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 became known for its innovative use of cinematic storytelling and cutting-edge graphics at the time.In Wing Commander, playe...

Wing Commander 2: Vengeance of the Kilrathi

DOS1991protected Origin Systems

Babylon 5: I've Found Her

Windows XP/98/952003freeware Space Dream Factory

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

DOS1989 Mindscape

Star Wars

DOS1988 Atari

Epic

DOS1992protected Digital Image Design

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 a landmark title in the space simulation genre.

Protostar: War on the Frontier

DOS1993 Tsunami Media

Xiphos

DOS1990

Deep space: Operation Copernicus

DOS1986 Lerner Research

Shuttle: The Space Flight Simulator

DOS1992 Vektor graphics

Star Wars: TIE Fighter

DOS1994protected LucasArts

Descent: FreeSpace - The Great War

Windows XP/98/951998protected Volition

Wing Commander 3

Windows XP/98/95DOSMac OS1994protected Origin Systems

Skyfox II: The Cygnus Conflict

DOS1988 Dynamix

Star Wars: X-Wing

DOS1993protected LucasArts

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...

Star Fleet 2: Krellan Commander

DOS1989 Interstel Corporation

Wing Commander: Privateer

Windows XP/98/95DOSMac OS1993protected Origin Systems

Millennia: Altered Destinies

DOS1995 Take-Two Interactive

Elite

DOS1987freeware Firebird

Orbiter

DOSMac OS1986 Spectrum HoloByte

Iron Seed

DOS1994freeware

Star Fleet 1: The War Begins

DOSMac OS1985 Interstel Corporation

Noctis

DOSWindows XP/98/952000

Tau Ceti

DOS1987 Thunder Mountain

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 bounties, buy and sell goods, land on starbases or outposts and talk to NPCs, do quests, etc.