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
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Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021

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.
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Armada 2525

DOS19913.3/5
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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.
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Ascii Sector

WindowsLinuxDOS2007freeware3.8/5
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Astro Dodge

DOS19823.6/5 Digital Marketing Corporation
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Babylon 5: I've Found Her

Windows XP/98/952003freeware3.9/5 Space Dream Factory
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Battlestar

Windows 3.x1996freeware3.7/5
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Blasteroids

DOS19893.8/5 Atari
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Captain Blood

DOSMac19883.8/5 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 players take on the role of Captain Blood, a human abducted by an alien race known as the Thiiny. The gameplay revolves a...
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CHAMP Asteroids

DOS1997remake3.9/5 ChamProgramming corp.
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Command Adventures: Starship

DOS19953.6/5 Future Vision
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Cosmic Crusader

DOS19823.8/5 Funatics Software
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Deep space: Operation Copernicus

DOS19863.9/5 Lerner Research
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Descent: FreeSpace - The Great War

Windows XP/98/951998protected4/5 Volition
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Devastator

DOS19843.4/5 COMPUTE! Publications
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Eagle's Rider

DOS19913.9/5 Microids
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Earthrise

DOS19903.4/5 Interstel Corporation
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EGA Trek

DOS1988remake3/5
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EGA-Roids

DOS1986freewareremake3.7/5 Designer Software
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Elite

DOS1987freeware4.1/5 Firebird
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Elite Plus

DOS1991freeware4/5 Realtime Games
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Epic

DOS1992protected3.9/5 Digital Image Design
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Eye of the Storm

DOS19932.4/5 Rebellion Developments
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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.
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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.
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Frontier: First Encounters

DOS19954.1/5 Frontier Developments
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Galactix

DOS19923.3/5 Cygnus Studios
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Galaxian

DOS19834/5 Namco
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Galaxy

DOS19814.1/5 Microcomputer Games Inc.
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Gamma Force in Pit of a Thousand Screams

DOS19883.8/5 Tom Snyder Productions