Games like Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War
If Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hypergate, Freespace 2 and Expedition Astra — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its customizable loadouts tailor playstyle, atmospheric and epic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War: 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.
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Hypergate
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Shares an epic mood with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War.
Top pick for Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War.
Hypergate is an arcade-style space combat game. It is focused on fast-paced combat rather than resources, realistic flight, or grinding. It features a 2-hour campaign, LAN or single-player Instant Action for customizing your own battles, 30 upgrades to buy using in-game points, and 3 ships to fly.
Freespace 2
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Shares an epic mood with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War.
Second-strongest match for Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War.
FreeSpace 2, the follow up to the classic Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War is ready to engage you in the second round. Follow the Grand Terran Vasudan Alliance further into the mysteries of the Shivans. Get your flight stick and hit the flight deck. The last time was just a warm up.
Expedition Astra
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Third-strongest match for Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War.
Old machines guard silent asteroid sites across the outer solar system. Pilot a 6DoF spacecraft, fight around the rock, dock with old vessels, and touch the asteroid to extract rare materials.
sfsim
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Ranked #4 for Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
sfsim is a realistic 3D space flight simulator.Use an advanced single-stage-to-orbit space craft to take off, orbit the planet, perform reentry, and land back on Earth.sfsim features a true to scale Earth planet using NOAA elevation data and procedurally generated volumetric clouds.
Space Mercs
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Ranked #5 for Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War.
Space Mercs is an extreme arcade space combat game where the amount of projectiles and lasers on-screen is only toppled by the amount of stars in the universe! Will you be able to complete all the mercenary missions and become the best pilot in the Galaxy?
Aurelia: Stellar Arising
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Ranked #6 for Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War.
Aurelia: Stellar Arising - 3D Turn-based Fleet vs. Fleet Space Combat Game. Choose between two factions and fight for control of the Aurelia System in over 77 missions per faction. Control fleets of up to 9 ships and give maneuver and tactical commands to each ship.
Sector One
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Ranked #7 for Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War.
Sector One takes you on a journey through 6 different worlds, where your goal is to fly your spaceship as long as you can, neutralizing enemies on the way. Each world offers a unique visual experience but also comes with different kinds of challenges that you need to overcome.
Remnant Protocol
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Ranked #8 for Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War.
The assassination of the Blessed Mother has plunged the galaxy in darkness. Usurpers rule with absolute authority, and blood flows in rivers of red across the stars. Only the Protocol can restore Her light.
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STAR WARS™: Squadrons
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Shares an epic mood with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War.
Reviewers of Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War.
Master the art of starfighter combat in the authentic piloting experience STAR WARS™: Squadrons. Feel the adrenaline of first-person multiplayer space dogfights alongside your squadron, and buckle up in a thrilling STAR WARS™ story.
Freespace 2
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Shares an epic mood with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War.
Reviewers of Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War.
FreeSpace 2, the follow up to the classic Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War is ready to engage you in the second round. Follow the Grand Terran Vasudan Alliance further into the mysteries of the Shivans. Get your flight stick and hit the flight deck. The last time was just a warm up.
STAR WARS™: TIE Fighter Special Edition
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Shares an epic mood with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War.
Reviewers of Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War.
The Imperial Navy is called upon to eradicate the last of the rebellion and restore law and order. As an Imperial navy starfighter pilot, you will safeguard imperiled lives thoughout the galaxy. Join the Emperor's cause in eliminating the Rebel uprising as the Empire strikes back!
Elite Dangerous
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War.
Reviewers of Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War.
Take control of your own starship and blaze your trail in an ever-changing galaxy. Master the arts of combat, mining and trade or venture out into the unknown across a 1:1 scale universe.
STAR WARS™ - X-Wing Alliance™
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War.
Reviewers of Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War.
A neutral family fights for its business - and its survival - and is swept up in the struggle against the encroaching Empire. You must defy the strong-arm tactics of a rival family who will stop at nothing to destroy your trading company.
War Commander
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Reviewers of Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War cross-mention this title as a similar play.
War Commander is a large-scale MMO RTS set in a post-apocalyptic world. Take the role of the Commander and push back the forces of chaos and destruction in an attempt to rebuild. Command Troops, Destroy your enemies. Welcome to the apocalypse, Commander.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
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Priced ~50% under Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War on Steam right now. Shares Action with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Lethal Company
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Priced ~50% under Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War on Steam right now. Shares Action with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~50% under Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War on Steam right now. Shares Action with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
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Priced ~50% under Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War on Steam right now. Shares Action with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Portal 2
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Priced ~50% under Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War on Steam right now. Shares Action with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~50% under Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War on Steam right now. Shares Action with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~75% under Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War on Steam right now. Shares Action with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
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Priced ~65% under Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War on Steam right now. Shares Action with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
The Lab
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
DORONKO WANKO
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
Landfall Archives
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
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Frequently asked about Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War
- How much does Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War cost?
- Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
- What games are most similar to Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War are Hypergate, Freespace 2, Expedition Astra.
- Who developed Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War?
- Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War was developed by Volition Inc. and published by Interplay Inc..
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