Science fiction for DOS — top best games in the Science fiction genre

System Shock - a game in the Science fiction genre

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Cyberpunk, Role-playing game, Science fiction

Game released: DOS → 23 September 1994

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 85/100

System Shock is a legendary shooter with a first-person view and elements of a role-playing game in a cyberpunk style. The game takes place in the year 2072, where...

X-COM: UFO Defense

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

Game released: DOS → 1994

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 97/100

X-COM: UFO Defense — turn-based tactical strategy with an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in 1999. Concerned about the...

Star Wars: Dark Forces

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

Game released: DOS → March 1995

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 88/100

Star Wars: Dark Forces is a cult first-person shooter in the Star Wars universe. The action takes place before and after the events of the film Star Wars: Episode...

Another World

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Side view

Game released: DOS → 1993

Players: 8.8/10

Young physicist Lester Knight Chaikin is conducting a physics experiment at a synchrotron when suddenly lightning strikes the facility. As a result of the reaction...

X-COM: Apocalypse

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics, Science fiction

Game released: DOS → 15 July 1997

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 89/100

A tactical strategy game about combating an alien invasion in Mega Primus in 2084, where social order is collapsing and extraterrestrials terrorize the population...

M.A.X.: Mechanized Assault & Exploration

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Action, Science fiction

Game released: DOS → 1996

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 88/100

This science-fiction strategy game centers on colonizing distant planets and competing human factions fighting for resources and territory. The player commands a...

X-COM: Terror from the Deep

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

Game released: DOS → 1995

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 92/100

X-COM: Terror from the Deep is a sci-fi turn-based tactical strategy with an isometric camera view. At the moment of its destruction, the Martian civilization sent...

Wetlands

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

Game released: DOS → 1995

Steam: 62/100

Set in 2495, this science-fiction shooter blends cyberpunk and film noir elements in a future where catastrophic climate change has driven humanity into underwater...

Planet's Edge: The Point of no Return

Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Science fiction, Open world

Game released: DOS → 1992

Steam: 90/100

Planet's Edge: The Point of no Return is an isometric role-playing game with a dash of strategy from the developers at New World Computing, Inc.. The game is...

Raptor: Call of the Shadows

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Science fiction

Game released: DOS → 5 January 1998

Steam: 75/100

This top-down science-fiction shooter follows a mercenary of the future piloting the Raptor on interplanetary missions against MegaCorp’s competitors. The player...

Shadoworlds

Role-playing game, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Science fiction, Exploration

Game released: DOS → 1994

Steam: 100/100

This isometric science-fiction role-playing game follows a team of explorers sent to an orbital weapons research facility in the Magna 6 system. Communications with...

Star Trek: 25th Anniversary (1994)

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Science fiction, Point & Click

Game released: DOS → 1993

Steam: 90/100

Star Trek: 25th Anniversary (1994) is a third-person adventure with puzzle elements from the masters of Interplay Productions, Inc.. The game is published by...

Guardians of Infinity: To Save Kennedy

Adventure, Text quest, Science fiction

Game released: DOS → 1988

Steam: 66/100

A science-fiction text adventure about preventing the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and saving Earth from the collapse of the time continuum. In 2087...

Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri

Action, Strategy, In real time, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Simulation, Science fiction

Game released: DOS → 1996

Steam: 96/100

A science-fiction first-person shooter with tactical squad command follows the fight to protect a colony on Centauri. The player leads Strike Force Centauri against...

Dig - a game in the Science fiction genre

Dig

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Casual game, Point & Click, Science fiction

Game released: DOS → 1996

Steam: 77/100

Strife (1996)

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Role-playing game, Science fiction

Game released: DOS → 15 May 1996

Steam: 90/100

This science-fiction first-person shooter with role-playing elements unfolds in a world threatened by an evil force. The protagonist joins the resistance and seeks...

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Best Games in the Science fiction genre for DOS