The best science fiction games
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Tempest 2000
DOS1996remake4.2/5 Atari
Tempest 2000 is a video game developed by Llamasoft and published by Atari Corporation. It was released in 1994 for DOS, Mac, the Atari Jaguar console, etc. Tempest 2000 is an enhanced remake of the original Tempest, which was released in arcades in 1981.In Tempest 2000, players control a claw-shaped ship that moves around the edges of geometric sh...
The Chaos Engine
DOS1994protected4.2/5 Bitmap Brothers
Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars
DOS19904.2/5 id software
Commander Keen 1: Marooned on Mars is a platform video game developed by id Software and published by Apogee Software in 1990 as shareware for MS-DOS. The game follows the adventures of an eight-year-old genius named Billy Blaze, who uses his homemade spaceship to travel to various alien planets to save the Earth from alien invaders known as V...
Jurassic Park
DOS19934.2/5 Ocean Software
Duke Nukem 2
DOS19934.2/5 Apogee Software
Syndicate
DOS1993protected4.2/5 Bullfrog
System Shock 2
Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1999protected4.2/5 Irrational Games
System Shock 2 is a first-person action role-playing video game developed by Irrational Games and Looking Glass Studios. It was released in 1999 and is known for its innovative gameplay, atmospheric setting, and deep narrative.The game is set in a futuristic cyberpunk universe aboard the starship Von Braun in the year 2114. Players assume the role ...
Ascendancy
DOS19954.2/5 The Logic Factory
Ascendancy is a science fiction themed turn-based strategy game developed by The Logic Factory and released in 1995 for DOS. Ascendancy is a classic 4X game (eXpand, eXplore, eXploit, eXterminate), similar to Master of Orion, yet with a few differences such as a technology tree.
Commander Keen 3: Keen Must Die!
DOS1990protected4.2/5 id software
Operation Bodycount
DOS19944.2/5 Capstone
Rick Dangerous 2
DOS19904.2/5 Core Design
Rick Dangerous 2 is a clear example of a sequel done right. Developed by Core Design and released in 1990 on a plethora of platforms, Rick Dangerous 2 is a classic platform game with a (linear) story. The first levels can be played in any order: an ice cave, Hyde Park in London, a forest and the atomic mud mines. The fifth level will become availab...
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
DOSMac OS1984freeware4.2/5 Infocom
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a humorous free text adventure game based on the novel of the same name written by Douglas Adams (if you never read it, shame on you!). The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was designed by Douglas Adams himself and interactive fiction god Steve Eric Meretzky, it was released by Infocom in 1984 for DOS and for...
Starflight 2: Trade routes of the Cloud Nebula
DOS19894.2/5 Binary Systems
Renegade Legion Interceptor
DOS1990protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Skyroads
DOS1993freeware4.2/5 Bluemoon Interactive
Bad Blood
DOS19904.2/5 Origin Systems
Earthworm Jim
DOS1995protected4.2/5 Shiny Entertainment
Space Crusade
DOS19924.2/5 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
B.A.T. 2 : The Koshan Conspiracy
DOS19924.2/5 Computer's dream
Conflict: Europe
DOS19894.2/5 Personal Software Services
Conflict Europe is an abandoned turn-based top-down strategy game set in Europe. The game was developed by Personal Software Services and released by Mirrorsoft in 1989 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST.
Leather Goddesses of Phobos
DOS19864.2/5 Infocom
Supremacy: Your Will Be Done
DOS19904.2/5 Probe Entertainment
Supremacy: You Will Be Done (also known simply as Overlord) is a rare example of mix between real-time strategy and science fiction themed 4X game (eXplore, eXpand, eXploid, eXterminate). Supremacy was developed by Probe Entertainment and published by Mastertronic in 1990.
Planetfall
DOS19834.1/5 Infocom
Star Trek: Starfleet Command
Windows XP/98/951999protected4.1/5 Interplay Productions
Dark Reign: The Future of War
Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 Auran Games
Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?
DOS19894.1/5 Broderbund
Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? is an educational computer game and television game show franchise created by Broderbund. It focuses on teaching geography and history while players try to track down the infamous thief, Carmen Sandiego, and her gang across different historical periods.The game was first released in 1989, followed by the TV show in...
Star Wars: Yoda Stories
Windows XP/98/9519974.1/5 LucasArts
X-COM: Apocalypse
DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 Mythos Software
X-COM: Apocalypse is the third installment of the very popular X-COM franchise. After X-COM: Ufo Defence and Terror From the Deep, fans expected another smash hit. Apocalypse is quite different under many aspects, from gameplay to aesthetics. X-COM Apocalypse was designed by Julian Gollop (the same designer that brought the original X-COM to l...
Comix Zone
Windows XP/98/9519954.1/5 Sega
Comix Zone is a peculiar science fiction and superhero themed action game.It was developed and released by Sega in 1995 for Windows and other platforms. What makes Comix Zone different from other similare titles is that the game world is framed like a comic book.
A Mind Forever Voyaging
DOSMac OS19854.1/5 Infocom