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Volition Inc. · 2014 · Windows

Steam: 77 % positive of 235 reviews, as of Oct 18

Volition's classic is back. Descent: FreeSpace is the quintessential old school space shooter. With a deep story, great graphics and engaging battles against fighters to capital ships it keeps you moving. Breakout that flight stick and enroll with the Grand Terran Alliance today.

24 games that play like Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Freespace 2, HELLDIVERS™ 2 and Star Conflict.

Player tags

  • Space
  • Action
  • Sci-fi
  • Flight
  • Real Time Tactics
  • Space Sim
  • Singleplayer
  • Simulation
Map region: Space & Sci-Fi
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Plays and looks like Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War

These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.

By gameplay

Plays like Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. BattleGroupVR92 % positive of 902Shared: Space · Sci-fi · Real Time Tactics
  2. Deep Space Battle Simulator79 % positive of 399Shared: Space · Sci-fi · Space Sim
  3. Tachyon: The Fringe90 % positive of 232Shared: Space · Sci-fi · Space Sim
  4. NEBULOUS: Fleet Command82 % positive of 3,536Shared: Space · Sci-fi · Simulation
  5. Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander95 % positive of 11,171Shared: Space · Sci-fi · Space Sim
  6. Microsoft Allegiance79 % positive of 180Shared: Space · Real Time Tactics · Space Sim
  7. Desecrators97 % positive of 190Shared: Sci-fi · Flight · 6DOF
  8. Chorus82 % positive of 4,042Shared: Space · Sci-fi · Flight
  9. Project Freedom82 % positive of 204Shared: Space · Sci-fi · Flight
  10. Space Reign83 % positive of 250Shared: Space · Sci-fi · Real Time Tactics
  11. Battlezone: Combat Commander89 % positive of 880Shared: Space · Sci-fi · Shooter
  12. VEGA Conflict58 % positive of 4,885Shared: Space · Sci-fi · War

By look

Looks like Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition94 % positive of 14,552
  2. Descent96 % positive of 458
  3. GIGANTIC ARMY75 % positive of 359
  4. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™95 % positive of 16,044
  5. Parkan 272 % positive of 369
  6. Steel Storm: Burning Retribution60 % positive of 363
  7. Project Freedom82 % positive of 204
  8. Microsoft Allegiance79 % positive of 180
  9. Avorion90 % positive of 13,614
  10. Cogmind96 % positive of 1,792
  11. Space Rangers HD: A War Apart94 % positive of 6,666
  12. Imperium Galactica II87 % positive of 591

At a glance

What games like Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War: Sci-fi (23 of 24), Space (22) and Flight (8).
  • They came out between 2009 and 2026, 19 of them after Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War (2014).
  • Best rated by Steam players: STAR WARS™ Battlefront (Classic, 2004) (96 % positive of 4,339).

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Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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