Top Sci-fi Games on Steam – Steam 250

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Top 150 best Steam games of all time tagged with Sci-fi, according to gamer reviews.

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~ 1. Portal 2 Apr 2011 Puzzle Top 250 #1 ▼

8.82 99% 126,400 votes

~ 2. Factorio Feb 2016 Base Building Top 250 #6 EA ▼

8.71 98% 37,973 votes

~ 3. Portal Oct 2007 Puzzle Top 250 #7 ▼

8.69 98% 48,584 votes

~ 4. RimWorld Jul 2016 Base Building Top 250 #23 EA ▼

8.61 98% 25,974 votes

~ 5. Half-Life 2 Nov 2004 FPS Top 250 #25 ▼

8.60 97% 63,875 votes

~ 6. FTL: Faster Than Light Sep 2012 Rogue-like Top 250 #31 ▼

8.58 97% 41,496 votes

~ 7. VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action Jun 2016 Cyberpunk Top 250 #45 ▼

8.53 98% 10,276 votes

~ 8. Fallout: New Vegas Oct 2010 Open World Top 250 #50 ▼

8.52 95% 62,907 votes

~ 9. Half-Life Nov 1998 FPS Top 250 #63 ▼

8.49 96% 25,249 votes

~ 10. Bit Blaster XL Jan 2016 Action Top 250 #77 ▼

8.45 98% 4,995 votes

~ 11. STEINS;GATE Sep 2016 Visual Novel Top 250 #81 -60% ▼

8.44 98% 4,863 votes

~ 12. The Talos Principle Dec 2014 Puzzle Top 250 #83 ▼

8.44 96% 16,263 votes

~ 13. XCOM: Enemy Unknown Oct 2012 Turn-Based Strategy Top 250 #87 ▼

8.43 95% 37,757 votes

~ 14. SOMA Sep 2015 Horror Top 250 #89 ▼

8.43 96% 14,820 votes

~ 15. Tales from the Borderlands Nov 2014 Comedy Top 250 #93 ▼

8.42 96% 14,453 votes

~ 16. Transistor May 2014 Great Soundtrack Top 250 #99 ▼

8.41 95% 22,180 votes

~ 17. Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance Sep 2011 Strategy Top 250 #111 ▼

8.39 97% 4,594 votes

~ 18. Alien Swarm Jul 2010 Co-op Top 250 #124 ▼

8.38 95% 18,046 votes

~ 19. Mass Effect 2 Jan 2010 RPG Top 250 #129 ▼

8.38 96% 10,586 votes

~ 20. VVVVVV Sep 2010 Platformer Top 250 #130 ▼

8.38 96% 6,746 votes

~ 21. Subnautica Jan 2018 Survival Top 250 #133 ▼

8.37 93% 77,148 votes

~ 22. Half-Life 2: Episode Two Oct 2007 FPS Top 250 #140 ▼

8.36 95% 13,434 votes

~ 23. The Swapper May 2013 Puzzle Top 250 #141 ▼

8.36 96% 5,717 votes

~ 24. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat Feb 2010 Atmospheric Top 250 #142 ▼

8.36 95% 9,245 votes

~ 25. BioShock Aug 2007 FPS Top 250 #148 ▼

8.35 94% 20,273 votes

~ 26. CrossCode May 2015 Action RPG Top 250 #152 EA ▼

8.34 97% 3,065 votes

~ 27. Defense Grid: The Awakening Dec 2008 Tower Defense Top 250 #154 ▼

8.34 97% 3,299 votes

~ 28. Unreal Tournament 2004 Mar 2004 FPS Top 250 #158 ▼

8.33 97% 2,084 votes

~ 29. Lucy -The Eternity She Wished For- Feb 2016 Visual Novel Top 250 #161 -55% ▼

8.33 96% 4,882 votes

~ 30. Primordia Dec 2012 Point & Click Top 250 #164 ▼

8.33 98% 1,742 votes

~ 31. Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition Oct 2000 Classic Top 250 #166 ▼

8.33 97% 2,024 votes

~ 32. Orbt XL Apr 2017 Casual Top 250 #171 ▼

8.32 97% 1,787 votes

~ 33. planetarian ~the reverie of a little planet~ Nov 2004 Visual Novel Top 250 #174 ▼

8.32 98% 1,453 votes

~ 34. DOOM May 2016 FPS Top 250 #188 ▼

8.30 93% 65,858 votes

~ 35. Choice of Robots Dec 2014 Choose Your Own Adventure Top 250 #195 ▼

8.30 97% 1,694 votes

~ 36. Borderlands Oct 2009 FPS Top 250 #199 ▼

8.29 94% 22,661 votes

~ 37. Dead Space 2 Jan 2011 Horror Top 250 #201 ▼

8.29 95% 8,734 votes

~ 38. Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal Mar 2014 Strategy Top 250 #213 ▼

8.28 97% 2,229 votes

~ 39. Warframe Mar 2013 Action Top 250 #215 ▼

8.28 91% 197,183 votes

~ 40. Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition Jun 2000 Cyberpunk Top 250 #219 ▼

8.27 95% 5,899 votes

~ 41. Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter Mar 2001 Action Top 250 #220 ▼

8.27 97% 1,332 votes

~ 42. Mass Effect May 2008 RPG Top 250 #222 ▼

8.27 94% 10,062 votes

~ 43. STEINS;GATE 0 May 2018 Visual Novel Top 250 #229 -33% ▼

8.27 98% 856 votes

~ 44. Caves of Qud Jul 2015 Rogue-like Top 250 #237 EA ▼

8.26 97% 1,263 votes

1 45. EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair Jul 2016 Action Top 250 #248 ▼

8.26 95% 3,571 votes

1 46. Hyper Light Drifter Mar 2016 Pixel Graphics Top 250 #249 ▼

8.25 94% 10,848 votes

~ 47. Half-Life: Opposing Force Nov 1999 FPS ▼

8.25 95% 4,972 votes

~ 48. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando Mar 2005 Star Wars ▼

8.24 94% 6,317 votes

~ 49. STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy™ Sep 2003 Star Wars ▼

8.24 94% 5,659 votes

~ 50. Alien: Isolation Oct 2014 Horror ▼

8.24 93% 24,677 votes

1 51. STAR WARS™ Empire at War: Gold Pack Feb 2006 Strategy ▼

8.23 94% 6,179 votes

1 52. Transmissions: Element 120 Jun 2016 Action ▼

8.23 94% 7,954 votes

~ 53. Space Rangers HD: A War Apart Oct 2013 Space ▼

8.22 95% 3,193 votes

~ 54. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade Oct 2006 Strategy ▼

8.22 95% 2,675 votes

~ 55. Half-Life 2: Episode One Jun 2006 FPS ▼

8.22 94% 7,520 votes

~ 56. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm Mar 2008 Warhammer 40K ▼

8.22 94% 4,563 votes

~ 57. Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (Classic, 2005) Nov 2005 Star Wars ▼

8.22 92% 30,025 votes

~ 58. Quake Jun 1996 FPS ▼

8.21 95% 2,461 votes

~ 59. Black Mesa May 2015 FPS EA ▼

8.21 93% 12,675 votes

~ 60. HIVESWAP: ACT 1 Sep 2017 Adventure ▼

8.20 95% 2,910 votes

~ 61. Race The Sun Dec 2013 Racing ▼

8.19 94% 5,411 votes

~ 62. Axiom Verge May 2015 Metroidvania ▼

8.18 95% 3,037 votes

~ 63. Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop Apr 2017 Co-op ▼

8.18 93% 7,373 votes

~ 64. Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion Jun 2012 Strategy ▼

8.18 93% 7,717 votes

~ 65. The Silent Age May 2015 Adventure ▼

8.18 94% 4,586 votes

~ 66. Total Annihilation Sep 1997 Strategy ▼

8.17 96% 1,201 votes

~ 67. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Game of the Year Edition Jan 2006 Strategy ▼

8.17 94% 3,376 votes

1 68. System Shock 2 Aug 1999 RPG ▼

8.17 94% 4,275 votes

1 69. Fallout 2 Dec 1998 RPG ▼

8.17 94% 4,438 votes

~ 70. Out There Somewhere Mar 2016 Platformer ▼

8.16 93% 6,547 votes

~ 71. Starbound Jul 2016 Sandbox ▼

8.16 91% 78,088 votes

~ 72. Distance Dec 2014 Racing EA ▼

8.15 94% 3,519 votes

~ 73. A Story About My Uncle May 2014 Adventure ▼

8.14 92% 11,390 votes

~ 74. Overload May 2018 Action ▼

8.14 97% 733 votes

~ 75. Ikaruga Feb 2014 Bullet Hell ▼

8.14 95% 1,399 votes

~ 76. Cogmind Oct 2017 Rogue-like EA ▼

8.13 98% 493 votes

~ 77. The Ultimate DOOM Apr 1995 Classic ▼

8.13 94% 3,539 votes

~ 78. X-COM: UFO Defense Dec 1993 Strategy ▼

8.11 94% 2,177 votes

~ 79. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Sep 2011 Warhammer 40K ▼

8.11 92% 8,057 votes

~ 80. Subsurface Circular Aug 2017 Adventure ▼

8.11 96% 823 votes

~ 81. Viscera Cleanup Detail Oct 2015 Simulation ▼

8.10 92% 6,645 votes

~ 82. Assault Android Cactus Sep 2015 Twin Stick Shooter ▼

8.10 95% 1,290 votes

~ 83. HELLDIVERS™ Dec 2015 Co-op ▼

8.10 92% 12,754 votes

~ 84. Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut Oct 2013 Cyberpunk ▼

8.09 91% 13,051 votes

~ 85. Oxygen Not Included May 2017 Survival EA ▼

8.09 91% 12,015 votes

~ 86. Racket: Nx Jul 2018 Sports VRX ▼

8.09 98% 339 votes

~ 87. Infested Planet Mar 2014 Strategy ▼

8.09 94% 1,960 votes

~ 88. Heat Signature Sep 2017 Action ▼

8.08 93% 2,853 votes

~ 89. Analogue: A Hate Story Apr 2012 Visual Novel ▼

8.08 94% 1,973 votes

~ 90. Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius Jul 2014 Anime ▼

8.07 93% 2,505 votes

~ 91. DOOM II: Hell on Earth May 1994 Classic ▼

8.06 93% 2,387 votes

~ 92. Infinifactory Jun 2015 Puzzle ▼

8.04 94% 1,463 votes

~ 93. Wolfenstein: The New Order May 2014 FPS ▼

8.04 90% 27,838 votes

~ 94. Technobabylon May 2015 Adventure ▼

8.04 95% 771 votes

~ 95. Brigador: Up-Armored Edition Jun 2016 Action ▼

8.03 94% 1,479 votes

~ 96. 3030 Deathwar Redux - A Space Odyssey Sep 2017 Space ▼

8.03 97% 407 votes

~ 97. Sven Co-op Jan 1999 Co-op ▼

8.03 91% 11,905 votes

~ 98. Master of Orion 2 Nov 1996 Strategy ▼

8.03 97% 319 votes

~ 99. Fallout Sep 1997 RPG ▼

8.02 91% 6,693 votes

~ 100. Reassembly Feb 2015 Building ▼

8.02 93% 2,192 votes

2 101. Into the Breach Feb 2018 Strategy ▼

8.02 92% 3,523 votes

1 102. Templar Battleforce Sep 2015 Strategy -50% ▼

8.02 95% 658 votes

1 103. SpaceChem Mar 2011 Puzzle ▼

8.02 92% 3,915 votes

~ 104. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution - Campaign DLC Feb 2011 Warhammer 40K ▼

8.00 91% 6,814 votes

~ 105. Sanctum 2 May 2013 Tower Defense ▼

8.00 90% 12,564 votes

~ 106. Singularity Jun 2010 FPS ▼

8.00 92% 2,691 votes

~ 107. Rodina Jul 2014 Space EA ▼

7.99 94% 1,112 votes

~ 108. Space Pirates and Zombies Aug 2011 Space ▼

7.99 92% 2,455 votes

~ 109. Quake II Nov 1997 Action ▼

7.99 93% 1,295 votes

~ 110. LEGO® Star Wars™: The Complete Saga Nov 2009 LEGO ▼

7.97 92% 2,823 votes

~ 111. BioShock 2 Feb 2010 FPS ▼

7.97 90% 9,199 votes

1 112. Zero Escape: The Nonary Games Mar 2017 Story Rich -40% ▼

7.97 95% 534 votes

1 113. Ghost 1.0 Jun 2016 Action ▼

7.97 93% 1,329 votes

~ 114. Command and Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath Nov 2009 Strategy ▼

7.97 93% 1,037 votes

~ 115. Red Faction: Guerrilla Steam Edition Sep 2009 Open World ▼

7.97 90% 6,990 votes

~ 116. Prey May 2017 Sci-fi ▼

7.96 89% 16,687 votes

~ 117. Rush Rover Nov 2017 Action ▼

7.95 99% 145 votes

~ 118. BYTEPATH Feb 2018 Action ▼

7.95 99% 124 votes

~ 119. Valley Aug 2016 Adventure ▼

7.95 91% 3,011 votes

~ 120. Descent Feb 1995 Classic ▼

7.95 97% 259 votes

~ 121. X-Morph: Defense Aug 2017 Tower Defense ▼

7.94 94% 658 votes

~ 122. Redirection Oct 2016 Casual ▼

7.94 99% 120 votes

~ 123. Original War Jun 2001 Strategy ▼

7.94 93% 885 votes

~ 124. Dead Space Oct 2008 Horror ▼

7.93 90% 9,432 votes

~ 125. Space Beast Terror Fright Apr 2015 Action EA ▼

7.93 94% 614 votes

~ 126. 1982 Jun 2017 Action ▼

7.93 94% 551 votes

~ 127. Deep Rock Galactic Feb 2018 Action EA ▼

7.92 90% 4,507 votes

~ 128. The Longest Journey Nov 2000 Adventure ▼

7.91 92% 1,157 votes

~ 129. Rochard Nov 2011 Platformer ▼

7.91 92% 1,607 votes

~ 130. Commander Keen Complete Pack Dec 1990 Platformer ▼

7.90 93% 738 votes

~ 131. Uplink Aug 2006 Hacking ▼

7.90 92% 1,690 votes

~ 132. Copy Kitty Apr 2018 Action -33% ▼

7.90 98% 123 votes

~ 133. Starward Rogue Jan 2016 Bullet Hell ▼

7.90 95% 389 votes

~ 134. Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut Sep 2014 RPG ▼

7.89 90% 3,623 votes

~ 135. RUINER Sep 2017 Cyberpunk ▼

7.89 90% 4,064 votes

~ 136. Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma Jun 2016 Puzzle -50% ▼

7.89 92% 1,420 votes

~ 137. Half-Life: Blue Shift Jun 2001 FPS ▼

7.89 90% 3,803 votes

~ 138. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising Mar 2010 Strategy ▼

7.88 91% 1,715 votes

~ 139. STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II: The Sith Lords™ Feb 2005 RPG ▼

7.88 89% 8,367 votes

~ 140. Aliens vs. Predator Feb 2010 Action ▼

7.87 89% 10,001 votes

~ 141. FINAL FANTASY VIII Dec 2013 JRPG ▼

7.87 89% 5,665 votes

~ 142. Spore Dec 2008 Simulation ▼

7.87 88% 15,333 votes

~ 143. Endless Sky Oct 2015 Space ▼

7.87 90% 3,569 votes

~ 144. Shadowrun Returns Jul 2013 RPG ▼

7.87 89% 9,130 votes

2 145. Neon Chrome Apr 2016 Cyberpunk ▼

7.86 93% 731 votes

1 146. Solar Settlers Jul 2017 Strategy ▼

7.86 99% 93 votes

1 147. 1bitHeart Aug 2017 Casual ▼

7.86 96% 214 votes

~ 148. Graze Counter Jul 2017 Casual ▼

7.86 100% 73 votes

~ 149. Beyond Good & Evil Nov 2003 Adventure ▼

7.85 91% 1,869 votes

~ 150. The Bug Butcher Jan 2016 Action ▼

7.85 92% 992 votes

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