Sci-fi Hidden Gems on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated sci-fi games.

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Imagine Earth Build your own global colonies on distant worlds. Manage energy and resource supplies and produce goods for space trade. Form economic and diplomatic alliances or take over competing corporations. Conduct research to protect your colonists from disasters and avoid a climate crisis.

Price -99% 0.40€
Rating 7.8
Release 25 May 2021
Lab Rags Enjoy failure as it fuels your success in Lab Rags, where you get to use your ragdoll bodies to solve puzzles!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.6
Release 16 May 2021
cyberpunkdreams 2090s America, torn apart by war and corporate greed. A lone traveller stands outside the gates of Cincinnati, greatest of the border cities. How far will you go to make it to the top? How far will you go to fulfil your mission?

Price Free to play
Rating 7.3
Release 14 May 2021
R-Type Final 2 R-Type has returned! The legendary side-scroller is back and better than ever with beautifully rendered 3D graphics, exhilarating shoot-'em-up gameplay, and a multitude of stages, ships, and weapons that will allow you to conduct a symphony of destruction upon your foes.

Price -50% 19.99€
Rating 7.2
Release 30 Apr 2021
Cognition Method: Initiation Free demo for Cognition Method - a story-driven, first-person puzzle game inspired by Space Odyssey 2001 and Solaris. Discover an innovative mechanics of altering gravity and dive into the surreal setting. Find your way within a mysterious artifact and unveal a non-ordinary story.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.8
Release 22 Apr 2021
CARNAL CARNAL is a fast and challenging retro FPS straight from the mid '90s. The Sons of Anak are opening portals to extract Dark Matter from the "other side". Combat the possessed soldiers, the manifested demons helping them, and any inanimate objects standing in your way!

Price -51% 0.49€
Rating 8.1
Release 09 Apr 2021
Cosmodread Cosmodread is a VR survival horror roguelike about escaping a dying spaceship filled with nightmares. Stranded in a hostile universe, you must explore, survive, and find your way back to the safety of Earth.

Price -30% 8.74€
Rating 8.5
Release 25 Mar 2021
Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins Uncover the dark secrets of Wester Drumlins and confront a new evil in a thrilling found-phone mystery from the award-winning creators of Sara Is Missing and SIMULACRA.

Price -58% 2.55€
Rating 8.4
Release 18 Mar 2021
Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery Everybody are missing in a town. Find the answers of town mystery in a point and click adventure game with escape the room mechanics

Price -90% 0.81€
Rating 8.3
Release 25 Feb 2021
ALTDEUS: Beyond Chronos A sci-fi adventure full of robot battles, pop music, and emotion. Featuring one of the largest branching storylines ever in a VR game with 15-20 hours of gameplay, Altdeus will place you in the shoes of Chloe, a pilot in humanity's forces fighting massive hostile organisms known as the Meteora.

Price 24.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 18 Feb 2021
Warhammer 40,000: Dakka Squadron - Flyboyz Edition Warhammer 40,000: Dakka Squadron - Flyboyz Edition. Blazing, Ork aerial combat waged across 41st millennium battlefields. Dakka Squadron is a fast-paced, aerial shooter where you are an Ork Flyboy, taking to the skies to do what Orks do best - fight!

Price -98% 0.34€
Rating 7.2
Release 18 Feb 2021
ENCODYA Neo Berlin 2062. Tina – a nine-year-old orphan – lives with SAM-53 – her big clumsy robot guardian –in a rooftop makeshift shelter in Neo-Berlin, a dark megalopolis controlled by corporations.

Price -97% 0.83€
Rating 7.2
Release 26 Jan 2021
I'a I'a Cofflhu Fhtagnyaa "I'a'Ia Cofflhu Fhtagnyaa" is a Galgame with Cthulhu mythology, with three female (xie) masters (shen) who can be attacked, 8-10 hours of game time. Working in a coffee shop, I accidentally discovered the indescribable secret of this shop...

Price -80% 0.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 04 Jan 2021
Understanding, The Game 'Understanding, the game' it's a suspense/investigation horror indie game inspired in classic horror games! Full Game coming as soon we can! Help us grow the game!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.6
Release 23 Dec 2020
SPACERIFT: Arcanum System At the sunset of human life on planet Earth, you are a military pilot controlling a space ship, and you find yourself at the very epicenter of the battle in the solar system. You are forced to retreat into the unknown, distant Arcanum system through hyper-jumping.

Price -31% 13.45€
Rating 7.4
Release 17 Dec 2020
HIVESWAP: ACT 2 Continue Joey and Xefros’s adventure through the dark and dangerous planet Alternia. Meet dozens of unique and memorable characters, some more helpful than others, as you navigate this volatile alien culture. Hurry up! There’s a train to catch.

Price -85% 1.87€
Rating 8.3
Release 25 Nov 2020
Rover Mechanic Simulator As an Engineer - crew member of one of the first Mars colonies - you are responsible for repairing and maintaining Mars Rovers. In this advanced simulator you will learn the internal details of various Mars Rovers and their components.

Price -93% 0.85€
Rating 7.3
Release 12 Nov 2020
Quantum Protocol A deckbuilding card game where it's always your turn. Play as the master hackers of Quantum and take on the most dangerous malware in the world. Every action matters. Make plays, upgrade your deck, and break the enemy board!

Price -30% 8.95€
Rating 8.5
Release 04 Nov 2020
Pacer PACER is high-octane anti-gravity racing at its most destructive. Customise your craft and weapons then engage in the campaign, a single-player race or compete against your rivals in explosive online multiplayer for the ultimate combat racing experience.

Price 39.99€
Rating 6.9
Release 28 Oct 2020
Perilous Warp Perilous Warp is a fast-paced indie retro-shooter inspired by the classic 3D-actions. Communication with a distant space colony has been lost, and you bravely step into the teleporter with the desire for glorious adventures. But do not expect to win in a heartbeat!

Price -66% 4.24€
Rating 7.0
Release 20 Oct 2020
G String Slip into the Standard Issue Biosuit as Myo Hyori, a gifted Korean teenage girl who must face the perils of the future. Survive many hazards, explore a seemingly endless metropolis and beyond as the world around you implodes and history marches towards its inevitable conclusion.

Price -15% 11.89€
Rating 7.9
Release 16 Oct 2020
Palindrome Syndrome: Escape Room You wake up in a spaceship with no memories. In this escape room with a sci-fi setting you will have to investigate your past solving different puzzles. Will you be able to discover what happened to you and how did you get there?

Price -80% 1.63€
Rating 7.8
Release 14 Oct 2020
SPACE / MECH / PILOT The S/M/P Initiative is not responsible for any odd abnormalities while playing. Connections to other universes are not monitored or controlled by the video game program. Keep away from children under the age of 6. Fun to play but not to eat.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.9
Release 13 Oct 2020
ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE Thanks to the rising popularity of the PhoneDroid—a device which features augmented reality (A.R.)—the age of advanced technology has finally reached Tanegashima. On that island, Central Tanegashima High's "Robot Research Club" is about to have their club disbanded.

Price -70% 10.49€
Rating 8.4
Release 13 Oct 2020
Ben 10: Power Trip Evil Hex has cursed Europe – and only Ben 10 can stop him! Explore a 3D world filled with combat, puzzles and secrets as you save the day!

Price -99% 0.57€
Rating 7.4
Release 09 Oct 2020
The Solitaire Conspiracy We need your help, Spymaster. Join a world of near-future spies and take on a supervillain in this supercharged take on classic Solitaire. Precision engineered for replayable espionage action.

Price -50% 4.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 06 Oct 2020
Sense - 不祥的预感: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story A 2.5D horror game inspired by Clock Tower and Fatal Frame, mixing cyberpunk with traditional Cantonese folklore. With careful attention to pacing, atmosphere and storytelling, Sense hopes to return the horror genre to its roots by celebrating visceral horror and the slow, fearful creep of dread.

Price -90% 1.77€
Rating 7.5
Release 25 Aug 2020
Popup Dungeon A tactical roguelike RPG inspired by our favorite tabletop games that lets you create any ability, item, villain, hero, and game imaginable.

Price -99% 0.39€
Rating 7.3
Release 12 Aug 2020
CHRONOSHOT CHRONOSHOT is a free-to-play score-driven sci-fi arena shooting game, with specialized time mechanics. The player is equipped with a Jetpack, several weapons, and special ammunition which can be used to turn the tide against the enemy and dominate the leader board!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.2
Release 07 Aug 2020
Core Defense A roguelike tower defense game with a dash of deckbuilding. Choose a reward, improve your build, survive the next wave, repeat. Highly replayable, difficult, and addictive. You'll want just one more wave, just one more run!

Price -80% 1.95€
Rating 7.5
Release 30 Jul 2020
Wind Peaks In a place called Wind Peaks, mysteries happen, help the scouts find all the missing objects in this fun and relaxing adventure of treasure hunt

Price -65% 6.38€
Rating 7.3
Release 28 Jul 2020
Synergia Synergia is a yuri thriller visual novel that takes place in a cyberpunk future, wrapped up in a beautifully unique, vibrant neon aesthetic. At the end of the world, sometimes love is the ultimate crime.

Price -95% 0.58€
Rating 8.2
Release 27 Jul 2020
SpaceBourne Spacebourne is an open space exploration game with Rpg elements. Its world consists of different factions at war. You as an expert pilot need to choose your side or be on no one's side and create a force of your own. Load up your weapons, Ready your ship and warp to adventure.

Price -80% 2.49€
Rating 7.3
Release 18 Jul 2020
Death Come True Everything rides on your choices in this new wave interactive movie game. Experience a thrilling science fiction mystery in full-length live-action format—from genius creator of the "Danganronpa" series, Kazutaka Kodaka!

Price -60% 5.31€
Rating 7.4
Release 17 Jul 2020
Vectromirror 0 Become the Test Subject and attempt to complete a challenging experiment to awaken emotional responses in your Artificial Intelligence. Jump, wall-run, and parkour your way through the free-to-play prequel to the upcoming game.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.0
Release 02 Jul 2020
Starship EVO Mine and craft your way to orbit, build your own starship and explore a vast, dangerous galaxy alongside your crew. For players who love a meaningful survival progression, a unique and elegant building system, and epic space-opera scale.

Price -20% 19.60€
Rating 8.1
Release 19 Jun 2020

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