Science fiction for Linux — top best games in the Science fiction genre / Page 2

Blight's Grasp - a game in the Science fiction genre

Space, Third-person view, Action, Adventure, Science fiction, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Linux → 29 April 2025

The main character explores an alien planet to find his lost sister and a cure to save this world. You'll have to look for energy cores to repair broken portals...

Sigillvm: Resonance

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Cyberpunk, Science fiction, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 17 July 2026

A visual novel dedicated to a world of the distant future. The main character has made quite a few mistakes and tried to escape responsibility. But soon, the ghosts...

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...

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...

Guntech 2

Arcade, Shooter, Side view, Science fiction, 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...

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...

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...

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...

Dispersio 3

Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Science fiction, Dungeons

Game released: Linux → 18 November 2025

A pixel game where the main character tries to escape from a secret military base. As the character progresses, they encounter various challenges, such as wind or...

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...

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...

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...

They Came for More Pasta

Comedy, Adventure, Science fiction, Indie, Top-down view

Game released: Linux → 16 June 2025

Players: 10/10

Comedy adventure about aliens. Their intentions do not include conquest or kidnapping, the only thing they are interested in is Italian food. A courier, forced to...

Besiege: The Broken Beyond

Action, Strategy, Simulation, Sandbox, Logic, Science fiction, Medieval era

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A space expansion that enhances the game with interstellar travel and new physical challenges. Flights in gravitational conditions, dodging asteroids, and...

Caromble!

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

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

Players: 7.7/10

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...

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...

Terraformers: First Steps on Mars

Strategy, Science fiction, Simulation, Turn-based, Business / Management, Isometric

Game released: Linux → 24 October 2021

Steam: 89/100

Terraformers: first stps on mars - a free prologue for a step -by -step strategy with management elements and isometric views terraformers. You have to lead the...

Star Shift Rebellion

Top-down view, Tactics, Science fiction, Exploration, Space, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 9 February 2024

The game takes place in a mining colony on the Outer Rim that is under occupation. With the help of a hacked android, the rebels are trying to gain freedom. There...

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...

Granvir: Zero Front

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Combat robots, Roguelike, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2025

Players: 8.5/10

The player creates mechs from a variety of parts: torsos, legs, arms, and special modules. You can install melee and ranged weapons that suit your chosen style. In...

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...

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...

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...

GraviFire

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

Game released: Linux → 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...

The Away Team: Lost Exodus

Top-down view, Simulation, Text quest, Adventure, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 22 July 2016

The scientific and fantastic adventure of the AI-Pilot of the last inter-star ship of the Earth, which is instructed to find a house for his team-the last remnants...

Battle for Rakir

Role-playing game, Strategy, Roguelike, Tactics, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 12 May 2025

An open-world space game set in orbit around the war-torn desert colony of Rakir. The player pilots a variety of ships, commands strike fleets, and carries out...

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...

Help Bipboop

Top-down view, Puzzle, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 7 February 2026

The player tries to guide a small robot through intricate puzzle levels. In this case, you need to control not the main character, but to move the blocks that he...

Don't Get Tagged

Free game, Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Arcade, Casual game, Comedy, Futurism (Future), Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 15 September 2022

Don't Get Tagged is a free, addicting puzzle game where you have to overcome obstacles blocking your path. 20 levels and 3 difficulty levels are...

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...

Space Tyrant

Strategy, Indie, Roguelike, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 27 February 2018

Space Tyrant is a 4X space strategy game with roguelike elements in which players will build a terrifying space fleet, lay waste to planets, destroy enemy fleets...

Hypernova: Escape from Hadea

Strategy, Isometric, In real time, Science fiction, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Linux → 6 September 2017

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Best Games in the Science fiction genre for Linux