The year is 2367, thirty two years after the Great War. Or at least what YOU thought was the Great War. The seemingly endless tide of Shivan capital ships, bombers and fighters with super advanced technology was nearly overwhelming.

As the Terran and Vasudan races finish rebuilding their decimated societies, a disturbance lurks in the not-so-far reaches of the Gamma Draconis system. Your nemesis has arrived... and they are wondering what happened to their scouting party...

The game continues on the story from Descent: FreeSpace, once again thrusting the player into the role of a pilot fighting against the mysterious aliens, the Shivans. While defending the human race and its alien Vasudan allies, the player also gets involved in putting down a rebellion of those elements of Vasudan (Hammer of Light) and Human (Neo Terran Front) forces which don't want to cooperate with one another.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Freespace 2 release, the game is free on GOG.COM for the next 48 hours. 

And if you’re not into space games, this week GOG.COM has deals for games like The Witcher 3, Divinity: Original Sin 2, Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition, Project Warlock, SWAT 4, and many more.

Let's bend time and space a bit more and jump back to 1994 to revisit some more space classics celebrating their 25th anniversaries. Explore, fortify and mine hundreds of planets in the randomly generated universes of Wing Commander: Armada (-75%) with the rest of the series on sale too. If you’re looking for something a little spooky, become a renowned hacker and rocket through cyberspace to steal information, and hack security defense programs enslaved to a maniacal computer in System Shock: Enhanced Edition (-85%), that also includes the original CD-ROM version of the game as a bonus goodie.

Raise your shields and set your lasers to fun as there are even more deals for space-themed games, including No Man's Sky (-50%), X4: Foundations (-25%), Stellaris (-75%), BATTLETECH (-66%), Surviving Mars (-66%), Star Trek: Judgment Rites (-66%), Dead Space (-75%), EVERSPACE (-80%), and many more.

Freespace 2 includes the FRED2 editor available in the installation directory of the game.

• Without a doubt one of the best space sims ever created
• Fast-paced action, dynamic flight model, very well-made missions
• A gripping story with many plot twists