Are there any hard sci fi games?

[Legend]

Games have no limits so they almost always go full space fantasy.

Only thing close I can think of is Elite Dangerous and that is a very loose fit. Has no artificial gravity and space is hard, but still tons of ftl and magic.

[Legend]

Well telltale The Expanse. I should play it.

[nnodley]

Well telltale The Expanse. I should play it.

I started it, but got pulled into other games that came out so i never finished.  It wasn't too bad from what I played.  I loved Drummer in the show so it was cool to play as her.

[the-pi-guy]

I asked copilot:

- Kerbal Space Program
- Surviving Mars
- Take On Mars
- Delta V 
- Children of Dead Earth
- Space Engineers
- Astroneer
- Stationeers
- Orbiter
- Lunar Flight


Hard sci-fi adventure games:

- The Expanse
- Traveller
- Stars Without Number
- Eclipse Phase
- Kerbal 

Games like the Expanse:

Mass Effect
Prey
Observation
Colony Ship
Space Engineers

[Legend]

I tried with AI too but most of those aren't hard, just sci fi.

Like Mass Effect is peak space fantasy.