Galactic Civilizations III: Crusade
Galactic Civilizations III: Crusade is a Downloadable Content Pack for Galactic Civilizations III and introduces new races and civilizations. The game mixes the Turn-based Strategy, Space, and 4X elements developed and published by Stardock Entertainment. To get into the world, you needs to select your race and assume the role of the leader who has to control his army throughout a variety of missions and find out the weak point of enemies to destroy them. There are different playable characters available and each has its unique set of attributes, personalities and skills. The galaxy is filled numerous planets and the player needs to explore the world, fight against alien races and conquer their planets, and drive his civilization into a golden age. The Onyx Hive, The Slyne, and the Terrain Resistance are three playable new races and civilizations. As the player progresses, it will increases the levels difficulty. Galactic Civilizations III: Crusade offers prominent features such as Invasions, New Civilization Builders, Espionage, Galactic Citizens, Upgrades and more.
#1 DarkStar One
DarkStar One is another great Space Exploration, Trading and Combat Simulation similar to Freelancer. The game is actually a remake of the super popular DarkStar One: Broken Alliance and offers a similar game-play, enhanced visuals and mechanics and takes you to the same Universe as its predecessor. As the main character of the game Kayron Jarvis, your tasks are to control the Ship named As DarkStar One, passed to you after the death of your father in a sabotage. You must accept the ship, go on hunting the ones who sabotaged the station and killed your father. As a mercenary by nature, you’ll have to explore various planets, gather resources, trade for items and make your ship more powerful in order to eliminate the enemies, and to earn respect among other pilots. DarkStar One offers a number of different paths to choose and allows you to either be Pirate, a Bounty hunter or a Trader by choice, act accordingly and enjoy a marvelously immersive game-play. DarkStar One, with all the wonderful elements such as beautiful visuals, engaging game-play and a well-written story-line, is one of the best alternative to Freelancer.
#2 Flotilla
Flotilla is a 3D Turn-based Co-Op Multiplayer Space Exploration and Combat video game by Blendo Games. Set in a Randomly generated Galaxy environment, Flotila allows you and your opponents (Both Online and NPCs) to control a whole fleet of Spaceships, issue orders to engage in real-time combat and keep on repeating the process until any of the sides is defeated. With a turn-based environment, Flotilla allows you to have one of the best Co-op experiences and enjoy the game-play. Flotilla lets you issue three man types of orders (Attack Move, Flank Move and Focus Fire) to your fleets and reverse the enemy attacks by engaging at the right time and attacking at the right place. In the start, Flotilla allows you to have only two ships, but as the time passes, you can have more ships in your fleet by simply visiting the game shop and upgrading to a number of desired ships while remaining in the limit to spend your resources and rewards. Single player mode of the game allows you to go exploring the world, engage in epic enemy encounters and enjoy the game-play even more. With a brilliant setting, a unique combat oriented game-play and brilliant 3D visuals, Flotilla is an immersive game to play and enjoy.