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2000PCSteam Deck playable88 % positive9.99 €

You fly a mercenary spacecraft on the rim of the galaxy, where you have to survive between warring factions. Skilled piloting and smart combat decisions matter, and the vast world invites you to explore it.

  • Driving or flying
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Open world
  • Shooting and gunplay

The closest matches for Tachyon: The Fringe are Freelancer, DarkStar One and Parkan II. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Tachyon: The Fringe special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Freelancer

96 %Match

2003PC

Brings what grabs you about Tachyon: The Fringe: a sci-fi setting, an open world and good gunplay.

A classic space action game where you fly as a mercenary through the Sirius sector, trading, taking missions and upgrading your ship while a conspiracy unfolds. Accessible dogfighting and a strong sense of freedom between stations and factions define it.

Parkan II

Shooting and gunplay

You pilot a lost spacecraft through hundreds of solar systems, fighting enemies and choosing life as a pirate or mercenary to afford better cruisers. A space adventure built on freedom and exploration.

Rebel Galaxy

Driving or flying

A swashbuckling space adventure where you pilot broadside-firing capital ships, fight pirates, trade, mine asteroids and upgrade your vessel. A rock and country soundtrack gives it a distinct space-western flavor.

Wing Commander: Privateer

Shooting and gunplay

You live as a freelance outlaw on the frontier of Terran space, choosing whether to trade, smuggle, hunt bounties or fight. The open galaxy full of pirates and Kilrathi is what makes this space game special.

Red Faction: Guerrilla

Driving or flying

As a guerrilla fighter on Mars, you tear down nearly any building with sledgehammers, explosives and vehicles. The fully destructible open world turns chaos into a tactical tool against the occupying forces.

A.I.M.2 Clan Wars

Driving or flying

A first-person sci-fi action RPG that continues the original's story, mixing combat and vehicle or mech-style driving in an open world. New clans led by fifth-generation Mechminds drive the plot.

Star Citizen

Driving or flying

A sprawling, still-in-development space MMO where you fly seamlessly from planet surfaces into orbit to trade, fight, haul cargo or crew huge multi-person ships with friends. Its level of detail is astonishing, though bugs and rough edges come with the territory.

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