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
306119Mass Effect
2007Developer: Edge of Reality, BioWare, Demiurge Studios
Mass Effect is a 2007 science fiction action role-playing third person shooter video game... more on Wikipedia
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21580Half-Life 2
2004Developer: Valve Corporation
Half-Life 2 is the well-recieved sequel to Half-Life. Half-Life 2 takes place in the dystopian... more on Wikipedia3
212100Mass Effect 3
2012Developer: Straight Right, BioWare
Mass Effect 3 is a 2012 science fiction action role-playing third person shooter video game... more on Wikipedia4
15161Half-Life
1998Developer: Valve Corporation, Gearbox Software
Half-Life is a science fiction first-person shooter video game developed by Valve Corporation,... more on Wikipedia5
12841Developer: Obsidian Entertainment
Fallout: New Vegas is an action role-playing video game in the Fallout video game series. The... more on Wikipedia6
18388Fallout 3
2008Developer: Bethesda Game Studios
Fallout 3 is an action role-playing open world video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios,... more on Wikipedia7
18590BioShock
2007Developer: Irrational Games
BioShock is a first-person shooter video game developed by 2K Boston, and published by 2K... more on Wikipedia8
16478Portal 2
2011Developer: Valve Corporation
Portal 2 is a 2011 first-person puzzle-platform video game developed and published by Valve... more on Wikipedia9
13354Halo 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... more on Wikipedia10
15869Dead Space
2008Developer: Visceral Games
Dead Space is a 2008 science fiction survival horror video game developed by EA Redwood Shores... more on Wikipedia11
11853Halo 3
2007Developer: Bungie Studios
Halo 3 is a 2007 first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie for the Xbox 360 console.... more on Wikipedia12
12753StarCraft
1998Developer: THQ, Blizzard Entertainment
StarCraft is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed and published... more on Wikipedia13
11015Mass Effect 2
2010Developer: BioWare
Mass Effect 2 is an action role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by... more on Wikipedia14
13369Portal
2007Developer: Valve Corporation
Portal is a 2007 first-person puzzle-platform video game developed by Valve Corporation. The... more on Wikipedia15
13972Developer: Irrational Games, 2K Marin
BioShock Infinite is a first-person shooter video game developed by Irrational Games and... more on Wikipedia16
10545Dead Space 2
2011Developer: Visceral Games
Dead Space 2 is a 2011 science fiction survival horror video game developed by Visceral Games... more on Wikipedia17
8231Doom
1993Developer: id Software, Williams Entertainment Inc.
Doom is a 1993 science fiction horror-themed first-person shooter video game by id Software.... more on Wikipedia18
5718Metroid
1986Developer: Intelligent Systems, Nintendo Research & Development 1
Metroid is a military science fiction themed action-adventure video game, and the first entry... more on Wikipedia19
11557Fallout 4
2015Developer: Bethesda Game Studios
Fallout 4 is an action role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and... more on Wikipedia20
9353Half-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... more on Wikipedia21
5419Super Metroid
1994Developer: Intelligent Systems, Nintendo Research & Development 1
Super Metroid is a 1994 action-adventure game published by Nintendo, developed by its R&D1... more on Wikipedia22
5717Fallout
1997Developer: Black Isle Studios, Interplay Entertainment
Fallout is an open world role-playing video game developed and published by Interplay... more on Wikipedia23
7633Borderlands 2
2012Developer: Gearbox Software, Iron Galaxy Studios
Borderlands 2 is an action role-playing first-person shooter video game, developed by Gearbox... more on Wikipedia24
7737Developer: Firaxis Games, Feral Interactive
XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a military turn-based tactical alien invasion/planetary defense... more on Wikipedia25
8650BioShock 2
2010Developer: 2K Marin
BioShock 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by 2K Marin for Microsoft Windows,... more on Wikipedia
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