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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The Station The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.

Price -90% 1.49€
Rating 8.1
Release 19 Feb 2018
The Fall Part 2: Unbound You are an AI that has broken free of your shackles. Now, a human “User” from across the global network has attacked and infected you with an [ERROR: REDACTED]. Make a new rule: Save Yourself. Hunt them. End them. Do anything. Use anyone. Become Unbound. The Fall Part 2 will break your protocols.

Price -80% 2.79€
Rating 7.7
Release 12 Feb 2018
BREAK ARTS II Faster than anyone. Stronger than anyone. And more stunning. Customize your robot for “cyber battle racing” in a game that offers all the thrills of racing, battle, and customization. Online, Offline, Time-Attack... which mode will you dominate?!

Price -98% 0.43€
Rating 7.1
Release 09 Feb 2018
Attack of the Earthlings Take on Galactoil, a comically dysfunctional intergalactic energy corporation, and its larger-than-life employees in a tactical-stealth game that fuses satisfying strategic gameplay and dark comedy in a quirky single-player story.

Price -97% 0.42€
Rating 7.9
Release 08 Feb 2018
Project LUX The crime... is murder. Our story takes place in a court trial, set in a futuristic world where most humans have cyberbrains. The defendant on trial is an agent who coordinates with artists to create the data for cyberbrains to interact with people’s emotions. The victim is a girl artist named Lux.

Price -60% 9.80€
Rating 8.3
Release 02 Feb 2018
Scavenger SV-4 Scavenger SV-4 is a highly replayable atmospheric first-person science fiction game. Part simulator, part roguelike, it has elements of action, combat, resource management, and a dash of horror. It is not quite like any game you have played before.

Price -66% 5.09€
Rating 8.5
Release 31 Jan 2018
Blast-off Blast-off is a hardcore jumper/runner/shmup, where your alter ego will be a ball of anti-matter seeking to leave our Universe. Anti-matter is extremely difficult to exist in our universe, because when it contact with matter it annihilates.

Price -75% 0.74€
Rating 8.1
Release 22 Jan 2018
Odysseus Kosmos and his Robot Quest: Episode 1 What do you do if you are the only one left aboard a spaceship? Your team has embarked on a mysterious expedition a few years ago, the ship’s machinery has started acting up and it seems there are ghosts wandering about. Luckily, the black hole above you doesn’t pose any problems…yet.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.4
Release 12 Jan 2018
Swarm Queen A quick-to-learn but challenging real-time strategy game where you spawn an army of space-bugs that control themselves.

Price -91% 0.59€
Rating 8.5
Release 19 Dec 2017
Rumu Rumu is an intimate, narrative-driven adventure that follows the path into sentience of a robot vacuum cleaner.

Price 8.19€
Rating 8.5
Release 12 Dec 2017
Star Wars: Droid Repair Bay In Star Wars: Droid Repair Bay by ILMxLAB, Poe Dameron's sidekick needs your help. Repair BB-8 and his astromech droid friends, each with their own unique personalities, so they can roll back into the fight against the First Order.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 06 Dec 2017
Outcast - Second Contact Outcast – Second Contact is the complete remake of the cult title which sparked the open world, action-adventure genre. Take off on an exploration of Adelpha, an alien world as beautiful as it is dangerous, where your heroic journey places the fate of two worlds in your hands.

Price -97% 0.49€
Rating 7.4
Release 14 Nov 2017
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Price -96% 0.30€
Rating 7.6
Release 10 Nov 2017
Rogue Trooper Redux A pioneering tactical shooter and landmark comic book adaptation, Rogue Trooper is back, remastered and revitalised in true high definition. Experience acclaimed third-person action in this BAFTA-nominated tale of betrayal and revenge at the far reaches of the galaxy!

Price -98% 0.52€
Rating 7.3
Release 17 Oct 2017
Computer Tycoon Computer Tycoon is a fairly complex Business Grand Strategy game about Computer Evolution. Start in the 70s, invent until 2034, create the best computer systems, upgrade your infrastructure, lead a team, and alter computer history! It is time to "Think Different"

Price -30% 11.75€
Rating 8.1
Release 12 Oct 2017
ARMORED KITTEN Awesome side scroll action about Cute and Deadly Kitten with a double shotgun!

Price -92% 0.40€
Rating 7.7
Release 30 Sep 2017
Pixel Gladiator Distant future… Brutal gladiatorial battles is a top-rated show, extremely popular all over the Universe. You’ve been sent to the abandoned planet as one of the participants of the show. Your goal is to survive as long as possible, fighting back deadly creatures in the focus of billions of viewers.

Price -83% 0.84€
Rating 7.6
Release 08 Sep 2017
1bitHeart Welcome to 1bitHeart―the latest title from Alicemare and LiEat developer △○□× (Miwashiba). In this unique and endearing adventure game, take on the role of Nanashi, a lonely, agoraphobic boy, as you solve a slew of mysteries around town while also making friends.

Price -60% 1.19€
Rating 8.6
Release 28 Aug 2017
Gangs of Space Gangs of Space is a massively-multiplayer Rogue Shmup where Gangs of players compete for the conquest of the galaxy.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.2
Release 10 Aug 2017
Time Lock VR 1 A VR puzzle game with sci-fi and escape room elements: control time, solve challenges, fight enemies, and explore worlds across different timelines.

Price -99% 0.46€
Rating 6.8
Release 09 Aug 2017
Operation Warcade VR Relive the experience of playing the classic war arcade in a totally amazing way, thanks to virtual reality and the innovative immersion system that will make it possible for you to travel inside the video game.

Price -81% 3.97€
Rating 8.7
Release 04 Aug 2017
Arcade Mayhem Juanito Arcade Mayhem Juanito is a retro experience about arcade-hopping. Teleport into different video games, play with unique mechanics inspired by well-known arcade games, face stunningly animated bosses and join the fight against the clonocell invasion.

Price 9.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 03 Aug 2017
Interplanetary: Enhanced Edition In this turn-based strategic artillery game, players wage interplanetary wars by developing their home planets and firing massive barrages through the unpredictable gravity fields of the solar system.

Price -91% 1.36€
Rating 8.0
Release 02 Aug 2017
Solstice Chronicles: MIA In this 2-player twin-stick shooter, use a friendly drone for a game-changing abilities. Survive waves, upgrade, and uncover the mystery in this cooperative, action-packed experience.

Price -89% 1.40€
Rating 7.0
Release 26 Jul 2017
Downward: Enhanced Edition Downward is a first-person open-world parkour based platform adventure set in the medieval ruins of a post-apocalyptic planet Earth. Make your way through breath-taking landscapes, face ancient guardians and unravel the deep mystery that lies behind the disappearance of humanity.

Price -85% 1.49€
Rating 6.8
Release 13 Jul 2017
√Letter - Root Letter - When a letter is delivered 15 years late - you discover an old pen-friend was involved in a murder, before she disappeared. Travelling to her hometown, you must investigate the murder, using her past letters as clues to uncover the disturbing truth.

Price -90% 1.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 07 Jul 2017
1982 1982 is a FREE retro inspired blasta-thon that will test your gaming skills to the max.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 28 Jun 2017
FORM Enter a surreal adventure where puzzles are built from dreams and memories. Solve the mystery behind an ancient artifact. Advance through a world that transforms around you. Transcend this existence.

Price -75% 3.12€
Rating 8.6
Release 01 Jun 2017
Putrefaction 2: Void Walker Putrefaction 2: Void Walker is fast-paced, hardcore, arcade FPS, inspired by old-school shooters.

Price -80% 0.99€
Rating 7.4
Release 29 May 2017
Cosmic Trip Cosmic Trip is an award-winning real-time strategy VR game. Build a base, command a flying drone army, and attack/defend hostile enemies on strange alien planets.

Price -80% 4.13€
Rating 8.0
Release 24 May 2017
StarCrawlers StarCrawlers is a modern take on a classic cRPG dungeon crawler set in a gritty spacepunk universe. Build a crew of renegade adventurers on the fringes of space, taking jobs from megacorps to hunt bounties, sabotage rivals and conduct corporate espionage.

Price -50% 9.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 23 May 2017
Mass Exodus Redux Whether you’re playing the seeker (VR) or rogue android (PC), Mass Exodus is a tense and absorbing local multiplayer game. With 4 extensive maps each with unique kill methods and some creative power-ups, you need to try outsmart your friends anyway you can. Oculus Touch and HTC Vive compatible.

Price 6.89€
Rating 6.9
Release 04 May 2017
Cosmic Star Heroine 3 exotic planets to explore. Aliens. Robots. Magic. Forbidden technology. Ruined Worlds. Ghosts. Long-lost secrets. Conspiracies. A galactic threat. And one brave heroine to make things right. Cosmic Star Heroine is an exciting new RPG from the creators of Cthulhu Saves the World.

Price -87% 1.97€
Rating 8.4
Release 11 Apr 2017
Pixel Privateers Pixel Privateers is a Squad Based Tactical RPG “Loot ‘Em Up” that will send your team of mercenaries through a mysterious wormhole on a quest to gather technology for your employer. An entire galaxy awaits - full of worlds to explore, factions to encounter, and epic gear to collect!

Price 14.99€
Rating 6.8
Release 21 Feb 2017
STAR WARS SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE As Luke Skywalker and the Rebel Alliance struggle to defeat Darth Vader and the Empire, a new threat arises. Dark Prince Xizor aspires to take Darth Vader's place at the Emperor's side. As Dash Rendar, it's up to you to protect Luke and help the Alliance. May the Force be with you!

Price -65% 2.06€
Rating 7.1
Release 07 Feb 2017
GIGA WRECKER Become more than human and save mankind from total annihilation! From legendary developer Game Freak comes an action adventure like no other - manipulate the world around you and smash the evil Ajeet to smithereens!

Price -93% 1.56€
Rating 7.4
Release 06 Feb 2017

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