Ikr I want a proper game where I can just clean up the ship graveyards. Star Citizen is probably the most likely option when that is eventually playable
The concept of Star Citizen being "Released" should be forgotten completely. The game will never fully release, as they have the funds to expand it as much as they want. It is a niche and attractive charm, unique to star citizen.
Yep, Star Citizen (and Squadron 42) won't be released for another 10 years, if ever. I've spent thousands on it over the past 7 years, so glad I sold most of my ships on eBay.
I'd imagine that the full release of Star Citizen will be a huge deal. Wonder if it will be released everywhere at the same time, or if Earth gets it first and the Mars and Moon colonies some days later.
I can't wait for Falling Frontier. I'm really glad the one guy whose developing it, decided to delay it so he can build out a single player campaign with some story. This game looks amazing from what I've seen and everything the developer has talked about so far.
I respect his decision. The hints that we've been given about the campaign are really compelling. I really hope the final product is everything he wants it to be.
I expect another chapter of its compelling narrative. 1. Deserts of Kharak - how the Kushan find the Core. 2. Homeworld - how the Kushan travel from the outskirts to Hiigara and defeat the Empire. 3. Cathclysm is a side adventure of a Hiigaran tribe against an infectious specie. 4. Homeworld 2 - how the Hiigarans unveil myteries form the remote past during Vygar invasion. 5. Homeworld 3 - ChinaGate is open, Karan on board of Sajuk is lost, so...now what?
4:32 - Everspace 2 just launched their final patch, the "fall patch" before 1.0 release in the first half of 2023. Lots of balancing, new UI elements, and the end game "rifts" have been added that drop legendary equipment. The game is shaping up nicely, especially when you consider the dev team is less than 20 people. As always they have weekly streams on friday that show you all the things they've been working on as well as active forums for comments, questions and concerns. I'm not affiliated, it's just my favorite space game since Freelancer so I like to give updates on it; I think this game deserves some love even if it's not the best of all time.
I’m glad to learn that Starfield is a single-player game. I have not kept track of it at all because of direction that Fallout 76 went in. I also didn’t know that Everspace 2 was lot a rogue-lite. I do like exploring much more than dying and repeating combat over and over again. It works for some games, like Deadcells, but I don’t like it so much versus the depths of space.
Hey there, the first Everspace was a rogue-lite, ES2 is a semi-open world space looter-shooter with checkpoints, save games, and persistent player progression. /Michael
@Rodney 1984 speculation of a StarField Online MP coming out later. Even though FO76 was initially a bit of a disaster, apparently ok now, Bethesda do have the tech to do SFonline, would be a fantastic DLC/Mod or stand alone. Probably get the Single player release sorted out first then online later, sounds like a good way to do it.
@@adamuser8246 thanks Adam. It would be great for a StarField Online to come out later, using the FO76 tech. It would be a whole seperate game/project as the FO76 tech was, supposedly, not built into the StarField Creation Engine 2. It makes a ton of sense for Game Pass to have a Subscription only Online game like Starfield. Get StarField Single Player bedded down and bring out SF Online later. 🤞 I also want a VR edition like FO4VR.
I hope Egosoft make an announcement around Christmas for what they plan on making next with X4: Foundations? They've been quiet for months, no new updates, just a Gamescon meeting.
It's my understanding that they are preparing X5. Hopefully with an engine that will allow Borons to be added ! However since X4 is a success, you can expect support to keep going for a while.
The spiritual successor of Freelancer, Underspace, also deserves some more love from the space sim community. It's also planned to release somewhere end of this year / beginning next year.
A mention of freelancer makes this a severely underrated comment. I loved that game, I seriously wish someone would make a genuine reboot/sequel with even more ships and a more refined/detailed rep system, would be amazing. God I love that game
Thank you! I had no idea this was a thing, and have been searching for something similar to Freelancer ever since it was released. Most STACS (Space Trading And Combat Simulators) only include a cockpit view, which I can't handle. It's unbelievable that games seems to regress when it comes to settings, options and preferences, compared to older games.
Thank you for this information. Freelancer is a bright memory and I loved every minute I played it. If someone could bring it back in an updated form - take my money...Please!
Wing Commander 1-4 are great, but my heart was always in the open-ended Wing Commander: Privateer. I'd love a remake of Privateer, perhaps with more ships added. When Star Citizen was announced, I hoped it would be a happy mix of the military Wing Commander titles and that the promised open world part would be like Privateer, but now I'm just wondering if we're going to have actual interstellar flight before it is released.
@@Dreznin I mean pyro is slated for 4.0 which is forecasted currently for some time next year, with my estimate being either end of next year or beginning of the next. You will get interstellar travel then.
I adored WC Prophecy. I felt like the Nephilim/Kn'thrak were a genuinely creepy enemy, and I loved that they were so murderous that even the Kilrathi feared them.
Starfield not being mulitplayer is one of the biggest attractions to me. I used to love MP games, but I've grown tired of the predictability of most players - Griefing for the sake of it. It's a great sign that so many studios are moving away from the multiplayer scene and going back to singleplayer :)
I really hope it won't be a letdown. I love how it looks and how it promises customizability. It would be super dope but at this point we're just always getting let down by huge promises like this so I'm a bit pessimistic with it.
i have that but 10 mins on the clock because there werent any players on when i went to have a look, really sad as i backed it originally but didnt want to play until it was more finished :(
It's in one of those chicken and egg situations. People enjoy the game when they play it, but no one plays it, so they stop playing it, so when people play it, they enjoy it, but no one plays it, repeat ad nauseum. It has very positive reviews on steam, but for some reason, people don't stick around. I'm hoping that once they leave early access, they'll start actually marketing it and trying to get people to stick around, because it really is one of the most fun combat space games out there right now.
@@varlunmulland3992 It's $35. That is cheaper than most triple A MMOs today, and well worth the money for the experience provided, IMO. They need to fund the game. It's not like they have a cash shop for P2W elements or anything like that, it's a flat, reasonable rate to get permanent access to the game.
Hell with it, at this point. All sorts of promises, a trickle of shiny new things here and there but they never fix the basic problems that persist, or they take forever to do so. I just want something new to take its place so I have an exit but something to look forward to.
@@TagW110 here's the thing, no single game can or will take it's place, it suffers from what I call the warthunder effect which is the fact that no one wants to build a competing game as it would either cost too much to develop quickly to bite into the playerbase or would take too long in development to survive. SC is charting new waters not just in the space sim genre but also in game development and design and those kinds of projects take time, I mean I'd take the trickle of content that we get over the years where all the development was behind closed doors on specifically the back end tech so we either saw nothing or patches where there was a 30k error every half hour. Also doesn't help they are making two games simultaneously (SQ42 and SC) with the majority of work not being done on SC currently.
KSP 2 is really what I'm looking for at the moment. I've had a few goes of Terra Invicta so I am very interested in making deep space colonies. Official multiplayer only increases it's value in my eyes.
Thank god Starfield is a single player game! I play games to get away from real world a-holes, not to have to put up with them in my off time too. Hell is other people.
and it is that attitude that makes the phenomenon you speak of so common...so that others consider you in the same light. and the society as a whole, well...just like ours.
My friend, you forgot Terra Invicta! Currently in Early Access and aiming for a mid 2023 release! It's one of the most detailed spaceflight simulations paired with an in-depth geopolitical simulation!
The series has tons of potential but is massively held back by the fact that the devs refuse to make a decent UI and AI. These are the two issues that are really holding that series back from swinging it out with the big boys.
Curious as to why they insist on keeping the UI in such state. A professionally revamped UI is no big deal and brings no harm to the rest of the content…
There is also this game called SpaceBourne 2 that is meant to come out in early 2023, I played the first one and while it was very janky due to being a few people team first game, you could feel that it was a passion project that they poured their heart into despite not knowing a lot about video game making (and it show, sadly), so im really curious as to how the sequel will pan out as it seem they really upped the production value overall.
Came here to mention SpaceBourne 2 aswell. I haven't played it myself yet but from what I have seen in videos, it is quite frankly astonishing what such a small team (from what i heard, it is only one guy) can acomplish. I will definitly find some time for this game.
@@thomaspitter3229 I purchased the "game" (It's still in Early Access) last week and it's surprisingly good. All of the features are there and just polishing. I can recommend it. The developer is dropping weekly updates and patches.
best put together presentation of space games in 2023 i have seen so far. Objectively and easy, not hyping something, just stating facts and giving information with a grain of personal opinion. Thanks. Really enjoyed the video. :)
Have you looked into Spacebourne 2? Its a truely amazing indie game, being done by just 1 person, but is so well done that its crazy! Definitely something to look into.
This is my holiday treat when you put out your yearly what to look forward to video! It looks like next year is going to be a fun one for us lovers of space.
A new video is in order because X4 Foundations should be on the list! Especially now with the newest Kingdom Come DLC bringing in the Aquatic Boron, the whole universe is complete now. No other game comes close to the level of scaling from your own ship up to building your own empire.
Sins of a solar Empire 2 is also coming, unfortunately first as an epic exclusive, later for everyone. there is also a big update for x4: foundations, one of the best space games for me.
None of these games allow me to do what I want to do in a space game. 2023 will likely still be Elite Dangerous and Star Citizen for me, with some Starfield sprinkled in
Sins of a Solar Empire 2 is also coming next year, and if it is at least a graphic and 64 bit upgrade to the original game it will be worth including on a list like this.
I bought the Original Sins, the Updates and later Rebellion. Still play the game. Have been waiting for ages for part 2. Sadly they focused on Gal. Civ.
So just want to call you up on missing ones as you even mentioned Elite Dangerous. Notable missing ones below: Astrox Imperium: EVE Offline X4: Foundations : Amazing game and only getting better now they have had several updates.
Great list. Really looking forward to Starfield and Outer worlds 2. I've been following both games and OW2 i'd be shocked to see before 2024 with 2025 being more likely.
The last great space game I played was Freelancer. I think a reboot of that would be phenomenal. Also, devs need to put in a little more time understanding zero and low G physics. Space ships won’t just stop because you let off the throttle.
I’m getting back into ED after over a year away. It’s such a great game with so much potential. I spend 99% off my time doing ship stuff but I think the space legs are fun, too, and really puts perspective to the scale of the ships.
That game's never going to recover after their major dropping of the ball with the latest major update. You're better off waiting for a game to replace it.
I just got into elite dangerous a few weeks ago and I absolutely love it. I haven't even done the ground missions (I might do one just to try it out) but I love the fact that I can walk around planets and farm materials. It's much more immersive. I love being able to look up into the sky and see the planets in that particular star system.
Played Elite on my Commodore 64, then latter on my PC and a PalmV. Always was one of my favorite games. Homeworld was awesome. Still playing Sins of a Solar Empire
Well i'm hyped up for Starfield, Outer Worlds 2 and System Shock obviously, but i'm also somewhat curious about Everspace 2! I like most of the things i keep hearing about it and even though it wasn't initially on my "most hyped" list, it is now after what i heard! I only wish we could explore those planets on foot in that game, but at the moment it seems unlikely...but gorgeous planetary looks still lure me right in...
This will be a revelatory year for the industry will are all invested in, I can guarantee. A truly remarkable number of promising new titles from across the genre, are just around the corner.
Definitely getting ksp 2, starfield, axiom, and falling frontier. Starfield and ksp 2 take priority though, I love *most* Bethesda rpgs and Starfield is something I’ll sink a lot of hours into. Ksp 2 will be early access for those that don’t know. It’ll just be a sandbox experience in the same solar system as the first game when it comes out. Other features will be added over time such as a science mode, resources, colonies, and interstellar travel. Basically it’s big testing and balancing for the base of the game, then when that’s in an acceptable state (or they have the data they need to make it so) they’ll release the next big update for further player testing.
Aside from Everspace 2 which was mentioned in the video, I'm looking forward to underspace, Stellar Wanderer, Haunted Space, Spacebourne 2 and Star Spectre. Check em out
It's a shame that in this day and age a space game hasn't been created that pieces together all the best elements of the best games: * full exploration of your ship, other ships and stations, and planets (Star Citizen) * real-time space travel (Elite Dangerous) * mining, resources and economy (Eve Online) * interacting with NPC's, destructability and manipulation of terrain (Fallout 4 / Starfield)
Hi Ant! ive always wondered, what originally drew you to space games? I too am a huge sc fi and space fan and see a kindred soul in you and the content you make. So been wondering how your passion for space and space games first came about. Cheers!
He mentioned system shock from 1994 being a favorite. I'd be surprised if he wasn't a big fan of star control 2 and if a fan of strategy games- master of Orion and alpha centauri from that time period.
On paper, Starfield gets closest to what I was after from both NMS and ED....but it's Bugthesda so I won't be holding my breath. Everspace 2 was great when I played it early on but I'm waiting for it's full release to dive in properly.
word...i've always loved the artistic side of gaming. the early drawings, the concept stuff. actually playing games bores the hell out of me. like rc cars and helicopters -building them? hell yes. driving and flying them?....yawn.
I still play No Mans Sky and Fallout 4 they’re probably my 2 most played games these 2 gens.. still can’t believe im getting both in 1 game in Starfield.
Ok, Most of the titles all well known, for coming or being out there. But damn..... You gave me a proper suprise with homeworld 3. rised on 1st, and 2nd - can't wait to get my hand on it! THANKS!
Starfield sounds like a good mini vacation game from Star Citizen. I love Star Citizen but as a developing game, it's good to take a vacation from at times
I sunk 8 years in EvE Online a long time ago when ATLAS and IT existed in Null-Sec. Until the game got ruined. I even participated in 2 major wars, including the Fountain War. So many people left the game because the game took a turn no one liked, so like me, many retired. I enjoyed my 8 years in Goonswarm null-sec life. Good memories. I wish CCP made a version of EvE Online as single player PVE type game. just a thought. 🤷♀ I miss my Rorquel, Mackinaws, Widow's and capital ships. 😢 Many years later, I dipped my toe in Elite Dangerous. At first I played for a few days, I could not for the life of me jump out of warp and always overshot my destination. It was so frustrating that I stopped playing. Then Frontier did some tweaks and fixes, and I jumped back in after 2 years of its release. Played it a lot until I got my Python. visited lots of planets and stations. Though the game needs lots more of planet content. it started to get boring quickly on planets. Landing on station platforms was a bit of a task sometimes, lucky for the ship landing computer upgrade, it made it a little better. I sunk a lot of time in No Man's Sky, and watched 4 major updates pass through the game, but stopped playing for a while due to work and family as well. I came back and forgot how to do everything in No Man's Sky. Been thinking to start all over from scratch, because I completely forgot how to play the game. So, I continued with other games I like a lot, such as Path Of Exile. Can't wait for Path Of Exile 2, that will be huge. 🥰 Been working at my RL job most of the time now, so work now takes most of my time. I am hoping in Q4 of 2023 things slow down a bit so I can play lots of video games. Since I work from home, I am happy I can surf the net, while also working. Can't wait for the fall and Christmas seasons. Some people are lucky to have massive hours of free time. Some of us aren't so lucky as we have to pay rent and take care of family. Its getting harder and harder to play games and stream and create content, when you are forced to sink 8 hours of work a day, to survive and live. 🤷♀ Anyways, that's my little corner so far. 😋
Just give me a star wars game thats an open world mmo, where I can just spend my days in VR being a junkyard manager
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Check out Star Citizen... in about 37 years 😭
@@dylanhowarth2534 1 or 2 realisticly, we in the end game now boi
Only money
Ikr I want a proper game where I can just clean up the ship graveyards. Star Citizen is probably the most likely option when that is eventually playable
I feel like adding Star Citizen into these lists every year has become such a meme.
The concept of Star Citizen being "Released" should be forgotten completely. The game will never fully release, as they have the funds to expand it as much as they want. It is a niche and attractive charm, unique to star citizen.
Yep, Star Citizen (and Squadron 42) won't be released for another 10 years, if ever. I've spent thousands on it over the past 7 years, so glad I sold most of my ships on eBay.
@@MarlinSoftware haha I’ve spent like £8000 on that game but honestly I don’t regret it it was fun at the time
@@xelensi6870 they spent the money in squadron 42 that's why
@@MarlinSoftware lmao buddy is 8 years late with that joke
I'd imagine that the full release of Star Citizen will be a huge deal. Wonder if it will be released everywhere at the same time, or if Earth gets it first and the Mars and Moon colonies some days later.
Hahaha
Remember that in the case of star citizen, you can request a refund within 30 days of purchasing the game, don't forget...
and there i thought it would happen when our first generation ships would reach proxima centauri
By the time it releases, peeps'll be like, "I just did this IRL last Thursday."
Star citizen will be cancelled in the next 3-5 years
I didn't realize KSP 2 was going to have such an expanded scope. I'm really excited about it now.
that's why homeworld is comming out 2 those are the biggests games of 2023 in my opinion
Their dev team seems surprisingly competent and have a real passion for their work. I'll definitely be getting their early access in 2023 !
@@Nikkuuu69 wanna bet? Lol
@@Nikkuuu69 See above LoL
@@Nikkuuu69 This comment aged badly.
I can't wait for Falling Frontier. I'm really glad the one guy whose developing it, decided to delay it so he can build out a single player campaign with some story. This game looks amazing from what I've seen and everything the developer has talked about so far.
I respect his decision. The hints that we've been given about the campaign are really compelling. I really hope the final product is everything he wants it to be.
I honestly hope homeworld 3 will be as good as my nostalgia for homeworld 1 and 2 is.
1, cataclysm and 2 i think you mean :)
You should check out the reboot which included 1 and 2 remasters and a ground based game called Deserts of Kharak which was pretty good too.
Even if its _"mostly"_ as good, I'll be a happy camper. Literally my favorite strategy games of all time.
Never expect something to live up to the expectation of your nostlalgia, trust me you will be alot happier doing so.
I expect another chapter of its compelling narrative.
1. Deserts of Kharak - how the Kushan find the Core.
2. Homeworld - how the Kushan travel from the outskirts to Hiigara and defeat the Empire.
3. Cathclysm is a side adventure of a Hiigaran tribe against an infectious specie.
4. Homeworld 2 - how the Hiigarans unveil myteries form the remote past during Vygar invasion.
5. Homeworld 3 - ChinaGate is open, Karan on board of Sajuk is lost, so...now what?
4:32 - Everspace 2 just launched their final patch, the "fall patch" before 1.0 release in the first half of 2023. Lots of balancing, new UI elements, and the end game "rifts" have been added that drop legendary equipment. The game is shaping up nicely, especially when you consider the dev team is less than 20 people.
As always they have weekly streams on friday that show you all the things they've been working on as well as active forums for comments, questions and concerns.
I'm not affiliated, it's just my favorite space game since Freelancer so I like to give updates on it; I think this game deserves some love even if it's not the best of all time.
Well, they made a fantastic first game with tons to keep you coming back, so I have faith they can do it.
Played it already for 250 hours. I love it.
Everytime i see the name freelancer is miss it so dearly
I loved the crap out of everspace, looking forward to a more traditional implementation of it
yea everspace 2 is one of the ones that isn't really vaporware atm
I’m glad to learn that Starfield is a single-player game. I have not kept track of it at all because of direction that Fallout 76 went in. I also didn’t know that Everspace 2 was lot a rogue-lite. I do like exploring much more than dying and repeating combat over and over again. It works for some games, like Deadcells, but I don’t like it so much versus the depths of space.
Hey there, the first Everspace was a rogue-lite, ES2 is a semi-open world space looter-shooter with checkpoints, save games, and persistent player progression. /Michael
@Rodney 1984 adding multiplayer would have meant rewriting the entire gameplay code from scratch; maybe in a future title but no promises. /Michael
@Rodney 1984 speculation of a StarField Online MP coming out later.
Even though FO76 was initially a bit of a disaster, apparently ok now, Bethesda do have the tech to do SFonline, would be a fantastic DLC/Mod or stand alone.
Probably get the Single player release sorted out first then online later, sounds like a good way to do it.
@@pasing9500 FO76 is Great now
@@adamuser8246 thanks Adam.
It would be great for a StarField Online to come out later, using the FO76 tech.
It would be a whole seperate game/project as the FO76 tech was, supposedly, not built into the StarField Creation Engine 2.
It makes a ton of sense for Game Pass to have a Subscription only Online game like Starfield.
Get StarField Single Player bedded down and bring out SF Online later. 🤞
I also want a VR edition like FO4VR.
I hope Egosoft make an announcement around Christmas for what they plan on making next with X4: Foundations?
They've been quiet for months, no new updates, just a Gamescon meeting.
Fingers crossed for sure
Same here. Just recently found this gem, but i did notice it's been a while since they updated much compared to their first 3 DLCs..
I just bought it and it's so bloody addictive!!!
It's my understanding that they are preparing X5. Hopefully with an engine that will allow Borons to be added !
However since X4 is a success, you can expect support to keep going for a while.
@@cabrelbeuk72 You think we might finally get planetary landings on X5?
The spiritual successor of Freelancer, Underspace, also deserves some more love from the space sim community. It's also planned to release somewhere end of this year / beginning next year.
All I've ever wanted was for freelancer to be remade and revamped. Some of my best memories are using discovery mod and just doing my own thing!
A mention of freelancer makes this a severely underrated comment. I loved that game, I seriously wish someone would make a genuine reboot/sequel with even more ships and a more refined/detailed rep system, would be amazing. God I love that game
Thank you! I had no idea this was a thing, and have been searching for something similar to Freelancer ever since it was released. Most STACS (Space Trading And Combat Simulators) only include a cockpit view, which I can't handle. It's unbelievable that games seems to regress when it comes to settings, options and preferences, compared to older games.
Thank you for this information. Freelancer is a bright memory and I loved every minute I played it. If someone could bring it back in an updated form - take my money...Please!
Can't say that this looks anything like Freelancer to me, and honestly not too interesting (at least based on the video on Steam).
Can we just apreciate how insanely good Falling Frontier's ship designs are?
Has a Babylon 5ish feel to it as far as the weapon systems are concerned and im totally loving that about it!
It's one of those games where I genuinely don't mind the delays, because I really want it to do well.
I'm watching for this gem for a while now. I consider it to be the Spiritual successor to Nexus: The Jupiter Incident.
If you didn’t know the ships are by CGPitbull which he bought and now he hired a 3D modeler to make stuff for him :)
I would give my soul for an Wing Commander remake 1-4. They are still until today my fave.
With just graphical improvements and not changing a damned thing about the game
Yes!
Wing Commander 1-4 are great, but my heart was always in the open-ended Wing Commander: Privateer. I'd love a remake of Privateer, perhaps with more ships added. When Star Citizen was announced, I hoped it would be a happy mix of the military Wing Commander titles and that the promised open world part would be like Privateer, but now I'm just wondering if we're going to have actual interstellar flight before it is released.
@@Dreznin I mean pyro is slated for 4.0 which is forecasted currently for some time next year, with my estimate being either end of next year or beginning of the next. You will get interstellar travel then.
I adored WC Prophecy. I felt like the Nephilim/Kn'thrak were a genuinely creepy enemy, and I loved that they were so murderous that even the Kilrathi feared them.
Starfield not being mulitplayer is one of the biggest attractions to me. I used to love MP games, but I've grown tired of the predictability of most players - Griefing for the sake of it. It's a great sign that so many studios are moving away from the multiplayer scene and going back to singleplayer :)
I really hope it won't be a letdown. I love how it looks and how it promises customizability. It would be super dope but at this point we're just always getting let down by huge promises like this so I'm a bit pessimistic with it.
Co-op > Multiplayer
Multiplayer mmo is just lazy. Bruh I don't want to Tell a story.
Most excited for Falling Frontier and HW3. Hope both games foster good modding communities
Not mentioning Sins of a Solar Empire 2 was a pretty big oversight.
Wish there were Infinity:Battlescape. Such a cool game but needs more players !
i have that but 10 mins on the clock because there werent any players on when i went to have a look, really sad as i backed it originally but didnt want to play until it was more finished :(
It's in one of those chicken and egg situations. People enjoy the game when they play it, but no one plays it, so they stop playing it, so when people play it, they enjoy it, but no one plays it, repeat ad nauseum. It has very positive reviews on steam, but for some reason, people don't stick around. I'm hoping that once they leave early access, they'll start actually marketing it and trying to get people to stick around, because it really is one of the most fun combat space games out there right now.
Well, there was some pretty intense PvP on EU server yesterday...
It's dead because the developers are being greedy and charging too much. Multiplayer only games need to be accessible.
@@varlunmulland3992 It's $35. That is cheaper than most triple A MMOs today, and well worth the money for the experience provided, IMO. They need to fund the game. It's not like they have a cash shop for P2W elements or anything like that, it's a flat, reasonable rate to get permanent access to the game.
Imagine hearing one day about STAR CITIZEN releasing some next year. Yeah, that would be something
I'm pretty sure that we'll actually be exploring the deep reaches of space and landing on Exo-Planets before Star Citizen actually releases.
Hell with it, at this point. All sorts of promises, a trickle of shiny new things here and there but they never fix the basic problems that persist, or they take forever to do so. I just want something new to take its place so I have an exit but something to look forward to.
@@TagW110 here's the thing, no single game can or will take it's place, it suffers from what I call the warthunder effect which is the fact that no one wants to build a competing game as it would either cost too much to develop quickly to bite into the playerbase or would take too long in development to survive. SC is charting new waters not just in the space sim genre but also in game development and design and those kinds of projects take time, I mean I'd take the trickle of content that we get over the years where all the development was behind closed doors on specifically the back end tech so we either saw nothing or patches where there was a 30k error every half hour. Also doesn't help they are making two games simultaneously (SQ42 and SC) with the majority of work not being done on SC currently.
I came 1 year from the future to say that it is not yet released. I shall return after 2 years for update.
KSP 2 is really what I'm looking for at the moment. I've had a few goes of Terra Invicta so I am very interested in making deep space colonies. Official multiplayer only increases it's value in my eyes.
Jupiter's moons are some of the best mining locations in Terra Invicta
Kraken: check
please make the music louder, can still hear your narration
Thank god Starfield is a single player game! I play games to get away from real world a-holes, not to have to put up with them in my off time too. Hell is other people.
Haha lol its a valid point.
Bravo Brother! 👍
I'm with you
Agreed
and it is that attitude that makes the phenomenon you speak of so common...so that others consider you in the same light. and the society as a whole, well...just like ours.
Ixion looks like it will be an amazing game.
My friend, you forgot Terra Invicta! Currently in Early Access and aiming for a mid 2023 release! It's one of the most detailed spaceflight simulations paired with an in-depth geopolitical simulation!
A Remake of "Freelancer" would be great. I'm still loving this Game.
Including the discovery mod and yep
The X series will always be my number 1 space games
Curious to seewhat the DLC in 2023 will be
The series has tons of potential but is massively held back by the fact that the devs refuse to make a decent UI and AI. These are the two issues that are really holding that series back from swinging it out with the big boys.
If an X series game had friend invite multiplayer, it would pretty much be my ideal space game.
Curious as to why they insist on keeping the UI in such state. A professionally revamped UI is no big deal and brings no harm to the rest of the content…
@@Kartoffeltorte Probably the Boron.
There is also this game called SpaceBourne 2 that is meant to come out in early 2023, I played the first one and while it was very janky due to being a few people team first game, you could feel that it was a passion project that they poured their heart into despite not knowing a lot about video game making (and it show, sadly), so im really curious as to how the sequel will pan out as it seem they really upped the production value overall.
Came here to mention SpaceBourne 2 aswell. I haven't played it myself yet but from what I have seen in videos, it is quite frankly astonishing what such a small team (from what i heard, it is only one guy) can acomplish. I will definitly find some time for this game.
@@thomaspitter3229 I purchased the "game" (It's still in Early Access) last week and it's surprisingly good. All of the features are there and just polishing. I can recommend it. The developer is dropping weekly updates and patches.
As a fan of Bioshock I always wanted to play System Shock so I'm excited to play the remake.
....IF it ever releases.
best put together presentation of space games in 2023 i have seen so far. Objectively and easy, not hyping something, just stating facts and giving information with a grain of personal opinion.
Thanks. Really enjoyed the video. :)
Have you looked into Spacebourne 2? Its a truely amazing indie game, being done by just 1 person, but is so well done that its crazy! Definitely something to look into.
STARFIELD and EVERSPACE 2 for me 😀
Thanks for the info and the pleasant visuals to go along with it. We're going to have a very nice selection.
This is great. I have long awaited a youtuber who has the space-balls to exclude Far Citizen from these lists.
This is my holiday treat when you put out your yearly what to look forward to video! It looks like next year is going to be a fun one for us lovers of space.
A new video is in order because X4 Foundations should be on the list! Especially now with the newest Kingdom Come DLC bringing in the Aquatic Boron, the whole universe is complete now. No other game comes close to the level of scaling from your own ship up to building your own empire.
Always appreciate these rundowns of upcoming games, gives me a short list of what to track.
Obsidian ant best TH-cam channel to keep informed about current and upcoming space games
Can't wait for Homeworld 3 and Starfield!
I can't wait for sins of a solar empire 2
Thank You Obsidian.
Sins of a solar Empire 2 is also coming, unfortunately first as an epic exclusive, later for everyone. there is also a big update for x4: foundations, one of the best space games for me.
I was happy to see an Obsidian game.
None of these games allow me to do what I want to do in a space game. 2023 will likely still be Elite Dangerous and Star Citizen for me, with some Starfield sprinkled in
I agree
Ixion looks sick
and the Sol system map rings so many Galactic Conquest bells, I love it
Sins of a Solar Empire 2 is also coming next year, and if it is at least a graphic and 64 bit upgrade to the original game it will be worth including on a list like this.
@Sins of a solar 2 is already in early acces. So you can allready play it.
@@Sneaker1005 true but it's less than 1/3 of the gameplay product right now definitely not a full release
I bought the Original Sins, the Updates and later Rebellion. Still play the game. Have been waiting for ages for part 2. Sadly they focused on Gal. Civ.
Man, my PC needs upgrading based on the looks of all the gorgeous graphics...
So just want to call you up on missing ones as you even mentioned Elite Dangerous. Notable missing ones below:
Astrox Imperium: EVE Offline
X4: Foundations : Amazing game and only getting better now they have had several updates.
Great list. Really looking forward to Starfield and Outer worlds 2. I've been following both games and OW2 i'd be shocked to see before 2024 with 2025 being more likely.
The last great space game I played was Freelancer. I think a reboot of that would be phenomenal. Also, devs need to put in a little more time understanding zero and low G physics. Space ships won’t just stop because you let off the throttle.
I really want to see Elite Dangerous refocus on the space part of the game, new ships, new weapons, new modules, new enemies and new locations.
I miss the golden era of Elite Dangerous, which was all about space and flying in it. They made a major misstep by focusing on spacelegs.
I’m getting back into ED after over a year away. It’s such a great game with so much potential. I spend 99% off my time doing ship stuff but I think the space legs are fun, too, and really puts perspective to the scale of the ships.
That game's never going to recover after their major dropping of the ball with the latest major update. You're better off waiting for a game to replace it.
I just got into elite dangerous a few weeks ago and I absolutely love it. I haven't even done the ground missions (I might do one just to try it out) but I love the fact that I can walk around planets and farm materials. It's much more immersive. I love being able to look up into the sky and see the planets in that particular star system.
Played Elite on my Commodore 64, then latter on my PC and a PalmV. Always was one of my favorite games.
Homeworld was awesome. Still playing Sins of a Solar Empire
I am a fun of x4 foundation I am playing this game for 3 years now the advanture never ends
Well i'm hyped up for Starfield, Outer Worlds 2 and System Shock obviously, but i'm also somewhat curious about Everspace 2! I like most of the things i keep hearing about it and even though it wasn't initially on my "most hyped" list, it is now after what i heard! I only wish we could explore those planets on foot in that game, but at the moment it seems unlikely...but gorgeous planetary looks still lure me right in...
Space games are my favourites. thank you for introduce them.
This will be a revelatory year for the industry will are all invested in, I can guarantee. A truly remarkable number of promising new titles from across the genre, are just around the corner.
Falling Frontier seems to be what The Mandate promised to be but sadly never got the necessary funds to finish the game. I will be watching this one.
Developers are allergic to 1st person space games where you can walk around in your ship.
Just want to say thank you for the chapter markers!!
Definitely getting ksp 2, starfield, axiom, and falling frontier. Starfield and ksp 2 take priority though, I love *most* Bethesda rpgs and Starfield is something I’ll sink a lot of hours into.
Ksp 2 will be early access for those that don’t know. It’ll just be a sandbox experience in the same solar system as the first game when it comes out. Other features will be added over time such as a science mode, resources, colonies, and interstellar travel. Basically it’s big testing and balancing for the base of the game, then when that’s in an acceptable state (or they have the data they need to make it so) they’ll release the next big update for further player testing.
I'm betting KSP 2 early access will regardless offer a much better experience than KSP 1 in regards to performance and mod capabilities.
Ixion was great, I'm excited for all of these titles! Lets hope they don't get delayed
If Bethesda screws up Starfield, I’ll never touch anything remotely associated with Bethesda again.
Btw, Everspace 1 was pretty fucking good considering it runs on ps4. But OH MY have I been wishing for everspace 2, it looks so good
Just gimme Starfield and Kerbal Space Program 2 and I'll be happy.
Great time to start playing ELITE DANGEROUS ODYSSEY
It would be nice to know which of these games will have VR support.
Star citizen will in like 5 years lol
Also Space bourne 2 and starship simulator are in my wishlist for 2023. Two interesting little projects!
Wish there were more combat games. Almost everything is an RTS or some other type of strategy game
Aside from Everspace 2 which was mentioned in the video, I'm looking forward to underspace, Stellar Wanderer, Haunted Space, Spacebourne 2 and Star Spectre. Check em out
@@davenoel5036 Spacebourne 2 and Star Spectre seem like the only decent ones
@@davenoel5036 All except Haunted Space looks nice. Thanks.
@@davenoel5036 don't forget 'spacious space' & the massively under-rated 'fuck! not enough space!'
It's a shame that in this day and age a space game hasn't been created that pieces together all the best elements of the best games:
* full exploration of your ship, other ships and stations, and planets (Star Citizen)
* real-time space travel (Elite Dangerous)
* mining, resources and economy (Eve Online)
* interacting with NPC's, destructability and manipulation of terrain (Fallout 4 / Starfield)
one day
9:16 My guy almost gave me a heart attack. For a moment I thought that was Outer WILDS 2 lol
StarField a single player, I love it already, no ganking idiots.
The KSP2 is going to be huge. The interstellar travel is sure to pull a lot of new players into the game.
I just hope it will continue to be a real simulator and not a shitty arcade thing to get more players
@@XxKidnoffxX I doubt that will happen, since the developers are KSP fans themselves.
I just want Elite Dangerous without the damn GRIND, in VR
Good luck with that 🤣👍
Can’t wait for 2023 to come around! So many of these games look amazing
In 50 years, Star Citizen will be included in one of those types of videos XD
It drives me crazy when movies and games depict flight in space as if they are planes in an atmosphere.
Hi Ant! ive always wondered, what originally drew you to space games? I too am a huge sc fi and space fan and see a kindred soul in you and the content you make. So been wondering how your passion for space and space games first came about. Cheers!
for me it was the visual banquet that was x3 in 2006... amazing for its time
He mentioned system shock from 1994 being a favorite. I'd be surprised if he wasn't a big fan of star control 2 and if a fan of strategy games- master of Orion and alpha centauri from that time period.
Narrator voice: magical. Soothing.
Can’t wait for this video in 2095 when Star Citizen goes live!
don't hold your breath .. :-)
nobody:
every space sim youtuber: “year+1 gonna be THE year for space games”
On paper, Starfield gets closest to what I was after from both NMS and ED....but it's Bugthesda so I won't be holding my breath.
Everspace 2 was great when I played it early on but I'm waiting for it's full release to dive in properly.
All I want for Christmas is Star Wars Elite Dangerous!
I was really happy at first that you didn't mention Chris Robert's ponzi scheme, but I guess you had to. :P
Starfield, Falling Frontier, System shock Remake and Everspace 2
Hell yeah
Haha starcitizen, if it ever comes out it would probably be 2050 at least, at the rate they're going
September 🎉
@@urekmazino6800 September what? Alpha version 0.12344555677765444 comes out?
@@xFlow777 games full release
@Urek Mazino loool from alpha into full release in 5 months..... sure, then you gonna tell me that Santa Clause is real also
Nice one ObsidianAnt needed an update on things look forward to the next one. Best wishes to one and all 😀
You know what is NOT coming in 2023?
Star Citizen.
As you were.
I just liked this video for all the sick space footage lol
word...i've always loved the artistic side of gaming. the early drawings, the concept stuff. actually playing games bores the hell out of me. like rc cars and helicopters -building them? hell yes. driving and flying them?....yawn.
I hope they DELAY delay delay Starfield. I could wait another year or even two. All I want is a clean launch.
It’s Bethesda, so I wouldn’t hold my breath on that.
as much as i wanna play it i dont want another fallout 76, their standards have dropped release after release and i just hope starfield breaks that
@@kgotter You’re probably right - but a man can dream.
@@Blue-2-u agreed
I totally agree with you.
some of these remind me of the show the expanse, such a good show
wow when i clicked on this video i did not expect to hear a nature documentairy voice
Rebel Galaxy is kind of a wart, and old now, but once you get used to it, it grows on you. No pun intended
now is also the best time to play EvE online, a game with ships bigger than star wars SSDs, huge wars, and massive fun!
You should see Fragile Existence
looks very cool, this will be on my list game on december if it was released before 2024
I still play No Mans Sky and Fallout 4 they’re probably my 2 most played games these 2 gens.. still can’t believe im getting both in 1 game in Starfield.
Truth is, you don't have a clue what your getting, you just assume it, big difference, and it won't be in 2023
Homeworld 3 had me so freaking hyped
KSP2 is easily my most anticipated space game. All others are just fancy sci-fi airplanes in space.
Ok, Most of the titles all well known, for coming or being out there. But damn..... You gave me a proper suprise with homeworld 3.
rised on 1st, and 2nd - can't wait to get my hand on it!
THANKS!
Starfield sounds like a good mini vacation game from Star Citizen. I love Star Citizen but as a developing game, it's good to take a vacation from at times
I sunk 8 years in EvE Online a long time ago when ATLAS and IT existed in Null-Sec. Until the game got ruined. I even participated in 2 major wars, including the Fountain War.
So many people left the game because the game took a turn no one liked, so like me, many retired. I enjoyed my 8 years in Goonswarm null-sec life. Good memories.
I wish CCP made a version of EvE Online as single player PVE type game. just a thought. 🤷♀ I miss my Rorquel, Mackinaws, Widow's and capital ships. 😢
Many years later, I dipped my toe in Elite Dangerous. At first I played for a few days, I could not for the life of me jump out of warp and always overshot my destination.
It was so frustrating that I stopped playing. Then Frontier did some tweaks and fixes, and I jumped back in after 2 years of its release.
Played it a lot until I got my Python. visited lots of planets and stations. Though the game needs lots more of planet content. it started to get boring quickly on planets.
Landing on station platforms was a bit of a task sometimes, lucky for the ship landing computer upgrade, it made it a little better.
I sunk a lot of time in No Man's Sky, and watched 4 major updates pass through the game, but stopped playing for a while due to work and family as well.
I came back and forgot how to do everything in No Man's Sky. Been thinking to start all over from scratch, because I completely forgot how to play the game.
So, I continued with other games I like a lot, such as Path Of Exile. Can't wait for Path Of Exile 2, that will be huge. 🥰
Been working at my RL job most of the time now, so work now takes most of my time.
I am hoping in Q4 of 2023 things slow down a bit so I can play lots of video games. Since I work from home, I am happy I can surf the net, while also working.
Can't wait for the fall and Christmas seasons. Some people are lucky to have massive hours of free time. Some of us aren't so lucky as we have to pay rent and take care of family.
Its getting harder and harder to play games and stream and create content, when you are forced to sink 8 hours of work a day, to survive and live. 🤷♀
Anyways, that's my little corner so far. 😋
very captain kirk like ;) loved the video
Beyond Good and Evil 2 might be out by the end of 2023 as well. Im so hyped for it
Wow, the Starfield ships really remind me of Eagles from Space:1999