Space Games
Setting oftentimes gives any piece of media, be it books, movies, shows, or games, its boundaries. When setting a game in space, those boundaries must be masked in other ways so that the player still feels the freedom and choice that space provides. It hasn’t been until recently that games have been able to convey this, with titles such as EVE Online and (after heavy updates) No Man’s Sky delivering on a sense of presence and exploration in space.
No Man's Sky is an action-adventure survival video game developed and published by the indie studio Hello Games.
- Open World Game
- Paid • Proprietary
- Windows
- Steam
- GOG.com
- Playstation
- Nintendo Switch
- Xbox
+8An action-adventure video game that follows the player character as they explore a planetary system stuck in a 22-minute time loop that resets after the sun goes supernova and destroys the system.
- Exploration Game
- Paid • Proprietary
- Windows
- Steam
- Nintendo Switch
- Xbox
- Playstation
- Epic Games Store
+4EVE Online is a massive multiplayer online game that offers limitless potential to discover, explore and conquer an amazing science fiction universe where you pilot spaceships, fight, trade, and form corporations and alliances with other players.
- Role-playing Game
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Wine
- Steam
+2Star Citizen is a space sim video game for Microsoft Windows. Star Citizen is planned to consist of two main components: first-person space combat, mining, exploration and trading with first-person shooter elements in a massively multiplayer persistent universe and customizable...
- Role-playing Game
- Paid • Proprietary
- Windows
- Linux
- Wine
- Lutris
+2Seamless open-world space sandbox with exploration of planets, moons, and stations. Engage in contracts, combat, and base building across the cosmos.
- Open World Game
- Paid • Proprietary
- Windows
- Steam
+14Journey to the Savage Planet” is an action-adventure game where you explore the colorful planet ARY-26, catalog its flora and fauna, and uncover mysteries.
- Exploration Game
- Paid • Proprietary
- Windows
- Epic Games Store
- Steam
- Playstation
- Nintendo Switch
- Xbox
+5Starsector (formerly “Starfarer”) is an in-development open-world single-player space-combat, roleplaying, exploration, and economic game. You take the role of a space captain seeking fortune and glory however you choose.
- Role-playing Game
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
+1EmptyEpsilon places you in the roles of a spaceship's bridge officers, like those seen in Star Trek. While you can play EmptyEpsilon alone or with friends, the best experience involves 6 players working together on each ship.
- Simulation Games
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Flathub
- Flatpak
+3Play with friends online to defend the planet! Longest time to first impact or longest time to 100% damage. You destroy asteroids by flying into them before they hit the planet!
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- Flathub
Starfield is the first new universe in 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4. In this next generation role-playing game set amongst the stars, embark on an epic journey to answer humanity’s greatest mystery.
- Open World Game
- Paid • Proprietary
- Windows
- Steam
- Xbox
+3OutFly is an atmospheric, open world, realistic 3D space game that throws you into the Rings of Jupiter with a self-sufficient sportswear space suit that will take you anywhere.
- Open World Game
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- Windows
- Flathub
- Flatpak
+3Battle for universal dominance in the timeless space strategy classic OGame: conquer new planets, research ground-breaking technologies, form alliances and fight space wars with other emperors.
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Online
- iPad
- iPhone
- Android
- Android Tablet
+12Pilot your ship in the seamless open world made of space, planets, and more. Find new ships and equipment, find allies and beat all the enemies!.
- Exploration Game
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Android Tablet
- Steam
Explore and reshape distant worlds! Astroneer is set during a 25th century gold rush where players must explore the frontiers of outer space, risking their lives in harsh environments for the chance of striking it rich.
- Exploration Game
- Paid • Proprietary
- Windows
- Steam
- Xbox
+3FreeOrion is a turn-based space empire and galactic conquest (4X) computer game being designed and built by the FreeOrion project. FreeOrion is inspired by the tradition of the Master of Orion games, but is not a clone or remake of that series or any other game.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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