Space Combat

Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance

Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance or XWA is the sequel to both Star Wars: TIE Fighter and the multiplayer-focused X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter. XWA presents the story of the Azzameen family, a family of space traders. The player assumes the role of Ace Azzameen, the youngest of the Azzameen children.

X3: Terran Conflict

X3: Terran Conflict is the latest appearance in the X-series by Egosoft. This is supposedly the final chapter. It's a space simulator, offering many possibilities to it's players, like fighting, trading, building factories, fleets, etc.

FreeSpace 2

FreeSpace 2 is a space shooter from Volition, the sequel to Descent: FreeSpace. FSO is an open-source port of the game that adds tons of new features to the engine like pixel shaders, and more importantly, widescreen support.

Star Wars: TIE Fighter

Assume the role of a pilot in the great Empire as you struggle to fight smugglers and the rebellion.

Star Wars: X-Wing

Star Wars: X-Wing is the first LucasArts DOS computer game set in the Star Wars universe, as well as the lead title in the X-Wing combat flight simulator game series. The player's character flies starfighters, including the eponymous X-wing, for the Rebel Alliance as part of a narrative that precedes and parallels the events of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.

Freelancer

Freelancer is a space trading and combat simulation video game developed by Digital Anvil and published by Microsoft Game Studios. It is a chronological sequel to Digital Anvil's Starlancer, a combat flight simulator released in 2000. The game was initially announced by Chris Roberts in 1999, and following many production schedule mishaps and a buyout of Digital Anvil by Microsoft, it was eventually released in March 2003.

Flight Commander

Flight Commander is a space combat game in the style of Wing Commander. The Flight Commander engine was programmed from the ground up, and comes with a graphical mission editor. It is designed to accomodate easy modding, using standard formats for images, sounds, and 3d graphics. All game stats can be changed easily with a text editor.

For the more advanced missions, scripting is done with the user-friendly but powerful lua scripting language. All scripting commands are well documented, and many examples are included for a variety of missions.

X3: Reunion

X3: Reunion is a space trading and combat simulator, sequel to the game X2: The Threat, and the third in the series.

X2: The Threat

X2: The Threat is a simulator based on Space trading and combat that is set in a fictional X-Universe. The game features over 50 different flyable ships, with a well told single player story.