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Video Games Encyclopedia by Gamepressure.com
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The Long Journey Home
Action 30 May 2017
A science-fiction sandbox action game with roguelike and strategy game elements, and the debut production from one of Daedalic Entertainment's subsidiaries. The Long Journey Home tells the story of a prototype spaceship, the first one in history to be equipped with an FTL drive. During its maiden flight, an accident happens which results in the ship being thrown into an uncharted region of the galaxy; the player’s task, as the ship’s captain, is to find a way home.
Satellite Command
Simulation 22 June 2016
A mobile strategy simulation game and the first production by Stromtide Limited, created with the help of astronautics experts. In Satellite Command your task is to oversee a satellite network orbiting the Earth. There are 150 mission in the game, featuring various goals, and your main obstacles are your limited resources and the permadeath system, severely punishing you for even the smallest of mistakes. You have to e.g.
Star Wars: Battlefront - Rogue One: X-Wing VR Mission
Action 06 December 2016
A free expansion for Star Wars: Battlefront, available only on PS4 with PlayStation VR. In contrast to the basic version of the game, X-Wing VR Mission is not a shooter in which the player controls various characters. Instead, the DLC the player takes control of the titular starfighter and participates in a large-scale space battle. A space destroyer, among other spacecrafts, also participates in the battle. The player must not only control the vehicle, but shoot various opponents as well.
Stable Orbit
Simulation 27 September 2017
A game that belongs to the popular genre of simulators, entrusting the players with a demanding task of building and managing a space station. Stable Orbit is a debut project of the one-man studio Codalyn that was founded by Jim Offerman. The developer previously worked as the main designer of PC versions of such hits like Tomb Raider and Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
Super Stardust Ultra VR
Action 13 October 2016
A special installment in the series of space action shooters. Super Stardust Ultra VR was created for PlayStation VR sets. In the game the player assumes the role of a pilot of a small space ship and is tasked with exterminating hordes of Aliens and destroying meteorites. Player can choose from many levels and the game supports online scoreboards where users can compare their achievements. Since the title uses VR technology, the game modes known from previous installments were refreshed.
Outreach
Adventure canceled
A first person adventure game featuring some exploration elements, developed by British Pixel Spill. The game takes players to an alternative version of the 1980s - the main protagonist is an astronaut tasked with a peculiar investigation. He is to discover the secret behind the lost communications with a Soviet space station. Upon reaching the place, our character quickly discovers that the crew have vanished.
Space Rift
Action 02 August 2016
An adventure action game that tells the story of a pilot of a spaceship. It is a debut game of the studio Vibrant Core and it was created for the virtual reality technology. The story of Space Rift – Episode 1 takes place in the future, where the humanity was forced to leave Earth and colonize Mars. The main protagonist of the game is one of the employees of a greedy corporation that controls the society. He is wrongly accused of treason.
Apollo 11 VR
Simulation 01 April 2016
A game that recreates the first human spaceflight to the Moon using virtual reality. Apollo 11 VR shows the events preceding the historic journey, such as: launch of the Apollo 11 spaceship using a Saturn V rocket, the flight to the Earth’s natural satellite, or the landing and the first walk on its surface. The title is described as a new kind of documentary film, featuring only uncomplicated mechanics that fit more to virtual reality than a fully-fledged video game.
X4: Split Vendetta
Simulation 31 March 2020
The first big addition to the X4 space simulator: Foundations. X4: Split Vendetta introduces the cruel Split race into the game, enlarges the available area and brings new ships, weapons, space station modules or previously absent quests.
Galaxy on Fire 3: Manticore
Action 08 December 2016
Another full-fledged installment in a series of popular space shooter games developed by Fishlabs Entertainment. In terms of the mechanics, this iteration does not bring any revolutionary features and remains similar to its predecessors in many aspects. Galaxy on Fire 3: Manticore is first and foremost a third-person space shooter taking the player to the Neox sector - where they become a bounty hunter and their role is to complete subsequent assignments for adequate rewards.
Galactic Civilizations III: Crusade
Strategy 04 May 2017
Galactic Civilizations III: Crusade is an expansion to Galactic Civilizations, a turn-based 4X strategy game developed by Stardock. The expansion offers a new campaign, the titular Crusade. We learn that the human empire is no longer interested in diplomatic actions towards the alien races and decides to use force to mark their presence in the galaxy.
Starship Commander: Arcade
Adventure 10 September 2020
A science-fiction action game developed exclusively for Virtual Reality headgear. In Starship Commander, the player assumes the role of a spaceship captain tasked with a mission that may have crucial effect on the intergalactic war. The player can issue orders to his subordinates and make difficult decisions. The game features speech recognition system developed based on the technology created by Microsoft’s Cognitive Services department.
RiftStar Raiders
Arcade 28 February 2018
A top-down space shooter game designed specifically to deliver a co-op experience. The creators of the game, Climax Studios, were inspired mainly by titles popular long ago in arcades. The player takes on the role of an adventurer-pilot, who lives in the criminal center of the galaxy. The protagonist earns their living by selling valuable pieces of hardware salvaged from destroyed spaceships, oftentimes neutralized by themselves.
Stationeers
Simulation 2024 (early access since 12 December 2017)
Stationeers is a simulator set on a space station with certain elements typical for survival games. The game has been developed by a small team called RocketWerkz, comprising sixteen people led by Dean Hall - the creator of the original DayZ. In the game, the player assumes the role of a space station manager tasked with constructing and attaching new modules to the station, as well as overseeing the life support systems (e.g. food production and producing a breathable atmosphere).
Starfighter Origins
Simulation 25 April 2017
A combat simulator which places the player in control of a starfighter. Developed by an independent British team - Mad About Games Studios Ltd., the game was inspired by space simulators from the 90s. Starfighter Origins is set in a futuristic world, where humans explore space and pirates are waiting among asteroids for unarmed transport ships and other easy loot.
Interkosmos
Simulation 25 April 2017
Interkosmos is a VR simulation game and the first game developed by Ovid Works, a studio made of developers who previously worked for Flying Wild Hog, CD Projekt RED, and CreativeForge Games. The game takes place in 1970's, during the Cold War and Space Race times. We play as an astronaut who travels back to Earth in a experimental Zevzda pod. Our job is to get back home safely with the help from NASA and Roscosmos operators.
Elite: Dangerous - Legendary Edition
Simulation 27 June 2017
A special edition of Elite: Dangerous - a game which casts the player in the role of a pilot aboard a spaceship, who traverses distant regions of the galaxy, completing various assignments, fighting enemies or getting rich through trading. The game came out in the form of a Blu-ray disc.
X Rebirth VR Edition
Simulation 07 December 2017
A special edition of a space simulator that came out in 2013. X Rebirth VR Edition was created by Egosoft, specifically for VR headsets. In similarity to the core game, X Rebirth VR Edition is set many years after the events depicted in the previous installments of the series. The player takes on the role of a space adventurer that gets involved in a complicated political affair, having stumbled on the wrongdoings of one of the factions controlling the region.
Space Mechanic Simulator
Simulation 11 August 2023
A Polish mechanic simulator set in outer space. Players must move around in zero gravity or on planetary surfaces, repairing space vehicles and exchanging faulty components.
Blacksea Odyssey
Action 01 June 2016
An unusual independent game. It is a hybrid of a space twin-stick shooter, an RPG and a roguelike game. Blacksea Odyssey tells a story about a tournament held every ten years. Only the bravest warriors from the entire universe participate in it. They are tasked with hunting for various creatures that live in space. When joining the tournament, the player is selecting their character. The participants vary in looks, combat potential and special abilities.
Space Frontier
Arcade 26 July 2017
A 2D arcade game by Ketchapp, a famous mobile game producer, known from e.g. 2048. You task is to colonize Mars. To achieve that, you use special rockets, which consist of modules. Those modules are incinerated during flight, and you have to tap the screen when the fire is closest to a green bar on each module. The gameplay requires good timing and patience, and features other elements for additional variety. You can e.g. change the color of your rocket by tapping a special machine.
OPUS: The Day We Found Earth
Adventure 25 August 2015
An adventure game, enriched with visual novel elements, in which the player plays Emetha - a robot operating on board the OPUS ship. The task, which rests on his shoulders, is to find the Earth, which for millions of years of the cosmic journey of mankind has gradually fallen into oblivion, becoming a kind of myth.
Elite: Dangerous - Horizons
Simulation 15 December 2015
A set of official expansions to the space simulator released back in 2014 by the Frontier Developments studio. The package has been collectively named Elite: Dangerous – Horizons, and comprises of several consecutively developed add-ons, which will enhance the game by adding additional content. The first expansion is called Planetary Landings and allows the players to land on the surfaces of specific planets, which have been designed in an extremely credible manner and scale.
Factotum
Puzzle 20 August 2015
A puzzle game in which we play the role of a spacecraft passenger. After the ship has collided with an unidentified object, the protagonist's primary task is to restore power and repair life support systems by means of two remote-controlled robots observed by an obsolete terminal.