The best science fiction games

Time travel, space wars, alien empires, alternate universe, cyberpunk anti-heroes, space invaders, post-apocalyptic worlds, dystopian societies, mad scientists, galaxies far far away, strange new worlds, mech battles, deep space exploration, evil robots... should I go on?

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Captain Comic, The Adventures of

DOS1988freeware

Before space marines were gritty and everything exploded in brown and grey, there was The Adventures of Captain Comic. This is early PC platforming in all its clunky, jumpy, 4-color glory. You collect treasures, shoot baddies with...

X-COM: Alliance

Windows XP/98/952002canceled MicroProse Software

Beyond the Black Hole

DOS1989 The Software Toolworks

Beyond the Black Hole promises an interstellar voyage into mystery—and delivers... a disorienting 3D shooter that kind of feels like flying a cardboard spaceship through a kaleidoscope. The idea is noble: space combat meets ...

Golden Eagle

DOS1991 Loriciels

LineWars 2

DOS1994 Safari Software

The Last Mission

DOS1987 Opera Soft

Command & Conquer: Sole Survivor

Windows XP/98/951997 Westwood Studios

Vynil Goddess from Mars

DOS1995 Six Pound Sledge Studios

Robot Rascals

DOS1987 Ozark Softscape

Flash Gordon: Il Rapimento di Dale

DOS1992 Holodream Software

Mechwarrior

DOS1989 Dynamix

MechWarrior (1989) was one of the first games to put players inside a 3D cockpit of a giant mech, but it wasn’t just a combat game, it was also an open-ended mercenary RPG, with strategy, politics, and personal revenge at it...

Space Harrier

DOS1989 Sega

Space Harrier is a 3rd-person view rail-shooter developed by Sega in 1985. Space Harrier was a hit in the arcades, and later it was converted for a number of platforms, including DOS (4 years later!). The sequels - Space Harrier 3...

Space Ace 2: Borf's Revenge

DOS1991 ReadySoft

Return to Doom

DOS1988 Topologika Software

Before Doom became the 3D gore-fest we all know, there was Return to Doom—and no, it has nothing to do with space marines. This 1988 title is more Choose Your Own Adventure than chainsaws and demons. You’ll type in com...

Battlestar

Windows 3.x1996freeware

No, not that Battlestar. Battlestar (1996) is more obscure than a reboot that never happened. Set in deep space with a top-down view and UI only a Windows 3.x user could love, it mixes tactical combat and sci-fi storytelling like ...

Diggers 2: Extractors

DOS1995 Millennium Interactive

Fire and Forget 2

DOS1988 Titus Interactive

Fish!

DOS1988 Magnetic Scrolls

Nanotank

Windows 3.x1993

Reach for the Stars

DOS1988 SSG Strategic Studies Group

Warhammer 40000: Chaos Gate

Windows XP/98/951998protected Random Games

Battle Isle

DOS1991protected Blue Byte Software

Turns out war is a lot tidier when it’s turn-based. Battle Isle (1991) gives you neat little hexagons to move your units on, like a very angry board game. It’s got strategy, sci-fi flair, and just enough AI ruthlessnes...