Space simulations

Space simulation games, as the name suggests, are all about flying a starship in the vastness of space. The gameplay usually involves one or more of the following activities: space combat, space exploration, trading commodities, taking missions, piracy, crafting, mining asteroids, etc. Some of the most popular space sim series are Wing Commander, Elite and X-Wing / Tie Fighter.

Most popular space simulation games

Wing Commander

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Star Crusader

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Frontier: Elite 2

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WindowsLinuxDOS2007freeware4/5
Babylon 5: I've Found Her

Windows XP/98/952003freeware3.8/5 Space Dream Factory
Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space

DOS19933.9/5 Strategic Visions
Deep space: Operation Copernicus

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

Windows XP/98/951998protected4/5 Volition
Elite

DOS1987freeware4.1/5 Firebird
Elite Plus

DOS1991freeware4.1/5 Realtime Games
Epic

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

DOS19932.4/5 Rebellion Developments
Frontier: Elite 2

DOS19934.2/5 Frontier Developments
Frontier: First Encounters

DOS19954.1/5 Frontier Developments
Independence War

Windows XP/98/951997protected3.8/5 Particle Systems
Independence War 2: Edge Of Chaos

Windows XP/98/952001protected4/5 Particle Systems
Iron Seed

DOS1994freeware3.8/5
Lightspeed

DOS19903.5/5 MicroProse Software
LineWars

DOS19904.2/5 Safari Software
LineWars 2

DOS19944.2/5 Safari Software
Microsoft Space Simulator

DOS19944.1/5 The Bruce Artwick Organization
Millennia: Altered Destinies

DOS19953.6/5 Take-Two Interactive
Noctis

DOSWindows XP/98/9520003.9/5
Nomad

DOS19934.2/5 Papyrus Design Group
Orbiter

DOSMac19863.8/5 Spectrum Holobyte
Protostar: War on the Frontier

DOS19934.1/5 Tsunami Media
Psi 5 Trading Company

DOS1986protected4.1/5 Distinctive Software
Shuttle: The Space Flight Simulator

DOS19924.1/5 Vektor graphics
Skyfox II: The Cygnus Conflict

DOS19883.6/5 Dynamix
Space MAX

DOS19923.3/5 Starbyte Software
Space Rogue

DOS19894.1/5 Origin Systems

Space Rogue is a science fiction RPG developed by Richard Garriott's Origin and desined by Paul Neurath. Space Rogue combines a 3D space simulation with a top down view RPG gameplay. As a space pilot you can hunt bounties, buy and sell goods, land on starbases or outposts and talk to NPCs, do quests, etc.
Star Crusader

DOS19944/5 Take-Two Interactive

Star Crusader is an abandoned science fiction first-person 3D space combat simulation, developed by Take-Two Interactive and released by GameTek in 1994 both for DOS and for Amiga platforms. During the game you will have to choose on which side you want to fight: the Gorenes or the rebels. Depending on your choice, you will have different ships ava...
Star Fleet 1: The War Begins

DOSMac19853.8/5 Interstel Corporation