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1990 PC

A classic space combat sim where you fly cockpit missions against the feline Kilrathi. Your performance earns medals and promotions, and success or failure in key missions steers the storyline.

What defines Wing Commander:

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Action-packed real-time combat
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

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Star Wars: TIE Fighter

93 %

1994 PC 9.75 €

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Realistic visuals
  • Challenging difficulty

You fly as a pilot of the Imperial Navy under Darth Vader, tackling space combat missions with secondary objectives and a connected campaign told from the Empire's side. It is a classic space combat sim with real depth in ship and power management.

Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere

Strong, story-driven narrative

An arcade combat flight game on PlayStation that breaks from its predecessors with a bleak near-future story about a mercenary pilot and branching missions. The plot is told through anime-style cutscenes and leads to multiple endings.

StarLancer

Realistic visuals

A space combat flight game set in 2160 where you fly as a pilot in an Alliance squadron during a war against the Coalition. Its cinematic mission-based campaign with wingmen and large space battles is the focus.

MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat

Realistic visuals

A classic mech simulator where you pilot giant OmniMechs as a Clan warrior, managing weapons and heat across missions against the Inner Sphere. Choosing between two Clans and earning promotion trials drives the campaign.

Advent Rising

−75 % 2.49 €

Strong, story-driven narrative

A linear sci-fi third-person action game with a story by Orson Scott Card, mixing gunplay with telekinetic powers and gesture-style aiming. Despite a rough execution, its epic story earned it a cult following.

Enter the Matrix

Strong, story-driven narrative

A third-person action game tied to the Matrix films, where you play Niobe or Ghost in gunfights and kung-fu brawls with bullet-time slow motion. Its highlight is the exclusive live-action footage directed by the Wachowskis, running alongside the events of The Matrix Reloaded.

Star Wars: Rebel Assault

9.75 €

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

An early CD-ROM on-rails shooter that sends you through Star Wars battles as a young Rebel pilot, mixing flying and shooting sections with full-motion video and the original score, culminating in the Death Star assault.

The Matrix: Path of Neo

Strong, story-driven narrative

A third-person action game that lets you relive the Matrix trilogy as Neo, with kung-fu brawling, guns and bullet-time. You unlock new fighting abilities and play through famous film scenes with some twists.

Star Trek: Elite Force II

Realistic visuals

A story-driven Star Trek first-person shooter where you play Hazard Team chief Munro, taking on dangerous missions aboard the Enterprise-E against familiar and new enemies.

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