Oolite

Open-world space opera

by Giles Williams, Jens Ayton, and contributorsVerified

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About

Oolite is inspired by the 8-bit classic Elite, and many aspects of gameplay will be familiar to players of that game. In the tradition of open-world games, there's no overall story: you can be a millionaire trader, a veteran combateer, a feared pirate, a lonely miner, a notorious smuggler, or all of them, or something else entirely, based on your own actions.

Required configuration

Requires: keyboard, mouse or touchpad, a screen with its shortest side at least 768 px.

Additional information

Project

Developer: Giles Williams, Jens Ayton, and contributors
License: GPL-2.0-or-later (free software)What this license lets you do
Homepage: oolite.space
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Install

Available via: Flatpak · Arch Linux (2) · Lutris
All 4 packagings
Flathub (Flatpak), AUR, AUR (Git build), Lutris (1.90 Linux x86_64 build)
Flatpak sandbox: Limited access
Runs in a sandbox with no access to your personal files or devices beyond what's listed.
What it can access
Uses the internet
Plays and records audio

About this data

Sources: 4 independent sources agree
Catalog data as of: October 12, 2026

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How each source lists it (4)

Source	Name	Version	Built by	License	Description
Flathub (Flatpak)	Oolite	1.92.1	Official build	GPL-2.0-or-later	Open-world space opera
AUR	oolite	1.92.1.r0.dd117d31c-1	—	GPL-2.0-or-later	Open Source remake of Elite with many, many enhancements, git version
AUR (Git build)	oolite-git	1:1.93.1.r7966.7ccbff5e-2	—	GPL-2.0-or-later	Open Source remake of Elite with many, many enhancements, git version
Lutris (1.90 Linux x86_64 build)	Oolite	—	—	—	Among the seven trillion people who are - at least officially - Cooperative citizens, you are nobody.