Science fiction for PlayStation 3 — top best games in the Science fiction genre

Alien: Isolation - a game in the Science fiction genre

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Survival horror, Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 7 October 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Alien: Isolation is a first-person stealth horror adventure set in the Alien universe. The plot of the game takes place fifteen years after the events of Ridley...

Dead Space 3

Action, Third-person view, Horror, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 5 February 2013

VGTimes: 8.5/10

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A third-person science-fiction horror game about Isaac Clarke and Sergeant John Carver travelling to the icy planet Tau Volantis to find the source of the...

Steins;Gate

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 5 June 2015

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Steins;Gate is a visual novel in an adventure style and anime style. You follow a ragtag group of tech-savvy young students as they discover ways to change the past...

Portal

Action, Platformer, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 11 December 2010

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 90/100

A first-person puzzle game set in the mysterious laboratories of Aperture Science. In Portal, the player solves physics-based puzzles and overcomes challenges by...

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 9 October 2012

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 88/100

XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a turn-based tactical strategy game about the secret organization XCOM fighting a global alien invasion. The player manages the...

Dead Space (2008)

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 13 October 2008

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Third-person shooter Dead Space (2008) is the foundation of a series of sci-fi horror survival games about the struggles of engineer Isaac Clarke in the depths of...

Mass Effect

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 5 December 2012

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Mass Effect is a sci-fi action RPG with a third-person perspective. The events of the game will take you to XXII, when humanity mastered the technology of...

Mass Effect 3

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Space

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 5 March 2012

VGTimes: 8.3/10

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Mass Effect 3 is the final part of the space role-playing trilogy with a third-person view. Events begin with a devastating attack on Earth by an army of an ancient...

Mass Effect 2

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, In real time, Third-person view, Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 23 June 2011

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 95/100

Mass Effect 2 is a continuation of the space role-playing trilogy with a first-person view. The events of the game continue the story told in the original. Captain...

Singularity

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 1 July 2010

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 50/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Singularity is a sci-fi shooter with horror elements and a first-person view. The game takes place in an alternate universe. The main character enters the abandoned...

XCOM: Enemy Within

Action, Shooter, Strategy, DLC, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics, Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 15 November 2013

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 90/100

An expansion for XCOM: Enemy Unknown that broadens the turn-based strategy with new threats from enemies and aliens. The squad gains new abilities, upgrades, and...

Remember Me

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 6 June 2013

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Remember Me is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a cyberpunk style. The game takes place in Paris in 2084, where the main character is a girl...

Red Faction: Guerrilla

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Open world, Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 5 June 2009

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Missions can be tackled in any order, with guerrilla attacks using weapons, explosives and modified vehicles. Destruction is part of the tactics: walls and floors...

Crysis 3

Action, Shooter, Stealth, In real time, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 7 March 2013

VGTimes: 7.8/10

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Crysis 3 is a continuation of the popular first-person shooter with stealth elements. The game takes place 20 years after the events of the second part. Despite the...

Half-Life 2: Episode Two

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 11 December 2007

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Half-Life 2: Episode Two is the second episode for the adventure first-person shooter Half-Life 2. The game takes place immediately after the events of Episode One...

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 27 October 2011

VGTimes: 5.6/10

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine is a fantastic third-person shooter set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. The game will tell the story of Captain Titus, a space...

Red Faction: Armageddon

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 7 June 2011

VGTimes: 7.2/10

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Red Faction: Armageddon is a third-person science-fiction shooter about survival on Mars, where the destruction of the Terraformer has turned the planet’s surface...

Lost Planet 3

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Online

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 30 August 2013

VGTimes: 7.2/10

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 60/100

This third-person sci-fi shooter is set in the futuristic world of E.D.N. III. Lost Planet 3 features a cinematic single-player campaign and several multiplayer...

Vanquish

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 22 October 2010

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Vanquish is a fantasy action game with a third-person view. You play as government agent Sam Gideon, who equips himself with a special combat suit and fights...

Aliens: Colonial Marines

Action, Shooter, Horror, Cooperative (co-op), Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 12 February 2013

VGTimes: 4.8/10

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 45/100

A science-fiction shooter with horror elements, Aliens: Colonial Marines follows a squad of United States Colonial Marines facing a Xenomorph infestation. Set in...

The Swapper

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 6 August 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Side-scrolling arcade puzzle platformer in a sci-fi setting. In this game, a lone astronaut will explore a cave created by aliens. In order to get to its secrets...

Inversion

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 5 June 2012

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 55/100

Inversion is a third-person shooter based entirely on physics. An alien scoundrel invaded Earth, and not only invaded, but also changed the gravitational field in...

Binary Domain

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Combat robots

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 16 February 2012

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Binary Domain is a dynamic tactical shooter with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. Tokyo, 2080. On the streets of the metropolis, people and robots clashed...

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 18 April 2008

Players: 10/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. Brought to the brink of extinction on an icy wasteland...

Crysis 2

Action, Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 22 March 2011

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Crysis 2 is a continuation of the futuristic first-person shooter. Aliens have invaded the streets of New York, and only you have the weapon that can save the city...

Nova-111

Adventure, In real time, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Side view, Science fiction, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 1 September 2015

Steam: 79/100

This science-fiction adventure combines puzzles with a mix of turn-based and real-time gameplay. After a failed scientific experiment, a ship’s pilot travels across...

TimeShift

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 19 December 2007

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This first-person science-fiction shooter makes time manipulation central to combat and puzzle-solving. The protagonist can slow, stop, or rewind the world, moving...

Thomas Was Alone

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 24 April 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Thomas Was Alone is a side-scrolling indie adventure platformer with puzzle elements. In this game, you have to guide a group of rectangles through a series of...

Bureau: XCOM Declassified

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 20 August 2013

VGTimes: 7.6/10

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Bureau: XCOM Declassified is a tactical action game with a third-person view in the XCOM universe. The plot of the game will tell you how the Federal Bureau of...

Red Faction 2

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 15 May 2012

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 52/100

Metacritic: 75/100

A first-person shooter set on twenty-second-century Earth, where a squad of super-soldiers moves against the dictator Sopot. Five years after the rebellion on Mars...

Dark Void

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 19 January 2010

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 55/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Dark Void is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game will tell the story of a young pilot, Will, who crashes...

Another World

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 16 March 2012

Players: 8.8/10

Young physicist Lester Knight Chaikin is conducting a physics experiment at a synchrotron when suddenly lightning strikes the facility. As a result of the reaction...

Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team

Action, Shooter, Slasher, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 10 August 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 56/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team is a top-down, twin-stick shooter set in the future fantasy universe of Warhammer 40,000. Players play as Space Marines attempting to...

Red Faction

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 24 April 2012

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Set on Mars, this first-person science-fiction shooter follows miners working for the Ultor Corporation, where a deadly plague and abuse by the guards fuel growing...

Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Republic Heroes

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 8 October 2009

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 52/100

Metacritic: 45/100

An action-adventure set in the Star Wars universe takes place between the first and second seasons of the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Jedi and Clone...

The Avengers (2011)

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

Game canceled: PlayStation 3 → 18 September 2011

Anticipation Rating: 1.3/10

The Avengers (2011) — action game with a first-person view based on The Avengers. You can play as Iron Man, Thor, Hulk and Captain America. Each of them uses...

Mars: War Logs

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 13 August 2013

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Mars: War Logs is an adventure role-playing game with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place a century after a planetary disaster that...

Steins;Gate 0

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 25 August 2015

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 81/100

STEINS;GATE 0 is the continuation of the wonderful Japanese-style adventure visual novel Steins;Gate. The story describes the events after Okabe Rintaro returns to...

Aliens vs. Predator

Action, Shooter, Horror, Stealth, Online, Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 16 February 2010

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 66/100

This science-fiction first-person shooter with horror elements follows the conflict between Colonial Marines, Predators and Aliens at a human colony. Aliens vs...

PixelJunk Shooter

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 10 December 2009

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 survivors scattered...

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Best Games in the Science fiction genre for PlayStation 3