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So what other good single player space sims are out there today? I'm not an MMO person. The last good one I played was Strike Suit Zero/Infinity.

Back in the day I played Wing Command I, II, III, IV and Prophecy (still have many of them on CD). I was also a big fan of TIE Fighter/X-Wing. It seems like this genre has stagnated quite a bite in the past few years, or has gone entirely MMO.

Is anything doing anything new and good in this genre?

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I really like Elite: Dangerous and commented about it elsewhere in this thread[0]. You can play it solo if you want and never have to worry about encountering other players. Combat is real-time and you even have to dock the ship yourself. Like I mention in the other comment, I'm constantly impressed by the scale and polish of the game.

I'll watch some reviews of the new No Man's Sky update and if it looks decent I'll probably get it on sale.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17559080

I like the X3 series (though I haven't tried the controversial rebirth). It has an interesting mixture of building empires, dog fighting and doing missions. They learning curve is a bit steep, but there are lots of enthusiasts modding it.

Edit: I just looked up when X3: Terran Conflict was released, which was 2008, so it's not exactly new!

It's a bit older, but FreeSpace I/II were open sourced and the engine has had major updates and improvements over the years.

The games can be had from GoG very cheaply, and hold up quite well, especially with the updated engine and graphics.

It's more of an arcadey space shooter than a sim, but Everspace was pretty fun.

Take a look at Everspace

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