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

Active Matter - a game in the Science fiction genre

Shooter, Online, First-person view, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror

Game released: Linux → 15 September 2026

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 80/100

The game takes you to a world where death is not the end, but only a return to the beginning. An operative stuck in a time loop is sent again and again to...

Barotrauma

Online, Business / Management, Roguelike, Side view, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Survival horror, Survival

Early Access: Linux → 6 June 2019; Game released: Linux → 13 March 2023

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 95/100

A game about a submarine, which features procedural generation of tasks, a character editor and an online mode for 16 players. The gamer will be able to visit a...

Half-Life 2

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

Game released: Linux → 27 June 2013

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 93/100

Half-Life 2 is a continuation of the legendary adventure shooter with a first-person view. You once again have to lift the crowbar of the scientist-researcher...

Alien: Isolation

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Survival horror, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 6 October 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Alien: Isolation is a first-person stealth horror adventure set in the Alien universe. The plot of the game takes place fifteen years after the events of Ridley...

Half-Life

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

Game released: Linux → 6 February 2013

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 92/100

Half-Life is a legendary adventure shooter with a first-person view. You have to try on the role of a silent researcher named Gordon Freeman. The game takes place...

Portal: Revolution

Free game, Action, First-person view, Science fiction, Puzzle, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 6 January 2024

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 96/100

Free fan modification for Portal 2. The game offers an original story with new characters, set between Portal and Portal 2. The plot follows a test subject who...

System Shock Remake

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

Game released: Linux → 30 May 2023

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 78/100

A remake of the legendary role-playing shooter System Shock. The game takes place in the year 2072, where all resources on Earth have been practically depleted...

SOMA

Action, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Survival horror

Game released: Linux → 22 September 2015

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 82/100

SOMA is a new project from Frictional Games, the creators of Penumbra and Amnesia. The plot revolves around the underwater research facility PATHOS-2, where...

Portal

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

Game released: Linux → 10 October 2007

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 90/100

A first-person puzzle game set in the mysterious laboratories of Aperture Science. In Portal, the player solves physics-based puzzles and overcomes challenges by...

Black Mesa

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

Game released: Linux → 6 March 2020

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Black Mesa is a remake of the most legendary adventure shooter with a first-person view, Half-Life. The events of the game completely repeat the story of the...

Planet Nomads

Action, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Procedural generation, Sandbox

Early Access: Linux → 3 May 2019

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 63/100

Planet Nomads is a futuristic action game with a first-person view, where you have to fight for your life. The main character crashes a starship and finds himself...

Observer

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 15 August 2017

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Observer is an adventure with horror elements and a first-person view in a cyberpunk style from the creators of Layers of Fear. The game takes place in 2084 in a...

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

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

Game released: Linux → 19 June 2014

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...

Interstellaria

Space, Exploration, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 17 July 2015

Steam: 53/100

This real-time space exploration and crew management sim follows a fleet travelling across the galaxy in search of adventure and profit. In Interstellaria, the...

Entity: The Black Day

Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Science fiction, Survival horror, Horror, Action

Game released: Linux → 8 January 2026; Early Access: Linux → 14 November 2023

Players: 4.7/10

Steam: 80/100

The action unfolds in a dark underground bio-laboratory complex. The player takes on the role of Adam, a former special forces operative sent on a secret mission to...

Mars Survivors

Science fiction, Shooter, Top-down view, Roguelike, Action

Game released: Linux → 5 July 2023

Players: 4.9/10

Steam: 65/100

The player controls a survivor on the planet Mars and confronts waves of mutated monsters. Several characters and more than 10 types of weapons are available. The...

Science Girls

Japanese role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 21 March 2014

Steam: 79/100

Science Girls is a science-fiction turn-based RPG in which members of a school science club fight an alien invasion and defend their homeworld. When...

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 - The Sith Lords

Role-playing game, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Science fiction, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 23 August 2012

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Set in the Star Wars universe five years after Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, this role-playing game follows the Sith Lords’ campaign against the Jedi and...

Space Food Truck

Card game, Turn-based, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 25 March 2016

Steam: 71/100

This cooperative sci-fi card game follows the crew of a space food truck as they explore a procedurally generated galaxy in search of unusual ingredients. Players...

Anomaly 2

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Indie, Action, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Science fiction, Isometric, Online, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Linux → 15 May 2013

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Anomaly 2 is a fantastic arcade action game with elements of tower defense and real-time strategy. Years after the 2018 invasion of Earth, the planet is overrun by...

Talos Principle

Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 11 December 2014

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Talos Principle is a first-person adventure puzzle game in a sci-fi setting from the creators of Serious Sam. In an unknown place, deserted and seemingly divorced...

Shadowgrounds

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 16 September 2009

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This top-down science-fiction action game follows a fight against an alien threat in the colony of New Atlantis. The protagonist battles monsters and large bosses...

Kvark

Action, Shooter, Science fiction, First-person view, Horror, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 3 October 2024

VGTimes: 4.0/10

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 85/100

The game takes place in a fictional version of the Czech Republic in the 1980s. The main character finds himself in an underground structure, which falls apart as...

Parcel

Indie, Puzzle, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 22 April 2015

Steam: 84/100

Set in a cyberpunk future, this science-fiction puzzle game follows a 22nd-century postage company and its unusual employees. Players switch between members of the...

State of Mind

Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 15 August 2018

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 68/100

State of Mind is a futuristic adventure with a third-person view in a cyberpunk style. The events of the game take place in Berlin in 2048. The planet suffers from...

Hellpoint

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

Game released: Linux → 30 July 2020

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Hellpoint is an action role-playing game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in the future on the Irid Novo space station, which...

Polynomial 2 - Universe of the Music

Indie, Action, Science fiction

Early Access: Linux → 31 May 2016

Steam: 79/100

This space shooter and music visualizer unfolds among stars and glowing fractal nebulae. The player fights invaders with rockets and lasers, while fractal flowers...

Out There

Science fiction, Adventure, Indie, Strategy, In real time, Side view, Top-down view, Roguelike, Space

Game released: Linux → 2 April 2015

Players: 8/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Out There is a fantasy adventure indie roguelike with elements of real-time strategy and a side view. In this game, you play as an astronaut who woke up from...

Beyond All Reason

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Free game, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op)

Early Access: Linux → 25 May 2020; Game in development: Linux → 2027

Steam: 70/100

A large-scale free strategy inspired by Total Annihilation and Supreme Commander. The game transports players to futuristic wars between massive mechanized...

RimWorld - Royalty

Strategy, Simulation, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Science fiction, Survival

Game released: Linux → 24 February 2020

Players: 10/10

Steam: 85/100

RimWorld — Royalty — a major expansion for the strategy game RimWorld. The Empire has appeared in the colony. It is now possible to grant titles to residents...

Selaco

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

Early Access: Linux → 31 May 2024

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 93/100

A fast-paced shooter inspired by the classic games F.E.A.R., Quake and Doom. The style is based on F.E.A.R. — one of the most iconic action films of the...

Transistor

Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie, Cyberpunk, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 20 May 2014

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Transistor is an adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat in a sci-fi setting. The game will tell the story of a girl named Red. She is going to take...

Space Crew: Legendary Edition

Action, Science fiction, Space, Business / Management, Indie, Roguelike, Comedy, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 15 October 2020

Steam: 77/100

The player, as a captain, controls a spaceship. It is necessary to recruit crew members, explore the galaxy and confront aliens. The legendary edition of Space...

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Online

Game released: Linux → 18 February 2009

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, this real-time strategy game follows ancient races at war across ruined worlds. Space Marines and Orks clash in a struggle to...

IDUN

Isometric, Strategy, In real time, Space, Science fiction, Procedural generation, Construction, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 21 January 2025

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 77/100

A sci-fi game set on the planet Idun. The gamer extracts resources and builds defensive towers to resist hordes of monsters. At the same time, you can move...

Caromble!

Arcade, Pinball, Arkanoid, Indie, Science fiction, Old school, Action

Early Access: Linux → 28 August 2015; Game released: Linux → 22 April 2026

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 73/100

A three-dimensional puzzle game that combines elements of physics, pinball, and platforming. In the story, the player discovers ancient powers to stop an impending...

Old Skies

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Point & Click, Science fiction, Exploration, Old school

Game released: Linux → 23 April 2025

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 80/100

The main character works as a temporary tourist agent in the near future: for a substantial fee, wealthy clients book excursions to their own past or to historical...

Antivirus Girl

Action, Strategy, Casual game, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Anime / Manga, Science fiction, Top-down view, Shooter, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 1 July 2026

Steam: 88/100

The game combines elements of "tower defense" and dynamic shooting, allowing not only to build defenses but also to directly control the main character. As an agent...

X Rebirth

Simulation, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Open world, Survival, Space, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 15 November 2013

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 37/100

Metacritic: 33/100

X Rebirth — a space simulator with a first-person view and elements of a global strategy in a sci-fi setting. In space you can be anyone — from a...

Tacoma

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Walking Simulator, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 2 August 2017

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Tacoma is a futuristic adventure with a first-person view from the creators of Gone Home. The main story of the game is hidden behind the façade. You arrive at the...

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Best Games in the Science fiction genre for Linux