Elite Dangerous (2015)

Developer: Frontier Developments
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Simulation, Strategy
Rating: 3.9 of 5, 106,806 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 113 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

flying a small ship through a staggeringly huge, lonely galaxy where survival demands patient trading, combat, and exploration.

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What players say

Elite Dangerous offers a massive galaxy to explore, with deep ship customization and varied activities like combat, mining, and exobiology. However, players are strongly divided: many love the sense of scale and freedom, while others decry a steep learning curve, buggy operations, paywalled power-creep ships, and a new player experience that offers almost no guidance.

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