57 amazing space screenshots for your desktop
Star Citizen. Image credit: Mr. Hasgaha.
It’s hard to picture space without getting a bit romantic and philosophical. Looking up at the stars is arguably humanity’s oldest form of entertainment. Space reminds us who we are, who we were, and who we’re trying to be. Space gives us distance and perspective from our pale blue dot, and it invites us to our most dangerous challenges.
A lot of our favorite games are set in space, and it’s no coincidence that many of those games are absurdly gorgeous. We want to look at beautiful space pictures all the time, so we rounded up the best shots on the web and brought them all to one place.
Some of these pictures have run on PC Gamer before, usually captured by screenshot maestro Andy Kelly in pixel-boosted 4K glory. We found others by crawling through subreddits and Steam community groups in search of awe-inspiring starships and nebulas. All of them are worthy of adorning your desktop.
Want 'em all? We've packaged the whole lot of hi-res images as a zip file.
Elite Dangerous. Image credit: Andy Kelly
Star Citizen. Image credit: Mr. Hasgaha
Space Engine. Image credit: JadedSquirrel.
Kerbal Space Program (Real Space System mod). Image credit: pingopete.
Space Engine. Image credit: Mr. Hasgaha.
No Man's Sky. Image credit: James Snook.
Mass Effect 3. Image credit: James Snook.
Homeworld Remastered. Image credit: demux4555.
Homeworld Remastered. Image credit: Atamysk.
Kerbal Space Program (Real Space System mod). Image credit: David Eastman.
Elite: Dangerous. Image credit: Andy Kelly.
Mass Effect 3. Image credit: Davide.
EVE Online. Image credit: Derpmang.
Elite: Dangerous. Image credit: ExcyTeGaming and Legi0.
Space Engine. Image credit: Mr. Hasgaha.
No Man's Sky. Image credit: Andy Kelly.
Take On Mars. Image credit: Andy Kelly.
No Man's Sky. Image credit: James Snook.
EVE Online. Image credit: Faymm.
Star Citizen. Image credit: Mr. Hasgaha.
Universe Sandbox. Image credit: Andy Kelly.
Space Engine. Image credit: Mr. Hasgaha.
No Man's Sky. Image credit: Andy Kelly.
Star Citizen. Image credit: Mr. Hasgaha.
Alien: Isolation. Image credit: Andy Kelly.
Star Citizen. Image credit: Mr. Hasgaha.
Star Wars Battlefront. Image credit: Tyler Wilde.
Mass Effect. Image credit: Davide.
Take On Mars. Image credit: Andy Kelly.
Kerbal Space Program (Real Space System mod). Image credit: pingopete.
Star Citizen. Image credit: Mr. Hasgaha.
Elite: Dangerous. Image credit: Andy Kelly.
Star Citizen. Image credit: Mr. Hasgaha.
Elite: Dangerous. Image credit: Andy Kelly.
Star Citizen. Image credit: Mr. Hasgaha.
No Man's Sky. Image credit: James Snook.
Unreal Tournament 2004. Image credit: Wes Fenlon.
EVE Online. Image credit: slashbang.
Kerbal Space Program (Real Space System mod). Image credit: Andrew Vasilev.
No Man's Sky. Image credit: Andy Kelly.
Take On Mars. Image credit: Andy Kelly.
Star Citizen. Image credit: Mr. Hasgaha.
Alien: Isolation. Image credit: Andy Kelly.
Star Citizen. Image credit: Mr. Hasgaha.
No Man's Sky. Image credit: Andy Kelly.
Mass Effect. Image credit: Davide.
Universe Sandbox. Image credit: Andy Kelly.
Star Citizen. Image credit: Mr. Hasgaha.
Kerbal Space Program. Image credit: Jacek "Venthe" Lipiec.
Universe Sandbox. Image credit: Andy Kelly.
Elite: Dangerous. Image credit; Andy Kelly.
Star Citizen. Image credit: Mr. Hasgaha.
No Man's Sky. Image credit: James Snook.
EVE Online. Image credit: Jayne Fillon.
Star Citizen. Image credit: Mr. Hasgaha.
Elite: Dangerous. Image credit: Mr. Hasgaha.
EVE Online. Image credit: slashbang.
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