Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

Genres

• space flight simulation game
• science fiction video game

• flight simulation video game^*

Play modes

• co-op mode

• single-player video game

• multiplayer video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  12^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  E - Everyone^*

Series

• Freespace

Localized titles

• Descent: FreeSpace - The Great War

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• Action^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Multi-player^*
• Includes level editor^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

Audio languages

• English^*

Community tags · historical

• Space^*

  Votes · historical

  158^*

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  152^*

• Sci-fi^*

  Votes · historical

  149^*

• Flight^*

  Votes · historical

  147^*

• Real Time Tactics^*

  Votes · historical

  140^*

• Space Sim^*

  Votes · historical

  132^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  127^*

• Simulation^*

  Votes · historical

  126^*

• Spaceships^*

  Votes · historical

  124^*

• 6DOF^*

  Votes · historical

  121^*

• Multiplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  119^*

• Shooter^*

  Votes · historical

  118^*

• FPS^*

  Votes · historical

  116^*

• First-Person^*

  Votes · historical

  114^*

• War^*

  Votes · historical

  111^*

• Combat^*

  Votes · historical

  109^*

• Realistic^*

  Votes · historical

  107^*

• Futuristic^*

  Votes · historical

  105^*

• Strategy^*

  Votes · historical

  95^*

• 3D^*

  Votes · historical

  81^*

System requirements

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8^*

  Processor alternatives

  1 Ghz^*

  Memory

  256 MB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7^*

  Graphics API

  Version 7.0^*

  Network

  Broadband Internet connection^*

  Storage

  1600 MB available space^*

  Audio hardware

  DirectX 7 Direct Sound compatble or better^*

• Windows · Recommended^*

  Memory

  1 GB^*

  Graphics alternatives

  3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9c^*

  Processor alternatives

  1.4 Ghz^*

Developers

• Volition Inc.^*
• Volition^*

Publishers

• Interplay Entertainment

• Interplay Inc.^*

• 1998-03-19

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 1998-05-31 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  1998-05-31^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  May 7, 2014^*

Detailed specifications