Science fiction 2021 — top best games in the Science fiction genre

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order - a game in the Science fiction genre

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Science fiction

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Stadia, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 15 November 2019

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order – a new chapter in the history of "Star Wars", a canonical story from Disney, EA, and Respawn. As a young padawan, the player will have...

Mass Effect Legendary Edition

Action, Shooter, Role-playing game, Third-person view, Science fiction, In real time

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 14 May 2021

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Mass Effect: Legendary Edition is a remastered collection of the cult role-playing series Mass Effect, which includes Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2 , and Mass...

Chernobylite

Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting

Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 28 July 2021

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 78/100

A first-person shooter with exploration elements and horror. While exploring locations, the player collects resources to build a base and craft useful items, while...

Among Us

Science fiction, Action, Arcade, Isometric, Online, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 16 November 2018

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Among Us is a casual multiplayer online game focused on social deduction. It is a simplified and fast-paced version of "Mafia": from 4 to 10 players try to survive...

Returnal

Shooter, Futurism (Future), Third-person view, Roguelike, Science fiction, Online, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 5, PC → 30 April 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Selene's spaceship crashes on a hostile planet. The girl goes to explore the ruins of an ancient civilization filled with monsters and tries to survive. Each time...

Chorus

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Science fiction, Flight Simulator, Indie

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Stadia → 3 December 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Chorus is an adventure space shooter with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. The main character is a girl named Nara, who was previously a member of a dark...

They Always Run

Side view, Platformer, Action, Adventure, Science fiction, Indie

Game released: PC, Xbox One → 20 October 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 73/100

They Always Run is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The main character in the game is a character named Aiden. He is a mutant...

Spacebase Startopia

Business / Management, Strategy, Isometric, Science fiction, In real time

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 26 March 2021

Metacritic: 69/100

Spacebase Startopia is a management simulator with an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting. In the game you will take control of a large space station, from...

Warhammer 40,000: Dakka Squadron

Action, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Science fiction

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 19 February 2021

Players: 6/10

A fantasy flight simulator set in the Warhammer 40K universe, in which players control various Orc aircraft and fight against enemies. Orcs are divided into five...

OPUS: Echo of Starsong

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Anime / Manga, Exploration, Science fiction

Game released: PC, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 1 September 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 75/100

OPUS: Echo of Starsong is a Japanese adventure visual novel in a science fiction...

Curved Space

Arcade, Science fiction, Shooter, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5 → 29 June 2021

Metacritic: 59/100

Curved Space is an arcade shooter with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. In the game you have to control a space fighter and fight hordes of aliens who want...

Mainframe Defenders

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 25 February 2020

Players: 4.2/10

Mainframe Defenders is a turn-based roguelike tactics game focused on interesting items and customization. The game resembles a hybrid of XCOM: Enemy Unknown...

Elite Dangerous: Odyssey

Action, Shooter, Simulation, Online, First-person view, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 29 March 2021

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 55/100

Elite Dangerous: Odyssey is an add-on for the space multiplayer action game Elite Dangerous. In the game you have to travel around the universe, discover new...

Humanity

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Science fiction, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 26 April 2021

Humanity is a fantastic open-world first-person shooter that takes gamers into the future. The game was developed over two years by one person. The plot tells about...

Mutropolis

Adventure, Puzzle, Science fiction

Game released: PC, iOS, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, Android → 18 February 2021

Metacritic: 71/100

A science fiction adventure set on the abandoned planet Earth in the year 5000. The protagonist and a team of archaeologists are exploring the ruins of an ancient...

Tiny Space Academy

Science fiction, Simulation, Adventure, Indie, Educational game (Education), Platformer, Side view

Game released: PC, iOS, Mac → 26 March 2021

Tiny Space Academy is a side-scrolling fantasy adventure simulator with educational and platforming elements. This is a game where you can develop your own space...

Contra Returns

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Side view, Science fiction, Online

Game released: iOS, Android → 25 July 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Contra Returns is an arcade platformer with shooter elements and a side view. In this game, players can enjoy classic side-scrolling gameplay, two-person teams...

Robots n Lasers

Shooter, First-person view, Science fiction, Casual game

Game released: PC → 30 December 2021

Destroy robots that become smarter with each level. There are 3 types of weapons, 4 unique abilities and the ability to improve your...

Habroxia 2

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Science fiction, Arcade, Indie

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 → 3 February 2021

Metacritic: 73/100

Habroxia 2 is an old-school space shooter with pixel graphics and a top-down view. After a brutal attack in the free space zone, humanity sends reconnaissance ships...

NeuroNet: Mendax Proxy

Casual game, Visual novel, Cyberpunk, Science fiction

Game released: PC, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch → 5 May 2023

Players: 7.7/10

The player in the role of artificial intelligence controls the city. You can meet numerous users and help or hinder their lives. At the same time, it is necessary...

Gone Viral

Roguelike, Action, Isometric, Slasher, Arcade, Science fiction, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 1 September 2021

Gone Viral is an arcade roguelike with slasher elements in the post-apocalypse genre. This is a game where you fight for your life in a prison arena to entertain a...

Cubiverse

Puzzle, Indie, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 8 October 2021

The space traveler needs to collect crystals on cubic planets. Players can rotate each part of the planet, consisting of three squares, to open the path for the...

M.A.R.S.S.

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

Game released: PC → 24 May 2021

M.A.R.S.S. — real-time strategy with elements of action and tactics in the style of fantasy. This is a game in which you have to create your army and destroy all...

Warhammer 40,000: Tacticus

Tactics, Strategy, Turn-based, Online, Science fiction

Game released: iOS, Android → 11 May 2022

A game set in the eternal conflict of the Warhammer 40,000 universe. The gamer controls warriors and participates in fast tactical battles, where he is in complete...

Lacuna — A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure

Adventure, Detective, Side view, Science fiction, Cyberpunk

Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch → 20 May 2021

A fascinating journey into the world of science fiction, cyberpunk and noir, where, in the role of detective Neil Conrad, the player faces complex moral choices...

Netherspace

Top-down view, Arcade, Shooter, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 5 October 2021

A sci-fi game that allows the player to travel through 100 levels with increasingly dangerous enemies. You can collect resources from defeated opponents to improve...

Moon Pioneer

Action, Arcade, Isometric, Science fiction, Strategy, In real time

Game released: iOS, Android → 24 September 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Moon Pioneer is an isometric fantasy arcade action game with real-time strategy elements. In this simple game you have to collect oil, build factories and explore...

Void Warfare

Action, Shooter, Space, Third-person view, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 6 June 2021

Sci-fi game with multiple modes. You need to control a spaceship and fight enemies of alien origin. You can choose one of the 43 available sides, and then customize...

Tales From The Crossing

Adventure, Action, Puzzle, Isometric, Science fiction

Game released: iOS, Android → 18 December 2020

Tales From The Crossing is an isometric action-adventure game with puzzle elements. You'll take command as captain of The Majestic to explore exotic locales...

Where the Heart Leads

Adventure, Indie, Science fiction, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 13 July 2021

Metacritic: 68/100

Where the Heart Leads is a third-person story-driven adventure with multiple paths and endings. The main character, farmer Whit Anderson, discovers a deep chasm on...

Alien Food Invasion

Action, Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric, Science fiction

Game released: Android → 21 September 2021

Alien Food Invasion is an action-adventure RPG with an isometric view and fantasy elements. They came from the depths of a galaxy far, far away. Their plan: destroy...

GraviFire

Puzzle, Indie, Science fiction, Casual game, Old school

Game released: PC, Linux, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch → 25 November 2020

A logic game where puzzles are built on the interaction of movement and gravity. Controlling the Green Light, you must place objects in their proper places by...

Magellania

Role-playing game, Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 18 March 2021

Prince Lofty from Pluto embarks on a journey through the Solar System to make the rulers of different planets attend his birthday party. You can recruit characters...

Hyper Echelon

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Science fiction, Old school

Game released: PC, Mac → 11 November 2021

A colorful vertical scroll shooter in retro style, inspired by classic arcades. The player takes on the role of a pilot of the Royal Space Forces, whose mission is...

Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins

Indie, Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Horror, Science fiction

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 18 March 2021

Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins is an indie horror adventure in the style of a visual novel with fantasy elements. Building on the horrifying legacy of the Weeping...

Mido and Di

Shooter, Arcade, Indie, Third-person view, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 24 November 2021

Mido and Di is an arcade indie shooter with a third-person view. Mido is an alien child who has nightmares about zombie aliens. One night, Mido drew a creature and...

OMFG: One Million Fatal Guns

Shooter, First-person view, Roguelike, Arcade, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 5 January 2021

Players: 1/10

OMFG: One Million Fatal Guns — first-person shooter with bagel and arcade elements. True to its name, there are over 30 million weapons at your disposal with...

Yavi

Free game, Role-playing game, Science fiction, Comedy, Space, Indie, Top-down view, Old school

Game released: PC → 13 December 2021

The events of the game tell the story of the lazy space postman Yavi and his robot colleague Bit. Together they find themselves at the heart of the solar system's...

ParaLily

Action, Indie, Adventure, Platformer, Horror, Puzzle, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 10 November 2021

ParaLily is an indie adventure platformer with horror and puzzle elements. You have to help Lily survive paranormal phenomena and save her friend on her strange...

Mr.Addon in Sulpicius Gallus M

Shooter, Side view, Adventure, Arcade, Science fiction, Action, Indie

Game released: PC, Android → 8 December 2021

Mr.Addon in Sulpicius Gallus M is a side-scrolling arcade action adventure game in the science fiction genre. A space renegade who came to the Sulpicius Gallus M...

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Best Games in the Science fiction genre of 2021 (Game released)