Science fiction for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Science fiction genre / Page 4

Cybarian: The Time Travelling Warrior - a game in the Science fiction genre

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 June 2019

Steam: 58/100

A brave warrior takes up a legendary sword and embarks on a journey through time, exploring a futuristic cyberpunk world. The game features four levels with diverse...

The Fall

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Science fiction, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 May 2018

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 73/100

The Fall is an adventure shooter with a view of the side of the science fiction setting, which will tell about artificial intelligence trying to save its master...

Furi

Action, Slasher, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Top-down view, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 January 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Furi is an action-slasher game with a third-person view from the French studio The Game Bakers. The main character, armed with a samurai blade, will confront...

Warhammer 40,000: Dakka Squadron

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 March 2024

Players: 6/10

Steam: 78/100

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...

Blind Fate: Edo no Yami

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 15 September 2022

Steam: 61/100

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...

Lifeless Planet

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 September 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Lifeless Planet is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. The game tells the story of an astronaut who discovers an abandoned Soviet...

Spacebase Startopia

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 September 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...

Double Pug Switch

Indie, Arcade, Platformer, Action, Side view, Science fiction, Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 October 2020

Steam: 100/100

Double Pug Switch is an arcade indie platformer with action and puzzle elements in the fantasy genre. You have to take control of the pug Otis, the professor's...

Curved Space

Arcade, Science fiction, Shooter, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 July 2021

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Curved Space is an arcade shooter with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. In the game you have to control a space fighter and fight hordes of aliens who want...

Rebel Galaxy Outlaw

Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Open world, Science fiction, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 September 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Rebel Galaxy Outlaw is an action-adventure action RPG with simulation elements and a third-person view set in the sci-fi universe of Rebel Galaxy. The game is a...

Little Orpheus

Action, Indie, Adventure, Puzzle, Platformer, Science fiction, Side view, Old school, Walking Simulator, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 September 2022

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Little Orpheus is an adventure platformer with puzzle and action elements in the science fiction genre. 1962 NASA is trying to land a man on the moon. Meanwhile, in...

From Space

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 November 2022

Steam: 67/100

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...

Astro Duel 2

Online, Cooperative (co-op), Side view, Arcade, Platformer, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 March 2024

Steam: 100/100

A pixel game with multiplayer support that you can play with or against friends. The gamer controls a fast spaceship and fights at a distance, and when necessary...

Yars Rising

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 September 2024

Steam: 81/100

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...

No Sleep For Kaname Date - From AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES

Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Science fiction, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 July 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A girl named Iris is kidnapped by aliens. She finds herself on board a mysterious UFO, where she must complete a strange quest. The player, as her assistant Date...

Planet Cube: Edge

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Science fiction, Space, Shooter

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 February 2023

Steam: 89/100

Planet Cube has been attacked by aggressors who are trying to capture it. The main character Edge explores an underwater scientific complex and tries to fight back...

MicroMan

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

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...

Robotics;Notes Elite

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 January 2019

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Robotics;Notes Elite is an adventure visual novel in a sci-fi setting. The game will tell the story of schoolboy and gamer Kaito Yashio, as well as his friends from...

Woodsalt

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 January 2021

Steam: 100/100

Woodsalt is a third-person role-playing adventure set on the planet Nu-Terra, where humanity has migrated to after global natural disasters and the appearance of...

Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 2

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Science fiction, Anime / Manga

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 27 January 2022

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 2 is a continuation of the side-scrolling arcade action-platformer set in a sci-fi setting from the creators of Mega Man...

NanoApostle

Action, Science fiction, Top-down view, Slasher, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 September 2024

Players: 6/10

Steam: 95/100

The plot tells the story of a girl Anita, who is the result of an experiment. She receives an implant in the form of a sentient nanomechanical entity called the...

Capes

Isometric, Tactics, Turn-based, Strategy, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 May 2024

Steam: 67/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Villains with superpowers seized control of the city twenty years ago. The player assembles a squad of superheroes to stop criminals. There are many characters with...

JCB Pioneer: Mars

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 January 2019

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 36/100

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...

Steins;Gate Elite

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Science fiction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 20 September 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Steins;Gate Elite is a sequel to the wonderful Japanese-style visual novel adventure set in the Steins;Gate universe. The game is a remake of the original...

Terror of Hemasaurus

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy, Old school

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 December 2022

Steam: 91/100

Terror of Hemasaurus is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with local co-op in a science fiction setting. In the game you have to get used to the role of a...

Tron: Identity

Detective, Visual novel, Adventure, Science fiction, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 April 2023

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 71/100

A detective visual novel set in the Tron sci-fi universe, where you can interrogate suspects, explore the environment, solve puzzles, and interact with various...

ChromaGun

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 January 2018

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 specially created...

YesterMorrow

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 November 2020

Steam: 57/100

Metacritic: 49/100

YesterMorrow is an indie side-scrolling time travel platformer. In it you will play as the little girl Yui, who will have to save her family and change the fate of...

Rebel Transmute

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 March 2024

Steam: 74/100

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...

Crash Course Builder

Third-person view, Science fiction, Runner

Game in development: Nintendo Switch → 2026

The player creates his obstacle strip and offers it to pass other gamers. There are different traps in the tools, unexpected turns, mobile elements and surprises...

Vostok Inc.

Arcade, Beat them all, Top-down view, Science fiction, Casual game, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 December 2017

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Vostok Inc. will immerse you in the management of an interstellar empire, diluting it with dual-stick shooter mechanics and a large number of mini-games. Your goal...

Anomaly Agent

Side view, Action, Cyberpunk, Platformer, Science fiction, Slasher

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 24 January 2024

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

A game in a cyberpunk setting with dynamic battles. The main character is an agent who searches for anomalies to protect the world. In addition to hand-to-hand...

Habroxia 2

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Science fiction, Arcade, Indie

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 February 2021

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Habroxia 2 is an old-school space shooter with pixel graphics and a top-down view. After a brutal attack in the free space zone, humanity sends reconnaissance ships...

Akka Arrh

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Science fiction, Old school, Music game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 February 2023

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Rhythmic arcade shooter. Players blast through waves of enemies while controlling the titular Akka Arch, a stalled cannon just begging to be released. The main...

Mutropolis

Adventure, Puzzle, Science fiction, Indie, Detective

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 February 2021

Steam: 84/100

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 of an ancient...

COGEN: Sword of Rewind

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 January 2022

Steam: 67/100

COGEN: Sword of Rewind is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game take place on Earth in the distant future...

XEL - a game in the Science fiction genre

XEL

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Science fiction, Exploration

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 July 2022

Steam: 48/100

Metacritic: 43/100

The main character Raid, by the will of fate, found herself in the strange world of the XEL ship. Her memory is like a blank slate that she is trying to fill...

Mars: Chaos Menace

Arcade, Top-down view, Science fiction, Futurism (Future), Shooter, Action, Casual game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 November 2018

Mars: Chaos Menace is a hardcore top-down arcade shooter in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in the era of terraforming, after saving our native Earth, which...

GraviFire

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 3 March 2021

Steam: 94/100

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...

Spidersaurs

Arcade, Side view, Comics, Platformer, Shooter, Comedy, Anime / Manga, Adventure, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 14 July 2022

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Spidersaurs is a fun side-scrolling arcade action platformer with sci-fi elements. Ugly spiderosaurs — hybrids of dinosaurs and spiders — have broken...

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Best Games in the Science fiction genre for Nintendo Switch