998protected3.9/5 Volition
  • devastator-01
    DOS19843.4/5 COMPUTE! Publications
  • eagles-rider-04
    DOS19914.1/5 Microids
  • earthrise-07
    DOS19903.3/5 Interstel Corporation
  • egatrek-03
    DOS1988remake2.7/5
  • egaroids-2
    DOS1986freewareremake3.7/5 Designer Software
  • elite-1
    DOS1987freeware4.1/5 Firebird
  • eliteplus-5
    DOS1991freeware4.1/5 Realtime Games
  • epic-4
    DOS1992protected3.9/5 Digital Image Design
  • eye-of-the-storm-04
    DOS19932.4/5 Rebellion Developments
  • gateway1-3
    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.

  • frontier-1
    DOS19934.2/5 Frontier Developments
  • frontier-first-encounters-06
    DOS19954.1/5 Frontier Developments
  • galaxian-2
    DOS19834/5 Namco
  • galaxy-4
    DOS19814/5 Microcomputer Games Inc.
  • gammaforce-1
    DOS19883.8/5 Tom Snyder Productions
  • gateway2_home_000
    DOS1993protected4/5 Legend Entertainment
  • hardnova-9
    DOS19903.7/5 Malibu Interactive