Space Game Tierlist

[Little 908]

My space game tierlist

(i like realism)

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[LameLefty]

Add in another if you like realism:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/882140/Reentry__An_Orbital_Simulator/

And the grandfather of “realistic” space sims:

http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk

[Fluke]

  On 4/7/2023 at 3:16 PM, LameLefty said:

Add in another if you like realism:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/882140/Reentry__An_Orbital_Simulator/

And the grandfather of “realistic” space sims:

http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk

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Reentry is amazing!

[LameLefty]

  On 4/7/2023 at 3:44 PM, Fluke said:

Reentry is amazing!

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Agreed! I have to say I was pretty proud of myself when I first bought it a few years ago - I loaded up in a Mercury Redstone and pulled an Alan Shepard without doing the tutorials or even doing more than downloading the (very extensive!) manuals (plural). I managed to launch, separate, reorient for entry, and then land safely down range without killing my virtual self. :p 

[Fluke]

  On 4/7/2023 at 3:49 PM, LameLefty said:

Agreed! I have to say I was pretty proud of myself when I first bought it a few years ago - I loaded up in a Mercury Redstone and pulled an Alan Shepard without doing the tutorials or even doing more than downloading the (very extensive!) manuals (plural). I managed to launch, separate, reorient for entry, and then land safely down range without killing my virtual self. :p 

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 Impressive! And it's like one dev right?

[Bej Kerman]

  On 4/7/2023 at 3:08 PM, Little 908 said:

My space game tierlist

(i like realism)

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Because I can hear people dying to hear my hot takes,

 

A: SpaceEngine, Frontier: Elite II (why was this not on the original list, again? )

B: KSP2, Universe Sandbox, NMS

C: SpaceEngineers, Juno, Elite: Dangerous

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D: SpaceFlight Simulator

E: Kerbal Space Program

F: EVE Online, Real Life

[Little 908]

  On 4/7/2023 at 3:16 PM, LameLefty said:

Add in another if you like realism:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/882140/Reentry__An_Orbital_Simulator/

And the grandfather of “realistic” space sims:

http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk

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Wow! I gotta try these

[LameLefty]

  On 4/7/2023 at 4:02 PM, Fluke said:

 Impressive! And it's like one dev right?

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Yep. I don’t know if he has help with modeling or anything but he’s been at it for a long time now. I bought it in March 2019 and here we are four years later and he’s still in EA at a (just barely) sub-v1.0 release.  

[Little 908]

  On 4/7/2023 at 4:08 PM, Bej Kerman said:

Because I can hear people dying to hear my hot takes,

 

A: SpaceEngine, Frontier: Elite II (why was this not on the original list, again? )

B: KSP2, Universe Sandbox, NMS

C: SpaceEngineers, Juno, Elite: Dangerous

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D: SpaceFlight Simulator

E: Kerbal Space Program

F: EVE Online, Real Life

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F: Real Life 

[Fluke]

  On 4/7/2023 at 4:43 PM, LameLefty said:

Yep. I don’t know if he has help with modeling or anything but he’s been at it for a long time now. I bought it in March 2019 and here we are four years later and he’s still in EA at a (just barely) sub-v1.0 release.  

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What I find amazing is he does it all from the public manuals etc. from NASA from back then. You could spend months reading through them. So much attention to detail it's incredible. 

[Bej Kerman]

  On 4/7/2023 at 4:44 PM, Little 908 said:

F: Real Life 

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Almost as grossly pay-to-win as EVE, boring realistic graphics with little artistic flair, awful balancing, unfair mechanics, can I go on?

[Little 908]

  On 4/7/2023 at 5:23 PM, Bej Kerman said:

Almost as grossly pay-to-win as EVE, boring realistic graphics with little artistic flair, awful balancing, unfair mechanics, can I go on?

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The story line is a bit boring at times, and it takes decades to finish if you're fast

Edited April 7, 2023 by Little 908

[Observe]

I'd add Egosoft's X4 to the list. Not exactly realism by KSP standards, but X4 has a pretty good space economy simulation. Unlike Elite Dangerous, X4 is a single-player game, which I prefer over internet connected multiplayer. The final chapter "Kingdoms End" will be released April 12. Great game by a small team that has been at it for many decades.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1990040/X4_Kingdom_End/

 

Edited April 7, 2023 by Observe

[Superpluto126]

Honestly I don't know why you'd choose real life to be S tier.

I mean you can hardly even launch rockets, its all business management :P!

[Superfluous J]

  On 4/7/2023 at 5:23 PM, Bej Kerman said:

Almost as grossly pay-to-win as EVE, boring realistic graphics with little artistic flair, awful balancing, unfair mechanics, can I go on?

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Not to mention I've got hundreds of thousands of hours in it and I've not made it to space once.

[Gargamel]

Moved to the lounge. 

[BeastHunter]

Real life is a technical masterpiece of game design, but the lack of tutorials is something that still haunts the fanbase.

[Nuke]

no freespace = list invalid. 

[Royalswissarmyknife]

Real Life and Kerbal should switch places TBH.

Although the good graphics are nice.

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NMS and SFS should switch NMS has gameplay value SFS has minimal realism or gameplay value

 

Edited April 28, 2023 by Royalswissarmyknife