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- Space flight simulator games
- Space combat games
- Free-form space trading and combat games
- Space flight simulator games under development
- References
{{VG Simulation}}This is a comprehensive index of commercial, indie and freeware space flight simulator games. The list is categorized into four sections: space flight simulators, space flight simulators with an added element of combat, space combat simulators with an added element of trading, and unreleased space flight simulators. A space flight simulator game is software that allows the operator to experience spacecraft space flight in outer space with the added elements of gameplay. There are many different types of simulators. These simulators range in purpose from pure simulation to sheer entertainment. Space flight occurs beyond the Earth's atmosphere, and space flight simulators feature the ability to roll, pitch, and yaw. Space flight simulators use flight dynamics in a free environment; this free environment lets the spacecraft move within the three-dimensional coordinate system or the x, y, and z (applicate) axis. See Lists of video games for related lists. Space flight simulator games{{main article|Space flight simulator game}} Title | Release year | Developer | Publisher | Platform | Notes |
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A-OK! Wings of Mercury | ? | Joe Nastasi | Apogee Development, Ltd. | OS X, Microsoft Windows | Mercury spacecraft simulator | Apollo 18{{citation needed>date=September 2011}} | 1987 | Artech Digital Entertainment | Accolade | Commodore 64 | Apollo 18: The Moon Missions{{citation needed>date=September 2011}} | 1999 | AIM Software | Project Two | Windows | Apollo Simulator{{citation needed>date=September 2011}} | 2006 | Stephan Guenther | SpaceDreamStudios | Windows | Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space | 1992 | Fritz Bronner, Michael McCarty | Interplay | DOS | More of a turn-based strategy/management sim, with no space flight | Eagle Lander 3D[1] | 2002 | Ron Monsen | Ron Monsen | Windows | Empty Epsilon | 2017 | [https://github.com/daid/Daid Daid] & [https://github.com/nallath/ Nallath] | [https://github.com/daid/Daid Daid] | Windows, Linux, MacOS | Collaborative spaceflight using various controls over LAN or WAN. Focuses on crew interaction, with elements of combat and training. Supports LUA scripting. | F-Sim Space Shuttle | 2012 | Ledinsky Software GmbH | Ledinsky Software GmbH | Android, iOS | Realistically simulates the landing of the Space Shuttle with different challenges. | Kerbal Space Program | 2015 | Squad | Squad | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Xbox one | Released in 2015 following 2 years of early access development. Features game modes allowing the player to either administrate their own space program or freely explore the fictional star system. Extremely moddable. The Kerbol system is 1/10th the size of the Solar System. | Liftoff{{citation needed>date=September 2011}} | 2002 | Entertainment Technologies, Inc. | Entertainment Technologies, Inc. | Windows, Mac OS X | Lunar Explorer: A Space Flight Simulator{{citation needed>date=September 2011}} | 1986 | EduWare | Electric Transit, Inc. | DOS, Macintosh | Lunar Flight | 2012 | Shovsoft | Shovsoft, Headup Games | Windows 7, XP, Macintosh | Lunar module simulator providing a variety of mission types involving transporting cargo, acquiring data at survey locations and locating lost cargo. | Lunar Pilot{{citation needed>date=September 2011}} | 2004 | Things-to-Come | Things-to-Come | Windows | Expansion pack for Microsoft Flight Simulator | Microsoft Space Simulator | 1994 | Bruce Artwick Organization Ltd. | Microsoft | DOS | NEW ORBIT | 2011 | BLACKISH | BLACKISH | Windows, OS X, iOS, Android | A space adventure with realistic gravitation and a fully voiced story | Noctis | 2002 | Alessandro Ghignola | Alessandro Ghignola | Windows, DOS | Occurs in an imaginary universe with futuristic/fictional aspects such as planetary landings and sentient aliens; no weapons or combat | Orbiter | 2000 | Martin Schweiger | Martin Schweiger | Windows | Accurately simulates the physics and it is moddable.[2] Released as freeware. | Project Space Station | 1985 | HESware | HESware | Commodore 64, Apple II, DOS | Four-part gameplay: administration of a space station program; shuttle launches, using a highly abstracted navigation system; assembling space station parts using an EVA pod; and shuttle landings using a 2D representation. | Reentry - An Orbital Simulator | 2018 | Wilhelmsen Studios | Wilhelmsen Studios | Windows | A realistic space flight simulator based on NASAs space flight programmes Apollo, Gemini and Mercury. | Rendezvous[3] | 1982 | Wes Huntress | Edu-Ware Services | Apple II | Simulates shuttle launch, rendezvous with space station, and docking | Shuttle: the Space Flight Simulator | 1992 | Vektor Grafix | Virgin Interactive | DOS, Amiga, Atari ST | A Journey into Space[4] | date=April 2016}} | Steve Kitchen | Activision | Amstrad CPC, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, MSX, ZX Spectrum[5] | Space Agency | 2013 | Andrew "Andy" Barry | Nooleus | iOS, Android | Simple arcade style game where the player does missions of varying degrees of difficulty. | Space Simulator[6] | 2015 | Brixton Dynamics Ltd | App Store | iOS iPad iPhone, Android, PS3 | Full physics simulation, solar system wide, full scale planets, historical missions. Released for iPad from March 2015 | Space Shuttle Mission 2007 | 2008 | Exciting Simulations | Simsquared Ltd. | Windows | Spaceflight Simulator | 2017 | Stefo Mai Morojna | Stefo Mai Morojna | iOS, Android | 2D Spaceflight Simulator with elements of real life physics, scaled planets, realistic gravity and atmosphere. | SimpleRockets[7] | 2013 | Andrew Garrison | Jundroo, LLC | Windows, iOS, Android, Windows Phone | 2D space simulator for mobile devices with realistic orbital mechanics in a system 1/10th real scale. | SimpleRockets 2 | 2018 | Andrew Garrison | Jundroo, LLC | Steam, Windows, Mac, Coming to Mobile | Sequel of SimpleRockets, 3D Rocket builder with full customizability of parts and closer art style to SimplePlanes. |
Space combat games {{main article|Space combat sim#Space combat simulator|l1=Space combat game}} Title | Release year | Developer | Publisher | Platform | Notes |
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3D Star Racer{{citation needed>date=September 2011}} | 1994 | BlazeDev | ClickGamer | Windows Mobile | FMV style simulator | A/X-101 | 1994 | Absolute Entertainment, Micronet | Sega | Sega CD | FMV style simulator | Absolute Zero | 1995 | Domark | Domark | DOS, Macintosh | Acamar Rising | 2005 | Beteo Software and Games | Beteo Software and Games | Windows | Ace of Angels | 2002 | Flying Rock Enterprises | Flying Rock Enterprises | Windows | Aces of the Galaxy | 2008 | Artech Digital Entertainment | Sierra Entertainment | Windows, Xbox 360 Live | Allegiance | 2000 | Microsoft | Microsoft | Windows | Official servers shut down in 2002; as of 2012, developed and maintained by volunteers and free to download from their official site. | Ambush{{citation needed>date=September 2011}} | 1983 | Nippon Amuse Co. Ltd | Nippon Amuse Co. Ltd. | Arcade | Anthelion: The Galactic Alliance | 2003 | PDAmill | PDAmill | Windows Mobile | Anthelion 2: Celestial Vigilance{{citation needed>date=September 2011}} | 2006 | PDAmill | PDAmill | Windows Mobile | Ares Rising | 1998 | Imagine Studios | Imagine Studios | Windows | Argon 3D{{citation needed>date=September 2011}} | 2006 | Mediaplazza | Clickgamer | Java ME | Arvoch Alliance | 2011 | StarWraith 3D Games | StarWraith 3D Games | Windows | Astron Belt | 1983 | Sega | Sega | Arcade | Considered the first laserdisc video game[8] | Backlash: A Turret Gunner Simulation | 1995 | Sanctuary Software Studio | Sanctuary Software Studio | DOS | Also known as Backlash: Assault on Omicron Station | BattleSphere | 2000 | 4Play/ScatoLogic | 4Play/ScatoLogic | Atari Jaguar | First video game with a 32 player network ability; one of the most rare and expensive games to find | Bang! Gunship Elite | 2000 | RayLand | Red Storm Entertainment | Dreamcast, Windows | Babylon 5: I've Found Her | 2004 | Space Dream Factory | Space Dream Factory | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | Freeware; uses its own game engine;[9] set in the universe of Babylon 5 | The Babylon Project | 2004 | The Babylon Project | The Babylon Project | Windows | Freeware mod to Volition's FreeSpace 2[10] | Black Prophecy | 2011 | Reakktor Media GMBH | Reakktor Media GMBH | Windows | MMORPG with a maximum number of players on each server limited to 300[11] | Battlestar Galactica | 2003 | Warthog | Vivendi Universal Games | Xbox, PlayStation 2 | Battlestar Galactica: Beyond the Red Line | 2007 | Beyond the Red Line team | Beyond the Red Line team | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X | Freeware mod to FreeSpace Open; in February 2008, it won Mod DB's Mod of the Year Award for Best Indie Game | Battlestar Galactica Online | 2011 | Bigpoint, Artplant | Bigpoint | Windows, Mac OS X | Browser based MMO | Battlezone | 1998 | Activision | Activision | Windows, Nintendo 64 | First-person RTS/Tank Commander. Expansion 'The Red Odyssey' - requires original game. | Blast Radius{{citation needed>date=September 2011}} | 1999 | Pitbull Syndicate | Psygnosis | PlayStation | Cellblock Squadrons | 2005 | Super Furious Software | Super Furious Software | Windows | Children of a Dead Earth | 2016 | Q Switched Productions, LLC | Q Switched Productions, LLC | Windows | Strategic space combat simulator | CDF Starfighter | 2016 | Mad About Games Studios Ltd. | Mad About Games Studios Ltd. | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Xbox one | CDF Starfighter is a Virtual Reality 90s styled space combat simulator which is inspired by Freespace, Star wars, Wing Commander and various sci-fi TV series such as Babylon 5, BSG, and Space : Above and Beyond. CDF Starfighter offers a story-driven non-linear campaign mode, arcade, free flight and multiplayer. | Colony Wars | 1997 | Psygnosis | Psygnosis | PlayStation | Vengeance | 1998 | Psygnosis | Psygnosis | PlayStation | Red Sun | 2000 | Psygnosis | Psygnosis | PlayStation | Codename MAT | 1984 | Derek Brewster | Micromega | ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC | sub-system damage and repair simulation. | Cosmic Conflict | 1978 | Magnavox | Magnavox | Magnavox Odyssey | Creature Shock | 1994 | Argonaut Games | Virgin Interactive | PC, 3DO, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, CD-i | Parts of this FMV game include space combat; these parts are omitted from the PlayStation, Saturn, and CD-i versions | Darxide EMP | 2003 | Frontier Developments | Frontier Developments | Windows Mobile, Symbian, Sega 32X, Windows | FreeSpace - The Great War | 1998 | Volition | Interplay | Windows, Amiga | Darklight Conflict | 1997 | Rage Software | Electronic Arts | Windows | DarkSpace | 2000–2014 | Palestar | Palestar Inc | Windows | DarkStar One | 2006 | Ascaron | cdv Software Entertainment AG | Windows, Xbox 360 | Death Star | 1970s | Gene Ball | University of Rochester | Xerox Alto | Described in 1982 as "you pilot your Alto down a trench in the Death Star and fire a torpedo in its only vulnerable spot to save the Federation ... No still photograph can describe the fine graphic detail".[12] | Deep Space Attack{{citation needed>date=September 2011}} | 2003 | Pimap | ClickGamer | Java ME | Destination Earthstar | 1990 | Imagineering | Acclaim | Nintendo Entertainment System | Diaspora: Shattered Armistice | 2012 | Diaspora Development team | Diaspora Development team | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X | Freeware game based on FreeSpace Open set in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica universe | FreeSpace 2 | 1999 | Volition | Interplay | Windows, FS2 SCP was also ported to Linux and Mac OS X | In 2002, Volition released the source code for the game engine which is under development as FreeSpace 2 Source Code Project; FS2 SCP is the base to many user created mods | FreeSpace Port{{citation needed>date=September 2011}} | 2003 | GalacticEmperor | Hard Light Productions | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X | Allows users to play full campaign of original FreeSpace and Silent Threat using updated graphics engine from FreeSpace 2 Source Code Project | Silent Threat: Reborn{{citation needed>date=September 2011}} | 2008 | GalacticEmperor & Goober5000 | Hard Light Productions | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X | 18 missions based on the original Silent Threat, 8 of the missions are original; all are made possible using the updated graphics engine from FreeSpace 2 Source Code Project | Destiny{{citation needed>date=September 2011}} | 2006 | Black Bull Studios | ClickGamer | Symbian | Drift: When Worlds Collide | 2002 | Redward Studios | Cosmi Corporation | Windows | Epic | 1992 | Digital Image Design | Ocean Software | Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, NEC PC-9801 | Valkyrie | 2016 | CCP Games | CCP Games | Windows, PlayStation 4 | Uses virtual reality headsets | Forced Alliance | 1997 | Ripcord Games | Orbital Studios | Windows | FurtherTime | 2004 | Maxim Vorsobine | Maxim Vorsobine | Windows | Galactic Command- Echo Squad: Rise Of The Insurgents | 2008 | 3000AD | GameTap | Windows | Also, Echo Squad SE | Galactic Federation{{citation needed>date=September 2011}} | 2004 | Radivoj Radivojevic | AM-Games | Windows | Galactic Gunner{{citation needed>date=September 2011}} | 2009 | Ezone.com | iTunes Store | iOS | Rail shooter style combat | Galactic Realms | 2004 | Crimson Fire Entertainment | Crimson Fire Entertainment | Windows | Hellhog XP | 2003 | StateVector Games | StateVector Games | Windows | HomePlanet | 2003 | Revolt Games | 3Map Games | Windows | Homeplanet: Play with Fire | 2004 | Revolt Games | 3Map Games | Windows | Expansion to original game, installing the expansion adds multiplayer support to the game[13] | Inca | 1993 | Coktel Vision | Sierra Entertainment | Windows | Contains a Myst-like FMV graphic adventure game | Inca II: Nations of Immortality | 1993 | Coktel Vision | Sierra Entertainment | Windows | Also called Inca II: Wiracocha; contains a Myst-like FMV graphic adventure game | Inca I & II (Collector's Edition) | 1995 | Coktel Vision | Sierra Entertainment | Windows | The Final Conflict | 1998 | Rage Software | InterplayUS, ImagineerJP | Dreamcast, Windows | Incoming Forces | 2003 | Rage Software | Interplay | Windows | Inferno | 1994 | Digital Image Design | Ocean Software | MS-DOS | Sequel to Epic | Interstellar Flames{{citation needed>date=September 2011}} | 2002 | Xen Games, Eon Games | Xen Games | Windows Mobile, Linux, Palm OS, Symbian | Independence War | 1997 | Particle Systems | Infogrames | Windows | Released in Europe as I-War | Independence War - Deluxe Edition | 1998 | Particle Systems | Infogrames | Windows | Released in Europe as I-War Special Edition this installment has the Defiance Expansion Pack; the expansion pack was never released alone | Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos | 2001 | Particle Systems | Infogrames Entertainment SA | Windows | Lander | 1999 | Psygnosis | Psygnosis | Windows | Included single and multi-player gameplay; released as a 'Special Edition Pack' which included both CD-ROM and DVD-ROM versions; DVD version included added video cut scenes between missions | Leo's Space Combat Simulator{{citation needed>date=September 2011}} | 2007 | Leopoldo Bueno Castillo | Leopoldo Bueno Castillo | Windows Mobile | This game is freeware | The Last Dynasty | 1995 | Coktel Vision | Sierra Entertainment | Windows | Contains a Myst-like FMV graphic adventure game that occurs aboard a giant space station[14] | Lunar Rescue | 1979 | Taito | Taito | Arcade | Bounty Hunter | 2004 | Warthog | Vivendi Universal Games | Xbox, PlayStation 2, Windows | Mixed genre game: 80% is first-person shooter, 20% is space combat[15] | Mercenary series | 1985 | Novagen Software | Novagen Software | Atari 400/800/XL/XE, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore Amiga, Commodore 16/116/Plus/4 | 3D open world action-adventure. The second and third parts of the series involved interplanetary travel within a solar system. | Metalion{{citation needed>date=September 2011}} | 2002 | ZIO Interactive | ZIO Interactive | Windows Mobile | Metalion 2: Mutant Uprising{{citation needed>date=September 2011}} | 2003 | ZIO Interactive | ZIO Interactive | Windows Mobile | Mobile Suit Gundam: Last Shooting | 1984 | Bandai | MSX | Mobile Suit Z-Gundam: Hot Scramble | 1986 | Game Studio | Bandai | NES | N-Space{{citation needed>date=September 2011}} | 2005 | Monkey Business | Nokia SNAP Mobile | Java ME | One of the few MMOG space combat sim games for mobile phones | The Jupiter Incident | 2004 | Mithis Entertainment | Vivendi Universal / HD Interactive | Windows | Focuses on tactics and ship management instead of resource collection and base construction. Previously "Imperium Galactica 3". | Nihilist{{citation needed>date=September 2011}} | 1996 | Bits Corporation | Philips | Windows | Phoenix | 1999 | Team17 | Titus Interactive | Windows | Has a dynamic campaign structure | Phoenix 3 | 1995 | Gray Matter Inc. | Studio 3DO | 3DO | Combination of Flashback/Another World platforming with Wing Commander-esque flight sequences | No Gravity | 1998 | realtech VR | Titus Interactive | Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Amiga OS, BeOS, PSP | Is also named Space Girl; released as freeware | No Gravity: The Plague of Mind | 2008 | realtech VR | PlayStation Store, iTunes App Store | PSP, iOS | Sequel to No Gravity produced 10 years after original title | Project Sylpheed | 2006 | Game Arts, SETA Corporation | Microsoft, Square Enix | Xbox 360 | Psi-5 Trading Company | 1985 | Distinctive Software | Accolade | Amstrad CPC, DOS, Commodore 64, Apple II, ZX Spectrum | Romanians in Space | 2007 | 2 Bad Design | 2 Bad Design | Windows | Incited controversy in Hungary as it depicts the Romanians having conquered the Earth now beginning to conquer the galaxy; full version released as freeware | Shattered Horizon | 2009 | Futuremark Games Studio | Futuremark Corporation, Steam | Windows | First-person shooter set in zero gravity | Shattered Worlds - Space Combat{{citation needed>date=September 2011}} | 2003 | Skwork Studis | Astraware | Windows Mobile, Palm OS | Shattered Worlds - Planet Assault{{citation needed>date=September 2011}} | 2004 | Skwork Studio | Astraware | Windows Mobile, Palm OS | Shadow Squadron | 1995 | Sega | Sega | Sega 32X | Shockwave Assault | 1994 | Dice | Electronic Arts | 3DO, Saturn, PlayStation, Mac OS, Windows | FMV style simulator, released on the 3DO as simply Shockwave | Shockwave: Operation Jumpgate | 1995 | Dice | Electronic Arts | 3DO | FMV style simulator expansion pack, included as a bonus in most versions of Shockwave Assault | Shockwave 2: Beyond The Gate | 1997 | Dice | Electronic Arts | Saturn, PlayStation, Mac OS, Windows, 3DO | FMV style simulator | The Cygnus Conflict | 1987 | Dynamix, Inc. | Electronic Arts | DOS, Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64 | Set in space, may be viewed as a mix of space sim and first-person shooter | Solar Eclipse | 1995 | Crystal Dynamics | Crystal Dynamics | Saturn, 3DO | FMV style simulator | Solar Winds: The Escape | 1993 | Stone Interactive Media | Epic MegaGames | DOS | Chapter 1 shareware version | Solar Winds: Galaxy | 1993 | Stone Interactive Media | Epic MegaGames | DOS | Chapter 2 | Exodus | 2012 | Seamless Entertainment | Seamless Entertainment | Windows | Space Encounters{{citation needed>date=September 2011}} | 1980 | Namco | Namco | Arcade | Space Seeker | 1981 | Taito | Taito | Arcade | Space Tactics{{citation needed>date=September 2011}} | 1980 | Sega | Sega | Arcade | Star Assault | 2007 | Kalypso | GamesArk | Windows | StarBlade | 1991 | Namco | Namco | Arcade, Sega CD, 3DO, PlayStation | Early full 3D polygonal game | Star Conflict | 2012 | StarGem Inc | Gaijin Entertainment | Windows, Macintosh, Linux | Free to play 3D arcade space-shooter, MMO elements. | Star Cruiser | 1988 | Arsys Software | Arsys Software | NEC PC-8801, Sharp X68000, Sega Mega Drive | Early full 3D polygonal game[16][17] | Star Fighter | 1994 | Fednet Krisalis | Acclaim Entertainment | Acorn Archimedes, 3DO, Saturn, Windows, PlayStation | Released in 1996 for the 3DO and the Sega Saturn under the slightly changed name Star Fighter 3000 | Star Luster | 1985 | Namco | Namco | Nintendo Famicom, Nintendo Vs. Arcade | StarMade | 2013 | Schema | Schema | Windows, Macintosh, Linux | Freeware. Currently in Alpha. Voxel based, spaceship building game.[18] | Star Quest I: In the 27th Century | 1995 | Paul Lauzon | Virtual Adventures Inc. | DOS | 3D space combat, exploration and race Simulator | Star Raiders | 1979 | Atari, Inc. | Atari | Atari 8-bit family | Star Rangers | 1995 | Interactive Magic | Interactive Magic | Windows | Star Trek[19] | 1982 | Sega | Sega | Arcade | One of the most elaborate vector graphics games ever released[20] | Invasion | 2000 | Warthog | Activision | PlayStation | Klingon Academy | 2000 | 14 Degrees East | Interplay | Windows | Shattered Universe | 2004 | Starsphere Interactive | TDK Mediactive | Xbox, PlayStation 2 | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1994 | High Voltage Software | Interplay | Windows, Super NES, Mega Drive, Mac OS | Tactical Assault | 2006 | Quicksilver Software | Bethesda Softworks | Nintendo DS, PSP | Star Trek: The Next Generation: Advanced Holodeck Tutorial | 1994 | Imagineering | Absolute Entertainment | Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Game Gear | Star Voyager | 1986 | ASCII Entertainment | Acclaim | Nintendo Entertainment System | Released in Japan as Cosmo Genesis | Star Wars | 1983 | Atari, Inc. | Atari, Inc. | Arcade, Acorn Electron, Amiga, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit family, Atari ST, Apple II, Macintosh, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, ColecoVision, DOS, ZX Spectrum | Star Wars: Arcade | 1993 | Sega | LucasArts | Arcade, Sega 32X | Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back | 1985 | Atari Games | Atari Games | Arcade | Star Wars: Trilogy Arcade | 1998 | AM3 | LucasArts | Arcade | Battle for Naboo | 2001 | Factor 5 | LucasArts | Nintendo 64, Windows | Battlefront | 2004 | Pandemic Studios | LucasArts | Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Mac OS X, mobile phone, PSP | Star Wars: Battlefront II | 2005 | Pandemic Studios | LucasArts | Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox, PSP | Elite Squadron | 2009 | Rebellion Developments (PSP), N-Space (DS) | LucasArts | Nintendo DS, PSP | Rebel Assault | 1993 | LucasArts | LucasArts | DOS (Windows re-release), Sega CD, Macintosh, 3DO | FMV style simulator | Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire | 1995 | LucasArts | LucasArts | DOS, Windows, Sega CD, Macintosh | FMV style simulator | Rogue Squadron | 1998 | Factor 5 | LucasArts | Windows, Nintendo 64 | Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader | 2001 | Factor 5 | LucasArts | Nintendo GameCube | Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike | 2003 | Factor 5 | LucasArts | Nintendo GameCube | Starfighter | 2001 | LucasArts | LucasArts | PlayStation 2, Xbox, Windows | Jedi Starfighter | 2002 | LucasArts | LucasArts | PlayStation 2, Xbox | Sequel to 2001 Starfighter | TIE Fighter | 1994 | Totally Games | LucasArts | DOS, Windows, Mac OS | Star Wars: TIE Fighter - Defender of the Empire | 1995 | Totally Games | LucasArts | DOS, Mac OS | Expansion pack for the original TIE Fighter | Star Wars: TIE Fighter (Collector's CD-ROM Edition) | 1995 | Totally Games | LucasArts | DOS, Windows, Mac OS | TIE Fighter plus the expansion pack and improved features | X-Wing | 1993 | Totally Games | LucasArts | DOS, Macintosh | Star Wars: X-Wing - Imperial Pursuit | 1993 | Totally Games | LucasArts | DOS, Macintosh | Expansion pack for the original X-Wing | Star Wars: X-Wing - B-Wing | 1993 | Totally Games | LucasArts | DOS, Mac OS | Expansion pack for the original X-Wing | Star Wars: X-Wing (Collector's CD-ROM Edition) | 1994 | Totally Games | LucasArts | DOS, Windows, Mac OS | Includes both expansion packs and improved features | Star Wars: X-Wing Collector Series Edition | 1998 | Totally Games | LucasArts | Windows | Includes both X-Wing, and TIE Fighter games with all expansion packs from both games, plus a flight training school add-on; integrated in this game is the X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter 3d accelerated engine | Star Wars: X-Wing Trilogy | 2000 | Totally Games | LucasArts | Windows | Star Wars: X-Wing Trilogy Arcade | 1998 | AM3 | LucasArts | Arcade | Rail shooter style combat | X-Wing Alliance | 1999 | Totally Games | LucasArts | Windows | X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter | 1997 | Totally Games | LucasArts | Windows | SpaceCombat | 2008 | Cilcoder | Xbox Live | Xbox 360 | Very basic cartoon styled space combat game | Space Combat | 2008 | MyRealGames.com | MyRealGames.com | Windows | Freeware | Space Interceptor: Project Freedom | 2004 | Merscom | City Interactive | Windows | Space Rebellion | 2004 | Phoenix Games | Phoenix Games | PlayStation 2 | Released for PlayStation 2 only; a Windows game with the same name was published by Grabituk.com, but it is not a space flight simulator | Starglider | 1986 | Argonaut Games | Rainbird Software | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum | Starship 1 | 1977 | Atari | Atari | Arcade | Starship Command | 1983 | Peter Irvin | Acornsoft | Acorn Electron, BBC Micro | Starlancer | 2000 | Digital Anvil | Microsoft | Windows, Dreamcast | Starmaster | 1982 | Activision | Activision | Atari 2600 | Starshatter | 2004 | Destroyer Studios | Matrix Games | Windows | The Gathering Storm | 2006 | Destroyer Studios | Matrix Games | Windows | Starship Conquer | 2004 | Michael Molkenthin | Enjoy Soft | Windows | Star Wraith | 1999 | StarWraith 3D Games | StarWraith 3D Games | Windows | Released as freeware | Star Wraith 2 | 2000 | StarWraith 3D Games | StarWraith 3D Games | Windows | Released as freeware | Star Wraith 3: Shadows of Orion | 2000 | StarWraith 3D Games | StarWraith 3D Games | Windows | Released as freeware | Star Wraith 4: Reviction | 2002 | StarWraith 3D Games | StarWraith 3D Games | Windows | Released as freeware | Star Wraith 5: Arvoch Conflict | 2006 | StarWraith 3D Games | StarWraith 3D Games | Windows | Strike Suit Zero | 2013 | Born Ready Games | Born Ready Games | Windows, Mac OS, Linux | Sublevel Zero | 2015 | Sigtrap Games | Sigtrap Games | Windows, Mac OS, SteamOS | Features 6-DOF gameplay across procedurally-generated levels | SubSpace | 1997 | Burst Studios | Virgin Interactive | Windows | Tac/Scan | 1982 | Sega | Sega | Arcade | Tarr Chronicles | 2007 | Quazar Studio | Akella, cdv Software Entertainment, Paradox Interactive | Windows | Russian name was Tarr Chronicles: Ghosts of Stars, English release removed words from name | Dark Horizon | 2008 | Quazar Studio | Akella, Paradox Interactive | Windows | Prequel to Akella's Tarr Chronicles: Ghosts of Stars and set 100 years prior, introduces a new race, new control modes, more advanced ship modification; Russian release is named Tarr Chronicles: Guards of the Frontier, English release is named Dark Horizon | The Earth Dies Screaming | 1983 | Sirius Software | 20th Century Fox | Atari 2600 | Also was released for Commodore VIC-20 and Atari 8-bit family computers under the name Final Orbit | The Tomorrow War | 2009 | CrioLand | 1C, 505 Games | Windows | Space sim based on a trilogy of novels written by a famous Russian author, Alexander Zorich; game was originally released in Russia in 2006, however the new release suffered from a poor English translation[21] | Uchuusen Cosmo Carrier | 1987 | TOSE Co., Ltd. | Jaleco | Nintendo Famicom | Virtual Impact | 2003 | Erik Koenig | VirtualImpactGames | Windows | Described as space combat sim plus sports match[22] | Void War | 2004 | Rampant Games | Rampant Games | Windows | Void Destroyer | 2015 | Paul Zakrzewski | Paul Zakrzewski | Windows | RTS/sim hybrid. Pilot a single ship in first-person combat, or control the entire fleet using the mouse. | WarpSpeed | 1993 | Accolade | Accolade | Sega Mega Drive | Wing Commander | 1990 | Origin Systems | Origin Systems | DOS, Amiga, Sega CD, Super NES, 3DO | The Secret Missions | 1990 | Origin Systems | Origin Systems | DOS, Amiga, Super NES | Expansion pack for the original Wing Commander | The Secret Missions 2: Crusade | 1991 | Origin Systems | Origin Systems | DOS, Amiga | Expansion pack for the original Wing Commander | Super Wing Commander | 1994 | Origin Systems | Origin Systems | 3DO, Macintosh | Contained Secret Missions, and special third campaign was also created between the two expansions | Vengeance of the Kilrathi | 1991 | Origin Systems | Origin Systems | DOS | Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi - Special Operations 1 | 1991 | Origin Systems | Origin Systems | DOS | Expansion pack for the original Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi | Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi - Special Operations 2 | 1991 | Origin Systems | Origin Systems | DOS | Expansion pack for the original Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi | Wing Commander II Vengeance of the Kilrathi Deluxe Edition | 1993 | Origin Systems | Origin Systems | DOS | Contains both expansion packs from the original Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi | Heart of the Tiger | 1994 | Origin Systems | Origin Systems | DOS, 3DO, PlayStation, Macintosh | Wing Commander: The Kilrathi Saga | 1996 | Origin Systems | Origin Systems | Windows | Recompilation of the first three Wing Commander games; expansion packs must be downloaded separately as they were not shipped on the CD but were made available online for free | The Price of Freedom | 1995 | Origin Systems | Electronic Arts | DOS, Windows, PlayStation, Macintosh | Prophecy | 1997 | Origin Systems | Electronic Arts | Windows, GBA | Secret Ops | 1998 | Origin Systems | Electronic Arts | Windows | Expansion pack for the original Wing Commander: Prophecy | Wing Commander: Prophecy Gold | 1999 | Origin Systems | Electronic Arts | Windows | Contains the original Wing Commander: Prophecy and the expansion pack Wing Commander: Secret Ops | Wing Commander Arena | 2007 | Gaia Industries | Electronic Arts | Xbox 360 (XBLA) | X-Plane: Space Combat Sim | 2004 | Laminar Research | Laminar Research | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X | Released as freeware | Interceptor | 1998 | Microprose | Microprose | Windows | X - Ekkusu | 1992 | Nintendo | Nintendo | Game Boy | Released in Japan only; to be followed by a DSiWare exclusive sequel, X-Scape | Xenocracy | 1998 | Simis | Grolier Interactive | Windows, PlayStation | XF5700 Mantis Experimental Fighter | 1992 | Microprose | Microprose | DOS | Zeitgeist: Laser Fighter | 1995 | Taito | Interplay | Windows, PlayStation | The Battle for Jacob's Star | 1995 | Midnight Software | Strategic Simulations Inc | Windows | Warhead | 1989 | Motion Picture House | Activision | Amiga OS, Atari ST | Mission based. Newtonian flight model. Designed by Glyn Williams. | Heat Signature | 2017 | Suspicious Developments | Suspicious Developments | PC | Top-down shooter which lets players fly through space to board ships and take down factions through killing and strategy. |
Free-form space trading and combat games{{main article|Space flight simulator game#Space trading and combat simulator|l1=Space trading and combat game}} Title | Release year | Developer | Publisher | Platform | Notes |
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3030 Deathwar | 2007 | Bird in Sky | Crunchy Leaf Games | Windows | Archimedean Dynasty | 1996 | Massive Development | Blue Byte | DOS | Play occurs in a submarine and under the ocean; many reviews have stated the look and feel of this game as that of a space sim;[23][24] | Ascent - The Space Game | 2013 | Fluffy Kitten Studios | Fluffy Kitten Studios | Windows, Browser | Trading, exploration, colonization, player built starbases, research and industry, asteroid mining and combat[25] | Battlecruiser 3000AD | 1996 | 3000AD | Take Two Interactive Software, GameTek | Windows | All Battlecruiser and Universal Combat games feature trade[26] | Battlecruiser 3000AD v2.0 | 1998 | 3000AD | Interplay | Windows | Battlecruiser Millennium | 2000 | 3000AD | Interplay | Windows | Battlecruiser Millennium Gold | 2003 | 3000AD | DreamCatcher Interactive, Inc. | Windows | Includes some extra missions, instant action scenarios | Starpoint Gemini 2 | 2014 | LGM Games | Iceberg Interactive | Microsoft Windows, Xbox One | Space trading and combat sim / RPG | Dangerous | 2011 | Binary Helix | Binary Helix | Windows, Mac OS, iOS, Android | Cloud save enables sharing save game from any platform | DarkStar One | 2006 | Ascaron Entertainment | cdv Software Entertainment | Windows | DarkStar One: Broken Alliance | 2010 | Gaming Minds Studios | Kalypso Media | Xbox 360 | Enhanced and extended from its predecessor, on Xbox 360 only[27] | Earth & Beyond | 2002 | Westwood | Electronic Arts | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | MMORPG; Electronic Arts officially shut down this game's servers in 2004, but as of 2011, a fan-made revival project is working on an emulator[28] | Elite | 1984 | David Braben, Ian Bell | Acornsoft, Firebird | Acorn Archimedes, Acorn Electron, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, DOS, MSX, NES, ZX Spectrum | A seminal work in the genre; many other games on these lists show influence by it | Dangerous | 2014 | Frontier Developments | Frontier Developments | Microsoft Windows, OS X Xbox One | The fourth game in the Elite series featuring a persistent universe and online multiplayer | Endless Sky | 2015 | Michael Zahniser | Michael Zahniser | Windows, OS X, Linux | An Open-Source 2D game similar to Escape Velocity. The game takes place in November 3013. | Escape Velocity | 1996 | Matt Burch, Ambrosia Software | Ambrosia Software | Mac OS | Effectively a modernized shareware Elite clone with RPG elements, with an extensive modding community | EV Override | 1998 | Matt Burch, Peter Cartwright, Ambrosia Software | Ambrosia Software | Mac OS | Originally a third-party plugin for Escape Velocity, later adopted as an official sequel | EV Nova | 2002 | Matt Burch, ATMOS Software, Ambrosia Software | Ambrosia Software | Mac OS, Mac OS X, Windows | Third and final game in the Escape Velocity series (like EVO, also originally a third-party plugin), which also spawned a trading card game set in the same universe | Eve Online | 2003 | CCP Games | CCP Games | Mac OS X, Windows | Player-driven, persistent-world MMORPG set in a science fiction space setting | Rebel Galaxy | 2015 | Double Damage Games | Double Damage Games | Mac OS X, Windows | Modern freeform set in a dynamic science fiction space setting | Evochron Alliance | 2005 | StarWraith 3D Games | StarWraith 3D Games | Windows | Evochron Renegades | 2007 | StarWraith 3D Games | StarWraith 3D Games | Windows | Evochron Legends | 2009 | StarWraith 3D Games | StarWraith 3D Games | Windows | Evochron Mercenary | 2010 | StarWraith 3D Games | StarWraith 3D Games | Windows | Evochron Legacy | 2016 | StarWraith 3D Games | StarWraith 3D Games | Windows | Elite II | 1993 | Frontier Developments | Konami, GameTek | Commodore Amiga, Amiga CD32, Atari ST, DOS | First Encounters | 1995 | Frontier Developments | Konami, GameTek | DOS | Often called Elite III[29] | GLFrontier | 2006 | Tom Morton | Tom Morton | Windows, Linux | Fan-made remake of Frontier: Elite II using OpenGL and higher resolution | Elite Starfighter | 2004 | Michael Molkenthin | Novitas Peppergames | Windows | Tries to be much like Elite, but with updated graphics | Pocket PC Elite | 2003 | Jon Welch, George Hooper | Jon Welch, George Hooper | Windows Mobile | An Elite for Windows Mobile | Galaxy on fire | 2006 | Fishlabs | Fishlabs | Java ME, iOS | One of the only games which support Java ME for mobile phones to include trade in the game[30] | Galaxy on fire 2 | 2009 | Fishlabs | Fishlabs | Java ME, Android, iOS, Windows, Mac | Improved graphics, play and trade[31] | Federation of Free Traders | 1989 | Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd. | Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd. | Amiga, Atari ST | Flatspace | 2003 | Cornutopia Software | Cornutopia Software | Windows | Play is open-ended: activities available include trading, missions, exploration, bounty hunting, space piracy, and police work. | Flatspace II: The Rise of the Scarrid | 2005 | Cornutopia Software | Cornutopia Software | Windows | Play is open-ended: activities available include trading, missions, exploration, bounty hunting, space piracy, and police work. | Freelancer | 2003 | Digital Anvil | Microsoft | Windows | Supports keyboard/mouse controls, no joysticks | Final Rift | 2011 | LargeLaser Games | Xbox Live Indie Games | Xbox 360 | Space trading simulator | Hardwar | 1998 | The Software Refinery | Gremlin Interactive, Interplay | Windows | Ships never leave the planet, yet this futuristic sim is very similar to Elite | Edge of Chaos | 2001 | Particle Systems Ltd. | Infogrames | Windows | Like its predecessor, features a Newtonian flight model | Infinite Space | 2010 | PlatinumGames | Sega | Nintendo DS | First space combat sim with trading to become available for the DS | The Reconstruction Initiative | 2001 | NetDevil | 3DO, Mightygames, NetDevil | Windows | Prequel to Jumpgate Evolution | Lightspeed | 1990 | MicroProse | MicroProse | Tandy, DOS | Moonfall | 1991 | Jukka Tapanimäki | 21st Century Entertainment Ltd. | Commodore 64, Amiga | No Man's Sky | 2016 | Hello Games | Hello Games | PS4, Windows | Nomad | 1993 | Intense Interactive | GameTek | DOS | Omnitrend's Universe[32] | 1983 | William G. M. Leslie, Thomas R. Carbone | Omnitrend Software | Atari 8-bit, Apple II series, DOS | Oolite | 2006 | Giles Williams | aegidian.org | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X | Free software remake of original 1984 Elite | Parkan II | 2007 | Nikita | 1C Company | Windows | Parkan 2 is said to be a very good but very unknown,[33] it is notable as being a mix of space combat sim and FPS;[34] English release is and was ever available via online distribution only[35] | The Precursors | 2010 | Deep Shadows | Game Factory Interactive | Windows | Was released in English on Gamersgate[36] | Project Alpha | 2009 | 2.0 Studios | Xbox Live Indie Games | Xbox 360 | Space trading simulator on a futuristic version of our solar system | Project Delta | 2010 | 2.0 Studios | Xbox Live Indie Games | Xbox 360 | Sequel-remake of Project Alpha, by the same studio | War on the Frontier | 1993 | Tsunami Media, Inc. | Tsunami Media, Inc. | DOS | Electronic Arts originally contracted Tsunami Media to create Starflight 3: Protostar, this contract was canceled; game was released as Protostar: War on the Frontier;[37] original Starflight and Starflight 2 are not included in this list as they are strategy/role-playing video game oriented and the view of the ship is a top down perspective | RiftSpace | 2004 | StarWraith 3D Games | StarWraith 3D Games | Windows | Released as freeware | Space Vikings | 1982 | Mitchell Robbins | SubLOGIC | Apple II series | [38] | Universal Combat | 2004 | 3000AD | DreamCatcher Interactive, Inc. | Windows | The follow-up to the Battlecrusier series from Darek Smart | Universal Combat: Gold | 2005 | 3000AD | 3000AD | Windows | Universal Combat: A World Apart | 2005 | 3000AD | 3000AD | Windows | Universal Combat: Special Edition | 2006 | 3000AD | 3000AD | Windows | Universal Combat: Collectors Edition | 2007 | 3000AD | 3000AD | Windows | Contains the campaigns and instant action scenarios from the prior titles in the Battlecruiser and Universal Combat series of games[39] | Privateer | 1993 | Origin Systems | Electronic Arts | DOS, Macintosh | Wing Commander: Righteous Fire | 1994 | Origin Systems | Electronic Arts | DOS, Macintosh | Expansion pack for the original Wing Commander: Privateer | Wing Commander: Privateer CD-ROM Classic Edition | 1996 | Origin Systems | Electronic Arts | DOS, Macintosh | Includes Righteous Fire expansion and full speech | Privateer 2: The Darkening | 1996 | Origin Systems | Electronic Arts | DOS, Macintosh | Wing Commander: Privateer Remake | 2005 | Privateer Remake Team | The Vega Strike Team | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | Fan-made remake, includes better graphics and more game play-related features; freeware | Wing Commander: Privateer Gemini Gold | 2005 | Privateer Gemini Gold Team | The Vega Strike Team | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | Fan remake, strives to be as true to the original Privateer as possible; freeware | Privateer: Parallel Universe | 2005 | Parallel Universe Team | The Vega Strike Team | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | Fan-made project; adds some new ships and fan campaign missions; freeware | Rogue Universe | 2007 | Provox Games | DreamCatcher Interactive, Inc., JoWooD Productions | Windows | Space Pirates from Tomorrow | 2010 | MStar Games | Xbox Live Indie Games | Xbox 360 | Open ended space trading simulator | Space Probe | 2007 | Lars Brandt Stisen | Deep Division | Windows | Real time spacecraft simulator and adventure game; freeware | Space Rogue | 1989 | Origin Systems | Origin Systems | DOS, Macintosh, Amiga, Atari ST, FM Towns | Space Treker 3 | 2005 | SundialSoft | ClickGamer | Windows Mobile | Starfunk | 2013 | Superdecade games | Superdecade games | Windows | BBC BASIC for Windows implementation | Starpoint Gemini | 2011 | Little Green Men Games | Little Green Men Games, Iceberg Interactive | Windows | Galactic Empires | 2004 | PlayTechTonics, Inc. | PlayTechTonics, Inc. | Windows | MMORPG, free to play, with optional items able to be bought with real money | Star Wars Galaxies | 2003 | Sony Online Entertainment, Electronic Arts Japan | LucasArts | Windows | MMORPG | Starglider 2 | 1988 | Argonaut Software Ltd. | Rainbird Software | Amiga, Atari ST, DOS, ZX Spectrum | Frozen Legacy | 1984 | FTL Games | Accolade | Apple II, Atari | The Fringe | 2000 | NovaLogic | NovaLogic | Windows | Taikodom | 2008 | Hoplon Infotainment | Hoplon Infotainment | Windows | Considered a MMOG | Terminus | 2000 | Vicarious Visions | Vatical Entertainment | Windows, Mac OS, Linux | The Universal | 2004 | The Universal Team | The Universal Team | Windows | Unique MMORPG set in a virtual universe of realtime 3d worlds, owned and run by players[40] | Vendetta Online | 2004 | Guild Software | Strategy First | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | MMORPG | Venture The Void | 2007 | Kitty Lambda | Kitty Lambda | Windows | MMORPG | Beyond the Frontier | 1999 | Egosoft | THQ, SouthPeak Games | Windows | X: Tension | 2000 | Egosoft | THQ | Windows | X: Beyond The Frontier is needed to run this expansion | X: Gold | 2000 | Egosoft | THQ | Windows | Combination of X: Beyond The Frontier and X: Tension | The Threat | 2003 | Egosoft | Deep Silver, QV Software International | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | Reunion | 2005 | Egosoft | Deep Silver, Enlight | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | X3: Reunion 2.0 | 2007 | Egosoft | Deep Silver, Enlight | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | Updated, patched, working version of the original X3: Reunion with added Bala Gi Missions | Terran Conflict | 2008 | Egosoft | Deep Silver, Enlight | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | Final chapter in the story of the X series of games[41] | X3: Terran Conflict 2.0 Aldrin Missions | 2009 | Egosoft | IGS Software Publishing | Windows | X3: Gold Edition | 2009 | Egosoft | Deep Silver | Windows, Linux | Includes the Reunion 2.0 Bala Gi Mission, Terran Conflict 2.0 Aldrin Missions, soundtrack, poster | Albion Prelude | 2011 | Egosoft | Egosoft | Windows, Linux | Continuation of the X series of space simulation games | X Rebirth | 2013 | Egosoft | Egosoft | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | Continuation and reboot of the X series of space simulation games | X Rebirth VR Edition | 2017 | Egosoft | Egosoft | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | VR version of X Rebirth | Foundations | 2018 | Egosoft | Egosoft | Windows, Linux | Continuation of the rebooted X series of space simulation games | Xiphos | 1990 | Voodoo | Electronic Zoo | Windows, Amiga, Atari ST | Play resembles Elite, involving first-person space shooting and trading[42] |
Space flight simulator games under developmentTitle | Release year | Developer | Publisher | Platform | Notes |
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0x10c | CANCELLED | Notch | Mojang | Multiplatform (PC) | [43] | 4EVOLVE: Deep Stars[44] | TBA | [https://web.archive.org/web/20160915215324/http://www.4evolve-games.eu/presskit/ 4EVOLVE Games] | TBA | Windows | Space simulator game with elements of advanced 4X gameplay | Abyss Lights: Frozen Systems | TBA | Abyss Lights Studio | TBA | Windows | A demo for this, with a working title of Abyss Lights: Frozen Systems, debuted at E3[45] | Age of Ascent | TBA | Illyriad Games | Illyriad Games | Multiplatform, Windows, Macintosh | Space MMO with real-time dog fighting. | Alliance Space Guard | TBA (2021) | D.C.Elington | TBA | Windows | Sci-fi space simulation game with a focus on physics (hyperspace but orbital mechanics), ship systems and avionics | Astroneer | 2016 | System Era Softworks | System Era Softworks | Windows, Xbox One | Outer space mining resources on planets | Blackstar | TBA | Spacetime Interactive | TBA | Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 | This MMOG[46] is on the brink of cancellation as of 2008,[47] again[48] | Blockade Runner | 2012 | ZANMGT | [https://web.archive.org/web/20111229065331/http://www.blockaderunnergame.com/] | Windows | Cold Stars | TBA | Quazar Studio | Akella, Paradox Interactive | Windows | Third installment in the series of The Tarr Chronicles[49] | Darwin | TBA | ConstantSUM | ConstantSUM | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | Browser-based space combat sim | Exospace Game | TBA | Exospace Game | Exospace Game | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | Browser-based space MMO strategy-building-exploration game | Dreadnought (video game) | 2016 | Yager Development | Grey Box | Windows | Drifter[50] | TBA | Celsius Game Studios | Celsius Game Studios | Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, PS4 | Space trading and combat sim. Preorder available with beta access on site, greenlit for Steam October 2013[51] | Fringespace | TBA | The Fringespace Team | The Fringespace Team | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | Freeware mod to FreeSpace Open; game is not a clone[52] but is designed to duplicate, as nearly as possible, the 'feel' of The Fringe[53] | Galactic Command Online | TBA | 3000AD | TBA | Xbox 360, Windows | MMOG | Heresy War | 2012 | Dream Builder Studios | TBA | Windows | Kinetic Void | 2013 | Badland Studio | Valve | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS and Linux | Alpha released on Steam on the 20 March 2013[54] | Infinity: The Quest for Earth | TBA | F. Brebion | TBA | Windows | MMORPG | Invasion | 2012 | Reality Pump | TopWare Interactive | Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, iOS, Android, Mac OS | Official video game expansion of the 2012 sci-fi film "Iron Sky".[55] Combines space combat simulation with strategy and RPG elements.[56] | Jumpgate Evolution | CANCELLED | NetDevil | Codemasters | Windows | MMORPG | Limit Theory | CANCELLED[57] | Josh Parnell | TBA | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | Single player space simulator in entirely procedurally generated universes.[58] | Miner Wars 2081 | 2012 | Keen Software House | TBA | Windows | Single Player; Currently in Closed Beta[59] | Naumachia: Space Warfare | TBA | Naumachia team | TBA | Windows | NorthStar | TBA | Kerberos Productions | TBA | Windows | Envisioned as a space trader sim with space and ground combat elements; space combat will not be fighter-based as in Privateer but more like large ship combat as in Kerberos' 4X title Sword of the Stars; ground combat will be squad turn-based, as in X-Com: UFO Defense | Pioneer | TBA | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | Free and open source software; development version is downloadable and playable as of 2012 | Precursors 2 | 2012 | Deep Shadows | Play Ten Interactive | Windows, Xbox 360 | Stand-alone game that continues prior story, but no need to play the original to understand the story[60] | The Vieneo Province | TBA | Unistellar Industries, LLC | Unistellar Industries, LLC | Windows | Persistent world with player-driven economy | Rodina | 2013 | Brendan Anthony | Elliptic Games | PC | [61] | Rogue System | TBA | Digits Crossed Interactive, LLC | Digits Crossed Interactive | Windows | Rogue System is currently in the pre-alpha stage of development. It is a modular space combat sim that features ship system functionality on the level of a "hardcore" flight simulator, along with first-person and RPG elements. Rogue System provides a richly detailed story driven experience coupled with open exploration and randomly generated side missions. | ScrumbleShip | 2012 | Orangehat Tech, LLC | ScrumbleShip.com | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | ScrumbleShip is in the alpha stage of development. Currently players can build and damage their ships; the final version will be an open-world MMO space flight simulator in which players mine materials, build their own ships, battle, and fly between solar systems. | Space Miner | 2014 | Kim Lillås | Aurora Borealis Games | Android | First version released | SpaceEngine | 2012 | Vladimir Romanyuk | Vladimir Romanyuk | Windows | As of 2011, simulates stars from Hipparcos catalogue, procedurally adds other stars and systems as appropriate, and generates planets with landscapes, atmospheres and water[62][63] | Spacemen | TBA | Florin Bucur | TBA | Windows, MacOSX, Linux | spacemen.eu | Space Noir | TBA | N-Fusion Interactive Entertainment | TBA | iOS, Android, Windows | Star Citizen | TBA | Cloud Imperium Games (Chris Roberts) | Cloud Imperium Games | Linux, Windows | MMO Space trading and combat simulator, FPS[64] | Star Villains and Space Heroes | TBA | Area Denial Games | TBA | Windows, Linux | Capital ship combat game, with Newtonian space physics and third person controls.[65] | Starfighter Inc. | 2017 | Impeller Studios | Impeller Studios | Windows | Realistic hardcore online multiplayer space combat simulator set in our solar system 200 years in the future. Players are mercenary pilots working for private military contractors to fight a shadow war between ruthless megacorps.[66] | The Tomorrow War: Factor K | 2012 | CrioLand | 1C, 505 Games | Windows | Expansion pack to the space combat sim The Tomorrow War[67] | Torchships | TBA | Product7 | Product7 | Windows & Mac | Newtonian Space combat game | Universe Online | CANCELLED | Colony Studios | Colony Studios | Windows | MMORPG; not the same as X: Universe Online[68] | Universe Sandbox | 2017 | Dan Dixon | Giant Army | Windows | An interactive space and gravity simulator. It is completely rewritten as "Universe Sandbox ²" | Vega Strike | TBA | The Vega Strike Team | The Vega Strike Team | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | Free and open source software; development version is downloadable and playable as of 2011 | X: Online Universe | TBA | Egosoft | Egosoft | Windows | MMORPG; whether or not it comes to be, it is unrelated to the game Universe Online by Colony Studios[69] though both have similar names | XO | Q1 2016 | Jumpdrive Studios | Jumpdrive Studios | Linux, Mac OS X, Windows | Command a ragtag fleet of starships against an unbeatable enemy.[70] | Star Trek Excalibur | TBA | Windows | Classic Star Trek Universe[71] | Strike Wing | 2013 | Dream Builder Studios | Crescent Moon Games, Dream Builder Studios | iOS, Android, Windows Phone 8 | Space Combat Simulator for iOS to be released in 2013.[72] |
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