Abandonware DOS title

The most popular 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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Metropolis

DOS1987 Arcadia Systems
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Mech War

DOS1992
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Reaping The Dungeon

DOS1993 Frontline Software
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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 ...
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S.T.U.N. Runner

DOS1990 Atari
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Monuments of Mars

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1991freeware Scenerio Software
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2112

DOS1994
Welcome to 2112, a game that predicted a grim techno-future back when floppy disks still ruled. This DOS-era oddity throws you into a world that’s part cyberpunk, part fever dream, and entirely confusing. It’s got clun...
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Subtrade: Return to Irata

DOS1993 Century Interactive
Subtrade: Return to Irata is an abandoned science fiction business simulation game developed by Century Interactive and published by Boeder Software in 1993 for Amiga and later ported to DOS. Subtrade is an updated multiplayer clo...
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Hoverforce

DOS1990 Astral Software
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D-Zone

DOS1992
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Timequest

DOS1991protected Legend Entertainment
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S.D.I.

DOS1989 Cinemaware
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Space Ace 2: Borf's Revenge

DOS1991 ReadySoft
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Core War Plus

DOS1984
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Vynil Goddess from Mars

DOS1995 Six Pound Sledge Studios
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Mickey's Space Adventure

DOS1985 Sierra On-Line
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Frankenstein

DOS1994 Junkyard
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Doom: The Roguelike

DOS2005freeware
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Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space

Windows 10/11LinuxMac OS2005protected Digital Eel
Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space is a science fiction roguelike game developed by Digital Eel. Originally released in 2005, it is the sequel to Strange Adventures in Infinite Space. The game puts you in command of a sta...
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Guardians of Infinity: to Save Kennedy

DOS1988protected Paragon Software
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Rescue at Rigel

DOS1983 Epyx
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Rex Nebular and the cosmic gender-bender

DOS1992protected MicroProse Software
What if Leisure Suit Larry and Monkey Island had a love child in outer space, raised by gender-swapped aliens? You’d get Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender-Bender, a hilarious, raunchy, surprisingly clever point-and-click adv...
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Battle Chess 4000

DOS1992protected Interplay Productions
Set in the far-off future of 1992, Battle Chess 4000 brings space-age flair to intergalactic checkmate. Now your queen is a laser-wielding dominatrix and your pawns might be robots with trust issues. It’s chess... with ray g...
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Predator 2

DOS1991 Arc Developments
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Rules of Engagement 2

DOS1993 Omnitrend Software
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Side Arms Hyper Dyne

DOS1988 Capcom
Side Arms: Hyper Dyne is a side-scrolling shoot-'em-up arcade game developed and published by Capcom in 1986 and later ported on various platforms. Players control a "mobilsuit," a futuristic combat robot, in a war against al...