The most popular space exploration games
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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Frontier: Elite 2
DOS1993 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.
Elite
DOS1987freeware Firebird
Elite Plus
DOS1991freeware Realtime Games
Protostar: War on the Frontier
DOS1993 Tsunami Media
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 players take on the role of Captain Blood, a human abducted by an alien race known as the Thiiny. The gameplay revolves a...
Frontier: First Encounters
DOS1995 Frontier Developments
Star Fleet 1: The War Begins
DOSMac OS1985 Interstel Corporation
Millennia: Altered Destinies
DOS1995 Take-Two Interactive
Apollo 18: Mission to the Moon
DOS1987 Artech Studios
Star Command
DOS1988protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Psi 5 Trading Company
DOS1986protected Distinctive Software
Iron Seed
DOS1994freeware
WinTrek
Windows 3.x1992
Ascii Sector
Windows 10/11LinuxDOS2007freeware
EGA Trek
DOS1988remake
Independence War 2: Edge Of Chaos
Windows XP/98/952001protected Particle Systems
Nomad
DOS1993 Papyrus Design Group
Wing Commander: Privateer
Windows XP/98/95DOSMac OS1993protected Origin Systems
Noctis
DOSWindows XP/98/952000
Independence War
Windows XP/98/951997protected Particle Systems
Star Trek: The Rebel Universe
DOS1988 Firebird
Star Fleet 2: Krellan Commander
DOS1989 Interstel Corporation
Tau Ceti
DOS1987 Thunder Mountain
Xiphos
DOS1990
MDDClone
Windows 10/11LinuxMac OS2007remake
Visual Star Trek
DOS1990
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