This is a list of the best science fiction games of all time for any console or system, including cover art pictures when available. These highly rated science fiction games are ordered by popularity, so only the greatest science fiction games are at the top of the list. Spanning the entire history of the genre, these science fiction games are considered the best in the genre. This list includes all challenging science fiction games that have ever hit the shelves, so it doesn't necessarily have all the more obscure or new science fiction games.
Games on this list include BioShock and Halo: Combat Evolved.
This list answers the questions, "What are the best science fiction games?" and "What is the greatest science fiction game of all time?"1
309119Mass Effect
2007Developer: Edge of Reality, BioWare, Demiurge Studios
Mass Effect is a 2007 science fiction action role-playing third person shooter video game... more
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21880Half-Life 2
2004Developer: Valve Corporation
Half-Life 2 is the well-recieved sequel to Half-Life. Half-Life 2 takes place in the dystopian... more3
215100Mass Effect 3
2012Developer: Straight Right, BioWare
Mass Effect 3 is a 2012 science fiction action role-playing third person shooter video game... more4
15461Half-Life
1998Developer: Valve Corporation, Gearbox Software
Half-Life is a science fiction first-person shooter video game developed by Valve Corporation,... more5
18890BioShock
2007Developer: Irrational Games
BioShock is a first-person shooter video game developed by 2K Boston, and published by 2K... more6
13141Developer: Obsidian Entertainment
Fallout: New Vegas is an action role-playing video game in the Fallout video game series. The... more7
16678Portal 2
2011Developer: Valve Corporation
Portal 2 is a 2011 first-person puzzle-platform video game developed and published by Valve... more8
18388Fallout 3
2008Developer: Bethesda Game Studios
Fallout 3 is an action role-playing open world video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios,... more9
13654Halo 2
2004Developer: Microsoft Studios, Bungie Studios, Pi Studios
Halo 2 is a 2004 first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie Studios. Released for the... more10
15869Dead Space
2008Developer: Visceral Games
Dead Space is a 2008 science fiction survival horror video game developed by EA Redwood Shores... more11
12053Halo 3
2007Developer: Bungie Studios
Halo 3 is a 2007 first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie for the Xbox 360 console.... more12
12753StarCraft
1998Developer: THQ, Blizzard Entertainment
StarCraft is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed and published... more13
11115Mass Effect 2
2010Developer: BioWare
Mass Effect 2 is an action role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by... more14
13469Portal
2007Developer: Valve Corporation
Portal is a 2007 first-person puzzle-platform video game developed by Valve Corporation. The... more15
14172Developer: Irrational Games, 2K Marin
BioShock Infinite is a first-person shooter video game developed by Irrational Games and... more16
10545Dead Space 2
2011Developer: Visceral Games
Dead Space 2 is a 2011 science fiction survival horror video game developed by Visceral Games... more17
8231Doom
1993Developer: id Software, Williams Entertainment Inc.
Doom is a 1993 science fiction horror-themed first-person shooter video game by id Software.... more18
5718Metroid
1986Developer: Intelligent Systems, Nintendo Research & Development 1
Metroid is a military science fiction themed action-adventure video game, and the first entry... more19
11657Fallout 4
2015Developer: Bethesda Game Studios
Fallout 4 is an action role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and... more20
9453Half-Life 2: Episode Two
2007Developer: Valve Corporation
Half-Life 2: Episode Two is a first-person shooter video game, the second episode in a series... more21
5519Super Metroid
1994Developer: Intelligent Systems, Nintendo Research & Development 1
Super Metroid is a 1994 action-adventure game published by Nintendo, developed by its R&D1... more22
5717Fallout
1997Developer: Black Isle Studios, Interplay Entertainment
Fallout is an open world role-playing video game developed and published by Interplay... more23
7633Borderlands 2
2012Developer: Gearbox Software, Iron Galaxy Studios
Borderlands 2 is an action role-playing first-person shooter video game, developed by Gearbox... more24
7737Developer: Firaxis Games, Feral Interactive
XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a military turn-based tactical alien invasion/planetary defense... more25
8850BioShock 2
2010Developer: 2K Marin
BioShock 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by 2K Marin for Microsoft Windows,... more
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