The most popular space simulation games

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.

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Wing Commander

DOS1990freeware Origin Systems

Wing Commander 1 is a space combat simulator video game; the first game in the Wing Commander series. Wing Commander 1 was developed and published by Origin Systems in 1990. The game was created by Chris Roberts and beca...

Elite

DOS1987freeware Firebird

Ascii Sector

Windows 10/11LinuxDOS2007freeware

Ascii Sector is what happens when someone takes Privateer, removes the graphics, and replaces them with pure ASCII and sheer willpower. It’s open-world space sim meets roguelike: you trade, fight, explore, get stabbed in sha...

Star Wars

DOS1988 Atari

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 ...

Iron Seed

DOS1994freeware

Wing Commander: Privateer

Windows XP/98/95DOSMac OS1993protected Origin Systems

Lightspeed

DOS1990 MicroProse Software

Shuttle: The Space Flight Simulator

DOS1992 Vektor graphics

Space Rogue

DOS1989 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 bou...

Star Wars: X-Wing

DOS1993protected LucasArts

Wing Commander: Armada

DOS1994protected Origin Systems

Wing Commander: Armada is space combat simulation game developed by Origin Systems and released by Electronic Arts in 1994 for DOS. Wing Commander: Armada is part of the Wing Commander game series and was published before Wind Com...

Elite Plus

DOS1991 Realtime Games

Elite Plus is an enhanced version of the classic space trading and combat simulator Elite, released by MicroPlay in 1991 for MS-DOS. It was designed as an update to the original 1984 game, improving graphics, performance, and over...

LineWars 2

DOS1994 Safari Software

Deep space: Operation Copernicus

DOS1986 Lerner Research

Star Trek: Starfleet Command

Windows XP/98/951999protected Interplay Productions

Skyfox II: The Cygnus Conflict

DOS1988 Dynamix

Star Crusader

DOS1994 Take-Two Interactive

Star Crusader is an abandoned science fiction first-person 3D space combat simulator, developed by Take-Two Interactive and published by GameTek in 1994 for both DOS and Amiga platforms. In the game, you must choose which side to ...

Star Fleet 1: The War Begins

DOSMac OS1985 Interstel Corporation

Star Wars: TIE Fighter

DOS1994protected LucasArts

Epic

DOS1992protected Digital Image Design

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

DOS1989 Mindscape

Starglider

DOS1986 Argonaut Games

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, b...

Noctis

DOSWindows XP/98/952000

Babylon 5: I've Found Her

Windows XP/98/952003freeware Space Dream Factory

Released in 2003 for Windows XP, Babylon 5: I've Found Her is the kind of fan-made game that makes you question whether it’s actually fan-made or secretly a pilot for a new sci-fi show. You pilot sleek Starfuries in this spa...