 Starflight had a sequel, Starflight 2: Trade Routes of the Cloud Nebula. Ybarra went on to create Protostar, another space exploration adventure. Reiche was inspired by the game to create Star Control, with Johnson coding three of the alien species in the game; Computer Gaming World called Star Control II a spiritual successor to Starflight. Mass Effect director Casey Hudson tweeted in 2011 that "Starflight was a key inspiration for the ME series." Starflight is often cited along with Elite, which appeared two years earlier with similar gameplay, as early open world space exploration games. Dwarf Fortress's forgotten beasts were inspired by the procedurally generated lifeforms within Starflight.
