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Realistic space simulations: no sci-fi sorted by release date

Like civilian flight sims, realistic space simulator games (as Wikipedia calls them) allow the player to pilot a space vehicle in a realistic way, with no science fiction involved in any way: no aliens, no star wars ships. Realistic space sims usully obey the (simulated) laws of physics in a scrict way.

Most popular realistic space simulation games

Orbiter
vehicle simulationDOS, Mac OS
Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space
vehicle simulationDOS
orbiter-01

Orbiter

DOSMac OS1986 Spectrum HoloByte
apollo18-01

Apollo 18: Mission to the Moon

DOS1987 Artech Studios
projectspacestation-2

Project: Space Station

DOS1987 Micro Imagery
shuttlespace-1

Shuttle: The Space Flight Simulator

DOS1992 Vektor graphics
space-max-01

Space MAX

DOS1992 Starbyte Software
buzz-race-into-space-06

Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space

DOS1993 Strategic Visions
spacesimulator-3

Microsoft Space Simulator

DOS1994 The Bruce Artwick Organization
Microsoft Space Simulator is a space flight simulator game developed by Bruce Artwick Organization and published by Microsoft in 1994. It is part of the broader range of simulation games that Microsoft released during the 1990s, but it focuses on space travel and exploration.The simulator was known for its realistic representation of the physics of...
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