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

System Shock Remake - a game in the Science fiction genre

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

Game released: Linux → 30 May 2023

Players: 7.9/10

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...

Barotrauma

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

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

Players: 8.8/10

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...

Out There

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

Game released: Linux → 2 April 2015

Players: 8/10

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...

Spacebase Startopia

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

Game released: Linux → 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...

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: 7.1/10

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...

Starmancer

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

Early Access: Linux → 5 August 2021; Game in development: Linux → 2026

Starmancer is a management strategy game with survival elements and an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game take place in the distant...

Mars Survivors

Science fiction, Shooter, Top-down view, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 5 July 2023

Players: 4.9/10

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...

IDUN

Isometric, Strategy, In real time, Space, Science fiction, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 21 January 2025

Players: 7.6/10

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...

Guntech 2

Arcade, Side view, Science fiction, Shooter, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 16 February 2022

Guntech 2 is a fast-paced side-scrolling arcade shooter with 4-person co-op in a sci-fi setting. The game has 5 different worlds: Training, Virus, Dark Worlds...

Entity: The Black Day

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

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

Players: 2.6/10

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...

Filament

Logic, Puzzle, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 23 April 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Filament is an adventure game with lots of puzzles in a sci-fi setting. You will board the Alabaster, one of the leading scientific starships of the Thread...

Hypersomnia

Shooter, Science fiction, Top-down view, Online

Game released: Linux → 29 December 2023

In the game world, three factions oppose each other. Gamers can fight on arena maps in one-on-one duels or team bomb defusal modes. The arsenal includes 24 unique...

Kvark

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

Game released: Linux → 3 October 2024

VGTimes: 4.0/10

Players: 9.2/10

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...

Portal: Revolution

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

Game released: Linux → 6 January 2024

Players: 9.4/10

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...

Stellaris: Galactic Paragons

Strategy, Grand strategy, Science fiction, Space, DLC, In real time

Game released: Linux → 9 May 2023

Players: 5.5/10

The expansion enhances the Council mechanics by introducing leaders who can strengthen the player's empire with their special abilities, and adds a number of...

GunSlugs 2

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

Game released: Linux → 15 January 2015

GunSlugs 2 is a side view action game with elements of an indie game, platformer, arcade and from developers from the OrangePixel studio. The game is published by...

Astral Shipwright

Free game, Space, Simulation, Science fiction, Futurism (Future), Business / Management

Game released: Linux → 11 November 2022

A free space simulator about building ships for intergalactic travel. Players take on the role of the captain of a small tugboat who invests in increasingly...

Fractal Space

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Science fiction

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Players: 8.6/10

Fractal Space is an adventure quest with a first-person view in a fantasy...

Starcom: Nexus

Role-playing game, Science fiction, Simulation, Top-down view, Shooter

Game released: Linux → 12 December 2019

Players: 10/10

Starcom: Nexus — a space explorer simulator with shooter elements. The player takes control of a light shuttle and sets off to travel through an unknown galaxy...

Memory Lost: Chapter One

Shooter, Isometric, Indie, Action, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 2 December 2022

Players: 10/10

The trick of this shooter is the transfer of the hero’s consciousness into the bodies of enemies. When you run out of ammo or health, you need to quickly select an...

The Station

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

Game released: Linux → 20 February 2018

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 66/100

The game takes place on board a spaceship. The plot tells about the distant future, when a group of researchers decided to find out what is beyond the boundaries of...

AuroraRL

Role-playing game, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Science fiction

Early Access: Linux → 8 April 2016

AuroraRL is a sci-fi RPG with turn-based combat and a procedurally generated world. You have to become the captain of a large starship and go to conquer space. The...

StarCrossed

Arcade, Online, Side view, Science fiction, Action, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Shooter, Visual novel

Game released: Linux → 11 February 2020

Players: 8.4/10

StarCrossed is a co-op, dynamic side-scrolling action game set in a sci-fi setting. In the game you have to join a group of 5 space heroes who travel among the...

The Abandoned Planet

Puzzle, Science fiction, Hidden Objects, Space, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 29 August 2024

Players: 9.5/10

An atmospheric adventure game that immerses the player in the world of a mysterious and forgotten planet. As the player explores abandoned ruins and wild...

Mutropolis

Adventure, Puzzle, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 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...

Salvagers

Role-playing game, Educational game (Education), Top-down view, Roguelike, Science fiction, Space

Game released: Linux → 1 September 2025

Players: 5.5/10

The player leads a small team of explorers who land on abandoned space stations. You need to collect equipment, lost weapons, forgotten treasures - everything you...

Helium Rain

Free game, Space, Simulation, Strategy, Indie, Exploration, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 11 October 2018

Steam: 78/100

A free space simulator in which the player manages his own company. During the passage, you can trade resources, buy ships and entire stations. In addition, the...

Duke of Alpha Centauri

Arcade, Indie, Shooter, Science fiction, Side view

Game released: Linux → 29 December 2016

Duke of Alpha Centauri is a fantastic arcade side-scrolling indie shooter. The main goal of our game is to have fun blasting hordes of different types of enemies...

Phoenix Springs

Adventure, Detective, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 7 October 2024

Metacritic: 72/100

Neo-noir quest with elements of mysticism and investigation. Events immerse the player in a mysterious world where dark secrets and personal dramas are intertwined...

Duskers

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

Game released: Linux → 19 May 2016

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...

PH0B0S

Shooter, First-person view, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 11 July 2022

A first-person shooter in a fantasy future. We shoot enemies on different planets: some enemies can merge with others, becoming larger and more...

Parcel Corps

Third-person view, Science fiction, Arcade, Racing, Open world, Action, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 3 October 2024

Metacritic: 64/100

The game takes place on the sunny streets of New Island, where three bicycle courier corporations compete with each other. The player can choose one of the sides...

Three Minutes to Eight

Indie, Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Science fiction, Detective

Game released: Linux → 23 October 2023

A pixel game set in the near future. The main character should die at exactly 19:57, but the gamer still tries to save him. We need to find ways to cheat death and...

An Opportunity

Free game, Action, Adventure, Side view, Platformer, Science fiction, Combat robots, Indie

Game released: Linux → 9 September 2022

An Opportunity is a free-to-play side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The main character is an astronaut trying to escape from an...

Old Skies

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

Game released: Linux → 23 April 2025

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...

Caromble!

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

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

Players: 5.5/10

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...

Hive Jump 2: Survivors

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

Early Access: Linux → 29 May 2024; Game released: Linux → 10 September 2024

After a squad of brave paratroopers is killed in an intergalactic ambush, the only surviving member of the team embarks on a path of retribution and engages in...

Reaver

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

Game in development: Linux → 2026

A super-fast shooter in which the player goes through various levels and clears out entire hordes of killer machines at speed. The game has a large arsenal of...

Patchman vs. Red Circles

Arcade, Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Science fiction, Stealth

Game released: Linux → 19 October 2017

Patchman vs. Red Circles is an indie arcade adventure set in a fantasy world. You will find constant stealth, smart disguises, searching for seeds for planting a...

The Last Exodus

Free game, Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, Top-down view, Grand strategy, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 3 September 2023

Free space strategy with turn-based battles. As players progress, they create an invincible space fleet, the heart of which is a large mothership. On it you can...

Science fiction

Best Games in the Science fiction genre for Linux