Abandonware vehicle simulation games sorted by year, newest first
Vehicle simulation games put the player right in the pilot’s seat, for an immersive and realistic game experience. Vehicles can be cars, airplanes, spaceships, or tanks. Simulation is often based on details in order to augment realism, like full-features dashboards, controls, gauges, and indicators.
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Windows 10/11LinuxMac OS2007remake space exploration
Dark Horizons Lore: Invasion
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux2004freeware first-person shooter, mech simulation
Babylon 5: I've Found Her
Windows XP/98/952003freeware space simulation, space combat
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...
Aquanox
Windows XP/98/952001protected first-person shooter, submarine simulation
Dive into Aquanox (2001), where post-apocalyptic submarines battle it out beneath the ocean in a world that’s half Waterworld, half neon rave. With moody lighting and dialogue that screams “we’re trying to be dee...
Independence War 2: Edge Of Chaos
Windows XP/98/952001protected space combat, space exploration, space simulation
Sub Command
Windows XP/98/952001protected submarine simulation
Sub Command is a naval warfare simulation game developed by Sonalysts Inc. and released in 2001. In Sub Command, you assume the role of a captain commanding one of three advanced nuclear-powered submarines. The game focuses o...
Noctis
DOSWindows XP/98/952000 space exploration, space simulation
Fleet Command
DOS1999protected naval simulation, real-time tactics
Star Trek: Starfleet Command
Windows XP/98/951999protected space combat, space simulation
Descent: FreeSpace - The Great War
Windows XP/98/951998protected space simulation, space combat
Extreme Assault
DOS1997 flight simulation, first-person shooter
Flying Corps
DOSWindows 3.x1997protected flight simulation
Independence War
Windows XP/98/951997protected space combat, space exploration, space simulation
Subhunt
DOS1997 naval simulation, submarine simulation
Archimedean Dynasty
DOS1996protected naval simulation, submarine simulation
In Archimedean Dynasty, humanity did the logical thing after wrecking the surface world: moved underwater and started shooting each other in submarines. It's part tactical sim, part gritty sci-fi novella, and entirely German in it...
F-22 Lightning 2
DOS1996 flight simulation
Great Naval Battles vol. 5: Demise of the Dreadnoughts 1914-18
DOS1996protected naval simulation
Great Naval Battles vol. 5: Demise of the Dreadnoughts 1914-18 is an abandoned naval simulation game, developed for DOS only by Divide by zero and released by SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. in 1996. As the title implies, Great Nav...
Jane's Combat Simulations: Advanced Tactical Fighters
DOS1996 flight simulation
Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries
DOSWindows XP/98/951996 mech simulation
MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries is a standalone expansion to MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat, released in 1996 by Activision. Part of the larger BattleTech universe, the game puts players in control of a customizable BattleMech as t...
SimCopter
Windows XP/98/951996 civilian flight simulation, helicopter simulation, flight simulation
Apache Longbow
DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected flight simulation, helicopter simulation
Step into the cockpit of the Apache Longbow, a 1995 combat flight simulator where you’ll experience the thrilling sensation of trying to figure out keyboard controls before getting shot down by invisible enemies. It's a seri...
EF 2000
DOS1995 flight simulation
Frontier: First Encounters
DOS1995 space exploration, space combat, space simulation
Great Naval Battles vol. 3: Fury in the Pacific 1941-1944
DOS1995protected naval simulation
Great Naval Battles vol. 4: Burning Steel, 1939-1942
DOS1995protected naval simulation
Ka-50 Hokum
DOS1995 naval simulation
Mechwarrior 2: 31st Century Combat
DOS1995 mech simulation
Millennia: Altered Destinies
DOS1995 space exploration, space simulation
1942: The Pacific Air War
DOS1994protected flight simulation
This one’s a flight sim for people who think Top Gun didn’t have enough fuel gauges. 1942: The Pacific Air War puts you in the cockpit of World War II fighter planes, complete with dials, switches, and enough acronyms ...
Aces of the deep
DOS1994 naval simulation, submarine simulation
Ever wanted to experience the grim, claustrophobic life of a WWII submarine captain without leaving your desk? Aces of the Deep (1994, DOS) delivers that dream in spades — torpedoes, sonar, periscopes, and lots of tense wait...