Space games have been there since the beginning of video game history. Today, these five offer galactic explorers a broad mix of genres with lots of fast-paced action adventures, tricky trade simulations and dramatic survival battles on alien planets.

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We're rapidly approaching Warhammer 40k Space Marine 2's first birthday, but the stellar co-op shooter is showing no signs of slowing down. It just released a huge new update as part of its Year 1 roadmap that added in the brutal Siege mode, and now ...