Eh, the systems were too complicated and convoluted to me ngl. It get's a 3/10 just for making play 40 hours before even telling me about how I can have stations of my own. By then I was too bored to carry on.
Thanks for the shoutout; the thumbnail looks great (I'm a little biased)! Great list, per the usual, and one with a few that are going to be on my shortlist to pick up, like Liberation. Always a pleasure, seeing Starsector on the list- I absolutely adore the heck out of that game ... Might have to go load it up now. Thanks again and keep the great lists comin'!
for real man, that game was awesome. I remember being on a server with a couple of other guys and we played a fun role on the server, basically not aligning to pirates or navy. everyone was free game to us, we had many many fights where we would be outnumbered at times 5-1 we'd win more than we'd lose. It got to the point admins banned us for a while coz people started getting a bit salty. Good times
I absolutely adored that game back then. I managed to find a great route for trading between 3 planets, that wielded great profit in a short period. I was proud of that. I explored most, if not all there was to explore, and managed to find the robot and monkey planets. I'm pretty sure there were more secrets to find. I miss that game so much. Most space games since then were either too simple, or too complex. Freelancer was just the right amount.
Subnautica warrants an honorary mention. It's not set in space directly but is on an amazing alien world, which required space travel to reach in the lore. It's great sci-fi. Puzzled why ME2 specifically is mentioned and not the trilogy.
It's good to see a video that is positive about space sims. I saw a comment on Subnautica, and though it's my fav game of all time, I don't think it fits the sim genre. The comments are also mostly positive, though ofc mention that you like something about SC and haters will crawl out of the woodwork as if summoned. This vid reminded me I still need to pick up Everspace 2, so thanks for that!
Loving that Elite II/III feel from Liberation! Can't wait to try - thank you for this list Luke, so good to have someone finding these gems! You're a Scholar and a Gentleman, Sir!
I smiled at the end of this. I only played Stellaris and Starfield. I admire all the variety in the past two decades or so. This video game genre has a rich future. And I don't even recall Star Wars being mentioned!
All these games are so good looking. Space Engineers I could really get into and nobody can deny Elite Dangerous looks and SOUNDS amazing. FTL is a classic.
elite Dangerous is a shallow and empty game. It had so much potential and FDevs completely ruined it. Many guilds have shut down, many players have left. An entire galaxy to hide stuff in and they ruined it.
Space Engineers is a lot of fun especially if you like building. I still need to finish my full size Gundam, though I gave up on making Optimus Prime. Have seen an awesome vid of someone that made Gypsy Danger from Pacific Rim lol.
@@astro837 ELITE is a life-size galaxy simulator (400 billion star systems). There is no obligation to play in multiplayer. There is a choice of co-op and single, but the galaxy and all discoveries are shared on one server. It is too large for PC, especially at the time it was created. Work on the server was chosen and it is not a bad option. The most that can complain are multiplayer players, because the game in this mode is marginal and was never created for it.
You hit all the main players for sure and a few here I didn't know about. Wasn't even aware of the Steam Exploration Fest so thats a massive bonus haha! Starcom is a real gem :)
Thank you for supporting X4, it's an amazing game that has brought me hundreds of hours of joy. Also, Egosoft is a great developer that deserves all the praise in the world. Not sure why you included Star Citizen though. It's a bug ridden mess of a cash shop, and can't even be considered a game.
@@LTGamingRUclips SC isnt a game ment for the poor, if you dont have a job dont bother with SC. thats how they made it and how it will saty. its 45$ min just to even gain access to the game. dont hate on just because your poor
At its best, Star Citizen is amazing. Sadly, the issue is you're constantly getting your time wasted by jank and even if the jank wasn't there it's pretty much the space sim equivalent of Forza. Your only real goal is to fill out your garage with every shiny toy you think looks cool. Ironically this is in opposition to their business model of selling you those toys for real money so you don't have to play the game to get the cash for them- if you spend money on ships you've got nothing to spend in-game credits on...
Great list! A few more worth a look :- Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation Chorus DarkStar One Distant Star: Revenant Fleet Nova Drift Psycho Starship Rampage Reassembly Rebel Galaxy Outlaw Slipways A few sleepers in there in particular Reassembly and Psycho Starship Rampage. Fly often, Fly Safe 07 🖖😎
The special thing about Endless Space is it's art style and music, really well done. Shame the galaxy isn't so endless. 250 Stars, i wished for more, but then again our PCs are most often the limit. Just with X4, only our CPU holds us back from creating an even bigger game. When you make a video about X4, don't forget to shine some light on some of the most famous mods, like Interword which alone attracts many players.
Endless Space 2 has one of the most satisfying art styles and UI I've ever seen. I love that game for those 2 points alone. The game itself is magnificent. Prefer it over Stellaris even.
Love the list. Please in the future put more actual game play in, not just the cinematic. And warn is if games says free but actually has a paywall to access all the content. Would love more lists like this, makes looking for the next 100 hours of missing time more easy 😆
I love Starfield and thank you for not being like all the other "content" creators who do nothing but hate on it for the clicks. I appreciate honest commentary so I'll be subbing :)
Thanks thats a very refreshing comment. I always try make my own mind up. 90% of content creators go with what they think is cool to say ;) Starfield has its merits!
Important not is that X4 has "only" very positive reviews is mostly due to technical state of the game at launch and for the first couple of years. X4 is EASLY one of the best space sim games ever made. It's just so goddamn good that IMO it's a must have for any s-f fan.
X4 is probably the best space sim out there, especially if you like single player over multiplayer, the closest thing I could compare it to is eve and even that's an entirely different thing. The only complaint I've had with X4 is that certain factions die off too fast without player intervention.
If you haven't heard of these try it, i love them. 1. NEBULOUS: Fleet Command 2. Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander 3. Flight Of Nova 4. House of the Dying Sun 5. Between the Stars
Love to see some Star Trader Frontiers. It was fun being around back when it was is very, very active development and we could nag the devs for build details, and see some of those implemented in the week.
Great game with a lot of replay value. Runs on any potato computer and also on android mobile devices. Still updated frequently. It's hard to find more dedicated developers improving a finished product at no extra charge with perhaps the exception of No Man's Sky!
Not sure if you'd consider it an exploration game, but every time I think about space games I'm remember of the good hours I had with freelancer - personally I think it's an truely awesome game, dated by now, but still great!
I can highly recommend Star Control 2 aka. The Ur-Quan Masters. It’s an old game that imho has aged very well; and is certainly a classic of the genre. Despite some trademark controversies, the game received a revamp and is currently available under the title “The Ur-Quan Masters”.
The banished vault should be on this list. With space exploration as its core feature, amazing art style and challenging gameplay, it is a truely unique experience.
I still play Master of Orion every so often. I love its aesthetics and particulary like the landgrab part of the game. Kind of wish there could be a game that would focus on the colonization and terraforming of planets.
@@LTGamingRUclips - I don’t even have a computer 🖥️ right now. I’m planning on building my own. This Christmas 🎄 season. A Corsair 9000D computer 🖥️ case. Well as soon as it’s released. I have always loved space flight games. Like Elite Dangerous for example. By the time I’m ready to buy. Some of the flight ✈️ slim tech. You will have posted. A lot more videos 🎥. Have a great day..
LT Gaming! Thanks for the kind words about Liberation! Obviously I'm a space game fan but I've been loving your recent run of RTS videos too. In your voice over you mention you sometimes get angry emails. Nobody deserves that for just doing their job and I hope it's not a problem. However, speaking of angry emails, I'm not saying you have to watch Blake's 7 but... it is kind of awesome for a show from the 1980s. It's cheaply made though. The power of good writing and acting! They only had £50 per episode for special effects (true fact!) and yet managed to do an epic space opera. So roughly a similar budget to Liberation hah Regards, (The other) Luke
Excellent video. I tried looking for a lot of the titles you talked about to see if they are available on a tablet. Sadly no. Not a single one. Can you do a video on eve echoes. A tablet version of eve online. Thanks.
X4 is such a masterpice for me beacause of the real simulation, of mostly everything wats going on.. And as you grow bigger you having more and more influence about how you want the world to be.
Love the list! I find special peace of mind playing space games and i love discovering new things to try. I didnt lnow the sequel to Starcom Nexus was available already, Im getting it right away! By any chance have you tried "Wayward Terran Frontier: Zero Falls"? It had been without updates for a while but just received a big one. Looks good but im not sure how deep it is.
5:20 The bad reviews for Empyrion is due to the new DLC "Dark Faction" they released within the past year that no one liked, the base game it self got review bombed. The base game is VERY good. It uses voxles (blocks) to build ships and bases, it's a survival game so you gotta eat often, craft weapons and build ships.. and you gotta create sources of oxygen so you can explore space.
Booya! I have over 600 hours in Cosmoteer. I can't explain how much I love that game. It's not even close to done yet and I still can't stop playing it. Especially once you start throwing in mods.
I have been playing eve-online for 2 years now.... This game is DEEEEEEEEEEEP what I mean by that... is you can be playing this game for years and years and still be reaching for new heights. Even WHALES will not run out of things to achieve for years.
Q&A: how many of the players on loan can we get back in January? Can we get Vuscovic & Yang min-hyeok? For that matter do you know if the club has any intentions of bringing in a new left back to support and rotate with Udogie & bringing Johnny Cardoso?
X4 is amazing. When i bought it however, i raged quit because of the default controls and bugs in the tutorials. I tried to return it but passed the steam refund time 🤣. I'm glad I didn't because when it works, damn is it immersive and fun. Highly recommended. Gameplay is par excellence, but the game has some distracting bugs and is not intuitive. Also what seems like a gameplay bug is usually a misunderstanding of the gameplay systems.
Regarding Empyrion Galactic Survival: I highly recommend you play the Reforged Eden scenario. This free Mod makes the Vanilla game a thousand times better! And the most bad reviews come from the DLC Dark Faction which is contained in itself. I bought it to support the devs because i played the game (mostly Reforged Eden) for over 9000 hours now - and still play it!
I wasn't aware that I actually knew and played so many space games. :-) I'd add Star Valor, Approaching Infinity and Space Pirates and Zombies too, maybe just for fun also Aurora 4x because it's so weird and unique. Depends on where you draw the line in terms of "exploration" but the first two should easily fit the bill.
X4 is one of the most in depth space games, but for some reason often left out of the discussion when talking about space games. Granted ist not easy to get into unless you spend some time.
Its X4 which tops the list :) I have started doing that on some videos but this was a bit of time pressure to get out. So il have to rely on Timestamps :)
I may have to re-visit X4.... I have about 6 hours on it years ago and really didnt think much of it at all - hence the tiny hours. Stellaris and Elite I have hundreds of hours on.
Bro, that Title....that Title is all I ever wanted in a space game. Every game that ever promised space exploration literally became a FPS combat game or just flat out lied. NMS,ED,SC etc
Didn't expect Space Engineers in a 'Space Exploration'-List, because there isn't much to 'explore'. But this will, hopefully, change with the next Update.
As much as I love Starfield, I'm still frankly surprised it's on this list, as, boy howdy, it certainly has its problems. Still, noting Space Engine made my day. Thanks!
Star Citizen is great and has been getting a lot of content dumps for free recently. There's no need to spend anything beyond the base game package, everything is purchasable in game with the exception of some very rare promo ships that are basically cosmetic only. You need a high tolerence for jank though.
My favorite space game of all time was Freelancer, and I’ve been trying to find something similar ever since. Really wish we could get a remake of that with modern graphics.
X4 for me was tought getting into. I owned it since it came out but could not get into it. It was not until timelines that help me experience things that I will get to experience as I go forth in X4. so it was not a bad but I do understand you position. Thanks for the video.
surprised no-one in the comments even mentioned starship evo... sure, it's a long way from being finished but i'd say it's ship building is the best out of the voxel style games...
@@LTGamingRUclips it's being made by one guy but he's done plenty already, the game already has a whole galaxy of stars/planets and on top of spaceships you can make hovercrafts, mechs as well as your own personal firearms...
Star Control Origins comes to mind. Really mixed feelings. The cartoony parts aren’t my thing, the combat is arcadey, but the feeling of taking your first steps away from earth and into a bigger stellar community was well done (for me).
Yes just the fact I never feature Stardock Games on the channel because of the way they treated me once. Yes never liked the cartoony parts of that game!
@@LTGamingRUclips Oh? Damn. Well being nice is important. There's always something else I could be playing in my steam library, something else I could spend my money on.
@@neutrino109 I totally agree dude. We were a very small channel at the time. I'm not petty at all but have principals of when someone treats me bad...I won't b promoting them!
I started out with a Titan starter ship with Squadron 42 for $75 USD and never bought anything else. I played many hours a day for nearly 2 years, probably over 1000 hours of enjoyable gaming. Sure its incomplete, updates are hit and miss, and you need a mega strong PC to run it, but its still fantastic and worth the $45 or so USD minimum to buy in. There is no need to spend fortunes of IRL money in beta because you can buy nearly everything with in game currency. Multiple times (wipes) I have owned nearly every ship in the game and earned so much money that I would give away 50 million uec when I would see someone took a big setback. I will start playing again once they get server meshing because even with only 1 solar system of 4 planets its a pretty empty universe when a game server only supports 150 or so players.
Yeah but most game devs never even TELL YOU how much money they spent on the games they develop. I mean Rockstar has been (apparently) working on GTA6 for the past 12 years, and I'm sure they've pour at least $1billion into it, from all the cash they still make from GTA Online.
I'd like to point out that Eve Online isn't "a free to play space mmo", it's a subscription based mmo (and an expensive one too), which happens to have a free mode that is extremely capped (you can only use some ships, train some skills, etc). It's basically the old one month trial they used to have, except now there's no time limit. Sure, it's useful to get an idea on whether you'll like the game or not, but it's very far from the real thing. I think this is an important point because some people might say "Eve is pay to win" since you can only do the cool stuff paying subscription, when in reality it's just a "pay to play" game where, like I said, you have a free trial mode to see if it's worth your money. Nice video anyway.
Starfield still has plenty of game-breaking bugs. They never fixed the bug that prevented my 90hr file and my 60hr file from progressing the main storyline (which causes your ships to disappear reliably on some main story planets, and seemingly randomly on others, which can leave you completely stranded). If you buy Starfield, don't expect to be able to complete it!
Why would a dev turn on you for featuring their game and exposing it to new potential players? Every list you put up there are several games I've never heard of and quite a few of them end up on my wishlist.
I remember when I downloaded FTL, started playing and suddenly 12 hours had passed. That game has an experience entirely out of proportion to the sum of its parts.
Shoutout to space engineers, the best sandbox/builder type space game in the last decade with nothing coming close to dethroning it. I just wish it had more survival aspects. Praise Clang!
Wondering if anyone can help me, chances are its no longer an active game. but ive been trying to remember a spaceship MMO that was out years ago. after the introduction you had to pick a faction, 1 of them had vertical orientated ships while the others were more like a U shape, like some Wipeout racers and were built horizontally.
A small coffee break game that's probably not big enough to make it onto such lists would be Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space. Less than a dollar and a quite strong just one more round itch.
Well, Star Traders Frontiers is a hidden gem indeed. Not sure why that Arbiter reminds me of Mira Fedor from Marianne de Pierres' 'Sentients of Orion' novels.
Fun video but while Eve Online and even Eve Echoes are very polished games with a lot of depth and unparallelled graphics I wouldn't reccomend to anyone due to how the economy works and the skill system and the multibox accounts putting a new player at near 100 years behind in terms of progress alone when they start playing. These people won't even feel the punishing losses on top of what I mentioned earlier, and the beginner player will be devastated from the most insignificant ship or station losses.
Great and complicated array of four major sub genres in the space genre. Btw, can you please fix the spelling error for Faster in the Faster Than Light stamp in the description's timecode list?
You sadly missed a huge gem with Spacebourne 2 - Single dev made into a huge RPG with space combat, space mining and planet side aspects with an outpost and command strategy concept baked in with huge system wide battles for hostile takeover of systems or massive defense vs other factions attempting to overtake yours. It doesn't have a huge name behind it nor the advertisement of big company names, but man it delivers.
For Starfield, Bethesda took a few of the concepts from Star Citizen and ran off with them, let their old incontinent dog drool on them for awhile then jammed them into a half baked vegan gluten free brownie and then forgot to set the timer to finish cooking it.
Thank you for the praise on X4 🤩
We always support X4 as its given me so many hours of amazing gameplay! Still looking for the ideal time to make a standalone video :)
Best space game ever!
X4 is the *Best Space Game OF ALL TIME* Nothing is better than X4.
Should focus on working on your horrible AI instead of typing random comments on RUclips
@@8Tarkus8 go back play your 2d space game Buddy.
X4 is the best Space Game *OF ALL TIME* I have over 3000 hours in X4. I played it almost everyday for over a year and I still love it.
Eh, the systems were too complicated and convoluted to me ngl. It get's a 3/10 just for making play 40 hours before even telling me about how I can have stations of my own. By then I was too bored to carry on.
X3 is the best Space Game of all time, X4 just looks better!
@@StargazerTheFurry Wow.
@@g04tn4d0 What
Man I have tried and tried to get into that game and can't get over the learning curve.
Woo, Space Engineers represent!
Thanks for the shoutout; the thumbnail looks great (I'm a little biased)! Great list, per the usual, and one with a few that are going to be on my shortlist to pick up, like Liberation. Always a pleasure, seeing Starsector on the list- I absolutely adore the heck out of that game ... Might have to go load it up now.
Thanks again and keep the great lists comin'!
We appreciate your Thumbnail and will be looking to use more. You have a great eye for these shots :)
excuse me, i might have missed it in the video, but where is the screenshot for the thumbnail from? thank you very much in advance
@@xenther6854 Hi there! It's from Star Citizen :)
Wish they would make a freelancer sequel. Loved that game 20 years ago.
Try Underspace
for real man, that game was awesome. I remember being on a server with a couple of other guys and we played a fun role on the server, basically not aligning to pirates or navy. everyone was free game to us, we had many many fights where we would be outnumbered at times 5-1 we'd win more than we'd lose. It got to the point admins banned us for a while coz people started getting a bit salty. Good times
I absolutely adored that game back then.
I managed to find a great route for trading between 3 planets, that wielded great profit in a short period. I was proud of that.
I explored most, if not all there was to explore, and managed to find the robot and monkey planets. I'm pretty sure there were more secrets to find.
I miss that game so much. Most space games since then were either too simple, or too complex. Freelancer was just the right amount.
The creator of freelancer did announce a space exploration game about 12 years ago.
I wonder what happened to that project? /s
@@CSXIV It Is very active, it's called Star Citizen
Subnautica warrants an honorary mention. It's not set in space directly but is on an amazing alien world, which required space travel to reach in the lore. It's great sci-fi. Puzzled why ME2 specifically is mentioned and not the trilogy.
Thank you for putting me on the list ❤
Most welcome! I'd like to play more of your game. You have featured many times on our lists 🚀🚀
@@LTGamingRUclips I really appreciate that! And let me know if I can help 🧑🚀
@@ReentryAnOrbitalSimulator yes ive joined the discord might make contact to look at featuring the game! :)
It's good to see a video that is positive about space sims. I saw a comment on Subnautica, and though it's my fav game of all time, I don't think it fits the sim genre.
The comments are also mostly positive, though ofc mention that you like something about SC and haters will crawl out of the woodwork as if summoned.
This vid reminded me I still need to pick up Everspace 2, so thanks for that!
Starsector is the best space and sandbox game I've ever played
@@8Tarkus8 2d game...
Boring.
@@efxnews4776 you mindset is
@@efxnews4776 your clearly not an adult or a true gamer lol pixel art is the best
@@giligamesh X4 is way better.
@@efxnews4776 never even heard of it. clearly not that great of a game
Loving that Elite II/III feel from Liberation! Can't wait to try - thank you for this list Luke, so good to have someone finding these gems! You're a Scholar and a Gentleman, Sir!
That is greatly appreciated :) Yes Liberation is a lot of fun for a more indie title. And the Dev is also a gentleman :)
@@LTGamingRUclips It's groovy 😀
@@suvetar the rock track in station is awesome ha
I smiled at the end of this. I only played Stellaris and Starfield. I admire all the variety in the past two decades or so. This video game genre has a rich future. And I don't even recall Star Wars being mentioned!
@@ericlarson7556 buddy, X4 is literally Stellaris in first person.
All these games are so good looking. Space Engineers I could really get into and nobody can deny Elite Dangerous looks and SOUNDS amazing. FTL is a classic.
I really enjoyed my time with hard space ship breaker. Definitely worth checking out if you want to explore giant ships
I was about to try ED until i saw that you need to make an account. A big nope for me
elite Dangerous is a shallow and empty game. It had so much potential and FDevs completely ruined it. Many guilds have shut down, many players have left. An entire galaxy to hide stuff in and they ruined it.
Space Engineers is a lot of fun especially if you like building. I still need to finish my full size Gundam, though I gave up on making Optimus Prime. Have seen an awesome vid of someone that made Gypsy Danger from Pacific Rim lol.
@@astro837 ELITE is a life-size galaxy simulator (400 billion star systems). There is no obligation to play in multiplayer. There is a choice of co-op and single, but the galaxy and all discoveries are shared on one server. It is too large for PC, especially at the time it was created. Work on the server was chosen and it is not a bad option. The most that can complain are multiplayer players, because the game in this mode is marginal and was never created for it.
Absolutely loving Elite: Dangerous
You hit all the main players for sure and a few here I didn't know about. Wasn't even aware of the Steam Exploration Fest so thats a massive bonus haha! Starcom is a real gem :)
That was the goal as always. Found a new title myself while making this one :)
Thank you for supporting X4, it's an amazing game that has brought me hundreds of hours of joy. Also, Egosoft is a great developer that deserves all the praise in the world.
Not sure why you included Star Citizen though. It's a bug ridden mess of a cash shop, and can't even be considered a game.
X4 I will agree with you on. SC we just need to wait and see ;)
X4 best space game ever!
@@LTGamingRUclips SC isnt a game ment for the poor, if you dont have a job dont bother with SC. thats how they made it and how it will saty. its 45$ min just to even gain access to the game. dont hate on just because your poor
@@giligameshlol, sc cultists always surprise.
At its best, Star Citizen is amazing. Sadly, the issue is you're constantly getting your time wasted by jank and even if the jank wasn't there it's pretty much the space sim equivalent of Forza. Your only real goal is to fill out your garage with every shiny toy you think looks cool. Ironically this is in opposition to their business model of selling you those toys for real money so you don't have to play the game to get the cash for them- if you spend money on ships you've got nothing to spend in-game credits on...
Great list! A few more worth a look :-
Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation
Chorus
DarkStar One
Distant Star: Revenant Fleet
Nova Drift
Psycho Starship Rampage
Reassembly
Rebel Galaxy Outlaw
Slipways
A few sleepers in there in particular Reassembly and Psycho Starship Rampage. Fly often, Fly Safe 07 🖖😎
Thanks very much! My fave comments to read! :) These will be included on future lists!
@@LTGamingRUclips Mint! Reassembly is unique.
The special thing about Endless Space is it's art style and music, really well done. Shame the galaxy isn't so endless. 250 Stars, i wished for more, but then again our PCs are most often the limit. Just with X4, only our CPU holds us back from creating an even bigger game.
When you make a video about X4, don't forget to shine some light on some of the most famous mods, like Interword which alone attracts many players.
Il have to check out these mods! And Endless Space 2 has beautiful music :)
Endless Space 2 has one of the most satisfying art styles and UI I've ever seen. I love that game for those 2 points alone. The game itself is magnificent. Prefer it over Stellaris even.
Master of Orion i instantly recogniced the Umbral Choir theme, I defo gonna play them again my next run
Love the list. Please in the future put more actual game play in, not just the cinematic. And warn is if games says free but actually has a paywall to access all the content. Would love more lists like this, makes looking for the next 100 hours of missing time more easy 😆
Really nice idea to make these kind of themed recommendation lists when a Steam sale hits!
Appreciate it 🚀
I love Starfield and thank you for not being like all the other "content" creators who do nothing but hate on it for the clicks. I appreciate honest commentary so I'll be subbing :)
Thanks thats a very refreshing comment. I always try make my own mind up. 90% of content creators go with what they think is cool to say ;) Starfield has its merits!
@@LTGamingRUclips Earned you a sub to speak truth and not memes!
@@Be-rowe exactly we won't bend to a trend!
Very good list ! Thank you.
we love starcontrol games, old & new!
Important not is that X4 has "only" very positive reviews is mostly due to technical state of the game at launch and for the first couple of years.
X4 is EASLY one of the best space sim games ever made. It's just so goddamn good that IMO it's a must have for any s-f fan.
Agreed 🚀
X4 is probably the best space sim out there, especially if you like single player over multiplayer, the closest thing I could compare it to is eve and even that's an entirely different thing. The only complaint I've had with X4 is that certain factions die off too fast without player intervention.
@@kegaran2365 You should try Astrox Imperium. Often called single-player Eve, well rocks are even more huggable.
Iove Mass Effect 2, I was overjoyed to lose no one in the suicide mission.
If you haven't heard of these try it, i love them. 1. NEBULOUS: Fleet Command 2. Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander 3. Flight Of Nova 4. House of the Dying Sun 5. Between the Stars
Played them all and most been on the channel 🚀
Love to see some Star Trader Frontiers. It was fun being around back when it was is very, very active development and we could nag the devs for build details, and see some of those implemented in the week.
Tom really liked this game!
Great game with a lot of replay value. Runs on any potato computer and also on android mobile devices. Still updated frequently. It's hard to find more dedicated developers improving a finished product at no extra charge with perhaps the exception of No Man's Sky!
Experiencing elite dangerous in VR is something everyone needs to try
Not sure if you'd consider it an exploration game, but every time I think about space games I'm remember of the good hours I had with freelancer - personally I think it's an truely awesome game, dated by now, but still great!
I can highly recommend Star Control 2 aka. The Ur-Quan Masters.
It’s an old game that imho has aged very well; and is certainly a classic of the genre.
Despite some trademark controversies, the game received a revamp and is currently available under the title “The Ur-Quan Masters”.
I LOVE Starcom. Wish it was bigger and had more of a story developed for it.
The banished vault should be on this list. With space exploration as its core feature, amazing art style and challenging gameplay, it is a truely unique experience.
I still play Master of Orion every so often. I love its aesthetics and particulary like the landgrab part of the game. Kind of wish there could be a game that would focus on the colonization and terraforming of planets.
Watching the intro....yeees this is what I'm looking for..at last ! Then reality set in.
Thank you for posting this video 🎥🍿🍺🇺🇸👍. You have a new subscriber. Keep up the great 👍 work.
@@shadowr2d2 really appreciate it 🚀🚀
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hmmm, this made me want to re-install Space Engineers and finish making a full size Gundam
LT Gaming! Thanks for the kind words about Liberation! Obviously I'm a space game fan but I've been loving your recent run of RTS videos too. In your voice over you mention you sometimes get angry emails. Nobody deserves that for just doing their job and I hope it's not a problem.
However, speaking of angry emails, I'm not saying you have to watch Blake's 7 but... it is kind of awesome for a show from the 1980s. It's cheaply made though. The power of good writing and acting! They only had £50 per episode for special effects (true fact!) and yet managed to do an epic space opera.
So roughly a similar budget to Liberation hah
Regards,
(The other) Luke
Thanks for the message Luke! As a fellow Luke I can say it was truly appreciated 🚀 look forward to more from Liberation 🚀
Qanga
It’s neat
Shoulda been on the list!
It only just came into EA and its very early.
Excellent video. I tried looking for a lot of the titles you talked about to see if they are available on a tablet. Sadly no. Not a single one. Can you do a video on eve echoes. A tablet version of eve online. Thanks.
X4 is such a masterpice for me beacause of the real simulation, of mostly everything wats going on..
And as you grow bigger you having more and more influence about how you want the world to be.
Love the list! I find special peace of mind playing space games and i love discovering new things to try. I didnt lnow the sequel to Starcom Nexus was available already, Im getting it right away!
By any chance have you tried "Wayward Terran Frontier: Zero Falls"? It had been without updates for a while but just received a big one. Looks good but im not sure how deep it is.
Awesome! I also did a 60 secound review of Starcom in Shorts and gave it a solid 8/10 :) I haven't seen that game and il check it out now! :)
5:20 The bad reviews for Empyrion is due to the new DLC "Dark Faction" they released within the past year that no one liked, the base game it self got review bombed. The base game is VERY good. It uses voxles (blocks) to build ships and bases, it's a survival game so you gotta eat often, craft weapons and build ships.. and you gotta create sources of oxygen so you can explore space.
The learning curve of Space Engineers is what is keeping me from playing it. I love Everspace II and I can't stop playing NMS.
I've never heard of Liberation but just one look made me fall for it. I've bought it now... tomorrow I'll be firing it up.
FTL players should have a look at the mod FTL Multiverse which expands the game 10-fold.
Not sure if it belongs on this list, as it is still in early access, but I have enjoyed many hours in Cosmoteer: Starship Architect and Commander.
Booya! I have over 600 hours in Cosmoteer. I can't explain how much I love that game. It's not even close to done yet and I still can't stop playing it. Especially once you start throwing in mods.
I have been playing eve-online for 2 years now.... This game is DEEEEEEEEEEEP
what I mean by that... is you can be playing this game for years and years and still be reaching for new heights.
Even WHALES will not run out of things to achieve for years.
Q&A: how many of the players on loan can we get back in January? Can we get Vuscovic & Yang min-hyeok?
For that matter do you know if the club has any intentions of bringing in a new left back to support and rotate with Udogie & bringing Johnny Cardoso?
How did Star Valor not make it onto this list!!
Thanks for the rest tho :)
I only play 2 space sim in the last 2 years. Star Citizen & X4
X4 is amazing. When i bought it however, i raged quit because of the default controls and bugs in the tutorials. I tried to return it but passed the steam refund time 🤣.
I'm glad I didn't because when it works, damn is it immersive and fun.
Highly recommended. Gameplay is par excellence, but the game has some distracting bugs and is not intuitive. Also what seems like a gameplay bug is usually a misunderstanding of the gameplay systems.
Getting the controls setup is vitally important!
Empyrion is bloody amazing, try it, buy it, love it.
What about Freelancer one of the best games and huge space to explore
Regarding Empyrion Galactic Survival: I highly recommend you play the Reforged Eden scenario. This free Mod makes the Vanilla game a thousand times better!
And the most bad reviews come from the DLC Dark Faction which is contained in itself. I bought it to support the devs because i played the game (mostly Reforged Eden) for over 9000 hours now - and still play it!
I tried RE but its just not for me. Makes it too grindy imho. Plus, its not really a mod per se.
Empyrion, space engineers, X4 and NMS: Masterpieces. Regarding Moo I prefer Moo 2
I wasn't aware that I actually knew and played so many space games. :-) I'd add Star Valor, Approaching Infinity and Space Pirates and Zombies too, maybe just for fun also Aurora 4x because it's so weird and unique. Depends on where you draw the line in terms of "exploration" but the first two should easily fit the bill.
X4 is one of the most in depth space games, but for some reason often left out of the discussion when talking about space games. Granted ist not easy to get into unless you spend some time.
Approaching Infinity is worth a look. Traditional Roguelike set in Space.
@@rosskelly4618 the first Everspace was a roguelike...
@@efxnews4776 I said "traditional roguelike" . This is turn based old school graphics .Definitely worth a go
With Empyrion, many players are complaining about the expansion / DLC. The base game by itself is pretty decent. Not perfect, but very enjoyable.
What is that first game at the start of the video? Might be worth putting the game titles in the corner on the clips? Love the content of your videos
Its X4 which tops the list :) I have started doing that on some videos but this was a bit of time pressure to get out. So il have to rely on Timestamps :)
X4 foundations to me is tbe best space sim ever, i have 5k hours on it, and it is without a doubt my dream game.
I think I may have added Cosmoteer. I've been thoroughly enjoying that game and it's overwhelmingly positive on Steam. It's also very affordable.
Great Suggestion!
I may have to re-visit X4.... I have about 6 hours on it years ago and really didnt think much of it at all - hence the tiny hours. Stellaris and Elite I have hundreds of hours on.
I want to get back into strategy games more! So might jump in!
Bro, that Title....that Title is all I ever wanted in a space game. Every game that ever promised space exploration literally became a FPS combat game or just flat out lied. NMS,ED,SC etc
What's the best space exploration game to you? I like your vibe!
I have over 3000 hours in X4 to me it's the best one on the list
I don't(and won't) play EvE but I do love keeping up with the Drama. XD
I'm tempted to get into it!
@@LTGamingRUclips No, just don't, no
Didn't expect Space Engineers in a 'Space Exploration'-List, because there isn't much to 'explore'.
But this will, hopefully, change with the next Update.
2:30 How dare you publicly feature our game that we're making to sell to the public! REEEEEEE! ;D lol
As much as I love Starfield, I'm still frankly surprised it's on this list, as, boy howdy, it certainly has its problems. Still, noting Space Engine made my day. Thanks!
Star Citizen is great and has been getting a lot of content dumps for free recently. There's no need to spend anything beyond the base game package, everything is purchasable in game with the exception of some very rare promo ships that are basically cosmetic only. You need a high tolerence for jank though.
Well said!
Great list. Have you ever reviewed "objects in space "? Really good little Space exploration Game… I thought so anyway.
I really like that game and it's a shame the dev left it behind. Really great suggestion though we will never see it finished 🚀
My favorite space game of all time was Freelancer, and I’ve been trying to find something similar ever since. Really wish we could get a remake of that with modern graphics.
@@dialamx1 you should try out Rebel Galaxy Outlaw.
X4 for me was tought getting into. I owned it since it came out but could not get into it. It was not until timelines that help me experience things that I will get to experience as I go forth in X4. so it was not a bad but I do understand you position. Thanks for the video.
Much appreciated. I fluctuate in my likes and interests a lot so really just an advisory list :)
Weird...
Listen, you should try the sandbox, i myself have 5k hours of gameplay, and i still crave to play more.
surprised no-one in the comments even mentioned starship evo... sure, it's a long way from being finished but i'd say it's ship building is the best out of the voxel style games...
One I need go look into more! Generally I don't put Early Access on Upcoming lists but made one exception here 🚀
@@LTGamingRUclips it's being made by one guy but he's done plenty already, the game already has a whole galaxy of stars/planets and on top of spaceships you can make hovercrafts, mechs as well as your own personal firearms...
Star Control Origins comes to mind. Really mixed feelings. The cartoony parts aren’t my thing, the combat is arcadey, but the feeling of taking your first steps away from earth and into a bigger stellar community was well done (for me).
Yes just the fact I never feature Stardock Games on the channel because of the way they treated me once. Yes never liked the cartoony parts of that game!
@@LTGamingRUclips Oh? Damn. Well being nice is important. There's always something else I could be playing in my steam library, something else I could spend my money on.
@@neutrino109 I totally agree dude. We were a very small channel at the time. I'm not petty at all but have principals of when someone treats me bad...I won't b promoting them!
Star citizen: $700 MILLION in crowd funding and still no finished game. Bitter? I am not bitter. Why do you ask?
Ewww PDF flag
I started out with a Titan starter ship with Squadron 42 for $75 USD and never bought anything else. I played many hours a day for nearly 2 years, probably over 1000 hours of enjoyable gaming. Sure its incomplete, updates are hit and miss, and you need a mega strong PC to run it, but its still fantastic and worth the $45 or so USD minimum to buy in. There is no need to spend fortunes of IRL money in beta because you can buy nearly everything with in game currency. Multiple times (wipes) I have owned nearly every ship in the game and earned so much money that I would give away 50 million uec when I would see someone took a big setback. I will start playing again once they get server meshing because even with only 1 solar system of 4 planets its a pretty empty universe when a game server only supports 150 or so players.
Yeah but most game devs never even TELL YOU how much money they spent on the games they develop. I mean Rockstar has been (apparently) working on GTA6 for the past 12 years, and I'm sure they've pour at least $1billion into it, from all the cash they still make from GTA Online.
Based profile pic
@@Capt_CrimsoN based, but disgusting
What is the game in the introduction please ? It's so beautiful
X4!
I'd like to point out that Eve Online isn't "a free to play space mmo", it's a subscription based mmo (and an expensive one too), which happens to have a free mode that is extremely capped (you can only use some ships, train some skills, etc). It's basically the old one month trial they used to have, except now there's no time limit. Sure, it's useful to get an idea on whether you'll like the game or not, but it's very far from the real thing.
I think this is an important point because some people might say "Eve is pay to win" since you can only do the cool stuff paying subscription, when in reality it's just a "pay to play" game where, like I said, you have a free trial mode to see if it's worth your money.
Nice video anyway.
Thanks for text list of games
Everspace 2 is amazing well worth the money!
Starfield still has plenty of game-breaking bugs. They never fixed the bug that prevented my 90hr file and my 60hr file from progressing the main storyline (which causes your ships to disappear reliably on some main story planets, and seemingly randomly on others, which can leave you completely stranded). If you buy Starfield, don't expect to be able to complete it!
Starsector is amazing!
Why would a dev turn on you for featuring their game and exposing it to new potential players? Every list you put up there are several games I've never heard of and quite a few of them end up on my wishlist.
It was odd. Was asked to feature a game by the dev. He then had a tantrum over the footage I used. It was insane haha
I remember when I downloaded FTL, started playing and suddenly 12 hours had passed. That game has an experience entirely out of proportion to the sum of its parts.
EVE online: Come home from Work and get to work. Still, I enjoyed it for over 10 Years. Fond memories!
Shoutout to space engineers, the best sandbox/builder type space game in the last decade with nothing coming close to dethroning it. I just wish it had more survival aspects.
Praise Clang!
I left it off a big list awhile back...and wow they let me know about it haha!
Starship Evo has a better crafting model than SE...
Wondering if anyone can help me, chances are its no longer an active game. but ive been trying to remember a spaceship MMO that was out years ago. after the introduction you had to pick a faction, 1 of them had vertical orientated ships while the others were more like a U shape, like some Wipeout racers and were built horizontally.
A small coffee break game that's probably not big enough to make it onto such lists would be Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space. Less than a dollar and a quite strong just one more round itch.
Will check it out now :) Thankyou :)
OMG Infinite Space! I haven't thought about that game in years! Downloading again...
Well, Star Traders Frontiers is a hidden gem indeed. Not sure why that Arbiter reminds me of Mira Fedor from Marianne de Pierres' 'Sentients of Orion' novels.
You should feature also Starship Simulator I think.
To X4, its the best Star Wars mod simulator you can play right now :-)
Fun video but while Eve Online and even Eve Echoes are very polished games with a lot of depth and unparallelled graphics I wouldn't reccomend to anyone due to how the economy works and the skill system and the multibox accounts putting a new player at near 100 years behind in terms of progress alone when they start playing. These people won't even feel the punishing losses on top of what I mentioned earlier, and the beginner player will be devastated from the most insignificant ship or station losses.
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Great and complicated array of four major sub genres in the space genre.
Btw, can you please fix the spelling error for Faster in the Faster Than Light stamp in the description's timecode list?
Now that's attention to detail ;)
Can't believe you don't have Star Valor on this list
I'm sure you will get over it 😉😂
I love Star Valor! Is there some drama revolving around it or something?
You sadly missed a huge gem with Spacebourne 2 - Single dev made into a huge RPG with space combat, space mining and planet side aspects with an outpost and command strategy concept baked in with huge system wide battles for hostile takeover of systems or massive defense vs other factions attempting to overtake yours. It doesn't have a huge name behind it nor the advertisement of big company names, but man it delivers.
You guys are on top on things lately!!! Great list!
Hey, great list! But you forgot me (Star Valor) 😥
We will remedy that soon 🚀
@@LTGamingRUclips hey that would be awesome! Thank you! 😃
For Starfield, Bethesda took a few of the concepts from Star Citizen and ran off with them, let their old incontinent dog drool on them for awhile then jammed them into a half baked vegan gluten free brownie and then forgot to set the timer to finish cooking it.
I was gonna throw hands if outer wilds wasn't on this list but seriously the game made me cry
Elite Dangerous really is the best VR game to date.
For 20 Bux Qanga is pretty fun
We played it together...very janky but we will cover it!