Dust off your space suit, don your helmet, and venture out into the final frontier with the best space exploration games. Some journeys are peaceful and others involve a bit of violence, but regardless of your choice of genre, this list is about the best games for exploring the universe on PC and consoles.
Most space games allow players to explore alien planets, and the more ambitious titles even let you traverse through a galaxy's worth of procedurally generated star systems. Size isn't everything, though, so for our best space exploration games list, we've considered how well a game nails the feeling of exploration, as well as the square footage that you've got to traverse.
