The Best Space Games of 2024 - The Big Releases and Major Titles

[@Klatenbach]

That Star Trucker game give me massive Cowboy Bebop vibes. The way you described it with CB radios and the actual ship designs just scream that episode "Heavy Metal Queen". I'm all for it!

[@-CrimsoN-]

If anything, it's probably more inspired by the actual 1996 movie "Space Truckers".

[@CanadianFabe]

@@-CrimsoN- For sure. I'll be a bit disappointed if we can't haul a load of square pigs across space.

[@glorymanheretosleep]

Nah, it's more of a movie from a long time ago.

[@nicholasbarrett9520]

I played it during demo fest and it was really good

[@the_quadracorn]

Sick. Been playing Starstruck Vagabond so I'm feeling Space Trucking.

[@5R47CH1NGP057M4T4D0R]

I’m honestly blown away there was no mention of X4: Foundations. Probably one of the best, grand-scale space sims available in full release right now. And its 5th DLC is coming out this year. Highly recommended!

[@xota-prebs4593]

I concur!!

[@alesollas76]

That's true. Very Likely most of these fancy new games are not even close to X4.

[@Voltomess]

@@alesollas76 Last time I played X4 the economy was completely fu..d up and I couldn't buy ships because of missing materials on stations.

[@danieldorn9989]

@@VoltomessSo why didnt you use this opportunity by shipping the missing materials to the stations making lots of money?

[@alesollas76]

@@Voltomess that's true. Od shipyard are lack of resources ( esspecialy on early game ) you can help by shopping by yourself. There are useful mods to make IT better

[@GrimGalore]

Hang on! A space game with vehicles!? Starfield taught me that's not possible.

[@efxnews4776]

NMS has a bunch of them... but Bethesda stans avoid compare NMS with Starfield as the devil's runs from the cross.

[@mandalore41]

I enjoy aspects of Starfield but that game has more missing than people want to admit. I enjoyed it but Star Citizen has great features that seem like they are actually coming now, Avatar looks very interesting as well. I love the genre so I'm willing to give anything a try if it looks promising and I have no allegiance to any particular studio or game. Good space content is good space content, regardless of where I find it

[@blazzmatazz9051]

That's just telling people to get out and walk

[@ex2two]

Starfield isnt a space game.

[@driver3899]

@@ex2two by space game do you mean flight simulator set in space?

[@latch9781]

The hype for Falling Frontier continues

[@walawala-fo7ds]

I keep reading that as failing frontier...which is also a thing right now 😂

[@SkepticalChris]

Ooooooh Squadron 42 will be the greatest game of 2015!

[@sirhoschi]

3:52 - Star Trucker the game for 98% of Elite Dangerous and X4 players.

[@pythonxz]

Space Marine 2 looks exactly like what it should be. Sounds great to me. Outcast is coming back too?!

[@Jayguevara1982]

Y'all are so cute when you try to convince us that Star Citizen is definitely happening this year, every year. 🥰

[@heru_ur6017]

What they get paid for.

[@CMDR_Saber84]

Until that forever waste StarCitizen holds to a release date; its got no place or purpose in this list

[@CMDR_Birb]

Agreed

[@jinnturtle]

"Tyranids _zerging_ towards the player..." now that came around full circle didn't it :D

[@GiovanniV69]

The classic Zerg rush. Love the reference.

[@Elwaves2925]

I'm with you regarding Outcast. Played and loved the original, looking forward to seeing what they can do with it these days. It was also one of the first voxel games.

[@noelwade]

100% Agree. Sadly, as cool as younger-me thought voxels were, I do believe that it was released in an era of escalating graphical fidelity and the low-resolution gameplay that the voxel engine imposed meant that the original Outcast just didn't get the audience or attention it deserved. I really hope the new version does it justice!

[@Elwaves2925]

@@noelwade I 100% agree with that. It's tech was ahead of the time but many gamers weren't ready for it because it didn't look as good as other titles. Performance issues because of that tech didn't help either.

[@Solizeus]

I believe it was the first ever third person RPG game

[@Wistros]

Eve Online is still alive by the way.

[@Krys101-Cypher]

Shoutout to X4: Foundations. Really nice space game, fleet management and singleplayer experience

[@AuntJemimaGames]

It'd be cool if you did the occasional indie space game showcase! There are some real hidden gems upcoming for 2024.

[@Mk1Md0]

could you list some? I usually enjoy indies more than the big names

[@cozyorchards]

Existence: The Outer Reach@@Mk1Md0

[@AuntJemimaGames]

@@Mk1Md0 Here are quite a few that I've either loosely followed for some time, or have seen featured online recently: Underspace - Something of a Freelancer spiritual successor, but with more fantasy elements Hyperspace - a co-op game inspired by Sea of Thieves and Faster Than Light where you crew a spaceship Moon Mystery - A space mystery/exploration game with FPS/vehicular/space gameplay Remnant Protocol - A space flight game taking place during an intergalactic rebellion, with some themes reminiscent of old sci-fi anime Capital Command - Command a capital ship in a slower, more measured tactical way Privateer - A seemingly impressive new reveal by a small dev with design similar to SpaceBourne 2, with a name that frankly may run them afoul of EA's ownership of the (unrelated) existing IP Rock Hoppers - A pared down co-op Space Engineers that takes place in an asteroid belt Haunted Space Star Trucker - Truck sim in space! AstroTrucks - Similar to above The Crust - More of a planetary-based colony/automation game where you expand and explore the moon after others on the surface are wiped out There are also a small handful of more hardcore, tactical Newtonian-based starfighter/ship games upcoming like: Hunternet Starfighter - A space dogfighting game with a particularly interesting game design featuring interconnected servers that will form a persistent universe where players across different competing factions create and maintain supply lines and engage in combat to capture/hold territory In The Black - Team-based multiplayer space combat sim I'm not a big RTS player as I'm terrible at micro and generally don't enjoy it, but: Fragile Existence - RTS that takes place across multiple planets and in space. I recommend the r/spacesimgames community on Reddit, which is a fairly niche community that has some hidden gems pop up from time to time.

[@madiimad]

​@@Mk1Md0chefk Spacebourne2 in early access on steam! Its a thing❤

[@Jonathan-n5p]

Any recommendations?

[@mickaelsflow6774]

I mean... seeing No Man's Sky in a list of Best Space Games of 2024 is no surprise. Love it. LOVE!

[@inviktus1983]

How can a game be called a space game when it doesn't take place in.. space? Like if all the gameplay is on a planet, how is that a space game? Because the lore includes space?

[@roguereaper1330]

I've been patiently impatient for Falling Frontier... I'm really excited for that. I was hoping for a release this year. I am really happy to see the devs want to release a highly polished game that won't disappoint. I'm 100% certain it won't let us down.

[@taiidaniblues7792]

Falling Frontier is my top anticipated game of this list for sure. Good lord I'm trying to be patient.

[@TheManHank]

Unfortunately I just noticed the release date on Steam has been changed to 2025. No announcements about it either. It was supposed to release into early access this past summer.

[@SteveWhipp]

@@TheManHank Hooded Horse announced it on their discord channel. 😞

[@Dildo_Baggins-sl5tv]

Just because they're waiting doesn't mean it'll be any good.

[@hunter-eo4qz]

@@TheManHank It was originally going to have an early access in 2021 and was first announced in 2020. I was so hyped but now have given up hope in waiting. will probably be out in 2026 or later. they keep pushing the deadline back over and over because the dev keeps finding new things he wants to add and its turned into an endless feature creep.

[@freederth619]

Falling Frontier still on top of my wishlist.

[@taiidaniblues7792]

Falling Frontier and Homeworld 3 both been at the top of my wishlist since they were announced. 2024 looking to be a big year for space games.

[@Lirka_906]

I'm super hyped for Outcast 2! I love the original and replay the remake/remaster once every other year.

[@kaejuka6249]

From some leaks from CIG, we know their internal release date for Squadron 42 is holiday of 2024, and that they're confident they can make it, but they've learned their lesson and haven't given a public release date.

[@sub-jec-tiv]

I’ll believe it when i see it.

[@heru_ur6017]

While you're here, have a great deal on a bridge for sale.

[@Billy-bc8pk]

Makes sense given that they plan on delivering the Idris and all its variants next year, and they already said that it's releasing with SQ42, so that syncs up with the Holiday 2024 window.

[@mavadelo]

@@heru_ur6017 I bet that bridge is not fully build yet and should be finished somewhere in the next umpteen years?

[@internet_tough_guy_]

That is not how games are released. If they were close they would spend a year doing extensive marketing and building hype to maximize sales. The fact that they don't even have a tentative date 12 years into development is asinine.

[@internet_tough_guy_]

LMAO Star Citizen, you realize Pyro was supposed to be finished at the end of 2016 right?

[@ImRuined666]

If Star Citizen is released in 2024 I'll eat my left shoe, whilst it's still sweaty and ripe...

[@Iymarra]

Falling Frontier gives me strong Imperium Galactica 3 / Nexus : The Jupiter Incident vibes. I'm absolutely there for it.

[@hookedupboer]

Another year, another roundup, thanks a mil!

[@billpii6314]

Well, I hope Star Citizen gets more updates and digital ships to sell since the game , after 10 years , is still in alpha, With no Beta in sight!

[@hawkzulu5671]

Luckily they have Bethesda to learn from - 8 years for StarField and if any features are lacking - no prob 'The modders will fix it' - and Bethesda will make it even easier for you by building a community mod store right into the game. Bethesda keeps 80% of the money without having to do any of the work. Everybody wins.

[@PurpleKnightmare]

I'm having so much fun in Everspace 2!

[@Vigilence]

Starsector is worth a play

[@AndScrambledEggs]

Underrated comment

[@efxnews4776]

Two games on this list get me hyped, Mass Effect 4 (because i refuse to acknoledge Andromeda as a ME game), and Squadron 42.

[@irCurts_Old_Gamer]

I can tell you that Star Citizen does not belong on any list. I have never regretted a game purchase as much as SC.

[@recaplrg3552]

I agree it doesn't belong on the list, but to be fair, you also didn't purchase the game. You pledged an alpha.

[@Prosthetics555]

Can I have the login details?

[@dreadnautical9]

I cant wait for star citizen/squadron 42. Once squadron 42 comes out i feel like star citizen will start to get tremendously better

[@Fractured676]

We can all pray.

[@TheSangson]

Yeah, those past reveals definitely got hopes back up. And while I guess we all understand those people not believing in it at all, IF Star Citizen ever gets finishished, it's gonna simply be the space game. As in there won't be anything else left.

[@edgaraggtown]

"Don't worry about Chad, he's just a friend". You have definitely heard some variant of these words before and believed them. While Chad was raw dogging her. 😂

[@chrishoppner150]

I most looking forward to Star Trucker. Chill space trucking without the bullshit open world PvP it always ends up being saddled with for some reason. As for Dune... > Dune Awakening Oh? > This is a massive survival You got my attention now > MMO Nevermind

[@GrimGalore]

The one thing that I've complained about America Truck Simulator... It needs to be set IN SPACE!

[@MareLooke]

Dune Awakening is also by Funcom, another pretty good reason to be very wary.

[@novachannel1981]

Kinda surprised spacebourne 2 wasn't on this list

[@999jay999]

Defiantly need to keep an eye on this gold nugget,...

[@verigumetin4291]

Thank you for the list ObsidianAnt!

[@OrinThomas]

Nebulous Fleet Command worthy of a mention.

[@eternallight523]

It's not a new release, but a game to consider trying is X4 Foundations. It's singleplayer but literally does everything I wanted space game to do. From boarding bigger ships with breaching pods to shooting the drives so they are immobilized. Crashing the economy to cripple factions and so on.

[@TerrorTrooperM]

X4 is a great game, as were all its predecessors, it’s literally its own genre, X4 struggles with its end game however, once you have your own shipyard and a battleship blueprint, you are the undisputed galactic alpha power. Once you get to that point there’s not much point in continuing. That being said the games well worth playing regardless

[@Fazoo247]

Never expect Ubisoft to deliver what they claim.

[@mrspaceman2764]

Falling Frontier is my most anticipated space game since Elite Dangerous! Can't wait for this game. I love where reality and gameplay fun meet and this game seems like it's going for that vibe, like ED tried for.

[@auswilko2496]

Star Trucker has been at the top of my wishlist from the moment I saw it, instant day 1 purchase, something I never do and hope it doesn't bite me

[@engineer1178]

Love these videos, exited for the day where space engineers 2 or whatever keens next game will, to be on the list

[@commentarytalk1446]

Space Marine 2 looks like a solid atmosphere of the IP. Good job on the presentation. Glad I finished Mass Effect 2 which was very enjoyable and memorable and did not waste my time subsequently.

[@VCRAGE]

Space themed gears of war (space Marine 2), count me in 😎❤️

[@simsdiver5201]

Obsidian forgot to mention that Space Trucker is available only for VR atm. Not sure why the devs thought going this route with the demo and what appears to be the game would be a great market sell for most PC gamers...

[@kyriosmalaka2312]

Outcast and Space Truckers look interesting. I wonder if Dennis Hopper will be in it? And just because it's Dune, I'll definitely be interested to learning more about the MMO.

[@louiswest2279]

Obsidian Ant -Your videos are fantastic! Presented smartly, informative, and perfectly narrated.

[@Mr_Beaubles]

They basically, accidently leaked the tentative release timeline for Squadron 42 when they said "The Idris is planning to be added to the game alongside Squadron 42," And at another separate point in the show mentioned that the Idris is scheduled for release in "about 12 months time." I doubt it will take them a full year for just the final polish phase of Squadron 42, and the drastic increase in pace of updates and features being added to the current Star Citizen persistent universe since they announced Squadron 42 as being feature complete would seem to confirm this due to them shifting their developers around. Also, add in the fact that they've now actually invented, and proved scalability, of the Persistent Entity Streaming across Server Mesh about a month before Citizencon, it looks like the main bones of the game are actually finally about to be implemented. I've been following the game for 9 years, so I'm one of the first people to doubt the game will ever be released sometime soon because I've seen them push things back so many times, but even I am betting this next year is going to be wild for Star Citizen. I'd also like to mention the fact that the technologies they've had to invent to get SC to this point were no small task. They have effectively broken through the physical limitations of what multiplayer game servers have traditionally been limited to with their Server Mesh technology. If you saw the live demo, you know what I mean. Being able to divide any space into as many servers as you need while shutting down servers you don't and spin up new ones... and stream entities like bullets, people, vehicles, and everything else, between them completely seamlessly as they are now capable, will revolutionize gaming as a whole. Combine that with persistent entity streaming (which has already been implemented to a large extent), where anything placed in the game will remain there for as long as they want (think ship wreckages, debri, etc.), the gaming industry is going to be turned on its head in about 2 years, max. They're actually thinking about ways to clean up debri in-universe because we've already seen a build-up of wrecks become a hilarious problem in the current Persistent Universe. After these latest demos, I no longer doubt what SC will become. Everyone that watched the StarEngine and server-mesh demo was in aww and without words... while my reaction was akin to "I can't believe it. Those crazy bastards actually did it!" That alone is really going to change... everything, and I am so happy to be here for it.

[@lordfraybin]

Think Chris would sell the engine tech to Disney, so they can make a proper Star Wars MMO?

[@camsanass]

Missed Space Engineers - feels so much younger than it is and still has a bunch of active communities

[@Orrin_Hawke]

Did i hear words of HERESY coming from Obsidianant?

[@Geraduss]

If no man sky introduced the StarFields ship builder mechanics Id jump on that in a heartbeat.

[@vulcan4d]

Fallen frontier has the potential to become the next Homeworld.

[@TheCloudhopper]

There is one big issue with Star Wars Outlaws: Ubisoft. Their entire open world thing is so overdone at this stage, that the difference between watchdogs, assassins creed and whatever else are essentially the textures. I hope they actually do something interesting with Outlaws and not just another Valhalla reskin.

[@Fractured676]

I'm just copy pasting my rant comment from another post, cause I'm lazy AF. I'd kill for a good open world Star Wars game. I don't see Ubisoft pulling that off honestly. Just looking at the 5 seconds of flight made me realize I'd hate the floaty arcadey space combat. Ubisoft just seems obsessed with making their games as casual as possible, and making it so everything is INTO THE ACTION AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. Which ruins all atmosphere. Best example I got. Valhalla. Raiding a village, hurting a civilian is apparently terrible. Just kill the bad people, than open giant golden chest, pow you gained 100 gold! Should absolutely have to carry stuff back to your boat with your crew. Always feels satisfying tossing a bag full of money into the van in Payday, or even unloading a large haul of minerals in Deep Rock.

[@RealTykan]

Star Citizen has come to an inflection point where everything has culminated to this, it's peak, the climax. It's alllll about to be worth it...finally.

[@Crook_Croberts]

doubtful

[@RealTykan]

@@Crook_Croberts ok 😴

[@philgraves4998]

Not holding my breath!

[@RealTykan]

@@philgraves4998 I am

[@TeaRex67]

Honestly , even in its current alpha state, it's already quite a lot better than other "fully completed" games right now, so yeah

[@Culky]

I look forward to Star Citizen and Squadron 42 being on these lists for many years to come

[@theninedivides6851]

Thank you for putting star citizen on here

[@Libertas_P77]

While it gets a lot of slack, I’m at NG+4 in Starfield and now finally moving to my persistent universe where I’ll be building outposts, doing exploration of the planets and moons, and advanced starship building. It’s flawed of course in a lot of ways, but as a foundation for hopefully a lot of enhancements and new content in the years ahead, Starfield is great and doesn’t deserve the hate it’s been getting.

[@AdityaWaghmare]

It gets the hate because there are a lot of missing features and technical shortcomings. Bethesda deserves the criticism for that.

[@samarkand1585]

​@@AdityaWaghmareWith you my dude. So much promises, so much marketing, so little delivered, and sooo outdated mechanics

[@spec24]

@@samarkand1585 outdated isn't even the word.

[@Myterriers]

@@AdityaWaghmaremy biggest disappointment is the duplication of outposts. From one star system to one way across the universe the outposts and people plus items are exactly the same and in the same place. This really took the magic of exploring away for me.

[@Billy-bc8pk]

Nah it's receiving the right amount of hate. It's from an AAA studio with a massive budget and it moved backward compared to veery other space game that has come out in the last half-decade. Even Space Bourne 2 was more technically impressive than Starfield, given that they found ways to hide the loading screens and make the game world feel expansive and large. If a single dev could do that, why couldn't Bethesda?

[@MultiCruss]

Love your videos man, I can listen ghem all day

[@sonarmb]

Why does everyone forget about Star Wars Galaxies when people describe outlaws as the only open world Star Wars game?.😢

[@olliohls7927]

RIP sw galaxies, one of the best sw games ever, before the update ofc

[@walawala-fo7ds]

Great list. Some of these games i didn't know about. Thanks

[@trlavalley9909]

Very cool, TY very much for this survey of games.

[@joewag88]

New to your channel via my interest in Everspace 2 and loving your work. Apparently 313k people concur.

[@infinityfabrik]

I appreciate you. Thank you for all your hard work.

[@Tanvaras]

Falling Frontier is the one I am quite keen on.

[@mviko001]

I would also like to mention the single player game Worlds Of The Future. Open world, action/adventure and in 3rd person.

[@palmironeira195]

[@Rkucins]

I like how @ObsidianAnt exercises caution about the next year in the very first 30 seconds of the video. Here is the Starfield effect in action for all of us...

[@CristiMoisii]

11:11 Most likely, Shattered space is gonna be a faction quest line for the Va'ruun. And, hopefully a lot of systems fixed and/or finished.

[@RavenRaven-se6lr]

Good reviews prosperous new year

[@dominickfosco6374]

Take a peak at StarSector. It may not be 3d, but it scratches a space itch that just doesn't get covered elsewhere.

[@robovader7625]

Outcast is my favorite game of all time :D

[@achong007]

Star Trucker remines me of space trucker the movie and space cowboy trucker. Cool, I got that game on my wish list.

[@olivander65]

Star trucker looks amazing. Didn't know that even was being made!

[@jasonwilson9446]

Finally, Space Marine is still my favorite shooter of all time. Held out hope for years to get a sequel.

[@happybluedog]

The phrase Tyranids zerging sort of saddens me as the Zerg were based on the Tyranid. But a good upcoming games list none the less.

[@LordofSyn]

And Tyranids are based on the bugs from Heinlein's starship troopers. Tropes are tropes and there is very little that is original.

[@SteveSiegelin]

Man I hope they bring a new version of Mass effect back. I hope they bring back the original story. We don't need the original characters but the whole premise of the reevers resetting the universe every once in awhile and the complex alien life they had as well as the way you traveled through the Galaxy was all revolutionary in its day. There still hasn't really been a game to come close to that. The way they designed the Elcore to explain their emotions due to the fact that they don't show their emotions physically was mind-blowing at the time. And the fact that each race showed its own different emotion and had different lifespans as well as genetic mutations that could end their lineage was a hell of a story!

[@sickmit3481]

im really waiting for Falling frontier but im glad they pushed the release back a bit to make it better and complete

[@Zer0kbps]

OOOOO Star Trucker looks pretty trick, we can all unleash our inner Dennis Hoppers

[@BamBamGrizzly]

Thanks for the VIdeo!

[@mariodpgodoy]

I always thought I was the only one who remembered Outcast! 😮

[@aLovelyCookie]

Star Citizen the ONE and only ONE space sim MMO game !

[@13deadghosts]

EVE sends their regards :)

[@cmdrls212]

​@@13deadghosts that's a spreadsheet sim, not a space sim 😂

[@etherealcity]

Thank you for this video, it will be helpful to inspire our future work!

[@qevoz42]

Thanks for making this video! Been wondering what sort of space games are coming out next year

[@chrisjulien7698]

Christ bless you, moon mystery seems so cool

[@Nitryl44]

One of Bioware dev said that we must not expect Mass Effect before at least 2028. Bioware is currently developing Dragon Age Dreadwolf, so Mass Effect is in pre-production (at best)

[@ricograndes7424]

Best space combat simulation is still elite dangerous

[@nerdglider]

Great list excited for all of these

[@tanthokg]

Been waiting for Falling Frontier since 2021. There's a game called IXION, I believe it was announced at roughly the same time and has been released for over 18 months now, while Falling Frontier has no news. But consider the fact that there's only one person working on it, it's understandable to take that long, and I still hope it's worth the wait

[@nilocblue]

Don't anybody be sleeping on that SpaceTrucker idea. I can actually see a game like that become quite popular if done right.

[@faralikustv5028]

I think Star Trucker is based of a really old movie also, the art style is basically on point called space trucker

[@Solizeus]

Wow, OUTCAST is back!?? I just jumped out of my seat here, what a marvelous surprise, Moon Mystery, Star Trucker also seems very good and i will definitively play

[@stopthink9000]

Not "back" as in as good as the original, but it is rebooted. Different game mechanics, updated graphics, lame missions and awkward new characters though. Free time-limited demos happening right now. Launch on 3/15/24 on Steam.

[@Intellectual_Wojak]

Routine looks interesting!

[@davidltn4846]

I don't know if it was announced when this video came out, but there's also a game called "Jump Ship" which looks like it would be incredible

[@Tavocados]

Your my David Attenborough of video games!

[@MrMatklug]

you forgot about starminer, a new paradox game coming in 2024 and the Crust, a mix of factorio, surviving mars and frostpunk

[@mr.storms7171]

Star Wars Outlaws, is my game I be looking forward to, even though. So many people are bashing it. I just got wired taste in video games. But I even got back in Elite Dangerous now. Probably going to give Star Citizen a go again.

[@Smartp1-z8n]

I would really love to try these out alongside Gates of Pyre.

[@johnokean8216]

Wowww the revenue reports for Hello Games is good to hear. I’m a supporter of NMS since launch. So happy to see that game get the love it deserves.

[@вдохновись-ч5э]

Oh, hello, new Sword of the Stars game! Its finally here..

[@shoutingstone]

Routine was first announced in 2012! Yeah I don't think that floppy disc upgrade system was intended to look retro, it just does now!:-D

[@ChrisAlbertH47]

Moon mystery may be the game that everyone thought Starfield should've been.

[@Piombo65]

Another Notable mention could be EVE Vanguard. Settled literally in the same EVE Online universe where you can influence the main game lore with your actions in the new FPS game of CCP Games.

[@Secretsofsociety]

Haven't really liked any recent star wars games but outlaws looks cool.

[@coolstorybro9732]

Don't forget about X4 version 7.0 coming out soon! X4 is one of the best space games out there!