I’m a massive sci fi fan and played the ever loving shit out of Star Citizen for a while there. Loved the 6 degrees of freedom and the capability to be a person or a starship.
I know Starfield is coming in September and I’m excited for what is has to offer but in the interim does anybody have a sci fi/star fighter game they can recommend? I kickstarted Everspace 2 so I can give that a go and I’m almost done with the current No Man’s Sky expedition
While not a flight sim I’ll give a recommendation for Hardspace: Shipbreaker. Spend some time salvaging old spaceships in zero-g.
If you like the idea of building your ship and then using it to blast pirates into little pieces, you could give Avorion a go. It’s currently half price on Steam and is a bit Minecraft in space. It had no player view though, everything is done from space craft from mining to trading to combat.
Combat mand flying feels like The Expanse if you have seen / read that.
These aren’t necessarily top-tier games, but if you want some more unique recommendations: Duskers, Objects in Space, and Rebel Galaxy
Definitely get the Mass Effect Trilogy. You could probably play through the whole thing before starfield comes out if it hooks you like it did for me.
Not exactly in the same vain as 3d game but Endless Sky and all the Escape velocity games. Escape Velocity is the grand daddy of all space games, and was even pseudo 3d when that was a rarity for games.