Space exploration simulations
Space exploration is one of the most unique genres and the first games ever published dates back a few decades. Space exploration games are a mix of simulation and action. The gameplay is all about piloting a starship in the vastness of space and having fun with activities such as space exploration, trading commodities, space combat, asteroid mining, pirate hunting, etc. The most popular space exploration games are Elite and Frontier, both designed by David Braben.
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Apollo 18: Mission to the Moon
DOS19874/5 Artech Studios
Ascii Sector
Windows 10/11LinuxDOS2007freeware4/5
Captain Blood
DOSMac OS19883.9/5 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...
EGA Trek
DOS1988remake3.3/5
Elite
DOS1987freeware4.1/5 Firebird
Elite Plus
DOS1991freeware4/5 Realtime Games
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.
Frontier: First Encounters
DOS19954.1/5 Frontier Developments
Independence War
Windows XP/98/951997protected3.7/5 Particle Systems
Independence War 2: Edge Of Chaos
Windows XP/98/952001protected4.1/5 Particle Systems
Iron Seed
DOS1994freeware3.8/5
MDDClone
Windows 10/11LinuxMac OS2007remake3.7/5
Millennia: Altered Destinies
DOS19953.5/5 Take-Two Interactive
Noctis
DOSWindows XP/98/9520003.7/5
Nomad
DOS19934.1/5 Papyrus Design Group
Protostar: War on the Frontier
DOS19934.1/5 Tsunami Media
Psi 5 Trading Company
DOS1986protected4/5 Distinctive Software
Star Command
DOS1988protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Star Fleet 1: The War Begins
DOSMac OS19853.8/5 Interstel Corporation
Star Fleet 2: Krellan Commander
DOS19894.2/5 Interstel Corporation
Star Trek: The Rebel Universe
DOS19883.8/5 Firebird
Tau Ceti
DOS19874.1/5 Thunder Mountain
Visual Star Trek
DOS19903.7/5
Wing Commander: Privateer
Windows XP/98/95DOSMac OS1993protected4.1/5 Origin Systems
WinTrek
Windows 3.x19923.9/5
Xiphos
DOS19903.8/5
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