It's risky, considering how easy it is to botch a simulation game. Over the years, many companies have created their own takes on space flight simulations. RELATED: Space Case: 5 Things Sci-Fi Games Get Wrong About Space (& 5 Things They Actually Get Right) This is especially true in sci-fi games some games lean into the fantastical, like Mass Effect, while others like Elite: Dangerous capitalize on the wonders of space travel itself. In many ways, space and space flight are equal parts fantastical and realistic in a way. Space often finds itself as the landscape of various media properties.