Aeroplane Blaster
Pixel combat 2D space arcade game focused on fighting in the air. Our task is to fly a fighter and shoot back from enemies along the way collecting bonuses for which you can then improve your fighter.
– Real player with 6.3 hrs in game
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For a long time I was looking for such a game in the incentive and finally found it! I am happy when I play this game. She brings me pleasure and good memories. There are very beautiful pixel graphics with beautiful locations where you want to fly for ages with a pleasant soundtrack!
– Real player with 5.3 hrs in game
SpaceGaze
This game is an excellent platform space shooter. Dexterously controlling your spaceship, you have to confront the army of alien aggressors. Mod your ship, explore space and stop an alien threat!
– Real player with 52.9 hrs in game
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Not a demanding 2D game for your computer that will easily add up to at least a few hours of gameplay. The game has simple controls with nice graphics and music. This game is perfect for weak PCs.
– Real player with 11.3 hrs in game
Absolute Territory
An absolute (pun not intended) nostalgia trip, Absolute Territory is a game that hearkens back to the old days of X-Wing/Tie Fighter and Freespace, back when those games were commonly made. While not a very long game, it scratches the space dogfight itch like I haven’t felt in a while.
Really there’s only two things I’d request be added to the game:
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More missions (and it seems like that’s being done through the steam workshop)
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Missions that contain large fleet battles, if it’s possible. It’s one of the major things that has pulled me into games of this genre, being able to be just a small factor in a massive battle and be able to influence the events in a critical way. Having massive battles to be able to be part of would have me sink way more time into this game.
– Real player with 16.6 hrs in game
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Games by a single developer are always going to be about balancing priorities.
This game’s priorities are squarely on the fundamental mechanics of what makes a good Space Combat Sim, largely to the exclusion of all else.
The arcade tuned newtonian physics feel great. Ships have real weight and momentum. You will likely get heavy usage out of the slide mechanic. There are lateral thrusters as well, which I found a little too weak to get heavy usage out of but there is one mission in particular towards the end that would be nearly impossible to complete without them.
– Real player with 13.7 hrs in game
Lost Astronaut
I loved the game. Challenging and with perfect level progression. The game has good effects and particles. Congrats to the devs!
– Real player with 2.9 hrs in game
Nice game!
– Real player with 1.5 hrs in game
Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War
Descent: FreeSpace was - for pretty much two decades - the start of the best space combat simulation ever developed. I probably spent several years of my childhood playing FreeSpace 1 and 2 and to this day there is no other game which I will get back to every few years and then play it for months on end because it is that good.
Never before have I played a game which utilizes almost all keyboard buttons, some of them even twice or thrice with button combinations. It takes days to get used to the controls and to remember all of them in the heat of battle, but after having learned them once, I never forgot them again. I can boot up any FreeSpace game after 5 years without having played it and the controls will come back to me within 5 minutes. No other game has ever managed to do that. No other game has ever managed to entertain me to that degree even although I can still remember every single mission, every enemy wave, every plot twist and all and any scripted events.
– Real player with 198.1 hrs in game
Descent | Freespace: The Great War is a 3D space craft action simulator. You are a recruit pilot who just joined the Galactic Terran Alliance in its age-long war against the Parliamentary Vasudan Empire, but the war takes a different turn when an unknown threat makes its appearance with the sole purpose of exterminating both races.
Pros: You get to live the war and the events through the eyes of a pilot, and the whole story is detailed through mission briefings and in-game events. Different levels of success in a mission may affect the following mission, even open entire branching side-missions. The voice acting does a good job a delivering the humane yet rigid tone of a military situation, something you’ll rely on for immersion as there is little to no cut scenes. Action is great, and often allows creative thinking to resolve an issue, succeed in a mission and achieve bonus goals. The missions themselves are very varied, rivaling and often surpassing classics of the genre like the Wing Commander series. Control is spot-on, although optimized for mouse-less keyboard. As you progress, you get more and more flexibility in how you want to set and arm your squads.
– Real player with 27.3 hrs in game
STAR WARS™: Squadrons
Star Wars: Squadrons is a superb multiplayer simcade space simulator with a steep learning curve and in-depth movement mechanics. The game is easy to learn, and moderately difficult to master. To be successful and get full enjoyment out of Squadrons, you must learn proper movement techniques such as boost gasping, dead drifting, and 0 throttle boosting. Squadrons is best when playing with others, and there are a lot of communities to choose from. TFA, TRA, NRN, Gray Squadron, Emperor’s Hammer, and others will help you learn how to fly and have many opportunities to fly with other pilots.The playerbase is slowly dwindling, meaning that a lot of the remaining active players are decently skilled at the game. You will be crushed and beaten badly if you come up against players who are much more skilled than you, which is why learning advanced movement techniques is so important. The game isn’t for everyone, and if you aren’t willing to put in a lot of hours learning these techniques, I can’t recommend the game.
– Real player with 1197.1 hrs in game
The game looks great, no, beautiful. All models are true to Star Wars lore and very detailed. Sound effects are on point, and they’ve managed to add some non-canon game elements (because it’s meant to be fun, after all) without those elements being lore- or immersion breaking.
I haven’t played the multiplayer for a while now, so I can’t say if that’s still active, but it was great fun during the game’s peak.
The only thing that slightly annoyed me were the very forced diversity/social justice points in the single player story line. They felt absolutely shoehorned in, which is a shame because the single player campaign is otherwise a very well structured and typical Star Wars story.
– Real player with 176.9 hrs in game
XF5700 Mantis Experimental Fighter
Earth had no warning.
Out of nowhere, an army of insect-like creatures from a distant world, using technologically advanced space weapons, ambushed and devastated Earth. Perhaps more horrendous than the nearly three billion deaths was the portion of the remaining population that was used as host bodies for gestating alien offspring. The Fist of Earth world government was formed to defend humanity and repel the looming alien threat.
You’re a member of FOE’s elite fighter corps – a recruit fresh from the Academy. You’ve studied diligently, spent countless hours in simulations, and prepared yourself in every way possible for battle. But, until recently, the alien technology and firepower were far superior to Earth’s.
Now, you’ve been assigned to the XF5700 Experimental Fighter (codename: Mantis). The fate of the world rests in your hands.
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Complete edition: Includes the Rexum missions, voiced audio, and cinematics added for the expanded version of the game.
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High-tech fighter: Sporting a shock-proof electro-luminescent HUD, Quad-Jump drives, and a sophisticated navigational system, the Mantis is the weapon Earth desperately needs.
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Epic sci-fi story: CGI and full-motion videos (in all their early-90s glory) present a sweeping space drama in a vibrant futuristic setting as you progress through the game’s missions.
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Awesome firepower: the Mantis comes heavily armed with Mass Driver cannons and an impressive array of missiles.
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Realistic ship physics: Ship flight and movement are modeled on Newtonian physics models that give the game a distinct sense of motion.
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Fearsome enemies: The Sirian insect race can form a powerful collective group mind capable of obliterating the human race. Only you can stop them.
Art of Space
Note that this game is still in alpha and that the game experience may not be fully complete and bug-free.
What is ART OF SPACE ?
Do you love fast-paced 2D space shooters? Where timing is crucial and success is sweet? With lots of satisfying destruction and explosions? Then read no further, this should be very much to your liking. (Just kidding, do keep on reading.)
Art of Space is essentially madness, as can be seen below.
Inspired by online and offline space shooters of the last two decades, Art of Space aims to provide a similar feel/atmosphere, putting an emphasis on fun gameplay mechanics while the campaign is reminiscent of the early days of online gaming.
Art of Space gives you the chance to build a spaceship and tweak it to your very own tastes, both visually and stats-wise. This game is for people who love to try all sorts of different combinations to figure out that ONE sweet-spot build that feels just right.
If you’re more of a “mad skillz!!” person, you will love the combat in Art of Space as fast-paced is what we do, and perfect timing is what we love. Your spaceship is a modular machine that can be destroyed and rebuilt bit by bit, all in the heat of battle.
Meanwhile, our single-player story-driven campaign aims to provide a narrative around the world of Art of Space, while providing many hours of entertainment to the player.
For the price of a hot meal, here’s what this game offers:
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Manoeuvre your weapon of destruction through hazardous asteroid fields as you take out foes and defend allies using a wide array of weapons and utilities.
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Build a fully modular spacecraft from a pool of ship parts and weapons.
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Tweak your ship’s stats and utility slots.
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Follow along a story-driven campaign that will provide many hours of entertainment.
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Test your skills in the Endless mode to see how you measure up to others, or just take it easy and use it as a playground to try out your newest configuration.
Nebulas Lasso
A Sport of Capturing Humans
Play in this fast paced inter-galactic sport, where you score points by capturing humans.
Unqiue Characters
Choose from up to eight different characters, and pilot spaceship with it’s extraordinary weaponry; some can freeze incoming rockets, others can shield friends, and others can satisfyingly blow up opponents!
Physics
Compete in this fast paced, action packed arena, and enjoy how weaponry interact. The game relies on mechanical skills, and good understanding of each spaceship’s strengths and weaknesses inside this physics-based battle arena.
Online Multiplayer
Players can create rooms, and also navigate existing rooms to join other players to play together online.
Local Multiplayer
Compete against your friends as a space combatant to see who is the best human hunter of all! You can play with friends locally in free-for-all or team oriented matches.
Arcade
A classic-style Arcade mode that tell stories of each character and what they have been promised in joining Nebulas Lasso. Some compete to reclaim lost glory, others compete to avenge their conquered race, while others simply enter for the joy of the hunt.
Supports both Controller and Keyboard+mouse
Floathink
Floathink is an action puzzle game with physics and gravity, which objective is to reach the platform of each level with your spaceship as soon as you can, by avoiding several space obstacles.
Game Features:
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50 levels
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50 achievements
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Enjoyable Soundtrack