The first video games to be played in space were on the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 22 in 1976. Cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky played a game called "Spacecraft" on an Elektronika-60 computer while in orbit. This marked the introduction of video games into the space environment.
In subsequent years, video games have been played on various spacecraft and space stations, providing entertainment and leisure activities for astronauts during their missions. These games have included classics like Tetris, which was famously played on a Russian space station, and various other simulations and video games adapted for space play.