65		Star Shipping Inc. (Windows, 2010)
61		Alien Legacy (DOS, 1994)
60		Traders: The Intergalactic Trading Game (DOS, 1992)
60		Trevor Sorensen's Star Legions (DOS, 1992)
60		When Two Worlds War (DOS, 1993)
60		Star Lords (DOS, 2001)
60		Interstellar Trader 2 (Windows, 2003)
60		Space Empires IV Deluxe (Windows, 2005)
60		Pax Imperia: Eminent Domain (Windows, 1997)
53		M.A.X.: Mechanized Assault & Exploration (Windows, 1996)
52		Starship Kingdom (Windows, 2007)
52		M.A.X.: Mechanized Assault & Exploration (DOS, 1996)
51		Hegemonia: Legions of Iron (Windows, 2002)
50		Dominant Species (Windows, 1998)
50		Spaceward Ho! (DOS, 1992)
50		Space Empires III (Windows, 1997)
50		Emperor of the Fading Suns (Windows, 1996)
50		Imperium Galactica (DOS, 1994)
50		Stars in Shadow (Windows, 2017)
50		Reach for the Stars: The Conquest of the Galaxy (DOS, 1988)
50		Imperium Rex (DOS, 1993)
50		Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021 (DOS, 1987)
50		WarTorn (Windows, 2000)
50		Master of Orion 3 (Windows, 2003)
50		Space Empires IV (Windows, 2000)
50		Anacreon: Imperial Conquest in the Far Future (Windows, 2004)
50		Reach for the Stars (Windows, 2000)
50		Stars! (Windows, 1996)
50		StarDrive II (Windows, 2015)
44		Planet M.U.L.E. (Windows, 2009)
40		Worlds at War: Conflict in the Cosmos (DOS, 1991)
40		Golem (Windows, 2004)
40		Dogs of War (Windows, 2000)

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