Science fiction 2016 — top best games in the Science fiction genre

Space Hulk: Deathwing - a game in the Science fiction genre

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4 → 14 December 2016

Players: 8/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 57/100

Space Hulk: Deathwing is a tactical team shooter with a first-person view in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. As a Space Marine from the Death Wing unit, you will...

Steins;Gate

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Science fiction

Game released: Xbox 360, PC, PSP, iOS, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, Android → 15 October 2009

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Steins;Gate is a visual novel in an adventure style and anime style. You follow a ragtag group of tech-savvy young students as they discover ways to change the past...

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Action, Strategy, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics, Science fiction

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Mac, iOS, Android, PS Vita, Linux → 8 October 2012

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 88/100

XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a turn-based tactical strategy game about the secret organization XCOM fighting a global alien invasion. The player manages the...

Quantum Break

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction

Game released: Xbox One, PC → 5 April 2016

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Quantum Break is a futuristic action game with a third-person view from the creators of Alan Wake and Max Payne. The main character is endowed with incredible...

Technomancer

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 28 June 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Technomancer — action role-playing game with a third-person view in a futuristic setting from the creators of Mars: War Logs and Bound by Flame. The game...

Rebel Galaxy

Simulation, Action, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Space, Open world, Science fiction

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac → 20 October 2015

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Rebel Galaxy is a space simulator from the developers of Double Damage Games. The game offers exciting flights on a Star Destroyer, which include battles...

Distant Space

Arcade, Science fiction, Indie, Space

Game released: PC → 20 December 2016

Steam: 83/100

An old-school arcade adventure with a '80s feel. The player controls a spaceship and destroys rows of aliens moving in a specific pattern. There are 26 unique...

Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Simulation

Game released: PC → 10 November 2016

Players: 4.8/10

Steam: 79/100

Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation is a futuristic real-time strategy game with an isometric camera view. The human race expanded across the galaxy thanks to the...

MechRunner

Action, Third-person view, Combat robots, Indie, Science fiction

Game released: PC, Mac, PS Vita, PlayStation 4, Linux → 15 July 2016

Players: 1/10

Steam: 50/100

An endless action game about piloting a combat mech against the robotic forces of the secret organization O.S.O. After Soviet intelligence discovers an alien...

Space Rangers: Quest

Role-playing game, Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Science fiction, Space

Game released: PC, Android, iOS → 5 September 2016

Players: 9/10

Steam: 56/100

Space Rangers: Quest is a sci-fi text adventure with role-playing elements in the Space Rangers universe. You will have to investigate the nature of a new threat...

Red Faction

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction

Game released: Mac, N-Gage, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PC, PlayStation 4 → 28 November 2001

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Set on Mars, this first-person science-fiction shooter follows miners working for the Ultor Corporation, where a deadly plague and abuse by the guards fuel growing...

There Came an Echo

Strategy, In real time, Tactics, Indie, Science fiction

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 24 February 2015

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 58/100

This real-time strategy game with a science-fiction setting puts the player in command of a small squad, directing its members with precise orders. Corrin Webb, an...

Halo Wars: Definitive Edition

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Online, Science fiction

Game released: PC, Xbox One → 20 April 2017

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Halo Wars: Definitive Edition is a special edition of the sci-fi real-time strategy game with an isometric camera view, a remaster of the original Halo Wars with...

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada

Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Space, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 21 April 2016

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada is a real-time strategy game set in the popular Warhammer 40K universe. The game offers rich management of each ship that makes up the...

Offworld Trading Company

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Futurism (Future), Replayability, Science fiction

Game released: PC, Mac → 28 April 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Offworld Trading Company — real-time economic strategy in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game take place in the distant future, when it has become...

Extraterrestrial Armies

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Online, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 3 March 2016

Players: 5.8/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 54/100

This science-fiction first-person shooter is set on a depleted Earth, where those left behind have united as the Forsaken and taken up a fight for power and...

Battle Worlds: Kronos

Action, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Combat robots, Isometric, Warships / Submarines, Science fiction

Game released: PC, Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Mac, Linux → 4 November 2013

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Battle Worlds: Kronos is a turn-based action strategy with fantasy elements and combat robots. Experience two sides of the battle using multiple fighting styles...

Soul Axiom

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Science fiction

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Wii U → 29 February 2016

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 51/100

This first-person science-fiction adventure unfolds in Elysia, a digital world where memories and dreams become reality. After a soul is uploaded, the protagonist...

Star Wars Battlefront Rogue One: X-wing VR Mission

Action, First-person view, Virtual Reality (VR), Science fiction, Star Wars, Free game, DLC

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 December 2016

Star Wars: Battlefront Rogue One: X-wing VR Mission is a fantastic first-person action game for PlayStation VR virtual reality devices for the Star Wars Battlefront...

The Turing Test

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Science fiction

Game released: Xbox One, PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S → 30 August 2016

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 77/100

The Turing Test is a sci-fi action puzzle game with a first-person view. You will be transported to one of the largest moons of Jupiter — Europa. In the role...

Robinson: The Journey

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Virtual Reality (VR), Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 4, PC → 9 November 2016

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 56/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Robinson: The Journey is a virtual adventure from developers from Crytek for virtual reality devices PlayStation VR and Oculus Rift. The player will have to make...

Star Wars: Battlefront - Ultimate Edition

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Science fiction, Star Wars

Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 18 November 2016

Players: 5.3/10

Star Wars Battlefront: Ultimate Edition — special edition of the popular multiplayer online shooter Star Wars Battlefront. It includes all free DLC and...

Brigador: Up-Armored Edition

Arcade, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Action, Science fiction, Cyberpunk

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 2 June 2016

Steam: 94/100

Brigador: Up-Armored Edition — improved version of the original Brigador with refined controls, lighting, and revised mechanics. The main character is a heavily...

Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak

Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Online

Game released: PC → 20 January 2016

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak is a real-time strategy game that is a prequel to the Homeworld series. The game invites you to go on an expedition and find out the...

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada - Space Marines

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Fantasy / Medieval, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 21 June 2016

Steam: 74/100

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada — Space Marines is an addition to the real-time space strategy in the Warhammer 40,000 universe — Battlefleet Gothic: Armada...

Steins;Gate 0

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 25 August 2015

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

STEINS;GATE 0 is the continuation of the wonderful Japanese-style adventure visual novel Steins;Gate. The story describes the events after Okabe Rintaro returns to...

Six Sides of the World

Logic, Puzzle, Science fiction, Arcade, Casual game, Indie, Action

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Wii U → 20 January 2016

Steam: 84/100

Six Sides of the World is an atmospheric arcade puzzle game in a sci-fi setting, where you will explore various cubic planets that are filled with various traps. As...

Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Cooperative (co-op), Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 4, PC → 12 February 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 64/100

Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair is an improved edition of Earth Defense Force 2025 for modern platforms. The game takes place in the near future...

Star Trek Online

Role-playing game, Online, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Free game, Science fiction, MMO

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4 → 2 February 2010

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 66/100

This massively multiplayer role-playing game is set in the Star Trek universe of the 25th century, where players explore space as captains of their own starships...

Survival-quest Symbiont 1

Adventure, Text quest, Horror, Science fiction

Game released: Android → 8 May 2016

Players: 9.1/10

An accident occurred in a secret laboratory complex. The main character survived and now the player must save him. We also need to protect humanity from virus...

Survival-quest Symbiont 2

Horror, Adventure, Text quest, Science fiction

Game released: Android → 24 November 2016

Players: 7.7/10

The second part of the story about the Symbiont, which takes place in the Vault M-2 laboratory. The player controls an operator who must guide his ward through all...

Event[0]

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Exploration, Science fiction, Puzzle

Game released: PC, Mac → 14 September 2016

Players: 9/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Event[0] is a sci-fi adventure with a first-person view. The game takes place on a deserted ship that drifts in deep space. The only interlocutor present on the...

Agent A: A Puzzle in Disguise

Adventure, Logic, Science fiction, Puzzle, Point & Click, Exploration

Game released: iOS, Android, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 28 October 2015

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Agent A is an episodic point and click adventure game for mobile platforms, made in the style of the sixties. You have to escape from various types of premises...

Furi

Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Top-down view, Science fiction

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 → 5 July 2016

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Furi is an action-slasher game with a third-person view from the French studio The Game Bakers. The main character, armed with a samurai blade, will confront...

Goat Simulator: Waste of Space

Arcade, Action, DLC, Third-person view, Science fiction, Simulation, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC, Android, iOS, Mac, PlayStation 4, Linux → 26 May 2016

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 87/100

Goat Simulator: Waste of Space is an addition to the fantastic arcade sandbox with a third-person view, Goat Simulator. The addition will send our goat to conquer...

Duskers

Exploration, Space, Roguelike, Tactics, Top-down view, Science fiction, Horror

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 18 May 2016

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 83/100

The player controls a drone and explores abandoned spaceships to find means of survival and learn how the universe turned into a giant graveyard. Dangerous...

Lifeless Planet

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Exploration, Space

Game released: PC, Mac, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Linux → 6 March 2014

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Lifeless Planet is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. The game tells the story of an astronaut who discovers an abandoned Soviet...

Warbits

Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics, Science fiction, Replayability

Game released: iOS, Android, PC → 13 April 2016

Steam: 100/100

Warbits is a tactical strategy game with turn-based combat and a top-down view for mobile platforms. The game is the ideological successor to Advance Wars. You will...

Star Wars: Battlefront - Bespin

Action, Shooter, DLC, First-person view, Third-person view, Science fiction, Star Wars

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 21 June 2016

Star Wars: Battlefront — Bespin is an addition to the first-person online shooter in the Star Wars universe. With him you will have the opportunity to fight...

Muv-Luv

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Combat robots, Visual novel, Science fiction

Game released: PC, PS Vita → 14 July 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

Muv-Luv is an adventure visual novel in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in an alternate reality where, after a failed expedition to the Moon in 1967, the...

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Best Games in the Science fiction genre of 2016 (Game released)