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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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Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac 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...
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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 "mobilsui...
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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 por...
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In Extremis

DOS1993 Blue sphere
In Extremis from 1993 is one of those lesser-known titles that surprises players with its ambition. Mixing action and strategy, it places you in dangerous situations where quick th...
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Cosmic Crusader

DOS1982 Funatics Software
Cosmic Crusader is proof that sometimes simple is perfect. You’re a lone pilot defending space against endless waves of enemies, in a game that’s basically a love lette...
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The Chaos Engine

DOS1994protected Bitmap Brothers
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StarBlade

DOS1990 Silmarils
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Round 42

DOS1986
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Robot Odissey

DOS1985 The Learning Company
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Zyclunt

DOS1995 Phantagram
Zyclunt is a side-scrolling action game developed and published by Phantagram in 1995. The game is set in a dystopian future where incurable diseases and a rise in criminal activit...
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Xenophage: Alien BloodSport

DOS1996freeware Argo Games
Xenophage: Alien BloodSport is a fighting game that leans heavily into its bizarre premise, featuring grotesque alien combatants battling it out in brutal arenas. It is unapologeti...
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Supernova

DOS1987freeware Apogee Software
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The Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time

Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1995protecteddemo Presto Studios
The Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Presto Studios, released in 1995 as a sequel to The Journeyman Project. The Journeyma...
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Metropolis

DOS1987 Arcadia Systems
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Nanotank

Windows 3.x1993
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Kaeon

DOS1992
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Wreckers

DOS1991 Denton Designs
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Kronolog: The Nazi Paradox

DOS1993 Castleworks Gameware
What if the Nazis won? Kronolog: The Nazi Paradox (1993, DOS) takes that nightmare seriously. You play a time traveler trying to fix history, navigating through an oppressive, Orwe...
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Aurora Dibularos

Windows XP/98/952001freeware
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Battlecruiser 3000AD

DOSWindows XP/98/951996 Take-Two Interactive
Battlecruiser 3000AD (1996) is less a game and more a test of faith. Ambitious beyond reason, it promised total control of a massive starship—crew management, planetary landi...
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Infestation

DOS1990 Psygnosis
Infestation drops you onto a hostile alien world where the welcome committee consists mostly of things with too many legs and way too many teeth. The game mixes exploration and act...
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EGA Trek

DOS1988remake
A loving parody of science fiction tropes, EGA Trek takes obvious inspiration from Star Trek and runs with it, humor first. You command a starship, making decisions that range from...
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Flash Gordon: Il Rapimento di Dale

DOS1992 Holodream Software
Flash Gordon: Il Rapimento di Dale throws you into a pulpy sci-fi serial where subtlety is left at the airlock. Based on the adventures of the square-jawed space hero, the game lea...
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Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch

DOS1992 Tsunami Media
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Full Metal Planete

DOSMac OS1990 Hitech Productions
Strategy fans with a taste for sci-fi and logistics will find something special in Full Metal Planete. Released in 1990 for DOS and Mac, the game is essentially a futuristic board ...
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Moonbase

DOS1990 Wesson International
Moonbase (1990) isn’t about blasting aliens or dodging meteors—it’s about survival, planning, and resource management. You’re tasked with building a functio...
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Netherworld

DOS1990 Hewson Consultants
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Star Trek Combat Arena

DOS1989
If Star Trek Combat Arena had a motto, it would be “talk diplomacy later.” Released in 1989 for DOS, this game tossed Starfleet’s peaceful ideals right out the ai...
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Rocket Ranger

DOS1988protected Cinemaware