Best Sci-fi games on PC
Games built around speculative science and technology, with settings that may involve outer space, futuristic societies, cyberpunk cities, or post-apocalyptic worlds.
- Technology-driven fictional settings
- Combat, survival, exploration, or puzzles
Related: Space, Cyberpunk, Post-apocalyptic, Shooter
1,305 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Nuclear Option
Near-future combat flight simulation with dynamic battles and nuclear weapons
96% positive
11K reviews
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2
Real-time space strategy built around fleet-scale Warhammer 40,000 battles
74% positive
11K reviews
SteamWorld Dig
2D mining platformer about digging deeper and upgrading your tools
94% positive
11K reviews
Space Hulk: Deathwing Enhanced Edition
First-person shooter fighting alien swarms in heavy Terminator armor
72% positive
11K reviews
AirMech
Action strategy game where a transforming mech carries troops into battle
84% positive
Free
The Universim
God game and city builder from the Stone Age to space
79% positive
11K reviews
Planet of Lana
2D puzzle platformer with a companion on a threatened planet
93% positive
11K reviews
Citizen Sleeper
Dice-driven narrative RPG about surviving on a ruined space station
92% positive
11K reviews
VVVVVV
2D precision platformer where you flip gravity instead of jumping
96% positive
11K reviews
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair
Third-person co-op shooter against swarms of giant alien insects
95% positive
11K reviews
Planetbase
Single-player space colony sim about building a self-sufficient outpost
80% positive
10K reviews
Quake II
Classic sci-fi first-person shooter with campaigns, co-op, and deathmatch
95% positive
10K reviews
Galactic Civilizations III
Turn-based space 4X with custom ships and multiple victory paths
77% positive
10K reviews
Seen
Dark puzzle platformer about a child trying to escape
91% positive
9,980 reviews
Transmissions: Element 120
First-person shooter where a gravity weapon lets you leap buildings
95% positive
Free
Spaceflight Simulator
2D space sandbox for building rockets and mastering orbital flight
97% positive
9,789 reviews
Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition
First-person shooter that rewards creative kills against mutated enemies
89% positive
9,705 reviews
SUPERHOT VR
VR puzzle shooter where your movement controls time
82% positive
9,700 reviews
SAS: Zombie Assault 4
Free-to-play top-down RPG shooter with four-player zombie-slaying co-op
86% positive
Free
Aliya: Timelink
Text-based sci-fi visual novel with timed messages and multiple endings
98% positive
9,671 reviews
ENDLESS Space™ - Definitive Edition
Turn-based space 4X strategy with custom civilizations and generated galaxies
81% positive
9,608 reviews
The Surge 2
Sci-fi action RPG with punishing melee and limb-targeted loot
75% positive
9,606 reviews
Deliver Us The Moon
Story-driven space adventure investigating a silent lunar colony through puzzles
88% positive
9,579 reviews
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition
Accessible sci-fi RTS with base building and large-army battles
91% positive
9,554 reviews