The Nokia N8 isn’t just good for taking glorious photos and recording eye-watering HD movies. It doubles up as a terrific little portable games device, too.

Hit up the Nokia Store and you’ll see that there are plenty of titles to download for it. Some of the games are out of this world. To prove it, here’s our pick of the best outer space themed games (you see what we did there?).

Galazer
Size: 1.11MB
Cost: £1.00
Galazer for Nokia N8 reminds us of the top down space shooters from yesteryear. It’s fast-paced intergalactic action is sure to test even the most ardent gamers reflexes to the limit. Pure, old school fun on your Nok.

Star Invasion
Size: 1.73mB
Cost: £3.00 (Free version)
Star Invasion is an alien-zapping game in which you pilot a futuristic spacecraft tasked with saving the galaxy from extra terrestrials. You get to pilot as two characters, each with their own unique ability.

Space Odyssey
Size: 1.66MB
Cost: £1.00 (Free version)
Space isn’t all free and floaty like it is in your space dreams. It’s dangerous up there. In Space Odyssey you must use use your spaceship-steering prowess to avoid the incoming meteors hurtling towards you out to do you a mischief. But do remember to keep your rockets charged and fuel barrel full, or risk feeling the forces of gravity.


IronPlane HD
Size: 14.58MB
Cost: £1.00
IronPlane HD is one of the best looking space shooters on the Nokia N8. You’re not just limited to anti-gravity combat though. The action also takes place across land, sea and air in a frenzy of good old fashioned alien blasting goodness, using missiles, atomic bombs and lasers to do your bidding.

Alien Invaders
Size: 0.45MB
Cost: £Free
Alien Invaders looks just like Space Invaders, it plays like Space Invaders. And like Space Invaders, it is a lot of fun. You know the deal by now. The world is under attack from aliens, and you must blast them away, for the good of humanity. Or you know, just for fun.

Space Fighter
Size: 4.95MB
Cost: £1.00
Another top down space-scrolling-shooter. The levels in Space Fighter are filled to the brim with action, just the way we like it. One of the best games on the Nokia N8.

Galaxy Protector
Size: 0.85MB
Cost: £Free
One of the better free Nokia N8 games. In Galaxy Protector players must aim to stop the alien horde out to take over the galaxy using power-ups and a plethora of space-age weaponry in this colourful shooter that you can download for free.