Games like Elite

Elite: first released 1984 by David Braben, Ian Bell.

In the series: Elite (1984), Frontier: Elite II (1993), Frontier: First Encounters (1995), Elite Dangerous (2014).

10 games inspired by Elite

• Elite-A: Extended Elite variant for the BBC Micro, documented on bbcelite.com.
• Elite: The New Kind: PC rebuild of Elite from the BBC source on its own site.
• Escape Velocity: Mac shareware space trading game sold from Ambrosia's own site.
• Escape Velocity Nova: Third Escape Velocity, sold as shareware from Ambrosia's site.
• Escape Velocity Override: Shareware sequel to Escape Velocity.
• Frontier 1337: Enhanced Frontier: Elite II port from the author's own site.
• GLFrontier: OpenGL port of Frontier: Elite II.
• Oolite: Open-source space trading game remaking Elite, with a large mod scene.
• Pioneer Space Simulator: Free open-source space sim inspired by Frontier: Elite II, downloaded from its own site.
• Starsector: Top-down space fleet RPG sold DRM-free only from the developer's own site, never on Steam.