Science fiction for Linux — top best games in the Science fiction genre / Page 5

Space Tyrant - a game in the Science fiction genre

Strategy, Indie, Roguelike, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 27 February 2018

Steam: 83/100

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...

Hypernova: Escape from Hadea

Strategy, Isometric, In real time, Science fiction, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Exploration, City Building, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 6 September 2017

Steam: 74/100

This real-time strategy game with tower-defense elements follows the Scynthians as they leave their home planet, Hadea, to escape their star’s...

Gemini: Binary Conflict

Action, Shooter, Science fiction, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Early Access: Linux → 21 June 2023; Game released: Linux → 7 June 2024

Steam: 76/100

A multiplayer game set in the midst of an interplanetary war between two alien species. The Avians (a bird-like species) inhabiting their homeworld...

Mutropolis

Adventure, Puzzle, Science fiction, Indie, Detective

Game released: Linux → 18 February 2021

Steam: 85/100

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...

Chrono Port: Heroes of All Time

Role-playing game, Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics, Science fiction, Open world, Fantasy, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 16 August 2025

Steam: 100/100

The main character embarks on a journey through time, where they gather legendary heroes from different eras to save the world from ancient evil...

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...

Element

Strategy, In real time, Indie, Simulation, Science fiction

Early Access: Linux → 15 December 2015

Steam: 43/100

Element is a real-time strategy game from indie developer Flightless. The premise is simple: construct as many buildings as possible in the shortest...

Hypersomnia

Shooter, Science fiction, Top-down view, Online, Old school, Free game

Game released: Linux → 29 December 2023

Steam: 94/100

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...

Nightside

Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 6 August 2015

Steam: 62/100

This science-fiction real-time strategy game centers on the struggle for the valuable “green ice” resource on the dark side of an unknown planet. In...

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...

The Subject

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

Game released: Linux → 30 November 2018

Steam: 65/100

The Subject is a first-person sci-fi horror game with puzzle elements. The events of the game will take you to a disastrous future where prisoners...

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...

Spacebase DF-9

Arcade, Simulation, Futurism (Future), Indie, Space, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 27 October 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 16/100

This space simulation focuses on building a home for humans and aliens in Earth's distant future. The player expands the base by mining asteroids...

Patchman vs. Red Circles

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

Game released: Linux → 19 October 2017

Steam: 93/100

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

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

Steam: 85/100

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...

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...

Vimana

Arcade, Shooter, Science fiction, Top-down view, Action, Old school

Game released: Linux → 1 February 2024

Steam: 95/100

The once prosperous planet has been consumed by madness. There are only a few righteous souls left. They must restore peace to their world by...

Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri

Action, Strategy, In real time, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Simulation, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 23 July 2015

Steam: 96/100

A science-fiction first-person shooter with tactical squad command follows the fight to protect a colony on Centauri. The player leads Strike Force...

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...

GunSlugs 2

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

Game released: Linux → 15 January 2015

Steam: 56/100

A side-scrolling arcade platformer about the elite Gunslugs squad fighting the Black Duck Army, which has returned with alien technology and is...

Quadrant (2014)

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

Game released: Linux → 26 May 2015

Steam: 66/100

Set in 1979, this first-person science-fiction horror game takes place at a secret research facility after a small hazardous-materials cleanup team...

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Best Games in the Science fiction genre for Linux