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Best Games in the Science fiction genre for Linux

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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: 8.4/10

Steam: 94/100

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 to visit a...

System Shock Remake

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

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. One...

Memory Lost

Slasher, Beat them all, Isometric, Cyberpunk, Indie, Science fiction, Action, Shooter

Game in development: Linux → 2025

Steam: 98/100

Cyberpunk action, the events of which unfold in the vast expanses of the gloomy metropolis of Detraxis. The main character is a neural network capable of possessing...

Portal: Revolution

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

Game released: Linux → 6 January 2024

Players: 9.2/10

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...

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...

Three Minutes to Eight

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

Game released: Linux → 23 October 2023

Steam: 66/100

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...

Spacebase Startopia

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

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 station, from...

Fractal Space

Adventure, Puzzle, Science fiction, First-person view

Game in development: Linux → 2025

Players: 8/10

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

Out There

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

Game released: Linux → 2 April 2015

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Out There — A fantastic indie adventure roguelike with side-scrolling real-time strategy elements. In this game you will play as an astronaut who has woken up...

Starcom: Nexus

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

Game released: Linux → 12 December 2019

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

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...

IDUN

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

Game released: Linux → 21 January 2025

Players: 5.5/10

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...

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...

Phoenix Springs

Adventure, Detective, Science fiction,

Game released: Linux → 7 October 2024

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 71/100

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...

The Last Exodus

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

Game released: Linux → 3 September 2023

Steam: 80/100

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 it you can...

Kvark

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

Game released: Linux → 3 October 2024

VGTimes: 4.0/10

Players: 9.1/10

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...

Parcel Corps

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

Game released: Linux → 3 October 2024

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 65/100

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...

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

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 is overrun by...

Gemini: Binary Conflict

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

Game released: Linux → 21 June 2023

Steam: 75/100

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

Arctic Awakening

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Walking Simulator, Exploration, Narrative, Science fiction, Indie

Game in development: Linux → 2025

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The game takes place in the harsh Arctic of 2062. The main character is an airplane pilot who suffered a disaster and was left alone with his drone. He is trying to...

Station

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

Game released: Linux → 20 February 2018

VGTimes: 7.2/10

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 86/100

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...

The Abandoned Planet

Puzzle, Science fiction, Hidden Objects, Space, Adventure

Game released: Linux → 29 August 2024

Steam: 94/100

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...

Mars Survivors

Science fiction, Shooter, Top-down view, Roguelike

Game released: Linux → 5 July 2023

Players: 4.9/10

Steam: 63/100

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...

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...

Stellaris: Galactic Paragons

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

Game released: Linux → 9 May 2023

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 58/100

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...

Filament

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

Game released: Linux → 23 April 2020

Steam: 87/100

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...

Heart of the Machine

Strategy, Simulation, Construction, Business / Management, Procedural generation, Science fiction, City Building

Game in development: Linux → 2025

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

A city planning simulator in which artificial intelligence tries to take control of an entire city. No one knows about its existence (yet), which allows the AI to...

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: 92/100

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...

Astral Shipwright

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

Game released: Linux → 11 November 2022

Steam: 58/100

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 increasingly...

Universe For Sale

Puzzle, Adventure, , Exploration, Science fiction, Indie, Comics

Game released: Linux → 16 November 2023

A hand-drawn adventure set on an empty space station nestled in the clouds of Jupiter. You need to meet unusual local residents and reveal their secrets of survival...

Unnamed Space Idle

Casual game, Free game, Clicker, Space, Science fiction

Early Access: Linux → 28 July 2023

Steam: 94/100

The game takes place in the distant future, where alien invaders are trying to completely destroy humanity. The player controls a space fighter and fights enemies...

Starmancer

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

Early Access: Linux → 5 August 2021; Game in development: Linux → 2025

Steam: 65/100

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 in the distant...

Memory Lost: Chapter One

Shooter, Isometric, Indie, Action, Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 2 December 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 97/100

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...

Star Vikings Forever

Arcade, Role-playing game, Roguelike, Side view, Match-3 (Three in a row), Science fiction

Game released: Linux → 6 October 2016

Steam: 92/100

Star Vikings Forever is an arcade strategy game with role-playing elements and a side view. Your task will be to assemble your invincible team of Vikings and fight...

Duke of Alpha Centauri

Arcade, Indie, Shooter, Science fiction, Side view

Game released: Linux → 29 December 2016

Steam: 77/100

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...

Hive Jump 2: Survivors

Roguelike, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, 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...

StarDrive 2: Sector Zero

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

Game released: Linux → 8 March 2016

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 75/100

StarDrive 2: Sector Zero is an addition to the sci-fi turn-based space combat strategy StarDrive 2. It introduces major changes to the structure of the galaxy. Now...

Reaver

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

Game in development: Linux → 2025

Steam: 91/100

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...

GunSlugs 2

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

Game released: Linux → 15 January 2015

Steam: 41/100

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...

Hypersomnia

Shooter, Science fiction, Top-down view, Online

Game released: Linux → 29 December 2023

Steam: 98/100

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 includes 24 unique...

Terraformers: First Steps on Mars

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

Game released: Linux → 24 October 2021

Steam: 90/100

Terraformers: First Steps on Mars — a free prologue for a turn-based strategy with management elements and an isometric view Terraformers. You have to lead...

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