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Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War
Developer Volition Inc.
Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War, known as Conflict: FreeSpace – The Great War in Europe, is a 1998 space combat simulation IBM PC compatible computer game developed by Volition, when it was split off from Parallax Software, and published by Interplay Productions. In 2001, it was ported to the Amiga platform as FreeSpace: The Great War by Hyperion Entertainment. The game places players in the role of a human… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
337 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
77
LovedLoved
143 positive · 42 negative
95% range 71–83%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 143 | 42 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 10 | 4 | 117 |
| Mastodon * | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 3 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
144 of 186 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
77% recommend · 143 yes, 42 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 185 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (192 of 245 positive).
Players praise the game as an all-time classic space combat sim with a compelling story and memorable enemies. [1][2][3] Many reviewers note that the Steam version has compatibility issues on modern systems, requiring workarounds. [4][5][6] Some players recommend using the FreeSpace Open project for a better experience on current hardware. [1][7][5]
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- [5]
The game is unplayable. It's actually a copy of the original, with no added support for new gen PCs. It only plays at 800x600 resolution. It's as useless as having the original CD at home. Do not buy this game. You can play it using a port to FreeSpace2 found with FreeSpaceOpen. Check this out for more info. http://www.hard-light.net/forums/?topic=61606.0 That said, if you have never played FS1 or FS2 you should, …
- [1]
Freespace 2 is coming June 6th!!! An awesome game well ahead of its time. For those who want Freespace 3, it's not going to happen. However you can download Freespace 2 and install Freespace Open from the Hard-Light Forums. The game now features hundreds of mods, campaigns, and user made ships as well as two separate takes on how the Freespace universe could have progressed after Freespace 2. It is also possible to …
- [3]
"Descent Freespace - The great War" despite being an old game (1998) is in my opinion an all-time-jewel of space sims, in its time I liked it even better than "Wing Commander", and that was by all means utterly brilliant. The story, the mission design, the enemies - Shivans and Vasudans - are just captivating. Nowadays at this price you should have a look, there are worse ways to waste your time than saving …
- [7]
My all-time favourite space combat game. The gameplay is tight and complex, missions are varied and progress in difficulty smoothly, graphics were amazing in the day (and still are with the Freespace Opensource project and FSPort), and the campaign is well-written and paced, albeit the "lore" is sparsely explained without the manual. The release on Steam does not let you control your resolution and personally I get …
- [2]
Amazing game from back in the day! Excellent space combat simulator with a great story and it also has one of the best intro cinematics I've seen in a game! Plus, it comes with the expansion Silent Threat.
Summarised from 34 of the 286 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
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Players who liked Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War talk about excellent space combat simulation with great story; those who didn't talk about unplayable on Windows 10/11 without workarounds. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
PC Data, which tracked computer game sales in the United States, reported that Descent: FreeSpace earned nearly $4 million and sold around 100,000 copies by October 1999. Next Generation reviewed the PC version of the game, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "overall, despite a few minor lapses, Descent Freespace: The Great War is definitely a keeper. Although it is too similar, especially in its controls, to other space sims [...] to be considered 'revolutionary', it does take the space-combat simulation genre one step further". Descent: FreeSpace received generally good reviews following its launch, with PC Gamer UK placing it 20th in its 1999 Top 100 Awards. Reviewers were…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 337 · most liked firstFormer staff of Volition (Saints Row, Descent) has donated 30 years of game development material to The Strong museum - including game builds, prototypes, and more. (Read more: GamesHub)
neutral · AI labelView post →This weekend, the dnd campaign Dreadful Descent had it's finale! It was a wonderful game, it's bittersweet to reach the end of it. Morgan the Crow got a lovely ending, I wanted to celebrate! I put together some of my favorite illustrations, starting with this poster I designed for the game!
neutral · AI labelView post →Freespace 2 is coming June 6th!!! An awesome game well ahead of its time. For those who want Freespace 3, it's not going to happen. However you can download Freespace 2 and install Freespace Open from the Hard-Light Forums. The game now features hundreds of mods, campaigns, and user made ships as well as two separate takes on how the Freespace universe could have progressed after Freespace 2. It is also possible to play with upgraded graphics and at higher resolutions. All that for the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Swallow me while I game, pet. Doin more Helix: Descent N Ascent today :3 twitch.tv/itisidog
neutral · AI labelView post →Descent: FreeSpace was - for pretty much two decades - the start of the best space combat simulation ever developed. I probably spent several years of my childhood playing FreeSpace 1 and 2 and to this day there is no other game which I will get back to every few years and then play it for months on end because it is that good. Never before have I played a game which utilizes almost all keyboard buttons, some of them even twice or thrice with button combinations. It takes days to get used to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Aliens: Dark Descent is 60% off right now, and I would highly recommend it. Absolutely one of the most incredibly tense games I've ever played. store.steampowered.com/app/1150440/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Thinking of the long lasting legacy of third-party Descent art editing tool DTX2 adding-a-sprite-GIF-export feature in 1997, leading to the telephone game of this explosion getting around the 'free gifs' websites, which eventually lands into a gamemaker resource pack (becoming gamemaker lore)
neutral · AI labelView post →White Knuckle is the most interesting, genuinely fresh first person game I've played in I don't know how long, and also one of the most terrifying things I've ever played. Getting Over It meets The Descent meets Amnesia meets Half-Life 1.
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh boy oh boy oh boy... have you heard the good word about ALIENS: DARK DESCENT?! :D I'm not kidding, this game feels like the mechanical evolution of Satellite Reign, with the tense stress-management of Darkest Dungeon. store.steampowered.com/app/1150440/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Descent released on MS-DOS in 1994 as the first "true 3D" first-person shooter, and the game that popularized six degrees of freedom in movement (and made some people nauseous because of it). That it could run on the Playstation as well as it did, and control as well as it did, was mind-blowing.
neutral · AI labelView post →7. Aliens: Dark Descent This game was one of the biggest surprises for me last year, it's a real-time strategy game that manages to capture a very true to the source material kind of tension through its gameplay systems, I absolutely adored this game! store.steampowered.com/app/1150440/...
neutral · AI labelView post →By the way, Aliens: Dark Descent is on sale for another 12 hours, and is one of the most tense gaming experiences I've had, it's utterly genius game design store.steampowered.com/app/1150440/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Aliens: Dark Descent is currently €16 and I can't recommend it enough, there's nothing else quite like this out there. store.steampowered.com/app/1150440/...
neutral · AI labelView post →This is the greatest video game ever made.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →8. Aliens: Dark Descent This is one of the tensest games I've ever experienced, it's a real-time strategy where you command a squad of marines and it manages to capture the very specific kind of tension Aliens had perfectly, it's incredible and I hope some day we see an expansion for it. Focus pls!
neutral · AI labelView post →Aliens: Dark Descent is on sale again, and once again I'm telling you to check it out, it's an extremely tense real time strategy game.
neutral · AI labelView post →awesome game! played this back in the day. this does come with the silent threat expansion. My personal opinion is i need a joystick to fully enjoy this, but reguardless this works fine and is enjoyable on my windows 8.1 system. FREESPACE 3 PLEASE!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Happy 30th anniversary, Descent! A game I still suck at. The "360 degrees of freedom" meant that people got disorented and motion sick. It also kickstarted the race to see who released the weirdest 3D controller ever.
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh, and Aliens: Dark Descent is on sale right now! I'm once again telling everyone to play Aliens: Dark Descent
neutral · AI labelView post →Have you played Descent? It was a major success and rightfully so! It started the subgenre of 6DOF first-person shooters and it was the first fully 3D FPS game. What a blast! 💥 💿 Descent (1995) ~ Parallax Software
neutral · AI labelView post →10. Aliens: Dark Descent As a real-time strategy game, Dark Descent succeeds remarkably in replicating the tension of Aliens, you can be quickly overrun, you'll need to be sealing doors and creating choke points to deal with hunts as you explore, it's a masterpiece of creating tension with systems.
neutral · AI labelView post →[Splatoon: Project Descent] A new animated "fake game" short coming soon!
neutral · AI labelView post →Aliens: Dark Descent is currently 50% off, and is quite a fantastic real-time strategy game where you command a squad of colonial marines, it's incredibly tense and was one of the biggest surprises last year. store.steampowered.com/app/1150440/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Dredge is fantastic, but if you're subscribed to the Humble Choice, definitely give Aliens: Dark Descent a go, can't recommend that game enough.
neutral · AI labelView post →3. Aliens: Dark Descent Cannot recommend this game highly enough if you're a fan of Aliens or real-time strategy, it masterfully replicates the tension of the movie through its gameplay mechanics, explore vast intricately designed levels, manage your squad's stress, set up turrets and choke points.
neutral · AI labelView post →Very little painted last week, but I did manage a Wight King and got a game of Descent in.
neutral · AI labelView post →TLDR: Mastodon user painstakingly discovers that a copy of The Globe Illustrated Shakespeare appears in Picard's ready room in several TNG episodes. He tracks down the pages on screen in those episodes, and finds that in "Silicon Avatar", "True-Q" and "Descent I" it's displayed on-screen open to pages 354/355 which contain a picture of Patrick Stewart performing as the character "[Touchstone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchstone_(As_You_Like_It))" (a court jester) in the 1968 Royal…
neutral · AI labelView post →the kickstarter for our new game Karmic Descent is live, and includes a free demo!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/the... rewards include early bird prices, physical merch, and cameo spots are limited!
neutral · AI labelView post →Here, who'd like a recommendation thread? 1. Aliens: Dark Descent This game was the biggest surprise for me when it came out, a real-time squad strategy game that is positively one of the most unbelievably *TENSE* games I've ever played. Highly recommended! store.steampowered.com/app/1150440/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Played this one at initial release, and it is AWESOME. Works greate on win8.1, supports gamepads))) Hope to FreeSpace 2 + all the mods on steam aswell as FreeSpace 3) Never got to play the expansion, so here is my chance :P Hope you enjoy the game as much as I do!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Half dragon npc Langdedrosa who appeared in Tyranny of Dragons and is showing up again in our Descent into Avernus game! Rediscovering how much I love drawing dragons lol #eventidesketch
neutral · AI labelView post →Hey, anyone else remember the game 'Descent'? LOL
neutral · AI labelView post →our newest game Karmic Descent is going to start crowdfunding next month, sign up to get notified here!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
neutral · AI labelView post →Amazing game from back in the day! Excellent space combat simulator with a great story and it also has one of the best intro cinematics I've seen in a game! Plus, it comes with the expansion Silent Threat.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is unplayable. It's actually a copy of the original, with no added support for new gen PCs. It only plays at 800x600 resolution. It's as useless as having the original CD at home. Do not buy this game. You can play it using a port to FreeSpace2 found with FreeSpaceOpen. Check this out for more info. http://www.hard-light.net/forums/?topic=61606.0 That said, if you have never played FS1 or FS2 you should, using those mods I mentioned. It's the best space combat game ever made to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dark Descent is basically if XCOM was a survival horror game, I deeply wish this game was a much bigger success because this concept deserves the “we all need to make one of these” treatment.
neutral · AI labelView post →check out the first 3 minutes of our upcoming game demo Karmic Descent!! you can sign up for launch notifications here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/the... expect it in about a month... help us make something cool! (next year, there might be a second separate demo too...!)
neutral · AI labelView post →Choose your perks, strategize your path forward and descend deeper with every choice. Here’s an early look at how our Cauldron Descent game mode is shaping up in development 👀
neutral · AI labelView post →Aliens: Dark Descent is one I just keep recommending every sale because there's very little like it, a real-time strategy game that captures the tension of the movie so, so god damn well. You've no idea how nailbiting it can be.
neutral · AI labelView post →Dark Descent is an amazing squad-based tactical game - "tense" is no joke, and the game feels really solid throughout!
positive · AI labelView post →been looking at control configurations in old 90s game manuals like Descent and MechWarrior 2 for ~reasons~ and man, we used to be a goddamn society
neutral · AI labelView post →Caput Mortum is a psychological horror game inspired by King's Field 4 and Amnesia: The Dark Descent. Releases on August 27.
neutral · AI labelView post →34. Aliens: Dark Descent Another movie tie-in, this game is incredible at conjuring the specific kind of stress and tension of Aliens; a real-time strategy game where you'll have to proceed cautiously, seal doors behind you, set up choke points, etc. store.steampowered.com/app/1150440/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Window 10 users. To play you have to install nglide, http://www.zeus-software.com/downloads/nglide. <--- THIS. Install it. Then in the Freespace Launcher go into setup, video, detect cards. Then use 3DFX glide, and then run. It should work now. (If you are still having trouble make sure it's running in admin, or it will not save the options and wont work)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"Descent Freespace - The great War" despite being an old game (1998) is in my opinion an all-time-jewel of space sims, in its time I liked it even better than "Wing Commander", and that was by all means utterly brilliant. The story, the mission design, the enemies - Shivans and Vasudans - are just captivating. Nowadays at this price you should have a look, there are worse ways to waste your time than saving mankind;-)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Aliens: Dark Descent is another I'm very frequently recommending, but you'll know why if you play it, it's one of the most tense, anxiety inducing games I've ever had the joy to experience. Very much does for Aliens what Alien Isolation did for Alien.
neutral · AI labelView post →there's a reason we haven't had a new Descent game in forever and it isn't because 6DOF operation is fun for everyone
negative · AI labelView post →We ripped the Descent into Avernus Dono roll so Game 2 went BIG FAST and now we're playing Game 3 with @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social 👀👀👀 twitch.tv/tappytoeclaws 👈
neutral · AI labelView post →You will like our game Caput Mortum if you enjoyed: - King's Field 4 - Amnesia: The Dark Descent - Shadow Tower - Arx Fatalis
neutral · AI labelView post →3rd Pirate Fighter: "Descent"-inspired flying Wasp #indiegamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →I played this game when it originaly came out in 1998 on my ole 3DFX cards. It was an amazing game then. Even today its not to bad compared to some of the new games out, It has a great story wich i think many of todays games lack. For $6 you really cant go worng. I also got Freespace 2 and played it all the way through again. Funny thing is I still own the original copies of both these games.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →RETRO ⚒️🦉🦇 Descent In 1995, Descent was the first computer game with an unrestricted 3D environment in which the players control a spaceship through various levels from a first-person perspective. #cralon #pithead #pitheadstudio #indiedev #gamedev #retro
neutral · AI labelView post →New Xbox Game Pass titles for console, PC and Cloud have been dated. November's upcoming games include Stalker 2, Aliens: Dark Descent and Nine Sols. vgc.news/news/new-xbo...
neutral · AI labelView post →Okay, Freespace 1 - The Great War : Check Original Graphics and resolution : Check X52 - Pro Supported : Check This game might be old, but you need to know this. Freespace, X-Wing, Wing Commander, Starlancer & Freelancer; what do those games have incommon? Exactly, they're the best of the best when it comes down to Sci Fi Space Combat Sims. Smooth controls, interesting missions, singleplayer & multi player. If you're a real Sci-Fi space combat fan...get this game. It's a must have. One of the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →And to it begins, the destroyers have come. An epic like none other!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This version is garbage. It no longer works on modern hardware and Steam doesn't update it. So you you spent money on this you've now got an unplayable game. It's better you buy off GOG or get yourself the original CD version. On GOG they actually fix games not just money grab. Sorry Steam, you're in the wrong here, users should be entitled to refunds on broken titles.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Some scribbles of my tiefling Fray from our Descent to Avernus game. She’s a monk and journalist for a gossip column
neutral · AI labelView post →Nerding out over an old game. Ok so this probably won't be interesting enough for a lot of you but i'll still make this post. I'm on my 50th-60th fresh start in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. G.A.M.M.A. and i'm still enjoying it, even though i completed the game maybe 5 times. I haven't played for about 6 months and what got me back in AGAIN was a mod pack by CLICKR∆D called ROMEO and it's pretty straightforward install, download is a bit tedious because the mod pack is 30gb and it makes this 20+ year old…
neutral · AI labelView post →Descent is a game that wants you dead. Like at all times.
neutral · AI labelView post →Descent | Freespace: The Great War is a 3D space craft action simulator. You are a recruit pilot who just joined the Galactic Terran Alliance in its age-long war against the Parliamentary Vasudan Empire, but the war takes a different turn when an unknown threat makes its appearance with the sole purpose of exterminating both races. Pros: You get to live the war and the events through the eyes of a pilot, and the whole story is detailed through mission briefings and in-game events. Different…
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