Best Sci-fi Games 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 Eternal Castle [REMASTERED] The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED] is a remake of the original "ETERNAL CASTLE" from 1987, with additional game mechanics, sophisticated sound design, polished 2-bit CGA animated graphics, and modernized game design.

Price -71% 4.33€
Rating 8.2
Release 05 Jan 2019
BallisticNG BallisticNG is a high speed, all thrills anti-gravity combat racer and open modding environment developed as a tribute to old school classics such as Wipeout, Rollcage and Jet Moto.

Price 12.49€
Rating 9.0
Release 14 Dec 2018
Gizmo Gizmo is a Saturday-morning 3D platformer inspired by 90s classics of the genre.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.6
Release 05 Dec 2018
Protocol By signing below, you agree to follow the Protocol. Protocol is a program of strict rules created to make first contact with an alien life form that got shot down in the Arctic Circle.

Price 8.79€
Rating 6.9
Release 20 Nov 2018
Among Us An online and local party game of teamwork and betrayal for 4-15 players...in space!

Price -56% 1.98€
Rating 9.1
Release 16 Nov 2018
STAR WARS™ Episode I Racer Two Engines. One Champion. No Limits.

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.4
Release 16 Nov 2018
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus MECHANICUS II ANNOUNCED! Take control of one of the most technologically advanced factions in the Imperium: the Adeptus Mechanicus. In this turn-based tactical game, your every decision will weigh heavily on the outcome of the conflict. Will you be blessed by the Omnissiah?

Price -98% 0.60€
Rating 8.9
Release 15 Nov 2018
Red Matter Red Matter is a story-driven VR puzzle adventure game set during a dystopian sci-fi Cold War. Take on the role of Agent Epsilon, an astronaut of the Atlantic Union dispatched to an abandoned Volgravian moon base on a faraway planet. Your mission: to investigate a shady top secret research project.

Price -40% 14.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 10 Nov 2018
GRIP: Combat Racing Harness gravity-defying speed in classic combat racing taken to the EXTREME. Master wall-riding, ceiling-surfing tracks, and unleash devastating weapons across 29 blistering circuits. Race solo, split-screen, or online with up to 10 players. GRIP delivers white-knuckle racing like nothing else.

Price -99% 0.59€
Rating 8.2
Release 06 Nov 2018
The Wall [Servers Temporarily Shut Down!] Build. Gather. Breach. The Wall is a never-before seen mix of genres, where dynamic maps, slick combat, base building, and economy management all come together.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.8
Release 02 Nov 2018
Star Shelter Star shelter is a space survival game built from the ground up for VR. You are stranded in space, you must climb around in Zero-G, explore, scavenge, craft, hack and fight to survive. You have to build, arm and upgrade your own space station in order to escape the cosmic graveyard.

Price 16.79€
Rating 7.3
Release 23 Oct 2018
Terraforming Mars The taming of the Red Planet has begun! Corporations are competing to transform Mars into a habitable planet by spending vast resources and using innovative technology to raise temperature, create a breathable atmosphere, and make oceans of water.

Price -95% 1.02€
Rating 7.0
Release 17 Oct 2018
RimWorld A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

Price -53% 15.22€
Rating 9.7
Release 17 Oct 2018
Space Hulk: Tactics (Classic) Space Hulk: Tactics is a faithful adaptation of the board game Space Hulk, set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, bringing a unique twist to the cult classic formula. Engage in bloody battles as either a squad of Terminator Space Marines or the deadly alien Genestealers.

Price 14.99€
Rating 6.2
Release 09 Oct 2018
Mega Man 11 Mega Man is back! The newest entry in this iconic series blends classic, challenging 2D platforming action with a fresh new visual style. The new Double Gear system boosts Mega Man's speed and power for a new twist to the satisfying gameplay the series is known for.

Price -84% 4.96€
Rating 8.6
Release 02 Oct 2018
ZeroRanger This is the story of a fighter who wanted to become...

Price 11.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 28 Sep 2018
I am not a Monster: First Contact Retro sci-fi tactical turn-based strategy with an exciting storyline. The Albatross space liner is overrun by lizard-like monsters that can infect humans and turn them into their own kind. Save the passengers and defeat the hostile creatures.

Price -97% 0.33€
Rating 7.4
Release 27 Sep 2018
Deep Sky Derelicts Deep Sky Derelicts is an original combination of turn-based strategy and RPG, enriched with tactical card combat and popular roguelike elements. Explore derelict alien ships, fight, loot and upgrade your gear, all in distinctive retro-futuristic comic book aesthetic style.

Price -98% 0.56€
Rating 7.2
Release 26 Sep 2018
Timespinner Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.

Price -25% 15.06€
Rating 8.3
Release 25 Sep 2018
Myst III: Exile The story of Myst continues in this third entry of the series, originally released in 2001. Return to this strange and wondrous universe, where books become portals into worlds, and where the lessons of the past may yet hold meaning for today...

Price -96% 0.77€
Rating 8.7
Release 24 Sep 2018
Final Theory Final Theory is a 4X-lite turn-based strategy game where you command fleets of battleships engaged in a galactic civil war. It presents an exciting experience for both veteran players and those new to the genre. It features innovative combat mechanics but also hearkens back to some of the classics.

Price 14.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 21 Sep 2018
CrossCode A retro-inspired 2D Action RPG set in the distant future. CrossCode combines 16-bit SNES-style graphics with butter-smooth physics, a fast-paced combat system, and engaging puzzle mechanics, served with a gripping sci-fi story.

Price -29% 14.26€
Rating 9.1
Release 20 Sep 2018
Star Control®: Origins Star Control is a space role-playing game in which you command Earth's first interstellar starship on a mission to save the Earth from hostile alien empires.

Price -95% 1.14€
Rating 7.1
Release 20 Sep 2018
60 Parsecs! 60 Parsecs! is an Atomic Space Age adventure of scavenge and survival. Keep your crew alive and ready for action. Make difficult choices, face soup shortages and other horrors of outer space. And maybe reach your destination. Or not.

Price -88% 1.18€
Rating 8.5
Release 18 Sep 2018
Distance Distance is an atmospheric racing platformer. Fusing futuristic arcade racing with parkour, survive a deadly, mysterious, neon-drenched city by jumping, rotating, and flying.

Price -96% 0.96€
Rating 9.0
Release 18 Sep 2018
ReCore: Definitive Edition From creator Keiji Inafune and the makers of Metroid Prime comes the ReCore: Definitive Edition, an action-adventure crafted for a new generation. As one of the last humans, forge friendships with robotic companions and lead them on an epic adventure through a dynamic world.

Price -82% 3.11€
Rating 6.1
Release 14 Sep 2018
Virtual Virtual Reality A game about VR, AI, and our collective sci-fi fever dreams. In a future where AI has transformed society, can humans still find purpose? Find out with Activitude, a service that lets humans aid AI clients in increasingly curious ways.

Price 12.49€
Rating 8.6
Release 07 Sep 2018
Immortal: Unchained Unleashed and unforgiving. Can you rise to the challenge? Immortal: Unchained is the latest addition to the genre of ultra-hardcore action RPGs. Take the role of a living weapon, unleashed to stop the source of a cataclysmic event threatening to end all worlds.

Price 8.99€
Rating 6.5
Release 07 Sep 2018
Scythe: Digital Edition Scythe transports you to an alternate reality in 1920s Europa, one ravaged by the First World War. Take up the role of leader by assuming command of one of 5 factions, and set out to conquer the coveted "Factory". Lead your mechs to war and your people to victory!

Price -90% 2.15€
Rating 8.6
Release 05 Sep 2018
PLANET ALPHA PLANET ALPHA, a beautiful alien world filled with mystery and danger. Pursued by relentless enemies, you must harness the power of night and day as you struggle to survive.

Price -83% 1.73€
Rating 6.8
Release 04 Sep 2018
ISLAND Sanzenkai Setsuna awakens on the shore of isolated island Urashima with no memories of his past. Befriending three local girls, Rinne, Karen, and Sara, Setsuna's quest to discover the secrets of Urashima and how they tie into his own past - and future - begins.

Price -45% 18.69€
Rating 9.0
Release 23 Aug 2018
State of Mind State of Mind is a futuristic thriller game delving into transhumanism. The game explores themes of separation, disjuncture and reunification, in a world that is torn between a dystopian material reality and a utopian virtual future.

Price -98% 0.56€
Rating 7.6
Release 15 Aug 2018
Metal Fatigue Metal Fatigue is a real-time strategy game taking the genre to new heights - literally. Build and customize your massive Combots to dominate the three battlefield levels simultaneously - from orbit, to the surface, and even underground!

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 31 Jul 2018
Star Traders: Frontiers You are the captain of a starship venturing through a massive open universe. Customize your crew and take command at the helm of your very own ship as you explore a galaxy torn apart by internal strife, alien threats, and political intrigue.

Price 14.79€
Rating 8.1
Release 31 Jul 2018
Heaven Will Be Mine HEAVEN WILL BE MINE is a visual novel about making terrible life decisions in the midst of a hot-blooded battle between giant robots. Select one of three terribly behaved girls to fight and/or make out with each other in their struggle for the fate of space.

Price -95% 0.74€
Rating 8.7
Release 25 Jul 2018
War Tech Fighters War Tech Fighters - the space action game that combines the spectacular action of Japanese Anime with Hollywood Blockbusters. Configure, upgrade and customize your War Tech and dive into battle to fight back the Zatronian forces and save your galaxy!

Price -96% 0.80€
Rating 7.2
Release 25 Jul 2018

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