SpaceSimCentral

Thanks for all of the perspectives. My first download of ED will be this evening. I was miffed when I heard that I would not be on a level playing field with other commanders as I had expected, but based on some of the comments in this thread, I guess it is cool.

Pulsar: Lost Colony is in Alpha. It is designed to be a multiplayer coop space sim, but you can play it solo too. Very rough at this stage, but promising. Limit Theory is not available yet, but looks like it will be exceptional. Rodina is in early access and looks pretty good too.

<t>I used to play Endless Space before they screwed up the handling of secondary monitors on the Mac. There was a little bit of true strategy sprinkled into the game, but not as much as I would prefer. It looks like you are trying to do better on that score. Anyway I posted a "Guide" on steam that ...

<t>Just started this one yesterday. While I liked Alpha Centauri, Pandora looks so much better and doesn't hurt my eyes when playing a long session. Pandora simplifies a few things, but not all that much and, besides, some of the simplifications make the game more playable in my opinion. Let's see ...

Well it is a coop game being put together by a 2 person company, but Leafy Games' Pulsar: Lost Colony is a pre-alpha post-kickstarter space sim that seems to be designed along the lines of what you might be looking for.