Star Wars: Empire at War
Star Wars: Empire at War is a great RTS video game that takes you straight to the amazing intergalactic conflicts and lets you enjoy the Real-Time Strategy in a wonderful new fashion. Ever raging conflict between the Rebels and the Empire allows you to choose any of the sides and engage in the action right away. Your task is to select any of the two main campaigns, go on hunting your enemies, be part of the forces lead by Darth Vader or be a commander of Rebel forces and struggle to achieve the goals. Explore different planets, build massive bases and other structure to show off your power, train multiple troop units and engage in epic skirmishes against the enemies. You can also take on the whole galaxy by playing in Conquest Mode, use your best ever strategies against the enemies and eventually rule the world around you. One of the main objectives is to capture and defend the Death Star, the ultimate symbol of power. If you are able to defeat your enemies and capture the death star, you can simply tell the enemies not to mess with you. The grand strategy element in the game allows you to manage your resources, funds, make strategies that will eventually be a step towards your dominance. Building structures, managing resources, searching for technologies and developing new ones etc. are the best parts of this cool game. If you love playing games with both Exploration and RTS elements, Star Wars: Empire at War is one amazing title for you. Do try it out and enjoy the ultimate fun.
#1 Homeworld
Homeworld is an amazing Real-Time Strategy and Tactics Space Simulation by Relic Entertainment. It originally released back in 1999 and was the first fully 3D RTS ever. With a number of sequels (Homeworld: Cataclysm, Homeworld 2, Homeworld: Remastered), this game is still famous among all the hardcore RTS and Tactics enthusiasts. According to the storyline, Homeworld is set in Outer Space where Gravity is much less and all the ships can travel into Three Dimensional directions filled with a number of different obstacles such as Radiation, Dust Clouds and Asteroids etc. The game allows you to either play in Multiplayer Online mode or you can also play the game as Single player, control the character after selecting the Race (Kushan, Taiidan, Bentusi, Kadeshi, Turanic Raiders and Galactic Council etc.), lead your own fleet of ships, and go hunt down the enemies. Homeworld offers loads of resource types that you can collect, store them on your mothership and use them as per requirements. With a minimalist user interface, amazing space-based environment, epic encounters with the equally equipped enemies and loads of other cool things that Homeworld offers, this game is one of the best RTS games to play and enjoy.
#2 Star Conflict
Star Conflict or also known as Star Conflict: Dogs of War is a an immense Action and Thrill-packed MMO, Exploration video game that sets you up into the character of a pilot and allows you to be part of massive leagues and engage yourself into epic interplanetary Skirmishes against the equally equipped and tactically advanced enemies. This epic space simulation allows you to go against the enemies in an amazing new fashion and engage yourself into PvP battles and PvE missions, go on some amazing quests in order to hunt down your enemies, choose best ever and advanced ships, explore a number of different places, earn experience points and collect upgrades by simply eliminating your enemies, produce massive battle ships and be a commander of whole fleets. Star Conflict offers an amazing battle oriented environment where you as the commander can choose your own path, survive as long as possible in the outer space and enjoy some of the best and longest campaigns ever. With a super engaging game-play, enhanced and state of the art graphics and amazing story-line Star Conflict is a great game to play.
#3 FTL: Faster than Light
FTL: Faster than Light, developed by Subset games is a Rouguelike Real-time Strategy (RTS) and Shooting Simulation by Subset Games. The game provides with Permadeath Mechanics and allows you to engage yourself in an amazing space themed environment. According to the story, you control a crew and an FTL (Faster Than Light) capable spaceship (Owned by the Galactic Federation) that is tasked to deliver critical information to an allied fleet of spaceships eight sectors away and is also being chased by a huge rebel spaceship fleet. Your task is to guide your ship safely all the way to your allied fleet and deliver the information by dodging and saving your ship from the rebel ship attacks. “FTL: Faster than Light” lets you defeat your enemies by directly getting into the permadeath styled combats, in a roguelike fashion. The Galactic Federation is on the verger of a drastic and mega devastation after they lost the great war against the Rebels. You must capture and contain the data packets, captured from Rebel ship communication intercept and deliver it to the Federation. The Federation will then use the information to attack and defeat the Rebel Factions and save the world. With a very well-written and quite involving storyline, beautifully created Ultra-HD graphics and a totally very addictive gameplay, FTL: Faster than Light is one amazing Space Exploration and RTS video game to play and enjoy.
#4 RymdResa
RymdResa is a non-violent Rogue-like Space Exploration video game by Morgondag. The game features a procedurally generated world in which it allows the players to explore various planets, collect epic loots and enjoy the game. RymdResa offers Survival and RPG elements as well and lets the players decide what type of Spaceship they want to use. Once the ship is selected, RymdResa lets the players customize it by the utilization of all available options, start exploring and survive in a retro-styled universe. The core objective of the game is to find a new Home after the destruction of your former home by an asteroid. To find the new home, you must get out in the open space and follow the coordinates to many random locations. The game features a procedurally generated game world, random loot, loads of cool customization options, three different chapters with entirely different stories and gameplay, beautiful art style and original background music. It offers beautiful graphics, addictive gameplay, and loads of things to discover. Do try it out for an amazing Space Exploration experience.
#5 X3: Reunion
X3: Reunion focuses on Space Trading, Exploration, and Combat. It is the third entry in the series of X Universe Adventure and the direct sequel to X2: The Threat. It supports single-player mode and plays from the first-person perspective. It takes place in the massive space environment and lets the player get into the role of the protagonist who is a space explorer. There are different types of spaceship such as a powerful battleship, freighters, small ship, fast, massive carriers, scouting ships and more. Select one of them and dive into the game world where you can explore the game world freely without any task or could complete a series of challenging missions to earn experience points and trade with NPCs. The story of the game starts where the X2 left off. The game takes place in the fictional Universe called X. According to the story, the Kha’ak are destroying all the popular areas of the Universe and the father of Julian named Kyle is still in a coma. Assume the role of the protagonist, customize your starship and pilot it. Collect rare artifact and use them to unlock further content and enhance your abilities. You can use special gem to open a portal to Earth and can fight against a mysteries alien alliances. Save the world from devastation and complete all objectives. X3 Reunion offers core features, addictive gameplay, and the best mechanics. Try it out.
#6 X3: Terran Conflict
X3: Terran Conflict mixes different genres such as Trading, Combat, Exploration, and Space Simulation. It is developed by Egosoft and published by Deep Silver. The game takes place in the massive space environments and lets the player explore the game world from first-person perspective. To get into the game world, the player must create and customize his/her starship with different items. There are different races such as Xenon, Terran, Split and more and the player can select one of them and start his journey to navigate ship around different sectors. The game world comprises thousands of stations and ships and the player can create his colony, gather resources, and trade with NPCs to earn money. He has to fight against rival alien races to protect his colony and defeat them to earn amazing rewards. The Ship can be upgraded by using experience points that the player earned by complete objectives. X3: Terran Conflict includes key features such as New Factions, Largest X Universe, over 100 Spaceship, Management Tools and more. Try it out.
#7 X Rebirth
X Rebirth is an addictive Space Simulation by Egosoft and offers the similar gameplay like Sins of a Solar Empire. It is an Action-Adventure, Combat, Trading, Sandbox, Sci-fi, and Single-player game. The game takes place in the X-Universe near the future. In the game, the player can assume the role of the protagonist and the game revolves around combat, piracy, trade, and others. The primary goal of the player is to gain wealth and build his own space station and control fleet of starships and expand it. It sets the player on an epic adventure where he must collect items and fight against aliens and other factions with the use of various weapons, and must defeat them to save his space station and earn a lot of money. The game offers the open-ended game world and allows the player immersive himself in action-packed space combat experience. In the game, the player can build his own empire, trade with large factories, and crush his enemies. X Rebirth includes core features such as Trade, Build, Customization, Fight, Upgrades, Unique Weapons System, Economy System, and others. With the exciting gameplay, brilliant mechanics, superb visuals, and smooth controls, X Rebirth is the excellent game to play and enjoy.
#8 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II is an Action Role-playing and Single-player video game, enabling the player controls the actions of the character. It takes place in the fictional universe of Star Wars 4,000 years before the events of the movie developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by LucasArts. The game starts five years after the event of its predecessor and revolves around The Exile’s story, a Jedi Knight who was exiled from the Jedi Order. In the beginning, the protagonist wakes up on an asteroid mining facility. After the escape, he or she finds a person who destroyed who exiled him ten years ago, who embark the protagonist on an epic mission to find the remaining Jedi to battle against the Sith. The game mainly focuses on combat and lets the player explore the environment from a third-person perspective while interacting with environment and NPCs. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and wonderful graphics, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II is the best game to play and enjoy.
#9 Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars
Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars is a Turn-based, 4X, Single-player and Multiplayer Sci-fi themed video game developed by NGD Studios and published by Wargaming. It is the 4th title in the series of Master of Orion and serves as a reboot of the series, released by Argentina-based NGD Studios. There are up to ten playable races each with its unique set of objectives and characters. In the beginning, the player can control one of ten different races to galactic supremacy through the colonization and exploration of the massive star systems while utilizing conquest, diplomacy and technological developments. The main gameplay focuses on the Turn-based component, enabling the player to control a race who can compete against AI-controlled opponents around the galaxies. During the gameplay, the player deals with ship design, colony management, manage the empire, combat, inter-species diplomacy, and more. The player starts the game with a colonized homeworld in his solar system. 75 Researchable Technologies, Huge Galaxies, Customization, etc. are prominent features in the game.
#10 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords is a Role-playing and Single-player video game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by LucasArts. It is the sequel to Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, released by BioWare. Like its previous titles, the game takes place in the Star Wars Universe and follows the event of the movie Episode I: The Phantom Menace. The game starts five years after the event of the first installment and revolves around the story of the Exile, a Jedi Knight, who was exiled from the Jedi Order. During the gameplay, the Jedi Order has completely wiped out by the Sith. As the story advances, the protagonist finds himself on an asteroid mining facility. After the player escapes with the assist of his party members, they discover the person who exiled them 10 years ago, and embarks the player on an epic quest to find out the remaining Jedi to battle against the Sith. The player can manipulate the land from a third-person view and can participate in battles against enemies in real-time. 3 Classes, Make Choices, Unique Jedi Abilities, etc. are core features of the game.
#11 Planescape: Torment
Planescape: Torment is a Role-playing and Single-player video game created by Black Isle Studios and published by Interplay Entertainment. The game takes place in exotic locations from the multiverse of Planescape, a fantasy campaign in Dungeons and Dragons. It focuses on the story-driven and combat gameplay and puts the player in the role of the nameless protagonist, an immortal, who has lived several lives but has forgotten all of them, even forgetting his name. It revolves around the exploration through the Sigil’s city and other planes, reclaiming his past of these previous lives. There are several characters available, who joins the nameless protagonist on his journey. The player starts the game with character creation, where he must assigns attributes such as charisma, intelligence, strength and more to the playable character. The player acts as a fighter at the beginning of the game, but after progressing he can change his character classes to wizard or thief. Enhanced Graphics, Multiple Paths, 4K Interface, etc. are core features in the game.
#12 Gratuitous Space Battles 2
Gratuitous Space Battles 2 is an Adventure, Science-fiction, Strategy, Single-player and Multiplayer Simulation developed and published by Positech Games for multiple platforms. The game offers the massive space environment where it takes place and brings the perfect blend of Management, Space Strategy and Simulation elements with an emphasis on Base Building. In the game, the player controls the appearance of his ships, and can build and customize them from a base. The game doesn’t follow the standard RTS (Real-time Strategy) genre, but has a simulation and management aspects as well. In the game, the ultimate task of the player is to establish his space empire, construct colonies, deploy units, and attack enemies to loot resources. It offers improved graphics, enhanced mechanics, and smooth controls with a variety of exciting features. Using the deep customization feature, the player can build a variety of his ships and can share them with friends. Every fleet in the game can be built from a huge variety of components and there are a series of classes from which the player selects his favorite to start the game.
#13 Star Ruler 2
Star Ruler 2 is a Strategy, Space, Science-fiction, Real-time Strategy, Single-player and Multiplayer video game created and published by Blind Mind Studios. The game acts as the huge scale 4X takes place in the space environment where the player is capable of exploring plenty, thousands, or even thousands of thousands solar systems in the huge galaxy of his selection, struggle to expand his planets, exploit the resources his find to fuel his units. The fate of his empire depends on the abilities of the player to master the field of military, economy, galactic politics, and more. There are many planets available, and each is full of resources that the player can collect to use and advance through the game. Using the customization, the player can design his ship that fit his needs, tactics and strategies using blueprint painting and more. Star Ruler 2 offers prominent features such as Multiplayer, Complete Mod-ability, Intricate Research, Massive Scale, and more. Star Ruler 2 is the best game for those who love playing Space 4x/RTS video games.
#14 X3: Albion Prelude
X3: Albion Prelude is an Expansion Pack for Action, Sci-fi, and Sandbox Simulation X3: Terran Conflict developed and published by Egosoft. It is the latest game in the series deals with building, fighting, trading and strategy elements. The game takes place in the breathtaking universe and the new storyline and several additions offering the open free-roam gameplay experience. The game lets the player to play in time between the old and new x universe and it shows the galaxy in flux. According to the storyline, the X Universe is going a period of huge change, causing a massive conflict of interest between the planet Earth and other races of the X Universe. The game offers the 3D environment and provides the player with an opportunity to explore the huge universe. In the game, the player will experience the new plot which throws him into the struggle between corporations at the time of conflict. X3: Albion Prelude includes prominent features such as improved Graphics, New Stock Exchange, etc.
#15 Neverwinter Nights: Diamond Edition
Neverwinter Nights: Diamond Edition is a Role-playing, Fantasy-based, Single-player and Multiplayer Third-person Perspective video game with Hack-and-Slash and CRPG elements developed and published by Beamdog for Multiple Platforms. The game includes all new improved features to this edition and puts the player in the role of the protagonist who must defeat enemies as an armour-clad paladin. In this game, the portrait, UI elements, inventory, and combat bar are improved, and the game offers the Advanced Graphics Options for cleaner visuals and more. The player explores the environment by commanding the hero equipped with a mighty sword which he can use to attack enemies and kill them to earn points. The storyline revolves around the journey through dangerous cities, dungeons full of monsters and uncharted wilderness to find the cure for a cursed plague the ravaging the Neverwinter’s city. During the gameplay, the player will discover more than forty hours of new storylines and the Aurora toolset, which can be used to build the world full traps, monsters, settings, and encounters. Check it out and have fun.
#16 Avorion
Avorion is a Sci-fi, Building, Sandbox, Single-player and Multiplayer Space video game developed and published by Boxelware for Multiple Platforms. The game takes place in the massive space environment contains many star systems, planets, and galaxies to explore. Many years ago, a cataclysmic almost ripped the player galaxy apart, an insurmountable ring of the hyperspace fabric occurred in the midst of the galaxy. However, since this event there is no one who has successfully managed to get near the regions of the galaxy. In the game world, there are rumors about a new metal known as Avorion, occurred in the midst of the galaxy. The player starts the game with nothing at his disposal at the edge of galaxy and work his way to the center of the galaxy that become more dangerous. The game introduces the sandbox aspects from the games, including Freelancer in which the player experience the co-op multiplayer gameplay and create his own ships. Avorion offers prominent features such as Epic Battle, Equip the Ship with Weapons, Explore the Beautiful environment, Build your Fleet, Co-op Multiplayer, and more.
#17 Astro Lords
Astro Lords or Astro Lords: Oort Cloud takes you to an amazing Universe Exploration and Combat journey and allows you to engage yourself into epic enemy encounters, trade and management simulation. This brilliant 3D MMO offers real-time battles and combats against the enemies, tons of space exploration and adventures and lets you be in charge of your own Asteroid. Your task is to simply defend your asteroid against the enemy attacks, collect resources to build structures on your asteroid, create various types of spaceships to explore the universe, build a huge base and militarize your every move against the enemies to stay always ahead of their plans. With a brilliantly designed core game-play, MMORTS aesthetics, PvP and PvE combats, and the ability to capture and conquer other Asteroids floating around the Oort Cloud nebula, defeating the enemies in epic encounters, game’s own economy system, unique trading capabilities and a unique Combat system, Astro Lords lets you enjoy experience of a life time. Astro Lords offers wonderful visuals, an immersive game-play and a lot of fantastic things to discover and enjoy beyond limits.
#18 Master of Orion
Master of Orion by Simtex is an all-time hit video game that offers a fantastic amalgamation of Sci-Fi and Turn-based 4X Strategy elements. Master of Orion is the first game in series, and it is available to play on MS-DOS and Apple Macintosh platforms. Released back in 1993, Master of Orion allows the players to dominate the Galaxy by building Democratic and Trade relations with other settlements. Building technology, Conquests, Exploration, and Colonization are the most prominent and necessary elements of the game. So if anybody wants to enjoy the game fully, they must be good at all of the said skills. Master of Orion features ten playable races for characters, and each of them has their own unique skills and abilities. As the game is based on Space Exploration elements, Master of Orion allows the players to explore seven ordinary and six profoundly hostile planets. While on Hostile planets, fight off the enemies if there is an encounter and keep on discovering. Researching for and building new technologies, Trade, and Diplomatic relations are the most prominent features of the game. Furthermore, Master of Orion offers clean 3D graphics, great game mechanics and addictive gameplay to enjoy.
#19 Universe Sandbox
Universe Sandbox is an Action, Education, Physics-based, Space, Adventure and Single-player Simulation developed and published by Giant Army. The game takes on a massive space environment where you can build, and destroy anything that you imagine. It focuses on real-time gravity, collision, climate, space exploration, and material interaction. Your ultimate task is to navigate the environment, interact with objects and NPCs and reveal the secrets behind the scenes. There are tons of stars, planets, and galaxies are available to manipulate. In the game, you can encounter various alien species and can combat against them to score the points. Unlock other items using your points and dominate the galaxy. Learn about space, planets, black hole, and the atmosphere of space, etc. in this game and show off your skills and abilities by creating different things like planet, stars, etc. Universe Sandbox includes core features such as Simple Introduction, Fun-filled Activities, Physical Quantities in units (seconds, meters, and kilograms, etc.), 3D Mode, Two Collision modes (Combine and Bounce), and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.
#20 Universe Sandbox 2
Universe Sandbox 2 is an Education, Interactive Space and Gravity Simulation developed by Dan Dixon and available to play on Microsoft Windows platform. The game takes place in the massive space environment full of galaxies, planets, moons and asteroids. By playing the game, the players can see the gravity’s effects on different objects in the massive universe and can run scale simulations of the solar system, while interacting and controlling time, gravity, other objects like moon, black holes, planets and more. The game comprises many realistic and fictional simulations. It is the sequel to Universe Sandbox and introduces new features such as atmosphere, randomly generated textures on gas giants, realistic collision system, Chart mode, visualization of black holes, and more. It has two different collision modes such as combine and bounce. Using the game, players can create their own universe by placing multiple planets, moons and asteroids. Universe Sandbox 2 offers core features such as Multiple Color Modes, Control (Speed, Gravity and Time), Two Collision Modes, Particle Grid, Ring Systems, and more. Check out the game and have fun.
#21 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is a Single-player Role-playing video game. The game is set in the Star Wars Universe and the story takes places four thousand years before the Galactic Empire. The story revolves around the player character who escapes his ship with a skilled pilot named as Carth Onasi soon after the attack of a former Jedi and now a Dark Lord named as Darth Malak. Soon after their escape this ship crashes on a planet Taris, where a martial law gets imposed by Darth Malak in search of a skilled Jedi Padawan Bastilla Shan. Player character finds other Jedis on Taris and finds Shan before Darth Malak and rescues her from the clutches of a swoop biker gang and escapes Taris before the imminent destruction. Player character takes refuge in a Jedi Academy on the planet Dantooine and learns to be a Jedi, finds the lost Star Map and knows about the Star Forge, the ultimate source of Darth Malak’s military power and resources. This is where the player gets into the play and the game tasks the player to find the truth about his/her identity, find and save the Darth Raven, save him and destroy the Star Forge. With all the dramatic story and thrilling events, blasting encounters and a typically Star Wars influenced gameplay, fantastic visuals and a remarkable characters, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is one of the best games of the series.
#22 Eve Online
Eve Online, developed by CCP Games is a fantastic MMORPG video game set in a Persistent World. With a Sci-Fi background and theme, the game lets you be a pilot who can fly a customizable spaceship in a galaxy that is home to almost 7800 star systems in which the stars are connected by portals named as Stargates. You can also choose any of the given professions and be a manufacturer, Miner, Trader, Explorer or a Warrior and take part in both PvP and PvE combat events. With responsibilities like Exploration, Resource Collecting, Building, Leading Massive Armies etc. this game tasks you to be an ultimate conqueror and a savior to the entire galaxy. Eve online was released back in 2006 but because of worldwide fame and a huge user base, this game is still rocking on the internet. With all the fantastic Visuals, engaging and quite addictive gameplay, Eve Online is a brilliant Space Exploration video game to play and enjoy.
#23 Subnautica
Subnautica is a brand new Open World, Adventure and Survival video game set in the underwater world of an alien planet. Subnautica is set in a futuristic Era of the 22nd century, and it offers a futuristic experience. It refers to a period when Humanity started exploring and inhibiting the alien planets. To colonize the planets, various advanced vessels were sent on Exploration Missions. One of the Vessels named as Aurora was also forwarded to an exploration and terraforming mission to an alien water world known as 4546B. The vessel was on its way to a station on the planet when an unknown energy source disabled it. With a hull badly damaged, and all the systems failed, the vessel crash landed into the water and sank to the ocean floor. This is where the player character gets into the play. After getting out of the life pod, the palyer must explore the world, find means of survival (Food, Drinking Water, Oxygen to breath, etc.) in an alien world, defeat all the underwater alien life forms and survive by evolving in the environment. Resource collection has its own importance in the game because without resources there is no survival. Subnautica offers various game modes such as Freedom Mode, Hardcore Mode, Creative Mode as well as unique Crafting abilities, great upgrades, beautiful graphics and addictive gameplay.
#24 Kerbal Space Program
Kerbal Space Program or also known as KSP is a Single-player Space Flight, Building and Construction and Simulation video game by Squad. The game is built using the updated Unity Engine and offers playability on Multiple Platforms including Linux, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Wii. The game allows the players to control a whole Space Mission Program named as Kerbal Space Program, Have a Crew of Humanoid Aliens known as Kerbals and enjoy Exploring the Space. Game’s Complex and realistic Orbital Physics helps players learn about the Hohmann Transfer Orbits (Start from a Lower Orbit and end up in a Higher Orbit) maneuvers and enjoy piloting the ship. According to the gameplay and game story, the game tasks the players to head a Nascent Space Program, Control the Kerbals (Intelligent Humanoid Aliens from an Earth-like planet Kerbin) and enjoy learning to maneuver into Space. Kerbal Space Program gameplay is divided into two main parts such as Construction and Flight, and it allows the players to construct various types of Rockets, Aircraft, Rovers, etc. Once the ships are created, the players can simply launch them into Space from in-game launch Pad, explore the Space and complete various objectives of the game. The game offers various types of mission such as Reaching to a Certain Height, Escape the Atmosphere, Reach Stable Orbit, Capture Asteroids, Create Space Stations, Visit different Planets and collect information about them, etc. With all the Space Exploration fun, Unique game Physics and mechanics, and interesting gameplay, Kerbal Space Program is a fun Space Simulation to enjoy.