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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.

Most popular space games

Wing Commander
vehicle simulationDOS

Space games

  • starfleet2-krellan-01
    DOS19894.5/5 Interstel Corporation
  • noctis-03
    DOSWindows XP/98/9520004.4/5
  • moo2-administratoroffer
    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.

  • moo3-07
    Windows XP/98/95Mac2003protected4.3/5 Quicksilver Software
  • wing-commander-3-04
    Windows XP/98/95DOSMac1994protected4.3/5 Origin Systems
  • warheads-04
    Windows XP/98/9519974.2/5
  • spacequest1-3
    DOSMac19864.2/5 Sierra On-Line

    Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter is an abandoned adventure game designed by Mark Crowe and Scott Murphy, developed by Sierra On-Line and released in 1986 for DOS. Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter is the first game in the Space Quest series with protagonist the clumsy Roger Wilco and it's one of the most popular AGI adventures created by Sierra in...

  • super-stardust-02
    DOS19964.2/5 Housemarque
  • sq5-2
    DOS1993protected4.2/5 Dynamix
  • starcontrol2-11
    DOS1992protected4.2/5 Toys for Bob
  • nomad-02
    DOS19934.2/5 Papyrus Design Group
  • xenon2-4
    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...

  • starflight2-5
  • starflight-3
    DOS19864.2/5 Binary Systems
  • sq4-1
    DOSWindows 3.x1991protected4.2/5 Sierra On-Line
  • the-dig-08
    DOS1995protected4.2/5 LucasArts
  • tau-ceti-02
    DOS19874.2/5
  • hitchhikerguide-1
    DOSMac1984freeware4.2/5 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...

  • startregjudgerites-1
    DOS1993protected4.1/5 Interplay Productions
  • startrek25-5
    DOS1992protected4.1/5 Interplay Productions
  • masteroforion-5
    DOS1993protected4.1/5 SimTex
  • frontier-1
    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.

  • omnicron-conspiracy-06
    DOS19894.1/5 First Star Software
  • 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.

  • psi-5-trading-company-05
    DOS1986protected4.1/5 Distinctive Software
  • 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.

  • elite-1
    DOS1987freeware4.1/5 Firebird
  • spacesimulator-3
    DOS19944.1/5 The Bruce Artwick Organization
  • privateer-5
    Windows XP/98/95DOSMac1993protected4.1/5 Origin Systems
  • frontier-first-encounters-06
    DOS19954.1/5 Frontier Developments