Elite: Dangerous (Series) Alternatives
Elite: Dangerous is described as 'space adventure, trading, and combat simulator that is the fourth release in the Elite video game series' and is an app in the Games category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Elite: Dangerous for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Steam and GOG.com. The best alternative is Celestia, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Elite: Dangerous are No Man's Sky (Paid), EVE Online (Freemium), Star Citizen (Paid) and X (Paid).
- No Man's Sky is an action-adventure survival video game developed and published by the indie studio Hello Games.
- Paid
- Windows
- Steam
- GOG.com
- Playstation
- Xbox
- Free-to-play MMO that offers PvP and PvE combat alongside an intricate economic/political landscape.
- Freemium
- Mac
- Windows
- Wine
- Steam
- Star Citizen is an upcoming space sim video game for Microsoft Windows and Linux.
- Paid
- Windows
- Linux
It has the same concept, based on the original Elite and Wing Commander series, however Star Citizen also features planet side exploration, out of ship exploration and FPS combat. - X is a science fiction space trading and combat simulator series created by German developer Egosoft. Represent entire series of X games including X: Beyond the Frontier, X²: The Threat, X³: Reunion, X³: Terran Conflict, X Rebirth, X4: Foundations.
- Oolite is a space sim game, inspired by Elite.
- Create and manage your own space program, build and fly spacecraft, and try to conquer space.
- FTL is a spaceship simulation roguelike-like. Its aim is to recreate the atmosphere of running a spaceship exploring the galaxy (like Firefly/Star Trek/BSG etc.).
- Pioneer is a space adventure game set in the Milky Way galaxy at the turn of the 31st century.
- Orbiter is a realistic 3D real-time space flight simulator program.