Best Sci-Fi Games

Every Sci-Fi game The Belly has scored, ranked from the highest verdict down. Browse games with a Sci-Fi setting or subject and see where each one landed.

Games with a Sci-Fi theme, ranked by Belly Score. Theme tags capture the subject matter and setting of a game — distinct from genre — so this list pulls together titles that share a Sci-Fi world or aesthetic regardless of how they play. See which Sci-Fi-themed games earned The Belly's top marks and which fell short.

Best Sci-Fi Games rankings

9.9

Xenogears

RPG

PlayStation · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation Portable

Sci-FiRobots / MechsPsychological+1

EpicMysteriousThought-Provoking+3

9.9

Half-Life

FPS · Action · Adventure

Windows · PlayStation 2 · macOS · Linux

Sci-FiAlienWorkplace+1

AtmosphericEerieIntense+2

9.8

Doom

FPS · Shooter · Horror

MS-DOS · 32X · Atari Jaguar · PC-98 · Super NES · PlayStation · Mac OS · 3DO · Windows · Sega Saturn · RISC OS · Game Boy Advance · Xbox · Xbox 360 · iOS · PlayStation 3 · Android · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X/S

Sci-FiSpaceMonsters+1

IntenseFast-PacedAdrenaline-Fueled+3

9.8

Metroid Dread

Action · Adventure

Nintendo Switch

Sci-FiSpaceAlien+1

ExploratoryTenseIntense+3

9.8

DoDonPachi DaiOuJou

Shooter

Arcade · PlayStation 2 · Xbox 360 · iOS · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · PC

Sci-FiFuturisticRobots / Mechs+1

IntenseFast-PacedChallenging+3

9.8

Community

9.8

1 rating

Outer Wilds

Adventure · Puzzle

Windows · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Nintendo Switch

Sci-FiSpaceDetective / Mystery+1

AdventurousDiscovery-DrivenMysterious+3

9.8

Dead Space 2

Action · Shooter

PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360 · PC

Sci-FiSpaceMonsters+1

CreepyEerieTense+3

9.7

RimWorld

Simulation · Strategy

Windows · macOS · Linux · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One

Sci-FiSpaceNature / Wilderness+1

Open-EndedChaoticChallenging+3

9.7

DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou

Shooter

Arcade · Xbox 360 · Nintendo Switch

Sci-FiRobots / MechsSpace

IntenseFast-PacedChaotic+3

9.7

Metal Gear

Action-Adventure

MSX2 · NES · Commodore 64 · MS-DOS · GameCube · Mobile phones · PlayStation 2 · Virtual Console · PlayStation 3 · Xbox 360 · PlayStation Vita · Microsoft Windows

Sci-FiMilitaryEspionage / Spy

SuspensefulTenseStrategic+3

9.7

STEINS;GATE

Adventure · Visual Novel

Xbox 360 · PC · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation Vita · Android · iOS

Sci-FiPsychologicalDetective / Mystery

MysteriousSuspensefulThought-Provoking+3

9.7

Halo 2

Shooter · FPS · Action

Xbox · PC (Microsoft Windows) · Xbox One

Sci-FiFuturisticSpace+1

EpicIntenseFast-Paced+3

9.7

SIGNALIS

Survival · Horror · Adventure

PC · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One

Sci-FiDystopianPsychological+1

EerieUnsettlingTense+3

9.7

Ikaruga

Shooter · Puzzle

Arcade · Dreamcast · Nintendo GameCube · Xbox 360 · PC · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · Android

Sci-FiFuturistic

IntenseChallengingPrecision-Focused+3

9.7

System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster

FPS · RPG · Survival

Windows PC · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S · Nintendo Switch

Sci-FiCyberpunkSpace+1

AtmosphericCreepyEerie+3

9.7

Risk of Rain 2

Action · Shooter

PC · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · Nintendo Switch · Stadia

Sci-FiSpaceAlien+1

IntenseFast-PacedChaotic+3

9.7

Dead Space

Action · Survival

PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X|S · PC

Sci-FiSpaceMonsters+1

CreepyTenseIntense+3

9.6

Subnautica

Adventure · Survival

PC · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Nintendo Switch · Android · iOS

Sci-FiAlienUnderwater+1

ExploratoryDiscovery-DrivenMysterious+3

9.6

The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy-

Adventure · Visual Novel · Strategy

Nintendo Switch · Steam

Sci-FiSchool / AcademyPsychological+1

MysteriousIntenseStrategic+3

9.6

ZeroRanger

Shooter · Action

Windows

Sci-FiSpaceAlien+1

IntenseChallengingAtmospheric+2

9.6

Returnal

Shooter

PlayStation 5 · PC

Sci-FiAlienPsychological+1

IntenseFast-PacedChallenging+3

9.6

Xenoblade Chronicles

Action RPG · RPG · Adventure

Nintendo Wii · New Nintendo 3DS · Nintendo Switch

Sci-FiFantasyRobots / Mechs+1

AdventurousExploratoryEpic+3

9.6

HELLDIVERS 2

Action · Shooter

PlayStation 5 · PC · Xbox Series X|S

Sci-FiSpaceMilitary+1

ChaoticIntenseCooperative+3

9.6

DoDonPachi

Shooter

Arcade · PlayStation · Saturn · EZweb · i-mode · PlayStation Network

Sci-FiFuturisticMilitary+1

IntenseFast-PacedFrantic+3