The BEST Space Games Of The Past 10 Years

I completely disagree with your take.

X4 <3

all this games battle simulations are WW2 simulators with the skin of space

Damn, nobody out there seems to know that there is Empyrion Galactic Survival. It is a great game, better than most more famous space games.

Was not aware what no man's sky has become, wow! I should play this

I wish someone would make a new Descent and Descent Freespace again.
Those are truly defining games.

I think when you said Star Trek: Bridge Crew you really meant to say Artemis.

what about freelander?
Its old sure, but i think its still the king of easily accessible, comprehensive space exploration game with a pretty neatly designed universe and good storycampaign. Nothing out there up to this day rivaling it. Except for star citizen, which is still in development and will also take things to a whole different dimension.

Elite is the only game I like from those you mentioned. It's pitty that all space games are just exploration games right now. They made space shooters in to Minecraft. And there's no game on horizont that can change that. It's so sad .

How could this be even made without mentioning the very best EVE Online? You should be ashamed of yourself.

Ehhh I guess.... personally I would have picked a different set of games. Elite for sure. As well as No Mans Sky. Space Engineers is worthy too as it basically spawned the whole "build starships" thing. Stellaris also belongs as it revolutionized the space strategy genre to a scale that really hasn't been beaten yet. The rest though are very meh.. X4 has had some questionable decisions. Outer Wilds flew under the radar and honestly feels more like a puzzle/mystery game rather than space. Star Trek Bridge Crew is okay, but it didn't really break any barriers. Neither did EverSpace 2. Star Citizen is nice and all, but it's still a buggy mess. Hot take, but I'd throw Starfield on this list. I know many people have a hate boner for it, but I've already spent a good 300 hours in the game and love it. There really isn't any sort of space RPGs to compare in recent years. Spacebourne deserves an addition to the list too. It's impressive for a single developer. Underspace should probably be on here too as it's probably the most faithful remake of Freelancer that I've ever seen.

No, no no no no. 10 years ago is 2004!

Surprised KSP didn't make the list

Elite is still the best. Hands down.

no EVE Online? ufff ... good choices but that was a miss for sure

did anyone know space game that can conduct only ship and can go everywhere and had alliance alien,human, and pirate.. i didnt remember the name

Getting close to my 8000th hours of Space Engineers, and don't know exactly how much, but a couple thousands of Star Citizen as well.. 😅

One of these days you're going to check out Stellar Tactics!!!

People think Outer Wilds spacecraft controls suck, but it’s probably closer to actual space flight than many of the others.

SC is me retirement game, for it really scratches my immersion itch.

Cool video, thanks for doing this! I’ll have to check out X4, played X-3 way back in the day..

I'm still burned by Double Fine from Spacebase DF-9. Sold early access, CONTINUE to sell early access, even though they abandoned all development on the game. Good devs and I'm sure there are good people over there but the studio has been doing some scummy stuff for a while, and still are.

space games go back long before 2014. game called free lancer and others from back in windows 8 and 95.

I've played several different space game and I can confirm Elite: Dangerous is still the only true and best space sim.

i wish there was as much of a selection for space games as there is for medieval fantasy games.

Want I really want is some modern version of Independence War 2.

To this day, no space sim I've played quite touches on all the things I-War 2 did so well.

Okay, opening up by saying "Chances are at least a few of you watching this video were pretty young in 2014" is really a bad intro vibe as a viewer.

2014 was just last week, and if anyone considers 2014 "A long time ago", then they better be keeping off my lawn and not be doing any tricktocks on my patio! :))

The fan remake of Tie Fighter should be on here as well

Reasons to play Star Citizen instead of Elite:
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Frontier, why don't you scrap your bad ideas and make $$$ with a massive ship interior DLC AND REGAIN THE PLAYER BASE YOU DROVE TO STAR CITIZEN!!!!

I agree with most that you say, but you missed one off the list that set the standard that most had to live with or better and that is EVE. Possible the best of them all and one of the most complex.

you mean scam citizen

I love ED but I only have a PS 4 atm. So ED is playable, but it never updates anymore and they don’t support it .

"The Outer Wilds" is really not my game. I passed on it at the announcement, tries the demo and uninstalled it, passed again at launch, and promo discount... but gave in when a friend who likes similar games as I do recommended it. Nup. It's well executed - props to the programming team - but almost everything else grates on me. Lots of other people think it's brilliant, and I'm not going to try to convince them not to - I'd just rather have a dental appointment.

StarSector should have been on your list. It is better than most of the games on your list.

There are two space sims that I desperately want -

1. A single player gameworld like Freelancer - with a unique and distinct space-nations, multitude of factions, guilds, corporations, military organizations etc, each with unique locations, characters, ships, equipment, storylines, PLUS the audio-visual and technical fidelity of flying in Elite: Tedious. I thought Starfield would be it, but they completely dropped the ball on the space-sim aspects.

2. The semi-open dynamic gameworld, ship and equipment upgrading from Starfleet Command or StarSector, PLUS the day-to-day management of your ship, proper NPC officers with individual personalities and abilities from Bridge Commander.

Hello Games puts every space game to shame and other compaines for what they have done and never charged for anything extra is a massive talking point and should be talked about more just to prove it is possible!

It's been awesome to be a part of the return of the genre with our EVERSPACE games and we're so glad to see enthusiasts like ObsidianAnt championing space games of all kinds. Space games are great games! Thanks again for including us in your videos!

I remember first finding kickstarter in late 2012 and falling hard into its model. Within a week I’d backed Elite, SC and Limit Theory. The sense of pure righteousness in supporting these projects was tangible. Of course, it was tarnished somewhat, and we’ve all gotten wiser in the years since, but still, that feeling at the time was singular.

Before I watch the video, are 90% still in early access? Cuz it seems like all space games other than Elite are still there.

Rebel Galaxy outlaw is pretty much my favorite modern space game! it's simplistic enough but offers a decent challenge. I'm also VERY excited for Star Wars Outlaws later this month.

Elite dangerous is no more good game for me as ps5 player (fck thumb)

Why does Elite's graphics lighting and vibe look way better 10 years ago than the do today?

I'm a relative newcomer to the genre. I was a teenager when ED and SC and NMS were getting hyped up and "released" (I hesitate to call SC released and NMS's release was of course infamous) and I never experienced the old era of space games like Wing Commander or Elite. It's occurred to me that the slow and steady disappointment of SC taking such a long time and ED getting semiabandoned by Frontier maybe must've been a bit like how it felt as a more veteran space gamer watching the genre get abandoned up until about 2012 or so.

Well when they abandon Elite on console
That was it for me
all that time WASTED
at least I managed to own a Federal Corvette !!!

Rebel Galaxy outlaws and Headspace; shopbreaker are great space game too.

The first one is a shooter with a nice story driven background in some sort of "wild west" world.

In the second one your only duty is to dismantle various ships. A new and refreshing gameplay, not so boring as it may seems.

Surprised KSP didnt make it in.

@obsidianant please try StarSector and Nebulous

I swear they downgraded the graphics from the Elite Alpha onwards and they still haven't got back to that level of detail.

star citizen? what are you smoking? 10 years of dev time so far, and more than 700 million, and where is it at? still alpha. no where near release. by the time they release, if they do, it'll be obsolete. the only thing sc has shown us, is that there are still suckers out there willing to throw money away for empty promises.