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[Top 10] Alien Strategy Games (Ranked from Fun to Most Fun)

KuyaWill620 — Sat, 03 Dec 2022 18:58:49 +0000

Strategy games have been around since gamings inception. From the early 90’s when Command and Conquer to Starcraft and Warcraft gave us the power to formulate our own battle plans and take down our enemies, it left us with a sense of accomplishment and victory not too many genres can give us. It gave us the power to control unheard of warmachines and battalions of soldiers at our beck and call.

Alien strategy games, which transport us to faraway planets or the depths of space to take control of enormous armies and even entire galaxies, are a form of strategy game that has been gaining popularity and almost surpassing all others.. With this, we are ranking the top 10 alien strategy games from fun to most fun.

10. Age of Wonders: Planetfall - 2019 (PC/ PS4/ Xbox One)

Age of Wonders: Planetfall - Gameplay Faction Spotlight: Amazon

Playing as one of 6 playable factions, Age of Wonders: Wonderfall takes us to the aftermath of the destruction of an intergalactic human government called Star Union. Since its collapse, different races have risen up to try and seize control of the chaos and in turn figure out what caused the collapse of Star Union in the first place.

Developed by Triumph Studios and published by Triumph Interactive. It has been nominated for PC Game of the Year at the 2019 Golden Joystick Awards, Best Strategy Game at The Game Awards 2019, and for Game Strategy at the NAVGTR Awards

Choose this game if you like:

Turn-based battles with various powers for each faction
A gorgeous-looking RTS with engaging gameplay and a fascinating storyline
Alien dinosaurs with laser cannons on its head

9. Gears Tactics - 2020 (PC/ Xbox One/ Xbox Series X/S)

Gears Tactics - Official Gameplay Trailer | The Game Awards 2019

Set as the prequel to the original Gears of War and taking on a turn based strategy model of gameplay. Gears Tactics takes place 12 years before Marcus Fenix and his team took on the locusts. When the extraterrestrial menace first affects the planet Sera, the government and society are in a state of panic.

A gang of survivors decides to take up arms in order to fight the terrifying locust swarm. There was initially going to be a Gears of War game produced by Epic Games, the developers for Fortnite, titled Gears of War: Tactics but that game has been canceled.

Choose this game if you like

A Gears of War title but in a turn based strategy model.
A great prequel to the mainline Gears of War series
An expansive story with dozens of side missions.

8. Phoenix Point - 2019 (PC/ MAC/ Xbox One/ PS4/ Google Stadia)

Phoenix Point Official Launch Trailer

Set in 2047 on Earth during an alien invasion, players are taken to a command base called Phoenix Point where they have to contend with aliens that mutate and change according to what the player uses against them. All the while during the chaos, humans who have survived from the invasion are left to scavenge for resources as they stand against the players.

How the player resolves these challenges will lead to different endings of the game. Released in 2019 by Snapshot games, Phoenix Point is intended to be the spiritual successor of the famed XCOM game series as the head of Snapshot Games is being led by Julian Gollop, the creator of XCOM.

Choose this game if you like:

A mutating enemy that adapts to your strategy and tactics and gives you a different challenge every time you play.
Options to befriend or conquer different human factions to either strengthen your forces or thin out the opposition. Choosing whichever factions will lead to different conclusions to how the game will end.
A procedurally generated world where you have to carefully plan out your strategy to gather resources or conquer and invade other areas for control.

7. Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator - 2021 (PC/ Xbox One/ Xbox Series X/S / Nintendo Switch)

Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator - LAUNCH TRAILER

Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator is exactly what the title is, a business simulation game where you trade alien organs instead of money. Taking place in an in-game “trading day” that only lasts for a minute or two, players trade alien organs against rival organ traders with added game elements like scammers, clients who demand organs with specific properties, and random events.

Players earn XP by gaining reputation from the clients who buy from your organ trade and with more reputation you earn, the better the gameplay is. The game is optimized for the Kinect but not necessarily for better gameplay.

The Kinect feature was added “just for the hell of it” as stated by the creator of the game, Xalavier Nelson Jr. There is also a $50 dollar reward for anyone who can finish the game using the Kinect feature alone, a reward that has yet to be claimed.

Choose this game if you like

A business sim game that puts a different spin to the things you trade i.e. alien organs
A beautiful 8-bit style interface that harkens back to classic games of the 80’s to 90’s
Crossovers with different titles on the Switch like Bugsnax, Inscryption, and Among Us. You can even trade a literal bone in the game that looks a little bit sus.

6. Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus - 2018 (Nintendo Switch/ Xbox One/ PS4/ PC)

Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus | Release Trailer

A new chapter in the Warhammer 40k saga that puts you in control of the Adeptus Mechanicus, an army under the Imperium. You’re tasked to raid the tombs of the Necrons in search of ancient and dangerous knowledge that will shape your succeeding missions and have far reaching consequences that go far beyond the catacombs.

Mechanicus takes on a turn-based style of gameplay that lets you manage resources, discover different kinds of ancient technology, and control the moves of your highly advanced and dangerous Tech Priests.

Most of the units in the game are inspired by real life objects like the pteraxii which is inspired by one of Leonardo Da Vinci’s creations and “The Skull of Elder Nikola'' which is a reference to real life inventor and scientist Nikola Tesla who, in the Warhammer 40k universe, was dug up and enhanced into a weapon.

The game holds 3 different endings to the campaign that depend on the players decisions throughout the playthrough.

Choose this game if you like:

Fully customizable units like the Tech Priest to suit whatever kind of play style you prefer
Explorable tombs in the Necron homework that can be scanned in-game beforehand to gain a tactical advantage during battles
An immersive story created by Ben Counter, a writer from Black Library known for his numerous related works on the Warhammer 40k series

5. Galactic Civilizations III - 2015 (PC)

Galactic Civilizations III - Gameplay Trailer

Set in 2242 where the Terran First Fleet has returned from a pocket dimension. It returns to an Earth that has been protected yet isolated under a precursor shield. The terrans now set on a mission to liberate Earth and combat the Thalan and the Drengin presence in the Sol system to bring down the shields and liberate the planet and Arcea, a peaceful alien race.

Taking on the model of a 4X turn-based strategy game, it was developed and published by Stardock games and released back in 2015. It is the first game in the series to feature a multiplayer and hex-based game tiles mechanic. It has garnered positive reviews for its gameplay and story with an average rating of 81/100 on Metacritic.

Choose this game if you like:

An expansive and sprawling game area that requires at least 20 to 30 hours of gameplay to finish
Customizable units and unique gameplay that creates a different playstyle with every player
An immersive story with numerous DLC since release accompanied with surprising visuals that still holds strong 7 years after its release.

4. Halo Wars: Definitive Edition - 2016 (PC/ Xbox One)

Halo Wars: Definitive Edition Trailer

Released originally back in 2009 as the standard edition and re-released in 2016 as Halo Wars: Definitive Edition for PC and Xbox One. The game takes players on board the Spirit of Fire warship to combat the Covenant aliens from taking control of a fleet of ancient alien warships.

Set in the universe of the Halo series, the game replicates the universe where the Master Chief resides perfectly with gorgeous pre-rendered cinematics, intuitive controls, and accompanying story that is a prequel to Halo: Combat Evolved.

A departure from the first person shooter genre where Halo has made its name and taking a RTS spin onto the series. Halo Wars: Definitive Edition has made a huge impact on the RTS genre garnering the title as the best selling console RTS game to date.

Choose this game if you like:

Intuitive controls that works perfectly for a console based strategy game that is easy to use for new players to the RTS genre.
A solid multiplayer that expands the replayability of Halo Wars after the main plot has been finished.
A perfect reimagining of the Halo universe seen from a birds eye view.

3. Red Solstice 2: Survivors - 2021 (PC)

Red Solstice 2: Survivors Announcement Trailer [PEGI]

Developed by Ironward and published by 505 Games, Red Solstice 2 is a direct sequel to 2015’s Red Solstice where it takes players to year 117 After Earth where corporations are rushing to secure the last vestiges of humanity. You take control of your own squad to battle mutants that now plague the planet and to find a cure to a virus that threatens to kill the last remaining humans alive.

Playable in single player or in multiplayer with up to 7 other players, the fights happen inside tight claustrophobic corridors blended with strategic planning. The game gives you a sense of confinement against unimaginable mutants and otherworldly enemies that compares to nothing else.

Choose this if you like:

A familiar control scheme for RTS players but also bringing in a new experience in the gameplay and story that gives the players more freedom, more control, and more actions to plan, improvise and execute.
A combination of survival strategy and tactical missions with a campaign that expands over time.
A gameplay that resembles first person shooters like Left 4 Dead but combined with the combat in the famed XCOM series.

2. Starship Troopers: Terran Command - 2022 (PC)

Starship Troopers: Terran Command Gameplay Trailer

A real time strategy game based on the Starship Troopers franchise. The game lets you take control of mobile infantry troops in planetary campaigns against the arachnids, the insect-like aliens that are the main antagonists of the series.

Unlike most RTS games that focus on resource gathering and base building, the game makes you focus on the tactical management of resources provided.

A game mechanic for Terran Command features true line-of-sight and line-of-fire mechanics which makes the players take the topography and the elevation of the battlefield into account when forming strategy and tactics. Terran Command is a great addition to the Starship Troopers lore and features lots of bug killing.

Choose this game if you like:

An immersive story campaign taking place after the Battle of Klendathu which was featured in the live action movie and gives fans of the series a lot of the Starship Troopers aesthetic.
Dozens of different unit types that range from the basic roughneck to power armor suits and Marauders, a giant robotic mech suit designed to devastate the arachnids.
Capture and hold mechanics that lets players defend radio stations to repel arachnid attacks and for the deployment of technology buildings to unlock new weapons.

1. XCOM 2 - 2016 (PC/ OS X/ Linux/ PS4/ Xbox One/ Switch/ iOS/ Android)

Official XCOM 2 E3 2015 Gameplay

A game that is synonymous with the RTS genre itself, XCOM 2 is the sequel to the 2012 reboot of the series, XCOM: Enemy Unknown. The games takes place 20 years after Enemy Unknown where humanity has failed to stop the alien invasion and has now become a resistance force against the occupying aliens.

Gameplay for XCOM 2 still follows the turn based combat in which it is known for but also mixes in strategy elements in which the player manages the Avenger, an alien ship used now as a mobile base for XCOM, which is the military organization tasked to fight off the alien invasion.

Since the release of the game in 2016, it has been praised for its engaging gameplay with added elements such as timed objectives to keep the player at an offensive, a concealment system, and procedurally generated maps which adds a new level of depth to the series.

Choose this game if you like:

An aesthetic that draws inspiration from renowned sci-fi movies like Elysium and Oblivion.
A management system that has been praised critically described as “making every decision made by the player an important one”
A one of a kind customization system that allows players to be attached to the soldiers, making each soldier's death impactful and memorable.

The Best Space Shooter Games

jonathanklwood — Sat, 20 Aug 2016 23:20:15 +0000

Only the best space shooter games make this list

Take a look at the slickest, smoothest and coolest space games available and decide for yourself which one you will try first. Which one will be your favorite? A word of warning: all these games are mighty inviting, and you might find yourself torn between two or three…or seventeen! Let’s start with a far-reaching and fantastic piece of space shooter work from Rockfish games: Everspace...

1) Everspace

Everspace First Playable Gameplay Trailer

With a mysterious storyline that incorporates a reason why players can die and immediately return to live, Everspace is a rogue-style, single-player shooter where you choose your style and side: players can work within the law or break it and pirate other ships for resources. You start with a basic ship—a colonial interceptor—and some simple objectives like earning credits and scoring some enemy kills. Each flight brings new destinations and new objectives, and of course you will be targeted by enemies of various types. This game focuses on gathering resources for repairs and upgrades to your ship, and the upgrade tree is deep—weapons, armor, and special devices improve both the abilities and appearance of your interceptor.

Dock with Space Stations to Upgrade Your Ship

While the game incorporates both a storyline and a non-linear play style, it has an intriguing feature built into the game progression mechanics: you are supposed to die, and die a lot. Each death you experience in the game, while removing your ship and resources, allows you to retain blueprints and credits and also reveals one more part of the game’s storyline, getting you one step closer to solving its big mystery.

2) Angels Fall First

Angels Fall First Trailer 2015

In the distant future, war once again rages in the galaxy as the previously subdued Antarean species rise in nationalism and threaten the stability of the decaying United League of Planets. You must pick a side and fight to either free the Antareans or uphold the League’s power over the stars. Angels Fall First combines several styles of sci-fi shooter games: you can direct space combat from the bridge of a battleship, pilot a fighter in space combat, or go planetside either in a tank or on foot, all in the same game. This is a match-based game, and players first meet online in a pre-match “lobby” where matches are setup for play.

Angels Fall First Incorporates a Wide Range of Spaceship Classes

This game offers every possible playing style for the sci-fi genre. The online community is huge and diverse—matches are easy to come by and quick to enter.

3) Fractured Space

Fractured Space Steam Free to Play Trailer 2016

As humanity began to colonize outer space and mine it for precious resources, conglomerated corporate forces began to compete for territory. Soon enough, all pretense of civility disappeared, and now each corporation wages open war on all others. You must work hand-in-hand with your team to guide your fleet of ships to victory over the enemy by capturing their base of operations. Fractured Space pits one team of 5 players against another in combat across 5 space sectors. Players first choose a manufacturer, then a ship design to prepare for combat in the first sector.

Each Ship Manufacturer is Different—Choose Yours Wisely

Along with your ship, you will of course need a crew. Several key positions must be filled for your ship to operate, such as the engineer and navigator. Hire your crew with care; their performance matters.

Each Crew Member Acts as Part of Your Ship’s Overall Performance

As you advance, you gain the ability to control more ships and the credits to buy them and their crews. You also choose the weapons loadout your ship carries into battle. Increase your chances of success by getting to know your own capabilities as well as that of your team before jumping into combat.

4) Into the Stars

Into the Stars Trailer

Into the Stars is a space survival game that combines exploration and action. The home humanity has known since its beginning is gone, and the entire species now searches for a new world on which to live. You command your ship from the beginning by selecting modules to be installed on the vessel and choosing the crew that will operate it. Your decisions will help determine how well you do and how far you will go.

Captain Your Ship to Find Humanity a New Home

Strategy is important early on and remains important, but the aliens are not all friendly. Combat will soon erupt, and you and your hand-picked crew must fight to survive and find a home.

5) No Man's Sky

No Man’s Sky Trailer

This is a combination game where players explore new planets in a vast universe. You pilot your ship from one star system to another, then land on the planet and explore it to gather valuable resources used in trade and the upgrading of your spacesuit and ship. Though there is a lot of combat, the brunt of No Man’s Sky is exploration and upgrading.

Space Combat in No Man’s Sky Gets Intense

Innumerable planets await exploration and colonization; players must fight among the stars and on the surface to obtain vital resources. Each planet is unique and rendered in amazing graphic detail.

Keeping Trouble Away – It’s No Walk in the Park

No Man’s Land offers challenges in fighting, flying and strategic use of goods. Exploration alongside other players creates tense and often volatile relations and drives the speed of play to extremes.

6) Eve Online

Eve Online Industry Trailer

Eve Online features a massive trade-and-fight universe. Humanity crossed into a new region of space centuries ago, but the natural wormhole allowing that move has collapsed, and humanity’s original home is all but a myth. Players own their own empires and control starships to fight rival industry leaders, harvest and process galactic resources, and trade for goods amongst each other.

Massive Space Stations Offer Trade and Ship-Repair Services

Eve Online features a player-driven economy, so when you buy or sell, you actually effect the market. There are dozens of expansions available already, and many more are scheduled.

7) Eve Valkyrie

Eve Valkyrie VR Gameplay Launch Trailer

Eve Valkyrie is a stand-alone game based on Eve Online’s already developed, extensive universe. Eve Valkyrie dives deeper than its sister game into the space shooter genre. This game features a carrier assault system where fighters attack in a series of goal-oriented modes to destroy enemy carriers.

Combat Against Carriers Challenges Even Hot-Shot Pilots

Eve Valkyrie pushes combat to the forefront—both online multiplayer and single-player modes offer intense fighting experiences in and out of carrier assault mode. This game is gorgeous in standard play and is fully VR-capable.

8) Infinity: Battlescape

Infinity: Battlescape Trailer

This game centers around the fighting between multiple rival super-corporations in the Starfold Confederacy, including the Centaurus culture and the Deltan Federation. The war centers on the recent loss of fertility in all of humanity, each of the sides blaming the others for this terrible, species-ending development. You begin by pledging your undying allegiance to one of the corporations, then proceed to destroy the others. Battle in space and on planets to decimate enemy forces.

Massive Space Stations Occupy Beautiful, Realistic Space Settings

Infinity: Battlescape pits players against each other in matches where each team is given an assortment of credits, space stations, planetary bases, and more. Credits are used to buy ships as small as fighters and bombers to huge cruisers and massive carriers.

9) Elite Dangerous

Elite Dangerous: Horizons Launch Trailer

Elite Dangerous takes place some 1300 years in the future, and humanity is spread across the galaxy. The storyline of this game is shrouded in mystery for a very good reason: it changes according to the actions and interactions of the players. Currently, there is a story about the dying of an emperor and the candidates vying to replace him on the throne; the input and behavior of the game’s thousands of active players will have a direct impact on how this storyline progresses. To begin the game, you get only the simplest of spaceships and a few credits. You advance and upgrade by exploring to find resources, mining and trading, or chasing the alluringly fast cash of piracy and bounty-hunting.

Asteroid Miners Fall Under the Crosshairs of a Pirate Player

Elite: Dangerous boasts 400,000,000,000 stars in its gaming galaxy, many with habitable worlds. The game can be played in a single-player mode, but is intended to not only offer a full MMO universe but to promote online gamers to participate in the future state of affairs in that universe. The game is fully VR-compatible for an even richer gaming experience.

10) Star Citizen

Imagine: Star Citizen Trailer

Fans of the Wing Commander and Privateer series of game know Chris Roberts, and his latest endeavor is the deeply created universe of Star Citizen. From the development of the Quantum Core Engine in the late 21st century to the first discovery of a JumpPoint in the late 23rd century, human expansion has continued into the stars at an alarming rate. In 2438, humanity meets its first alien race, the Banu, and negotiates the first interstellar peace treaty. Now, as contact with more and less-friendly alien species abounds, humanity struggles to maintain its galactic power and peace. Begin the game with your modest ship and credits and upgrade by following your chosen path: you can mine, trade, steal, or any combination of styles your pick.

Starship Operation is Sleek and Intuitive

Space shooting is only a fraction of this expansive game universe. Touchdown on a planet or dock at the closest space station and travel about, meeting colorful characters, buying and using new weapons, and getting the latest ship upgrades you can afford.

Complex and Detailed Settings Enrich Star Citizen’s Vast Universe

Simply put, this is the largest and best-developed space shooter, good for some relaxing pirate-blasting or endless hours of intensive, in-depth gameplay.

11) Starpoint Gemini 2

Starpoint Gemini 2 Cinematic Trailer

The sequel to Starpoint Gemini, this game takes place in the Gemini region of space, which consists of several star systems. Players can follow pre-scripted story missions or use the “freeroam” play mode, which allows for total freedom in choice of missions as a freelance captain. Begin the game by choosing one of three available classes for your character: Commander class focuses on enhancement for your ship; Gunner class gives combat bonuses; and Engineer class offers support-style skills for ship operation. Regardless of chosen class, players are free to take on various kinds of professions such as miner, trader, pirate, scientist, and salvager.

The Legionnaire Cruises Past a Planet’s Meteor Rings

Starpoint Gemini 2 puts players in command of large-class ships rather than fighters, although wingmen can be hired to accompany your ship. The game offers a range of about 70 ships to choose from, each having its own unique properties and appearance, and a variety of crew members are available to man the posts on your vessel. Starpoint Gemini 2 is fully VR-capable.

12) Starsector

Starsector Official Trailer (Alpha)

When the interstellar Gate System connecting humanity’s explored areas of space collapsed, civilization collapsed with it, leaving fleets and their occupants scattered and lost. Now bands of humans pilot the galaxy in efforts to survive, recover from the Great Collapse, and perhaps even thrive in the new, broken universe. Starsector is a top-down, 2D space shooter that includes trading, upgrading and other features, but focuses heavily on combat—and the fighting is thick as soon as it starts.

Multiple Enemies Wreak Havoc Unless You Are Prepared

Begin by choosing your character portrait, name, and basic character type—trader, pirate, etc.—and you are soon launching your ship. You can take on missions by connecting to the closest space station’s communication channel or fly off into the unknown. Trade and careful attention to your ship modifications become essential quickly, but the fighting remains at the center of the action.

13) Dreadnought

Dreadnought Teaser Trailer

No details regarding the backstory of Dreadnought have been released. It is an online multiplayer combat game where two teams of 5 players each fight using five ship classes: corvette, tactical cruiser, destroyer, artillery cruiser, and dreadnought. Teams assemble and strategize prior to matching against their opponents, then fight to earn rewards and increased reputation.

A Dreadnought Destroys an Enemy Vessel Outside a Space Station

Dreadnought’s ship modification system offers over 19 million possible configurations. Players also have options regarding the allocation of the ship’s available power, allowing the reduction of a systems like speed and weapons to increase power to alternate areas.

14) Battlefleet Gothic: Armada

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada Launch Trailer

Set in the universe of Game Workshop’s wildly successful Warhammer 40K, Battlefield Gothic: Armada offers players four sides to choose from, each having its own strengths: Imperium ships have strong armor, heavy cannons and torpedoes; Chaos ships are fast and have the longest-range weapons; Eldar ships are fast, very maneuverable, and employ good fighters and bombers; and Ork ships are highly resilient with strong assault capabilities.

An Imperium Cruiser Flies Amongst a Massive Fleet

The game offers campaign mode, solo skirmish mode, and multi-player. Creative use of battlefield settings increases the strategic aspect of the game, and ship damage is realistically compartmentalized so that one system going offline does not completely disable an entire vessel.

15) Stellaris

Stellaris Launch Trailer – Grand Strategy on a Galactic Scale

Stellaris is a ground-up empire-builder set in the far future that builds into a huge space-combat universe. Players can choose to be one of several pre-made species—including human—or to create a new species of their own design from one of six species classes: avian, arthropod, fungoid, mammalian (which includes humans), molluscoid, and reptilian. Part of species creation involves selection of traits from four sets of opposing ethical viewpoints: Militarist vs. Pacifist, Spiritualist vs. Materialist, Collectivist vs. Individualist, and Xenophile vs. Xenophobe. The choices you make in deciding your species ethics will determine what actions are available in the game.

Capitol Ships Battle Firing Heavy Cannons and Employ Fighter Squadrons

Stellaris allows inter-empire trading of goods, research, and even diplomatic arrangements such as non-aggression pacts, and each planet in an empire can be developed in sections according to population, terrain type, and the needs of the empire.

16) Star Trek Online

Star Trek Online Free-to-Play Trailer

The peace between the Federation and the Klingon Empire has ended, the Romulans are rebuilding and strengthening, the Dominion continues to amass power…and the Borg are coming. Star Trek Online allows players to create their own starship captain from over twenty available species. Players must choose an allegiance: support the Federation, back the Klingon Empire, or choose the side of the Romulans. Next, pick your starship from the array of vessels seen in classic Star Trek shows and movies, old and new, such as the Federation Constitution-class Cruiser (the original Star Trek’s “Enterprise”) or Tactical Cruiser (Next Generation’s “Defiant”), the Romulan Warbird, or the renown Klingon Bird of Prey.

Classic Space Combat in Star Trek Style

Combat in Star Trek Online involves familiar Star Trek ship’s weaponry such as phasers and photon torpedoes. You will fight ship-to-ship, you will fight in the ship against boarding parties, and you will fight planetside against all sorts of alien foes.

Explore Strange, New Worlds

After all, what is a Star Trek Adventure with a landing party? This game moves from planetary to stellar game modes and offers exploration and strategic combat for Star Trek fans of any generation.

17) Freelancer (2003)

Microsoft Freelancer Trailer 2003

Another game from the mind of Chris Roberts, the 2003 release of Freelancer by Digital Anvil marked a new era in space shooter games by combining story-powered settings, rogue-style freedom of play, and state-of-the-art visual and audio effects. In the far future, humanity’s infighting led to the launch of five massive colony ships to establish new beginnings for our species. Now the colonies enjoy strength and prosperity, but dangers still roam the stars, and players of Freelancer are brought straight into the action. Start immediately with a basic ship and move quickly through the story campaign, which is only long enough to get you so deep into the game that you can see how massive the possibilities are.

A Host of Local Pirate Fighters Engage Meager Liberty Sector Security Forces

Freelancer’s opening storyline puts the player on the side of local good-guys, but any player who wants to break into a less-legal standing will have the opportunity to do so long before they have the financial ability to do so wisely. Once a decent-enough ship is in hand, piracy can certainly pay, but so can any number of other endeavors such as trade or bounty-hunting.

Alien Employers Await Freelancers in Space Station Bars

Freelancer—one of my favorite games of all time—is an open-ended universe that invites deep exploration into a huge galaxy and even points unknown beyond mysterious wormholes. Players will find themselves drooling over their next mission as they scrounge to afford those enormously expensive and worth-every-credit starships.

The Final Word

The genre of space shooters has come a long, long way since Space Invaders started eating quarters from arcade-going gamers and capturing our imaginations with the simplest of graphics and sounds. Today’s space shooter looks and sounds so impressively genuine that players might need regular breaks to maintain their connection with the real world. These seventeen space shooters each have their share of high-end graphics and sound, offering pure enjoyment in their own flavor, satisfying to combat-only style players, those who crave story and strategy, and everyone in between.

If you’d like to look at some other games from this genre, check out these articles:

1) 12 Best Sci-Fi Games To Play In 2015

2) Best Space Exploration Games

3) 27 Best Online Shooting Game To Play In 2016 and Beyond

4) 15 Awesome Space War Games That You Need To Check Out

5) 11 Best Space Games To Play In 2016

Whatever you do, take a bite of these juicy games and discover for yourself why they are the Best Space Shooter Games to be found for your PC. You are sure to find at least one of these you will want to play during your every free minute.

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