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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 362 reviews of which 270 were positive and 92 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.0 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.


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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

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April 2025
This game is hard to play, but it has THE vibe. It's very unique in many ways haha I would probably recommend people to try X-Tension if anybody wants to play some very retro space game with strategy and economy elements or just old X game. But this one has the OG story.
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Dec. 2024
I played the game X while watching the movie X (2022).
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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.
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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.
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Frequently Asked Questions

X: Beyond the Frontier is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.

X: Beyond the Frontier is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 4.99€ on Steam.

X: Beyond the Frontier received 270 positive votes out of a total of 362 achieving a rating of 7.04.
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X: Beyond the Frontier was developed and published by Egosoft.

X: Beyond the Frontier is playable and fully supported on Windows.

X: Beyond the Frontier is not playable on MacOS.

X: Beyond the Frontier is not playable on Linux.

X: Beyond the Frontier is a single-player game.

X: Beyond the Frontier does not currently offer any DLC.

X: Beyond the Frontier does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

X: Beyond the Frontier does not support Steam Remote Play.

X: Beyond the Frontier is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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X: Beyond the Frontier
7.0
270
92
Game modes
Features
Online players
2
Developer
Egosoft
Publisher
Egosoft
Release 08 Oct 2010
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