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.
Most popular space games
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Galaxy
DOS1981 Microcomputer Games Inc.
Astro Dodge
DOS1982 Digital Marketing Corporation
Astro Dodge (1982) is basically Frogger — in space. You control a tiny spacecraft tasked with dodging endless waves of meteors, space debris, and possibly your own questionable life choices. There’s no shooting, no exp...
Cosmic Crusader
DOS1982 Funatics Software
Starcross
DOS1982 Infocom
Video Trek 88
DOS1982 Windmill Software
Galaxian
DOS1983 Namco
Space Miner
DOS1983
Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator
DOS1983 Sega
Devastator
DOS1984 COMPUTE! Publications
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
DOSMac OS1984freeware 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 D...
Rendezvous with Rama
DOS1985 Telarium
Rendezvous with Rama is an interactive fiction (text adventure) game released in 1984. Telarium, a subsidiary of Spinnaker Software, was known for producing narrative-driven games based on popular literary works. This adaptation o...
Spacewar
DOS1985
Spacewar is one of the earliest digital computer games and is often considered the first interactive video game. It was created in 1962 by Steve Russell, Martin Graetz, and Wayne Wiitanen at the MIT. The game was developed on the ...
Star Fleet 1: The War Begins
DOSMac OS1985 Interstel Corporation
Star Trek: the Kobayashi alternative
DOS1985 Micromosaics
Deep space: Operation Copernicus
DOS1986 Lerner Research
EGA-Roids
DOS1986freewareremake Designer Software
Orbiter
DOSMac OS1986 Spectrum HoloByte
Psi 5 Trading Company
DOS1986protected Distinctive Software
Space Quest 1: The Sarien Encounter
DOSMac OS1986 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 An...
Star Trek: The Promethean Prophecy
DOSMac OS1986 TRANS Fiction Systems
Starflight
DOS1986 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 explor...
Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021
DOS1987freeware Thinking Machine Associates
Welcome to the future, where space empires are managed entirely via text and colored dots. Anacreon puts you in charge of an interstellar civilization and lets you conquer galaxies with the graphical intensity of an Excel spreadsh...
Elite
DOS1987freeware Firebird
Phantis
DOS1987 Dinamic Multimedia
Project: Space Station
DOS1987 Micro Imagery
Space Quest 2: Vohaul's Revenge
DOS1987protected Sierra On-Line
Star Saga: One - Beyond the Boundary
DOS1987 Masterplay Publishing Corporation
Starlord
DOS1987
Tau Ceti
DOS1987 Thunder Mountain
Captain Blood
DOSMac OS1988 ERE Informatique
Captain Blood is a space exploration video game released in 1988. It was developed by the French company ERE Informatique, and it was designed by Philippe Ulrich and Didier Bouchon. The game is set in a futuristic universe, where ...