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text: List of space flight simulator games
Free-form space trading and combat games
Main article : Space trading and combat game
This is a comprehensive index of commercial, indie and freeware space flight simulator games. The list is categorized into four sections: space flight simulators, space flight simulators with an added element of combat, space combat simulators with an added element of trading, and unreleased space flight simulators. A space flight simulator game is software that allows the operator to experience spacecraft space flight in outer space with the added elements of gameplay. There are many different types of simulators. These simulators range in purpose from pure simulation to sheer entertainment. Space flight occurs beyond the Earth's atmosphere, and space flight simulators feature the ability to roll, pitch, and yaw. Space flight simulators use flight dynamics in a free environment; this free environment lets the spacecraft move within the three-dimensional coordinate system or the x, y, and z (applicate) axis.
Title Release year Developer Publisher Platform Notes
3030 Deathwar 2007 Bird in Sky Crunchy Leaf Games Windows
Archimedean Dynasty 1996 Massive Development Blue Byte DOS Play occurs in a submarine and under the ocean ; many reviews have stated the look and feel of this game as that of a space sim ;
Ascent - The Space Game 2013 Fluffy Kitten Studios Fluffy Kitten Studios Windows , Browser Trading , exploration , colonization , player built starbases , research and industry , asteroid mining and combat
Battlecruiser 3000AD 1996 3000AD Take Two Interactive Software , GameTek Windows All Battlecruiser and Universal Combat games feature trade
Battlecruiser 3000AD v2.0 1998 3000AD Interplay Windows
Battlecruiser Millennium 2000 3000AD Interplay Windows
Battlecruiser Millennium Gold 2003 3000AD DreamCatcher Interactive , Inc Windows Includes some extra missions , instant action scenarios
Starpoint Gemini 2 2014 LGM Games Iceberg Interactive Microsoft Windows , Xbox One Space trading and combat sim / RPG
Dangerous 2011 Binary Helix Binary Helix Windows , Mac OS , iOS , Android Cloud save enables sharing save game from any platform
DarkStar One 2006 Ascaron Entertainment cdv Software Entertainment Windows
DarkStar One : Broken Alliance 2010 Gaming Minds Studios Kalypso Media Xbox 360 Enhanced and extended from its predecessor , on Xbox 360 only
Earth & Beyond 2002 Westwood Electronic Arts Windows , Mac OS X , Linux MMORPG ; Electronic Arts officially shut down this game 's servers in 2004 , but as of 2011 , a fan-made revival project is working on an emulator
Elite 1984 David Braben , Ian Bell Acornsoft , Firebird Acorn Archimedes , Acorn Electron , Amiga , Amstrad CPC , Apple II , Atari ST , BBC Micro , Commodore 64 , DOS , MSX , NES , ZX Spectrum A seminal work in the genre ; many other games on these lists show influence by it
Elite : Dangerous 2014 Frontier Developments Frontier Developments Microsoft Windows , OS X Xbox One The fourth game in the Elite series featuring a persistent universe and online multiplayer
Endless Sky 2015 Michael Zahniser Michael Zahniser Windows , OS X , Linux An Open-Source 2D game similar to Escape Velocity . The game takes place in November 3013
Escape Velocity 1996 Matt Burch , Ambrosia Software Ambrosia Software Mac OS Effectively a modernized shareware Elite clone with RPG elements , with an extensive modding community
EV Override 1998 Matt Burch , Peter Cartwright , Ambrosia Software Ambrosia Software Mac OS Originally a third-party plugin for Escape Velocity , later adopted as an official sequel
EV Nova 2002 Matt Burch , ATMOS Software , Ambrosia Software Ambrosia Software Mac OS , Mac OS X , Windows Third and final game in the Escape Velocity series ( like EVO , also originally a third-party plugin ) , which also spawned a trading card game set in the same universe
Eve Online 2003 CCP Games CCP Games Mac OS X , Windows Player-driven , persistent-world MMORPG set in a science fiction space setting
Rebel Galaxy 2015 Double Damage Games Double Damage Games Mac OS X , Windows Modern freeform set in a dynamic science fiction space setting