Space Flight Simulator Games Under Development
Title | Release year | Developer | Publisher | Platform | Notes |
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0x10c | TBA | Notch | Mojang | Multiplatform (PC) | http://0x10c.com/ |
Abyss Lights: Frozen Systems | TBA | Abyss Lights Studio | TBA | Windows | A demo for this, with a working title of Abyss Lights: Frozen Systems, debuted at E3 |
Blackstar | TBA | Spacetime Interactive | TBA | Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 | This MMOG is on the brink of cancellation as of 2008, again |
Blockade Runner | 2012 | ZANMGT | Windows | ||
Cold Stars | TBA | Quazar Studio | Akella, Paradox Interactive | Windows | Third installment in the series of The Tarr Chronicles |
Darwin | TBA | ConstantSUM | ConstantSUM | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | Browser-based space combat sim |
Drifter | TBA | Celsius Game Studios | Celsius Game Studios | Mac, iOS, Windows | Space trading and combat sim. PC and Mac versions are being funded via Kickstarter. |
Elite: Dangerous | 2014 | Frontier Developments | TBA | Windows, Macintosh | Can be played as both single- and multiplayer. |
Fringespace | TBA | The Fringespace Team | The Fringespace Team | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | Freeware mod to FreeSpace Open; game is not a clone but is designed to duplicate, as nearly as possible, the 'feel' of Tachyon: The Fringe |
Galactic Command Online | TBA | 3000AD | TBA | Xbox 360, Windows | MMOG |
Heresy War | 2012 | Dream Builder Studios | TBA | Windows | |
Kinetic Void | 2013 | Badland Studio | Valve | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS and Linux | Ship builder demo currently available and Alpha hopefully coming in March 2013 |
Infinity: The Quest for Earth | TBA | F. Brebion | TBA | Windows | MMORPG |
Iron Sky: Invasion | 2012 | Reality Pump | TopWare Interactive | Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, iOS, Android, Mac OS | Official video game expansion of the 2012 sci-fi film "Iron Sky". Combines space combat simulation with strategy and RPG elements.Official website |
Jumpgate Evolution | CANCELLED | NetDevil | Codemasters | Windows | MMORPG |
Miner Wars 2081 | 2012 | Keen Software House | TBA | Windows | Single Player; Currently in Closed Beta |
Naumachia: Space Warfare | TBA | Naumachia team | TBA | Windows | |
NorthStar | TBA | Kerberos Productions | TBA | Windows | Envisioned as a space trader sim with space and ground combat elements; space combat will not be fighter-based as in Privateer but more like large ship combat as in Kerberos' 4X title Sword of the Stars; ground combat will be squad turn-based, as in X-Com: UFO Defense |
Pioneer | TBA | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | Free and open source software; development version is downloadable and playable as of 2012 | ||
Precursors 2 | 2012 | Deep Shadows | Play Ten Interactive | Windows, Xbox 360 | Stand-alone game that continues prior story, but no need to play the original to understand the story |
Rodina | 2012 | Brendan Anthony | Elliptic Games | PC | http://elliptic-games.com/ |
Rogue System | TBA | Digits Crossed Interactive, LLC | Digits Crossed Interactive | Windows | Rogue System is currently in the pre-alpha stage of development. It is a modular space combat sim that features ship system functionality on the level of a "hardcore" flight simulator, along with first-person and RPG elements. Rogue System provides a richly detailed story driven experience coupled with open exploration and randomly generated side missions. |
ScrumbleShip | 2012 | Orangehat Tech, LLC | ScrumbleShip.com | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | ScrumbleShip is in the alpha stage of development. Currently players can build and damage their ships; the final version will be an open-world MMO space flight simulator in which players mine materials, build their own ships, battle, and fly between solar systems. |
SpaceEngine | 2012 | Vladimir Romanuk | Vladimir Romanuk | Windows | As of 2011, simulates stars from Hipparcos catalogue, procedurally adds other stars and systems as appropriate, and generates planets with landscapes, atmospheres and water |
Star Citizen | TBA | Cloud Imperium Games Corporation | TBA | Windows | Chris Roberts' dream |
Star Villains and Space Heroes | TBA | Area Denial Games | TBA | Windows, Linux | Capital ship combat game, with Newtonian space physics and third person controls. . Official Site |
The Tomorrow War: Factor K | 2012 | CrioLand | 1C, 505 Games | Windows | Expansion pack to the space combat sim The Tomorrow War |
Universe Online | TBA | Colony Studios | Colony Studios | Windows | MMORPG; not the same as X: Universe Online |
Vega Strike | TBA | The Vega Strike Team | The Vega Strike Team | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | Free and open source software; development version is downloadable and playable as of 2011 |
X Rebirth | 2013 | Egosoft | Egosoft | Windows | Continuation of the X series of space simulation games |
X: Online Universe | TBA | Egosoft | Egosoft | Windows | MMORPG; whether or not it comes to be, it is unrelated to the game Universe Online by Colony Studios though both have similar names |
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