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

Son of a Gun - a game in the Science fiction genre

Shooter, Top-down view, Casual game, Old school, Zombies, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 October 2024

Players: 5.5/10

A dynamic top-down shooter in the spirit of the Alien Shooter series. The plot tells about interplanetary mercenaries who carry out contracts to clear territories...

Rusty Rabbit

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 April 2025

Metacritic: 72/100

The main character is a rabbit who controls a combat mech. The main action takes place in a fantasy setting thousands of years after people left the Earth. Instead...

Time Treker

Action, Top-down view, Roguelike, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 October 2025

After a race of alien bugs conquered Earth, the remnants of humanity were forced to flee and seek refuge in distant parts of the galaxy. The survivors send their...

Ninja Kamui: Shinobi Origins

Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Action, Arcade, Anime / Manga, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 November 2024

A colorful game based on the anime Ninja Kamui. The main character is a shadow named Tsukumo. The character cuts through hordes of deadly ninjas. You can time your...

MECHBORN

Turn-based, Card game, Combat robots, Roguelike, Science fiction

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

A card roguelike where the player faces a global kaiju invasion, controlling combat mechs and their pilots. The game abandons the classic card hand and uses a...

Lacuna — A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure

Adventure, Detective, Side view, Science fiction, Cyberpunk

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 December 2021

A fascinating journey into the world of science fiction, cyberpunk and noir, where, in the role of detective Neil Conrad, the player faces complex moral choices...

Exophobia

Shooter, First-person view, Old school, Exploration, Metroidvania, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 July 2024

An old-school pixel shooter made in the Metroidvania format and inspired by projects from the 90s. The main action takes place on a spaceship that was captured by...

Kentum

Simulation, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Science fiction, Construction, Crafting

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 November 2025

Players: 8.5/10

A sci-fi adventure in which the protagonist awakens from a very long sleep in the year 10,000. You must explore a world with new plants and animals, harvest...

ChainStaff

Action, Platformer, Side view, Science fiction, Old school, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 April 2026

A hardcore action-platformer with an unusual spear-hook, powerful weapon upgrades, and a cool soundtrack. The events of the game take place on Earth, which has been...

Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 1+2 Dual Collection

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Collection, Anime / Manga, Science fiction, Fantasy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 July 2026

A collection that brings together both parts of the dynamic 2D action-platformer about Copen. The edition includes Luminous Avenger iX and Luminous Avenger iX 2...

Warhammer 40,000: Dakka Squadron

Action, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 March 2024

Players: 6/10

A fantasy flight simulator set in the Warhammer 40K universe, in which players control various Orc aircraft and fight against enemies. Orcs are divided into five...

Jack Move

Japanese role-playing game, Turn-based, Cyberpunk, Science fiction, Exploration, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Top-down view

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 September 2022

Metacritic: 75/100

Jack Move is a top-down cyberpunk adventure JRPG. Her name is Noah Solares, she is a legendary hacker whose name is spoken only in whispers on the streets. Even...

Quake 2 - Enhanced Edition

Shooter, First-person view, Science fiction, Online, Old school

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 August 2023

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Humanity is embroiled in a war with the Strogg, a hostile alien race that has attacked Earth. In response, people decided to strike the Strogg planet. The attack...

NeuroNet: Mendax Proxy

Casual game, Visual novel, Cyberpunk, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 April 2024

Players: 7.7/10

The player in the role of artificial intelligence controls the city. You can meet numerous users and help or hinder their lives. At the same time, it is necessary...

Universe For Sale

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 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...

Old Skies

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Point & Click, Science fiction, Exploration, Old school

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 April 2025

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 to historical...

Spacebase Startopia

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 September 2021

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...

Lifeless Moon

Action, Adventure, Indie, Third-person view, Science fiction, Platformer

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 9 July 2024

Metacritic: 64/100

During an expedition to the Moon, two astronauts find themselves in a familiar town, just like on Earth. They soon discover that the city is the beginning of a...

Prison City

Side view, Platformer, Action, Science fiction, Old school

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 November 2023

Players: 8.2/10

The events of the game take place in 1997. The city of Detroit has become an impenetrable mega-prison. One day, a group of terrorist hackers seized control of this...

Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion Remastered

First-person view, Shooter, Action, Science fiction, Adventure, Old school

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 30 November 2023

Players: 4/10

Remaster of the classic game Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion (2000) . The game features updated character and weapon models, high-resolution textures, improved...

Nullstar: Solus

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 April 2026

A dynamic 2D platformer set in a "dying future." Players take control of a scout drone that ventures into the ruins of an abandoned world. The goal of the game is...

Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins

Indie, Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Horror, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 August 2021

Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins is an indie horror adventure in the style of a visual novel with fantasy elements. Building on the horrifying legacy of the Weeping...

Six Sides of the World

Logic, Puzzle, Science fiction, Arcade

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 4 October 2018

Six Sides of the World is an atmospheric arcade puzzle game in a sci-fi setting, where you will explore various cubic planets that are filled with various traps. As...

Blind Fate: Edo no Yami

Arcade, Side view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Cyberpunk, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 September 2022

Metacritic: 54/100

Blind Fate: Edo no Yami is a fast-paced side-scrolling cyberpunk slasher game. Welcome to Edo, the dark age of machines, during a time when the Shogunate rules...

RAILGRADE

Business / Management, Top-down view, In real time, Trains, Futurism (Future), Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 September 2022

Metacritic: 79/100

A futuristic management simulator in which players manage the railroad, freight, and power industries of an extraterrestrial colony. As the administrator of their...

Cobalt Core

Collectible card game (CCG), Roguelike, Strategy, Science fiction, Tactics

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 November 2023

A pixel game in which the gamer controls the crew of a spaceship using cards. You need to attack in time, put up a shield or dodge missiles. If you find the enemy's...

Three Minutes to Eight

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 December 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...

Planet of Lana 2

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 March 2026

Players: 5.5/10

The continuation of the adventure Planet of Lana about Lana and her companion Mui. The heroes explore different corners of the planet and solve puzzles together...

Agent A: A Puzzle in Disguise

Adventure, Logic, Science fiction, Puzzle

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 August 2019

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Agent A is an episodic point and click adventure game for mobile platforms, made in the style of the sixties. You have to escape from various types of premises...

Omega Strikers

Action, Tactics, Online, Anime / Manga, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Top-down view, Free game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 April 2023

Players: 5.5/10

A free tactical action game where the main keys to victory are ingenuity and dexterity. There are no loot boxes in the game, there are no power-ups that work...

Rebel Transmute

Metroidvania, Platformer, Side view, Exploration, Adventure, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 March 2024

The main character sets off on a dangerous journey to uncover the mystery of her mother's disappearance. You can learn abilities that change your playing style to a...

Deliver Us The Moon

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 July 2024

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Humanity began to die from a lack of resources on Earth. Many corporations have cast their eyes on the distant Moon, which has the necessary resources for survival...

From Space

Action, Shooter, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Top-down view, Indie, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 November 2022

From Space is a fast-paced arcade shooter for squads of up to four players. Liberate the Earth from alien invaders using cutting-edge weapons. A huge horde of...

Decapolice

Adventure, Third-person view, Science fiction, Japanese role-playing game, Detective

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 7.5/10

Detective game with investigations in the virtual world. The main character, a rookie detective named Harvard, hunts down criminals in a huge crime-ridden city...

Colony Defense - Tower Defense

Top-down view, Puzzle, Indie, Science fiction, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

A minimalistic game in which the gamer travels through the universe and protects human colonies from invaders. You need to liberate different parts of the map and...

Yars Rising

Metroidvania, Side view, Action, Platformer, Comics, Cyberpunk, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 September 2024

Metacritic: 66/100

A young hacker, Amy Kimura, is hired by a mysterious client to infiltrate the sinister QoTech corporation. The heroine embarks on an exciting adventure where she...

Storm Lancers

Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 December 2025

A dynamic game with co-op on one screen, where heroes make an emergency landing in a dying alien world that holds a secret source of powerful magic. You need to...

JCB Pioneer: Mars

Simulation, Action, Third-person view, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 January 2019

Players: 6.2/10

JCB Pioneer: Mars is a Mars survival simulator from a third-person perspective. You are landing on a rescue capsule on a planet with very unfavorable weather...

MicroMan

Adventure, Action, Third-person view, Science fiction, Stealth

Frozen: Nintendo Switch → 2021

Anticipation Rating: 5/10

The main character is a cleaner who accidentally got into an experimental reducing device. In his journey, the hero will face dangerous opponents, among which...

Blade Assault

Futurism (Future), Action, Roguelike, Platformer, Adventure, Side view, Cyberpunk, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 March 2023

After the devastating Red Stone War, the world is divided into three regions: the infected lands, where mutants rule; an underground city where the survivors fled...

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Best Games in the Science fiction genre for Nintendo Switch