Science fiction for Linux — top best games in the Science fiction genre / Page 3

Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth - Rising Tide

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

Game released: Linux → 9 October 2015

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth — Rising Tide — an addition to the turn-based strategy in a futuristic setting. 4 new leaders and...

StarDrive 2: Sector Zero

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Turn-based, Science fiction, Indie

Game released: Linux → 8 March 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 75/100

StarDrive 2: Sector Zero is an add-on to the sci-fi strategy with turn-based battles in space StarDrive 2. It introduces large-scale changes to the...

Goat Simulator: Waste of Space

Arcade, Action, DLC, Third-person view, Science fiction, Simulation, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Linux → 26 May 2016

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 87/100

Goat Simulator: Waste of Space is an addition to the fantastic arcade sandbox with a third-person view, Goat Simulator. The addition will send our...

Lightspeed Frontier

Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Space, Science fiction

Early Access: Linux → 7 March 2017

Steam: 68/100

Lightspeed Frontier is an adventure space action game with a third-person view. You have to go to conquer the endless space on ships actually...

Phoenix Springs

Adventure, Detective, Science fiction, Point & Click

Game released: Linux → 7 October 2024

Steam: 85/100

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...

Starmancer

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

Early Access: Linux → 5 August 2021; Game in development: Linux → 2027

Steam: 61/100

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...

Spacebase Startopia

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

Game released: Linux → 26 March 2021

Steam: 57/100

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...

Battle Worlds: Kronos

Action, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Combat robots, Isometric, Warships / Submarines, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 4 November 2013

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Battle Worlds: Kronos is a turn-based action strategy with fantasy elements and combat robots. Experience two sides of the battle using multiple...

PixelJunk Shooter

Arcade, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Logic, Action, Puzzle, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 11 November 2013

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This arcade action game with puzzle elements follows a piloted exploration craft sent into underground cave systems. The player searches for...

All Our Asias

Role-playing game, Adventure, Visual novel, Walking Simulator, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 7 February 2018

Steam: 80/100

A surreal 3D adventure about Yuito, a Japanese-American man who enters the supernatural Memory World of his dying father. A 31-year-old hedge fund...

Hyperspace Dogfights

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 14 May 2018

Steam: 89/100

Hyperspace Dogfights is a hardcore side-scrolling shooter with roguelike elements. You have to take control of a high-class jet fighter and go to...

The Away Team: Lost Exodus

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

Game released: Linux → 22 July 2016

Steam: 73/100

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...

Wastelanders

Role-playing game, Strategy, Turn-based, Card game, Post-apocalyptic, Tactics, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 28 January 2026

Steam: 95/100

A catastrophic meteorite impact puts civilization on the brink of destruction, covering the planet's surface with an alien substance known as...

Ground Pounders

Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 15 July 2014

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 36/100

Ground Pounders is a unique turn-based strategy game with a top-down view in a sci-fi setting. The game will allow you to control an army of one of...

ChromaGun

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

Game released: Linux → 16 February 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 72/100

ChromaGun is an action-adventure puzzle game with a first-person view. You will become the world's first tester of a modern gun and go through...

Fractal Space

Adventure, Platformer, First-person view, Puzzle, Science fiction, Exploration

Game in development: Linux → 2027

Players: 8.7/10

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

Hive Jump 2: Survivors

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

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

Steam: 80/100

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...

Salvagers

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

Game released: Linux → 1 September 2025

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 81/100

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

Dispersio 3

Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Science fiction, Dungeons, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 18 November 2025

Steam: 91/100

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

Cradle

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

Game released: Linux → 24 July 2015

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This first-person science-fiction quest is set in a robotized Mongolia in 2076. The protagonist wakes in a yurt in the middle of the steppe and meets...

Sublevel Zero - Redux

Arcade, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 8 October 2015

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Sublevel Zero — Redux is an arcade futuristic shooter with a first-person view and six degrees of freedom. The action takes place in a universe...

Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor

Simulation, Action, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Strategy, Adventure, Science fiction, Indie

Game released: Linux → 14 May 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 78/100

Nimbatus — The Space Drone Constructor is a top-down sci-fi action game with simulation elements. You have to go to conquer hostile space in...

Helium Rain

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

Game released: Linux → 11 October 2018

Steam: 79/100

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...

The Last Exodus

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

Game released: Linux → 3 September 2023

Steam: 71/100

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...

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...

Phantasy Star 4

Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Role-playing game, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 3 May 2012

Steam: 100/100

In 2284, the planet Motavia is attacked by evil creatures, and they are opposed by warriors from the hunters' guild. The story follows Chaz Ashley...

Negative Atmosphere

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

Frozen: Linux → 7 May 2026

Anticipation Rating: 7.4/10

A sci-fi third-person action horror inspired by the cult classic Dead Space series. The story takes place in the future, during a prolonged Cold...

Blight's Grasp

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

Game released: Linux → 29 April 2025

Steam: 89/100

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...

They Came for More Pasta

Comedy, Adventure, Science fiction, Indie, Top-down view, Point & Click, Puzzle

Game released: Linux → 16 June 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 100/100

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

Besiege: The Broken Beyond

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

Game released: Linux → 22 June 2026

Steam: 88/100

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

Date Warp

Adventure, First-person view, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 2 September 2014

Steam: 88/100

This science-fiction visual novel follows Janet, a college student who left her dorm for a date and never returned. Five days later, she is trapped...

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

Steam: 88/100

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...

Stellaris: Galactic Paragons

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

Game released: Linux → 9 May 2023

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 57/100

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

Astral Shipwright

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

Game released: Linux → 11 November 2022

Steam: 65/100

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...

Athena Crisis

Top-down view, Turn-based, Tactics, Role-playing game, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Adventure, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 23 September 2024; Early Access: Linux → 5 March 2024

Steam: 76/100

A retro game in which the gamer commands various units, including infantry, tanks and air force. There are more than five locations with unique...

Silence of the Siren

Tactics, Role-playing game, Top-down view, Online, Turn-based, Science fiction, Strategy, Simulation

Early Access: Linux → 30 September 2024

Steam: 89/100

A sci-fi game in which several space-faring civilizations battle for control of a distant star system. You need to explore the surface and extract...

Star Shift Rebellion

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

Game released: Linux → 9 February 2024

Steam: 93/100

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...

Brave Escape

Platformer, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school, Science fiction, Combat robots

Game released: Linux → 31 January 2025

Steam: 98/100

Cooperative platformer for two, built on constant synchronization and joint overcoming of obstacles. The story follows Colin and Floyd, who embark on...

Sigillvm: Resonance

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

Game released: Linux → 17 July 2026

Steam: 97/100

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...

Descent 3

Action, Shooter, Simulation, Futurism (Future), Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 17 June 1999

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 89/100

A science-fiction shooter with flight-simulation elements, Descent 3 continues the series’ story across underground strongholds and open terrain...

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Best Games in the Science fiction genre for Linux