The best space games
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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Orbiter
DOSMac OS19864.3/5 Spectrum HoloByte
Master of Orion 2: Battle at Antares
DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected4.3/5 SimTex
Master of Orion II is a 4X turn-based sci-fi strategy game set in space. Master of Orion 2 gives the player an empire to run by controlling food and production, managing economy and researching new technology. The player can wage war against other races or use spies and diplomacy to achieve victory.
Super Stardust
DOS19964.3/5 Housemarque
Space Quest 1: The Sarien Encounter
DOSMac OS19864.3/5 Sierra On-Line
Space Quest I: The Sarien Encounter is a graphic adventure game developed and published by Sierra On-Line, released in 1986. It was created by the duo of Scott Murphy and Mark Crowe, who later became known as the "Two Guys from Andromeda". The game is renowned for its humor and engaging story set in a science fiction universe.In Space Quest I playe...
Star Control 2
DOS1992protected4.2/5 Toys for Bob
Xenon 2: Megablast
DOS19904.2/5 Bitmap Brothers
Xenon 2: Megablast is a classic shoot'em up developed by Bitmap Brothers and released by Image Works in 1990 for DOS and for a plethora of other systems. Xenon was good, Xenon 2 was far better. Compared to today standards Xenon 2 is perhaps a mediocre shoot 'em up, but at the time every shooter fan loved it. Plus, it was developed by Bitmap Brother...
Star Fleet 2: Krellan Commander
DOS19894.2/5 Interstel Corporation
Starflight 2: Trade routes of the Cloud Nebula
DOS19894.2/5 Binary Systems
Master of Orion 3
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2003protected4.2/5 Quicksilver Software
Star Trek: Judgment Rites
DOS1993protected4.2/5 Interplay Productions
Psi 5 Trading Company
DOS1986protected4.2/5 Distinctive Software
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
DOSMac OS1984freeware4.2/5 Infocom
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a humorous free text adventure game based on the novel of the same name written by Douglas Adams (if you never read it, shame on you!). The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was designed by Douglas Adams himself and interactive fiction god Steve Eric Meretzky, it was released by Infocom in 1984 for DOS and for...
Ascendancy
DOS19954.2/5 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.
Warheads
Windows XP/98/9519974.1/5
Xenon 2000: Project PCF
Windows XP/98/952000remake4.1/5 Bitmap Brothers
Xenon 2000: Project PCF is a vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up video game and originally released in 2000. It is a sequel to the earlier game "Xenon 2: Megablast," which was developed by The Bitmap Brothers and released in 1989.In Xenon 2000, players control a spaceship and engage in fast-paced shooting action as they face off against waves of enemy ...
Space Ace
DOS19894.1/5 ReadySoft
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary
DOS1992protected4.1/5 Interplay Productions
Omnicron Conspiracy
DOS19894.1/5 First Star Software
Frontier: First Encounters
DOS19954.1/5 Frontier Developments
Starflight
DOS19864.1/5 Binary Systems
Starflight is a classic space exploration and role-playing video game released in 1986 by Binary Systems and published by Electronic Arts. It is known for its innovative gameplay, as well as its open-ended approach to space exploration and storytelling.The game is set in a massive, procedurally generated universe with thousands of star systems to e...
Shuttle: The Space Flight Simulator
DOS19924.1/5 Vektor graphics
Where in Space is Carmen Sandiego? Deluxe
DOS19934.1/5 Broderbund
Space Quest 4: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers
DOSWindows 3.x1991protected4.1/5 Sierra On-Line
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.
Star General
Windows XP/98/95DOS1996protected4.1/5 Catware, Inc.
Star General is a turn-based strategy game developed by Catware and published by SSI (Strategic Simulations, Inc.). It was released in 1996 for MS-DOS and later for Windows. The game is set in a science fiction universe where players take command of one of five different factions, each vying for control of the galaxy.In Star General, players comman...
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.
Master of Orion
DOS1993protected4.1/5 SimTex
Protostar: War on the Frontier
DOS19934.1/5 Tsunami Media
Star Wars: X-Wing
DOS1993protected4.1/5 LucasArts
Microsoft Space Simulator
DOS19944.1/5 The Bruce Artwick Organization