X: Beyond the Frontier

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

Genres

• space opera video game
• simulation video game

• science fiction video game

• space trading and combat game
• construction and management simulation^*

• flight simulation video game^*

• shooter game^*

• strategy video game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  T - Teen^*

Localized titles

• X: Beyond the Frontier

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• Simulation^*
• Strategy^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Steam Cloud^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• German^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

Audio languages

• English^*
• German^*

Community tags · historical

• Simulation^*

  Votes · historical

  70^*

• Space^*

  Votes · historical

  57^*

• Strategy^*

  Votes · historical

  47^*

• Sci-fi^*

  Votes · historical

  40^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  33^*

• Space Sim^*

  Votes · historical

  32^*

• Trading^*

  Votes · historical

  31^*

• Economy^*

  Votes · historical

  27^*

• Sandbox^*

  Votes · historical

  26^*

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  21^*

• Open World^*

  Votes · historical

  18^*

• Flight^*

  Votes · historical

  16^*

• Exploration^*

  Votes · historical

  15^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  7^*

System requirements

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Windows 95 or higher^*

  Processor alternatives

  Pentium II 200 MHz^*

  Memory

  32 MB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  4 MB DirectX-compliant video card DirectX®: DirectX 7.0 or higher^*

  Storage

  360 MB hard-disk space Sound: DirectX-compliant sound card^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Silver^*

  Reports

  20^*

  Community confidence

  good^*

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Unknown^*

Developers

• Egosoft

Publishers

• THQ

• Egosoft^*

• 1999-07-01

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Market

  Europe

• 2000-01-31

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Market

  North America

• 1999-06-30 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  1999-06-30^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Oct 8, 2010^*

Detailed specifications