Science fiction
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Statuses
Best Games in the Science fiction genre for Linux
Shooter, Online, First-person view, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Mysticism / Supernatural, Horror
Game released: Linux → 15 September 2026
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
79/100
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...
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...
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...
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...
Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Science fiction, Online
Game released: Linux → 27 April 2017
Players:
7.5/10
Steam:
47/100
Metacritic:
77/100
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 3 is a continuation of the popular real-time strategy series in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. The game combines the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Strategy, Tactics, Futurism (Future), Isometric, Cyberpunk, Turn-based, Replayability, Science fiction
Early Access: Linux → 17 October 2023; Game released: Linux → 2 June 2025
Players:
6.2/10
Steam:
93/100
The game takes place in the harsh world of the future in 2231. Man-made environmental disasters have devastated the Earth's biosphere. Artificial...
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...
Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, MMO, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Free game, Space, Science fiction
Game released: Linux → 29 September 2015
Players:
9.6/10
Steam:
53/100
Astro Lords: Oort Cloud is a free-to-play multiplayer strategy game with real-time combat. The main feature of the game is the ability to withdraw...
Online, Business / Management, Roguelike, Side view, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Survival horror, Survival
Game in development: Linux → 2026
Anticipation Rating:
8.8/10
The add-on adds the Descendants faction for Barotrauma, which uses alien technology. Now you can control underwater outposts and install modules on...
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...