Starships, distant planets and visions of the future: games with science fiction at their heart.
How to find games that really suit you: Select up to 5 games you have played and enjoyed. Playalike compares 36 traits such as combat, story and atmosphere and suggests games that hit exactly the same spot, even across genres.
A first-person RPG in a dense metropolis of the future, with many ways to approach each mission.
A brilliant first-person physics puzzler where you bend space with the portal gun through the decaying test chambers of Aperture Science, driven by the razor-sharp wit of GLaDOS and Wheatley. A separate co-op campaign adds clever two-player puzzles.
A landmark first-person shooter that sends Gordon Freeman through alien-occupied City 17, blending seamless cutscene-free storytelling with physics-driven puzzles and the iconic Gravity Gun.
Open world
A first-person RPG in a dense metropolis of the future, with many ways to approach each mission.
A first-person RPG in a dense metropolis of the future, with many ways to approach each mission.
Lots of humour
A brilliant first-person physics puzzler where you bend space with the portal gun through the decaying test chambers of Aperture Science, driven by the razor-sharp wit of GLaDOS and Wheatley. A separate co-op campaign adds clever two-player puzzles.
2 Portal 2
A brilliant first-person physics puzzler where you bend space with the portal gun through the decaying test chambers of Aperture Science, driven by the razor-sharp wit of GLaDOS and Wheatley. A separate co-op campaign adds clever two-player puzzles.
Action-packed real-time combat
A landmark first-person shooter that sends Gordon Freeman through alien-occupied City 17, blending seamless cutscene-free storytelling with physics-driven puzzles and the iconic Gravity Gun.
A landmark first-person shooter that sends Gordon Freeman through alien-occupied City 17, blending seamless cutscene-free storytelling with physics-driven puzzles and the iconic Gravity Gun.
Action-packed real-time combat
The landmark shooter sends physicist Gordon Freeman through the alien- and soldier-infested Black Mesa facility, telling its story seamlessly without cutscenes while mixing tense firefights with environmental and physics puzzles.
The landmark shooter sends physicist Gordon Freeman through the alien- and soldier-infested Black Mesa facility, telling its story seamlessly without cutscenes while mixing tense firefights with environmental and physics puzzles.
Open world
A sprawling, still-in-development space MMO where you fly seamlessly from planet surfaces into orbit to trade, fight, haul cargo or crew huge multi-person ships with friends. Its level of detail is astonishing, though bugs and rough edges come with the territory.
A sprawling, still-in-development space MMO where you fly seamlessly from planet surfaces into orbit to trade, fight, haul cargo or crew huge multi-person ships with friends. Its level of detail is astonishing, though bugs and rough edges come with the territory.
Strong, story-driven narrative
Commander Shepard assembles a crew of specialists for a suicide mission, blending cover-based shooting with unforgettable companions and choices that decide who lives and dies.
Commander Shepard assembles a crew of specialists for a suicide mission, blending cover-based shooting with unforgettable companions and choices that decide who lives and dies.
Strong, story-driven narrative
As Commander Shepard, you lead your Normandy crew across the galaxy chasing a rogue Spectre in a landmark sci-fi RPG built around its dialogue wheel, companion bonds and choices that carry into the sequels. Combat is real-time cover shooting with pausable squad powers.
As Commander Shepard, you lead your Normandy crew across the galaxy chasing a rogue Spectre in a landmark sci-fi RPG built around its dialogue wheel, companion bonds and choices that carry into the sequels. Combat is real-time cover shooting with pausable squad powers.
Strong, story-driven narrative
The emotional finale of Shepard's trilogy pairs tight cover-shooting and combinable squad powers with a galaxy-wide war effort, where choices carried across three games decide who lives, who dies, and which civilizations survive.
The emotional finale of Shepard's trilogy pairs tight cover-shooting and combinable squad powers with a galaxy-wide war effort, where choices carried across three games decide who lives, who dies, and which civilizations survive.
Tactical depth
The landmark real-time strategy classic with three wildly different yet finely balanced factions and a gripping sci-fi campaign full of betrayal and intrigue. Its multiplayer shaped competitive esports like few games ever have.
Dark, serious atmosphere
As engineer Isaac Clarke, you fight through the derelict mining ship USG Ishimura, strategically dismembering grotesque Necromorphs limb by limb. Its diegetic HUD-free interface, scarce ammo and oppressive sound design make it a landmark of sci-fi horror.
10 Dead Space
As engineer Isaac Clarke, you fight through the derelict mining ship USG Ishimura, strategically dismembering grotesque Necromorphs limb by limb. Its diegetic HUD-free interface, scarce ammo and oppressive sound design make it a landmark of sci-fi horror.
Tactical depth
Blizzard's landmark RTS pairs a varied Terran campaign following Jim Raynor, where nearly every mission introduces a fresh twist, with a razor-sharp competitive multiplayer that defined esports for a decade.
11 StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
Blizzard's landmark RTS pairs a varied Terran campaign following Jim Raynor, where nearly every mission introduces a fresh twist, with a razor-sharp competitive multiplayer that defined esports for a decade.
Open world
A near-infinite procedurally generated universe where you hop freely between vivid alien planets, gather resources, build bases and upgrade your ships. Years of free updates have turned it into a relaxed sci-fi sandbox with optional co-op.
12 No Man's Sky
A near-infinite procedurally generated universe where you hop freely between vivid alien planets, gather resources, build bases and upgrade your ships. Years of free updates have turned it into a relaxed sci-fi sandbox with optional co-op.
Action-packed real-time combat
Capcom's sci-fi action game on a lunar station blends third-person shooting with real-time hacking, as android companion Diana cracks enemy defenses while Hugh fires. Their bond drives the story.
13 Pragmata
Capcom's sci-fi action game on a lunar station blends third-person shooting with real-time hacking, as android companion Diana cracks enemy defenses while Hugh fires. Their bond drives the story.
Action-packed real-time combat
Isaac Clarke carves through a Necromorph-infested space station with strategic dismemberment while battling his own haunting hallucinations. It is a faster, more cinematic sequel that keeps the original's oppressive sci-fi horror intact.
14 Dead Space 2
Isaac Clarke carves through a Necromorph-infested space station with strategic dismemberment while battling his own haunting hallucinations. It is a faster, more cinematic sequel that keeps the original's oppressive sci-fi horror intact.
Strong, story-driven narrative
A cyberpunk immersive sim with a striking black-and-gold Renaissance aesthetic, where augmented agent Adam Jensen can tackle every mission through stealth, hacking, persuasion or brute force. Layered levels and a conspiracy plot about transhumanism reward curiosity and experimentation.
A cyberpunk immersive sim with a striking black-and-gold Renaissance aesthetic, where augmented agent Adam Jensen can tackle every mission through stealth, hacking, persuasion or brute force. Layered levels and a conspiracy plot about transhumanism reward curiosity and experimentation.
Action-packed real-time combat
A free-to-play looter shooter with best-in-class gunplay, where you roam the solar system as a Guardian wielding space magic and chasing ever-better gear. It truly shines in demanding co-op raids with friends and in its PvP modes.
16 Destiny 2
A free-to-play looter shooter with best-in-class gunplay, where you roam the solar system as a Guardian wielding space magic and chasing ever-better gear. It truly shines in demanding co-op raids with friends and in its PvP modes.
Action-packed real-time combat
The landmark shooter where Master Chief battles the alien Covenant across a mysterious ringworld, with smart enemy AI, vehicles and open combat sandboxes. An iconic soundtrack and split-screen co-op helped redefine console shooters.
The landmark shooter where Master Chief battles the alien Covenant across a mysterious ringworld, with smart enemy AI, vehicles and open combat sandboxes. An iconic soundtrack and split-screen co-op helped redefine console shooters.
Action-packed real-time combat
A lightning-fast shooter built on wall-running and double jumps, with a short but inventive campaign about the bond between a rifleman and his mech BT-7274. It pairs that with fluid multiplayer where pilots and Titans clash on the same battlefield.
18 Titanfall 2
A lightning-fast shooter built on wall-running and double jumps, with a short but inventive campaign about the bond between a rifleman and his mech BT-7274. It pairs that with fluid multiplayer where pilots and Titans clash on the same battlefield.
Action-packed real-time combat
Master Chief closes out the war against the Covenant in an epic campaign of sandbox firefights and vehicle battles. It also offers a legendary multiplayer suite, four-player co-op, Forge and an iconic score.
19 Halo 3
Master Chief closes out the war against the Covenant in an epic campaign of sandbox firefights and vehicle battles. It also offers a legendary multiplayer suite, four-player co-op, Forge and an iconic score.
Strong, story-driven narrative
The foundational immersive sim: as augmented agent JC Denton you unravel a global conspiracy and tackle every mission your way – sneaking, hacking, talking or shooting. Open-ended levels, meaningful choices and thought-provoking themes keep it a timeless classic.
20 Deus Ex
The foundational immersive sim: as augmented agent JC Denton you unravel a global conspiracy and tackle every mission your way – sneaking, hacking, talking or shooting. Open-ended levels, meaningful choices and thought-provoking themes keep it a timeless classic.
Action-packed real-time combat
As the Pathfinder, you explore open alien planets on foot with a jetpack and in the Nomad rover, searching for a new home for humanity in an uncharted galaxy. It pairs fast, mobile third-person combat built on freely mixed skill profiles with BioWare's trademark companion relationships.
As the Pathfinder, you explore open alien planets on foot with a jetpack and in the Nomad rover, searching for a new home for humanity in an uncharted galaxy. It pairs fast, mobile third-person combat built on freely mixed skill profiles with BioWare's trademark companion relationships.
Open world
A survival MMO on Arrakis where you battle thirst, sandstorms and sandworms, build bases and fight rival guilds over precious spice. Its draw is a faithful, atmospheric take on the Dune universe, including the lore's Mentat and Bene Gesserit skill paths.
A survival MMO on Arrakis where you battle thirst, sandstorms and sandworms, build bases and fight rival guilds over precious spice. Its draw is a faithful, atmospheric take on the Dune universe, including the lore's Mentat and Bene Gesserit skill paths.
Sneaking and hiding
A nerve-shredding survival horror game where, as Amanda Ripley, you are hunted through Sevastopol station by an unpredictable, unkillable Alien. Its faithful lo-fi retro-futurist look from the 1979 film and constant dread make hiding in lockers terrifying.
A nerve-shredding survival horror game where, as Amanda Ripley, you are hunted through Sevastopol station by an unpredictable, unkillable Alien. Its faithful lo-fi retro-futurist look from the 1979 film and constant dread make hiding in lockers terrifying.
Action-packed real-time combat
A linear sci-fi shooter in which you play Cherokee mechanic Tommy aboard a giant alien mothership. Portals, shifting gravity and spirit walking create inventive puzzles and firefights.
24 Prey
A linear sci-fi shooter in which you play Cherokee mechanic Tommy aboard a giant alien mothership. Portals, shifting gravity and spirit walking create inventive puzzles and firefights.
Action-packed real-time combat
Master Chief returns to a semi-open ringworld where the grappleshot and vehicles let you tackle Banished outposts your own way, framed by a more personal story. A free-to-play multiplayer suite brings back classic, fast-paced Halo arena combat.
Master Chief returns to a semi-open ringworld where the grappleshot and vehicles let you tackle Banished outposts your own way, framed by a more personal story. A free-to-play multiplayer suite brings back classic, fast-paced Halo arena combat.
Choices with consequences
Obsidian's satirical first-person sci-fi RPG drops you into a new colony system rife with corporate absurdity, where dialogue choices, skills and even character flaws meaningfully shape your path. Opinionated companions and dark humor make every decision entertaining.
Obsidian's satirical first-person sci-fi RPG drops you into a new colony system rife with corporate absurdity, where dialogue choices, skills and even character flaws meaningfully shape your path. Opinionated companions and dark humor make every decision entertaining.
Action-packed real-time combat
Bungie's landmark sci-fi shooter tells its war story from both sides, switching between Master Chief and the Arbiter, with dual-wielding, vehicle hijacking and co-op. Its pioneering Xbox Live matchmaking multiplayer made it a console online legend.
27 Halo 2
Bungie's landmark sci-fi shooter tells its war story from both sides, switching between Master Chief and the Arbiter, with dual-wielding, vehicle hijacking and co-op. Its pioneering Xbox Live matchmaking multiplayer made it a console online legend.
Strong, story-driven narrative
A harrowing combat-free horror journey through a ruined deep-sea research station that confronts you with unsettling questions about consciousness and identity. Its philosophical story lingers long after the credits roll.
28 Soma
A harrowing combat-free horror journey through a ruined deep-sea research station that confronts you with unsettling questions about consciousness and identity. Its philosophical story lingers long after the credits roll.
Action-packed real-time combat
A tragic last stand on the planet Reach: as part of the Spartan squad Noble Team, you fight a hopeless war against the Covenant in a gripping, somber campaign. Co-op, Firefight, Forge and legendary competitive multiplayer round it out.
29 Halo: Reach
A tragic last stand on the planet Reach: as part of the Spartan squad Noble Team, you fight a hopeless war against the Covenant in a gripping, somber campaign. Co-op, Firefight, Forge and legendary competitive multiplayer round it out.
Choices with consequences
Obsidian's satirical space RPG drops you into a corporate-run colony where your dialogue choices and allegiances decide the fate of its factions. Biting humor, likeable companions and first-person gunplay define the experience.
Obsidian's satirical space RPG drops you into a corporate-run colony where your dialogue choices and allegiances decide the fate of its factions. Biting humor, likeable companions and first-person gunplay define the experience.
Open world
Bethesda's space RPG lets you roam hundreds of star systems as a custom character, building ships, chasing faction questlines and landing on countless planets. Classic Bethesda freedom meets a grounded NASA-punk look, though the procedural worlds can feel sparse.
31 Starfield
Bethesda's space RPG lets you roam hundreds of star systems as a custom character, building ships, chasing faction questlines and landing on countless planets. Classic Bethesda freedom meets a grounded NASA-punk look, though the procedural worlds can feel sparse.
Open world
As scoundrel Kay Vess and her critter companion Nix, you roam an open Star Wars galaxy, playing crime syndicates against each other while mixing stealth, blaster fights, speeder rides and space dogfights. Its appeal is the authentic smuggler-adventure fantasy across several richly detailed planets.
As scoundrel Kay Vess and her critter companion Nix, you roam an open Star Wars galaxy, playing crime syndicates against each other while mixing stealth, blaster fights, speeder rides and space dogfights. Its appeal is the authentic smuggler-adventure fantasy across several richly detailed planets.
Action-packed real-time combat
A visually stunning sci-fi shooter set in a ravaged New York, where the Nanosuit's cloak, armor and upgrades let you choose between going loud against aliens or slipping past unseen. Its semi-open arenas reward tactical, creative approaches.
33 Crysis 2
A visually stunning sci-fi shooter set in a ravaged New York, where the Nanosuit's cloak, armor and upgrades let you choose between going loud against aliens or slipping past unseen. Its semi-open arenas reward tactical, creative approaches.
Strong, story-driven narrative
A cinematic sci-fi horror adventure from Supermassive's Dark Pictures line, where a crashed colony crew is stalked by a shapeshifting alien threat on a distant world. Your decisions determine who survives.
A cinematic sci-fi horror adventure from Supermassive's Dark Pictures line, where a crashed colony crew is stalked by a shapeshifting alien threat on a distant world. Your decisions determine who survives.
Puzzles and brain teasers
A tight first-person puzzler where you bend space with a portal gun through physics-based test chambers, all while the passive-aggressive AI GLaDOS taunts you with pitch-black humor. Brilliant mechanics, perfect pacing and an iconic twist make it a classic.
35 Portal
A tight first-person puzzler where you bend space with a portal gun through physics-based test chambers, all while the passive-aggressive AI GLaDOS taunts you with pitch-black humor. Brilliant mechanics, perfect pacing and an iconic twist make it a classic.
Lots to discover
As augmented agent Adam Jensen you explore a densely layered Prague hub and tackle missions through stealth, hacking, social manipulation or open combat. Its strength lies in remarkable player freedom and a bleak cyberpunk tale of segregation and conspiracy.
As augmented agent Adam Jensen you explore a densely layered Prague hub and tackle missions through stealth, hacking, social manipulation or open combat. Its strength lies in remarkable player freedom and a bleak cyberpunk tale of segregation and conspiracy.
Turn-based combat
Turn-based tactical battles against alien invaders where cover, positioning and class abilities decide the outcome. Between missions you manage your base, research and funding, and fallen soldiers are gone for good.
Turn-based tactical battles against alien invaders where cover, positioning and class abilities decide the outcome. Between missions you manage your base, research and funding, and fallen soldiers are gone for good.
Action-packed real-time combat
Master Chief is stranded on the Forerunner world Requiem, fighting the new Prometheans in a campaign that turns surprisingly personal by focusing on his bond with Cortana. It pairs striking visuals with a deep multiplayer suite that includes the Spartan Ops co-op missions.
38 Halo 4
Master Chief is stranded on the Forerunner world Requiem, fighting the new Prometheans in a campaign that turns surprisingly personal by focusing on his bond with Cortana. It pairs striking visuals with a deep multiplayer suite that includes the Spartan Ops co-op missions.
Action-packed real-time combat
A fast free-to-play co-op shooter where you play a space ninja, flipping, slashing and gunning across the solar system while collecting and modding dozens of Warframes. Beneath the deep grind lies a surprisingly strange and memorable story.
39 Warframe
A fast free-to-play co-op shooter where you play a space ninja, flipping, slashing and gunning across the solar system while collecting and modding dozens of Warframes. Beneath the deep grind lies a surprisingly strange and memorable story.
Action-packed real-time combat
A loving fan-made remake of the original Half-Life: as Gordon Freeman you fight through the disaster at the Black Mesa research facility, with rebuilt levels, new voice acting and music. Classic first-person shooter action with alien fights, physics puzzles and the extended Xen finale.
40 Black Mesa
A loving fan-made remake of the original Half-Life: as Gordon Freeman you fight through the disaster at the Black Mesa research facility, with rebuilt levels, new voice acting and music. Classic first-person shooter action with alien fights, physics puzzles and the extended Xen finale.
Action-packed real-time combat
Bungie's shared-world shooter pairs silky Halo-style gunplay with loot chasing, cooperative strikes and raids, wrapped in an evocative space-myth setting and a superb soundtrack.
41 Destiny
Bungie's shared-world shooter pairs silky Halo-style gunplay with loot chasing, cooperative strikes and raids, wrapped in an evocative space-myth setting and a superb soundtrack.
Action-packed real-time combat
A first-person shooter set in a retro-futuristic Soviet utopia where the robots have turned on their makers. It mixes punchy melee and gunplay, glove-powered abilities, puzzle-filled test facilities and bizarre humor with a striking art direction.
42 Atomic Heart
A first-person shooter set in a retro-futuristic Soviet utopia where the robots have turned on their makers. It mixes punchy melee and gunplay, glove-powered abilities, puzzle-filled test facilities and bizarre humor with a striking art direction.
Action-packed real-time combat
A colorful sci-fi adventure that blends platforming with an arsenal of wildly inventive weapons. This reimagining of the original looks like an animated film, with humor and fast pacing as you hop from planet to planet.
Turn-based combat
Turn-based tactics against an alien occupation, with permanent death for your soldiers.
44 XCOM 2
Turn-based tactics against an alien occupation, with permanent death for your soldiers.
Action-packed real-time combat
Large-scale ground battles from both Star Wars trilogies where you fight as a rank-and-file soldier, capturing command posts, piloting vehicles and clashing with AI armies or players online.
45 Star Wars: Battlefront (2015)
Large-scale ground battles from both Star Wars trilogies where you fight as a rank-and-file soldier, capturing command posts, piloting vehicles and clashing with AI armies or players online.
Action-packed real-time combat
Isaac Clarke battles Necromorphs on the frozen planet Tau Volantis, severing limbs strategically and building custom weapons at workbenches. More action-heavy than its predecessors, it adds drop-in co-op with John Carver.
46 Dead Space 3
Isaac Clarke battles Necromorphs on the frozen planet Tau Volantis, severing limbs strategically and building custom weapons at workbenches. More action-heavy than its predecessors, it adds drop-in co-op with John Carver.
Action-packed real-time combat
Bungie's extraction shooter drops you as a cybernetic Runner, solo or in a crew of three, onto the mysterious world of Tau Ceti IV to grab loot and fight rival players for a successful escape. Its bold, graphic-design-driven sci-fi aesthetic sets it apart from typical military shooters.
47 Marathon
Bungie's extraction shooter drops you as a cybernetic Runner, solo or in a crew of three, onto the mysterious world of Tau Ceti IV to grab loot and fight rival players for a successful escape. Its bold, graphic-design-driven sci-fi aesthetic sets it apart from typical military shooters.
Action-packed real-time combat
Call of Duty takes the war to space, with a cinematic campaign mixing boots-on-the-ground firefights, ship boarding and starfighter dogfights across the solar system, plus fast-paced multiplayer and a campy '80s-themed Zombies mode.
48 Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Call of Duty takes the war to space, with a cinematic campaign mixing boots-on-the-ground firefights, ship boarding and starfighter dogfights across the solar system, plus fast-paced multiplayer and a campy '80s-themed Zombies mode.
Runs that play out differently every time
You captain a starship on the run, rerouting power, directing crew and making tough calls in pausable real-time battles. Every run is procedurally generated, brutally tense and often ends in glorious failure.
Lavish presentation
As Prophet in the Nanosuit, you fight through a jungle-overgrown New York beneath a giant dome, switching freely between cloak, armor and a lethal compound bow. A technical showpiece for its time, it lets you tackle each semi-open arena with stealth or brute force.
50 Crysis 3
As Prophet in the Nanosuit, you fight through a jungle-overgrown New York beneath a giant dome, switching freely between cloak, armor and a lethal compound bow. A technical showpiece for its time, it lets you tackle each semi-open arena with stealth or brute force.
Strong, story-driven narrative
The complete sci-fi trilogy, in which your decisions carry consequences across three games.
51 Mass Effect Legendary Edition
The complete sci-fi trilogy, in which your decisions carry consequences across three games.
Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
A Star Wars racer set in an illegal Outer Rim league, where you climb the ranks through run-based, high-stakes races. Breakneck speed and syndicate intrigue after the Empire's fall define the experience.
A Star Wars racer set in an illegal Outer Rim league, where you climb the ranks through run-based, high-stakes races. Breakneck speed and syndicate intrigue after the Empire's fall define the experience.
Shooting and gunplay
Instead of Master Chief, you play a fragile ODST trooper roaming a dark, occupied New Mombasa, piecing together your squad's fate through flashback missions set to a moody noir-jazz score. The cooperative Firefight mode adds wave-survival battles against the Covenant with friends.
53 Halo 3: ODST
Instead of Master Chief, you play a fragile ODST trooper roaming a dark, occupied New Mombasa, piecing together your squad's fate through flashback missions set to a moody noir-jazz score. The cooperative Firefight mode adds wave-survival battles against the Covenant with friends.
Strong, story-driven narrative
As Star-Lord you lead the bickering Guardians through a linear, cinematic space adventure packed with banter and an '80s soundtrack. In combat you direct your team's special moves. Its real strength is a heartfelt, funny story about a found family.
54 Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
As Star-Lord you lead the bickering Guardians through a linear, cinematic space adventure packed with banter and an '80s soundtrack. In combat you direct your team's special moves. Its real strength is a heartfelt, funny story about a found family.
Lots to discover
A landmark immersive sim horror RPG set aboard an infested starship, where scarce resources, flexible skill builds and the unforgettable AI SHODAN create relentless dread.
Action-packed real-time combat
A fast-paced online mech shooter with anime flair, where you pick from distinct battle robots with unique roles and clash in high-mobility team fights across land and sky.
56 Mecha Break
A fast-paced online mech shooter with anime flair, where you pick from distinct battle robots with unique roles and clash in high-mobility team fights across land and sky.
Lavish presentation
As hunter Aloy you roam a lush post-apocalyptic wilderness full of animal-like machines that you take apart with bows, traps and tactics. A gripping sci-fi mystery about the fall of the old world ties it all together.
Action-packed real-time combat
A large-scale battle shooter that lets you fight iconic Star Wars movie battles as infantry or in vehicles. Its conquest-style modes on big maps are the focus rather than any story.
58 Star Wars: Battlefront (2004)
A large-scale battle shooter that lets you fight iconic Star Wars movie battles as infantry or in vehicles. Its conquest-style modes on big maps are the focus rather than any story.
Action-packed real-time combat
A landmark sci-fi shooter: a lone marine fights through the industrial hellscape of Stroggos against a cybernetic alien army. It delivers fast gunplay, interconnected hub levels, a pounding metal soundtrack, and influential deathmatch multiplayer.
59 Quake II
A landmark sci-fi shooter: a lone marine fights through the industrial hellscape of Stroggos against a cybernetic alien army. It delivers fast gunplay, interconnected hub levels, a pounding metal soundtrack, and influential deathmatch multiplayer.
Action-packed real-time combat
A chaotic co-op shooter steeped in satirical militarism, where up to four players call down orbital strikes and supplies via stratagem inputs and, thanks to always-on friendly fire, frequently blow each other up. A persistent galactic war has the whole community fighting over planets together.
60 Helldivers 2
A chaotic co-op shooter steeped in satirical militarism, where up to four players call down orbital strikes and supplies via stratagem inputs and, thanks to always-on friendly fire, frequently blow each other up. A persistent galactic war has the whole community fighting over planets together.
Nothing matches this selection.
Science fiction gives games room to do things no other setting can: bend physics, put you in charge of a starship crew, or drop you into a future city that feels uncomfortably plausible. The genre covers a lot of ground, so the first question is what kind of play you want. Shooters like Half-Life 2 lean on atmosphere and pacing, RPGs like Mass Effect 2 focus on companions and choices, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty asks for quick strategic thinking, and No Man's Sky is about open-ended exploration at your own speed.
It also helps to think about who you play with and how much polish you need. Portal 2 is a strong pick if you want something tight and funny, with a separate co-op campaign built for two players. Cyberpunk 2077 suits players who like a dense open world and many ways to approach each mission. Mass Effect works best played as a trilogy, since your choices carry into the sequels. Star Citizen offers astonishing detail and crewing big ships with friends, but it is still in development, so expect bugs.
Difficulty varies a lot too. The StarCraft games are known for demanding competitive multiplayer, while No Man's Sky has become a relaxed sandbox after years of free updates. If you are new to the genre, Half-Life 2 or Portal 2 are approachable, story-driven starting points that do not require a huge time commitment.
Portal 2 has a dedicated two-player co-op campaign with its own puzzles. No Man's Sky offers optional co-op exploration, and Star Citizen lets friends crew large multi-person ships together.
Yes, ideally. Choices made in Mass Effect carry into Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3, where they decide who lives and which civilizations survive.
The Mass Effect trilogy is built around companions and consequential choices, while Half-Life 2 tells its story seamlessly without cutscenes. Cyberpunk 2077 and StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty also offer strong, story-rich campaigns.
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