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
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
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...
Chamber of the Sci-Mutant Priestess
DOS1989protected ERE Informatique
Thexder
DOS1987 Game Arts
Traffic department 2192
DOS1994freeware P Squared
Star Wars Rebellion
Windows XP/98/951998protected
Imperium
DOS1990 Electronic Arts
Manhunter: New York
DOS1988 Evryware
Skyfox II: The Cygnus Conflict
DOS1988 Dynamix
Wing Commander Academy
DOS1993protected Origin Systems
Alien Breed
DOS1993protected Team 17
If Doom and Gauntlet had a lovechild, Alien Breed would be the weird kid who hangs out in dark corridors with a shotgun. Released in 1993 for DOS, this top-down shooter throws you into a space station overrun by what can only be d...