X4: Foundations Standard Edition

X4: Foundations is a space sandbox in which the universe does not wait for you. Factions trade, mine, build stations and fight each other whether or not you are involved, and the economy is simulated down to individual freighters moving individual wares between individual factories. You start with one ship. From there you can stay a pilot, or hire captains and turn into a trading company, or start building stations and become the supplier everyone else depends on, or assemble a fleet and take territory. Every ship in the game can be flown manually in first or third person, and you can also walk around station interiors and your own bridge. Combat scales from a single dogfight to capital ship engagements involving dozens of vessels under your orders. There is a story campaign, but it functions mostly as a tutorial — the game has no ending and no score. Egosoft has supported it with several large expansions and the Steam Workshop. Single-player only. The Standard Edition is the base game with no expansions. All five major expansions are sold separately as DLC or bundled in the larger editions below.