X: Beyond the Frontier

The Human Race had advanced to the point where we could travel among the stars, we developed giant automated machines to help us colonise other worlds, but there was a fault in their programming and they turned and attacked. Forcing us to lay a trap to protect Earth and exiling the Human race to stay on Earth once again.

X: Beyond the Frontier is a simulation, space and strategy game developed and published by Egosoft.
Released on October 08th 2010 is available only on Windows in 2 languages: English and German.

It has received 357 reviews of which 266 were positive and 91 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.0 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 0.99€ on Steam and has a 80% discount.

The Steam community has classified X: Beyond the Frontier into these genres:

Simulation Space Strategy Sci-fi Singleplayer Space Sim Trading Economy Sandbox Action Open World Flight Exploration Adventure

Media & Screenshots

Get an in-depth look at X: Beyond the Frontier through various videos and screenshots.

screenshot_ss_f696dd220a56282e2cac099e9ef1ed7eac3bc90b.1920x1080.jpg

screenshot_ss_fd9b2f82caac6d76948bccb8789f022e39b52741.1920x1080.jpg

screenshot_ss_defb448cbd3cd4c1fd626a473b65e119f3aa7efa.1920x1080.jpg

screenshot_ss_dae50f21294e2932766e21eb8ced262595f6ae78.1920x1080.jpg

screenshot_ss_7d7abbb2a19829d59a7aa94ef6ade5b113190d84.1920x1080.jpg

screenshot_ss_3eb29b7d1c68034817c5e386f4ce719c13cb2bb7.1920x1080.jpg

Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS: Windows 95 or higher
Processor: Pentium II 200 MHz
Memory: 32 MB RAM
Graphics: 4 MB DirectX-compliant video card
DirectX®: DirectX 7.0 or higher
Hard Drive: 360 MB hard-disk space
Sound: DirectX-compliant sound card

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Sept. 2024

Holds up fairly well despite its age, but I would not recommend it except to fans of Egosoft's X series. Newcomers should probably look at X2 or one of the X3 titles to start with. Those games are of much higher quality, and are a bit less frustratingly cryptic. If you do buy this and get stuck, a walkthrough is included in the game files. For fans of X though, this game is pretty nice. You get to see how it all started. It has a bit more of an atmosphere than the more recent games (X4, Rebirth). It is also much simpler than later games, which is both a blessing and a curse. Less complexity, but also less to do. You will probably finish the main plot, and then move on to one of the more recent titles. As for compatibility, despite Egosoft's best efforts this was still made for Windows 9x, and there is only so much they can do. They still patch the game to try and keep it working. But realistically you will need to spend some time debugging in order to get this working on anything newer than Windows 7. Also, you may have issues getting gamepads and joysticks to work. I had no issues with the keyboard or mouse controls. Ironically, you may actually have an easier time getting this to work on Linux. The game runs out of the box on Proton Experimental as of September 2024, but is prone to crashes, so save often. Also NPC portraits are broken and only display a test pattern. I highly recommend installing GE-Proton. With GE-Proton9-11, the game runs much better and portraits mostly work, although sometimes the wrong portrait will be displayed. Lutris' Wine-GE also works fine and is more stable. Even Lutris' Wine-GE still crashes periodically, so remember to save. Overall, a very strong showing for a 25 year old game. One of my all-time favorites, even if it is a somewhat niche title.

May 2024

In a future where Chat GPT has had enough of everyone's bullsh!t, a lone pilot must trade to save the fate of the universe.

April 2024

Imagine this: You're dropped into an alien star system. You don't have anything: no local means of exchange, no technology, no knowledge of even where you are. The only reason you can communicate with aliens at all is because they translated your language out of pure whim. You are loaned a pocket change simply because a local fleet commander comes from a species believing in allowing others to take a chance at "profits." You have two goals: return the pocket change (at the risk of being disposed of as an unholy contract breaker) and a name of a system "somewhere out there" where "there might be somebody who knows anything about your situation." That's it. The universe is your oyster. Dozens of systems. Dozens of supply chains. Dozens of enemies. What you do is up to you. The perfectly polished gameplay is there for you to engage in it. When you arrived, dear Brennan, you had nothing, not even shields to protect you from space dust. When you finished, oh dear Brennan, you had the world. It was not given to you. It was earned by your own tenacity, acumen, flying skills, and patience. You weren't born a hero. But you became one. The X series is a masterpiece of space economics simulators. X: Beyond the Frontier is the first instalment in a rich series. A perfectly polished well-designed game that excels at economics and provides a decent fighter experience and a simple, yet meaningful storyline representing a vast, detailed setting. I love this game. I hope you will too.

Feb. 2024

it's hard to describe how deeply satisfying X: Beyond the Frontier is to play. the freedom of when and if to pursue the story does a lot for making it into a good comfort game to visit whenever i have the time and the slow pace means most of the time i won't get into stressful situations unless i seek them out. there's a lot of freedom in how to approach the game but naturally making a profit is as satisfying as it's ever been as a space trader just make sure to play in 4:3 so the UI doesn't get cut off

Jan. 2024

This game can be broken down into 4 distinct phases: 1. Fish out of water, but Capitalism (Trading Empire Simulator) 2. Docking Computer Any% (Your real-life sanity depends on getting this done) 3. Preparing for Story Missions (You must prepare... with profit) 4. Doing the Story Missions As the player, you will spend most of your time in Phase 1 until you are ready to do Phase 3. The bulk of game play is the cargo moving, factory building and supplying, SETA flying trading empire simulator. Even following the guides available, this can get very time consuming. This game does have space combat, but it is tuned to be less rewarding than the trading simulator. For its time, the combat is good. Move on to X2 and after for more rewarding space combat scenarios. That being said, if you want to understand the origins of the X Universe, be the hero, build a scrappy trading empire, or have no problem editing your save to give yourself up to 21 million credits, this game is for you.

Similar games

View all

X3: Terran Conflict

Similarity 99%

Price -83% 2.64€

Rating 8.2

Release 16 Oct 2008

View

X3: Reunion

Similarity 99%

Price -87% 1.26€

Rating 6.9

Release 21 Jul 2006

View

X2: The Threat

Similarity 99%

Price -80% 0.99€

Rating 7.7

Release 21 Jul 2006

View

Endless Sky

Similarity 97%

Price Free to play

Rating 8.9

Release 30 Oct 2015

View

Void Destroyer 2

Similarity 90%

Price -60% 3.27€

Rating 7.7

Release 06 Feb 2020

View

Elite Dangerous

Similarity 90%

Price -79% 4.19€

Rating 7.6

Release 02 Apr 2015

View

Rebel Galaxy

Similarity 90%

Price -90% 1.67€

Rating 8.3

Release 20 Oct 2015

View

Between the Stars

Similarity 86%

Price -50% 14.49€

Rating 7.3

Release 07 Mar 2024

View

X4: Foundations

Similarity 84%

Price -73% 13.35€

Rating 7.8

Release 30 Nov 2018

View

StarMade

Similarity 83%

Price -65% 5.24€

Rating 6.6

Release 04 Dec 2014

View

United Penguin Kingdom

Similarity 82%

Price -70% 4.43€

Rating 7.3

Release 09 Mar 2024

View

Evochron Legacy SE

Similarity 82%

Price -20% 19.60€

Rating 7.7

Release 18 Jan 2016

View

More games like X: Beyond the Frontier

Data sources

The information presented on this page is sourced from reliable APIs to ensure accuracy and relevance. We utilize the Steam API to gather data on game details, including titles, descriptions, prices, and user reviews. This allows us to provide you with the most up-to-date information directly from the Steam platform.

Additionally, we incorporate data from the SteamSpy API, which offers insights into game sales and player statistics. This helps us present a comprehensive view of each game's popularity and performance within the gaming community.

Last Updates

Steam data	21 November 2024 04:13
SteamSpy data	19 December 2024 05:30
Steam price	23 December 2024 20:46
Steam reviews	23 December 2024 04:05

-80% 4.99€ 0.99€

7.0

266

Online players

Developer

Egosoft

Publisher

Egosoft

Release 08 Oct 2010

Platforms