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231 games like Starflight · 1982 – 2019
Firefly Studios · Windows, macOS
Space Colony: Steam Edition is a remaster of the real-time base builder and strategy game from Firefly Studios, creators of the Stronghold series. In Space Colony you colonize to survive, designing intergalactic bases that keep your crew pr
71 rating4 lists36 h main storyOften paired
Windows
Mankind has finally learned how to explore the outer regions of space using wormhole technology, but Man is not alone in the Void. Two other races are also exploring and exploiting the cosmos for its resources and living space: the Mantis,
70 rating2 lists22 h main storyOften paired
Linux, Windows, macOS
Endless Sky is an open source 2D space trading and combat game inspired by the classic Escape Velocity series. Work your way up from a relatively wimpy shuttle, cargo ship, or fighter, to a highly upgraded and customized flagship or to a ma
76 rating1 list9 h main storyOften paired
Malfador Machinations · Windows
Space Empires V is the latest edition in the Space Empires series. This new chapter completely updates the UI and takes the player into a real-time rendered 3D universe. Watch space battles played out in glorious detail and realistic effect
58 rating2 lists10 h main storyOften paired
Derek Smart · Windows
Strategy game where you play as the new commander of a battlecruiser, tasked with leading your crew of interstellar travelers to victory against an unknown force.
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Windows
3 unique races to play with different strategies for success: Colonists - High Tech (a sci-fi mechanized army), Sorin - Swords and Sorcery (a fantasy army with magic powers), Dreil - Monsters (use brute force and hive and cocooning behavior
56 rating2 listsOften paired
Windows
Eight hundred years prior to the start of our story, bitter conflict divided all of mankind. A handful of colonists struck out on their own to begin anew - far away from the Earth and its turmoil. Several ships were launched with enough equ
77 rating3 listsOften paired
Martech · MS-DOS
Trade Wars 2002 is a classic BBS door game that has been actively played since the late 1980s. The player controls a spaceship in a Star Trek-inspired universe, trading resources at a profit to build up a space empire of planets and space s
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Windows, macOS
You're an Osmo, a strange creature indeed. You explore the galaxy in your spaceship, and the planets you encounter are almost as bizarre as the Osmos themselves. There are seven worlds presented for your consideration, each more goofy and p
60 rating1 list0.5 h main storyOften paired
Ambrosia Software · macOS
2nd version of Escape Velocity. This is a sandbox game where players start with a small ship and limited capabilities. Players can get missions, buy and sell goods, or become a pirate.
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Nintendo exclusive
Nintendo Software Planning & Development · Nintendo DS
In this dino-tastic adventure, players get some hands-on time to hunt and clean fossils, and revive and battle vivosaurs. A fossil park is hosting a large-scale tournament in which competitors enter vivosaurs created from dinosaur fossils i
74 rating2 listsOften paired
Digital Reality · MS-DOS, Windows, iOS
We are in the year 2300. The Galactic Empire, formed by the human species in the known universe, eventually split into numerous factions, seven alien races and two empires of renegade humans. One of the most dangerous, the Darglans threaten
84 rating3 lists1 h main story
Nintendo exclusive
Konami · NES
Cosmic Wars (コズミックウォーズ Kozumikku Wōzu?) is a turn-based strategy video game produced by Konami in 1989 which is based upon the characters and conflicts of the popular Gradius series. It was released only in Japan. The game received a sequel
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Tsunami Games · MS-DOS
A space exploration, trade, and combat simulation by Tsunami Games
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Origin Systems · Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST +10
Dropping out of hyperspace, you lay a course of Lagrange Station. Suddenly, the klaxon screams out a warning. Two Darts and a Corsair, closing fast. Pirates! You roll hard to avoid the incoming plasma torps. One hits, knocking down your re
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Egosoft · Linux, Windows, macOS
It is the year 2938. The long wished-for encounter of the X Universe and the Earth holds both joy and sorrow for the people. Despite flourishing trade, the clash of the diverse races, cultures and life forms creates new tensions, mistrust a
77 rating2 lists48 h main story
Apple II
You try to accumulate as much money as possible while trading between the stars.
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Distinctive Software · Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Commodore 64 +4
PSI-5 Trading Company is a space simulation/action game. Players command an interstellar trading ship, hiring a specialized crew to operate the ship's subsystems and hauling valuable cargo to its destination amid a galaxy full of pirates, h
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Nintendo console exclusive
David Braben · Acorn Archimedes, Acorn Electron, Amiga +14
Elite is a space trading video game, written and developed by David Braben and Ian Bell and originally published by Acornsoft for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron computers in September 1984. Elite's open-ended game model, and revolutionary
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Blue Tongue Entertainment · Windows
Starship Troopers: Terran Ascendancy is a real time strategy game with a common misunderstanding. This game is not based on the movie Starship Troopers. Both, the game and the movie, are based upon the novel by Robert A. Heinlein. This is
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Egosoft · Windows
X: Beyond The Frontier is the first part in the X-Universe series of games developed by Egosoft. It tells the story of mankind's rise and fall in the universe, and the attempt by Kyle Brennan to help repopulate the stars using a new ship c
53 rating1 list31 h main story
Windows, macOS
Homeworld 2 is the third game in the Homeworld series. Although well-received and praised for its lavish graphics, Homeworld 2 did not receive the same level of acclaim as Homeworld 1 or Cataclysm. Patches and an active modding community ha
80 rating3 lists
Particle Systems · Windows
Command four space vessels and a band of revolutionary pirates into an all-consuming battle against impossible odds, because there just isn't enough Space for everyone!
71 rating4 lists27 h main story
MS-DOS, Windows
You regain consciousness and the unfamiliar faces surrounding you inform you that you've lost your ship in an unfortunate accident. The cutthroat world of the Tri-System privateers greets you with a clenched fist and a knife pointed at your
78 rating1 list
Windows
Stars in Shadow is a turn-based 4X strategy game and a vivid tribute to the genre classics. Compete with alien factions to explore and colonize nearby starsystems, build fleets to defend against rivals, negotiate or conquer them. Win by uni
65 rating2 lists6 h main story
Kerberos Productions · Windows
It is the year 2405, and human scientists have discovered a new technology, the Node Drive. This is an innovation that will finally allow travel from star to star at speeds faster than light. As mankind is poised on the brink of a new era
79 rating3 lists
The Logic Factory · MS-DOS, iOS
Ascendancy is similar to, but nevertheless very different from, Master of Orion. You play one of many races, each with a special ability and special character traits, who set off to explore space, erect colonies (which can each have individ
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Nintendo console exclusive
Nintendo 64, Windows
You are the high-level Commander making decisions from your own war-ravaged tank. Lead your U.S. troops on a mission to gain control of a superior alien technology in the true "space race" against the Soviets.... or cross enemy lines to the
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Ambrosia Software · Windows, macOS
Escape Velocity Nova (a.k.a. EV Nova or EVN) is a video game by Ambrosia Software, in collaboration with ATMOS. It is the third game in the Escape Velocity series of space trading & combat games.
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Blind Mind Studios · Linux, Windows
Star Ruler is a large scale, real-time grand strategy set in space. Design, build, and take control of potentially thousands of ships, and expand the reach of your empire across the entire galaxy. Research new technologies, capture enemy ve
80 rating1 list15 h main story
The second expansion to Sword of the Stars. In addition to new techs, weapons, and ship sections, AMoC adds a sixth race, the bird like Morrigi
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Windows
Black Prophecy is a space action multiplayer game with RPG elements. The prologue is linear: the player has to survive the conflict between the Tyi (technology) and the Genides (biology). He handles missions for both factions and once he re
80 rating1 list
Westwood Studios · Apple II, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1
Mars Saga is a role-playing video game developed by Westwood Associates and published by Electronic Arts for the Commodore Commodore 64 in 1988. Following a legal battle against Electronic Arts for rights on the franchise, Westwood turned t
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Windows
A sci-fi turn-based 4X strategy game where you lead the fate of one of several factions divided between three races. Explore new worlds and new star systems filled with exciting secrets as well as new dangers. Build new cities, expand your
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Xbox console exclusive
Little Green Men Games · Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series
Captain your own space ship and roam the galaxy in 3D in this tactical space simulator with tons of RPG depth ! Space has never looked so inviting - but images can betray...
77 rating3 lists33 h main story
Stardock · Windows
Galactic Civilizations III is the largest strategy sandbox ever made. Start with a single world and expand across the galaxy through diplomacy, trade, cultural hegemony or military conquest in this single-player or multiplayer 4X strategy g
74 rating3 lists27 h main story
Linux, Windows, macOS
Homeworld is a 3D real-time strategy game set in space and focusing on the conflict between the Kushan, who are attempting to locate their long-lost homeworld, and the Taiidan Empire which is trying to destroy them.
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Taldren · Windows
Thought the war to end all wars was over? Wrong! The Organians have returned and they've brought the Interstellar Concordium (ISC) with them!
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Windows
Caught in the middle of a violent conflict on the fringe of the galaxy - your ability to survive will depend on your piloting skills and combat savvy as a mercenary space fighter. But, as you explore the vastly detailed world of Tachyon: Th
75 rating1 list10 h main story
Windows
WarBreeds is a Real Time Strategy game developed by Red Orb. Warbreeds was notable for its customizable units which provided over 35,000 unique combinations.
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Code Force · Windows
Distant Worlds: Universe is the newest chapter of this critically acclaimed sci-fi series, adding incredible new features and an exciting new storyline. Universe is also the ultimate collector’s edition, the first time all previous Distant
80 rating2 lists6.5 h main story
Windows, macOS
In Endless Space you play the role of the leader of one of the many intelligent beings of a galaxy at the beginning of the space age. Very quickly, you discover the remnants of an older civilization. That civilization called themselves the
80 rating3 lists19 h main story
Object Software · Windows
Metal Knight (Chinese: 铁甲风暴; lit. 'Ironclad Storm') is a real-time strategy video game released in 1998, developed by Object Software Limited and published in mainland China by Object Software and in Taiwan by T-time Technology Co., Ltd. In
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Switch, PS4, Windows +1
Rebel Galaxy Outlaw is an open-world space combat adventure game, spread across the nearly 40 systems of the Dodge Sector. Play as a mercenary, a trader, a pirate, or whatever mix of the three you feel fits you best. With an engaging storyl
68 rating4 lists16 h main story
Accolade · Amiga, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +1
You are a law enforcement officer in control of a hovercraft as you hunt down drug runners across a futuristic city.
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Dreamatrix Game Studios · Windows
Space Force: Rogue Universe is a space simulation video game developed by Croatian Provox Games. The game was released in North America in 2007 by DreamCatcher Games, and was released in Europe by JoWooD Productions. It was followed by Spac
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Legend Entertainment · MS-DOS, Windows, macOS
Since the events in Star Control 2 the Ur-Quan have been pacified and the captain who bravely destroyed the Sa-Matra has had a horrible vision of the future. Suddenly without warning, all Hyperspace travel in the universe has stopped. Top s
56 rating2 lists17 h main story
FTL Games · Apple II, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE
You just inherited a one-man star freighter - the SunDog - from an uncle who died under mysterious circumstances. You also inherited the contract he signed to aid in the building of a colony for a religious group. You have three tasks to pe
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