🏆 Best Indie × Sci-Fi games
There are 948 games with both "Indie" and "Sci-Fi" elements. Here are the 30 most worth playing, ranked by Steam positive rate, player ratings, and popularity.
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Risk of Rain 2
· Very Positive 94% · 2020RogueliteActionTPSEscape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, o…
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RimWorld
· Overwhelmingly Positive 98% · 2018ManagementSimulationSurvivalA sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychol…
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Clone Drone in the Danger Zone
· Overwhelmingly Positive 96% · 2021FightingActionTPSClone Drone in the Danger Zone is a third person sword fighter where any part of your body can be sl…
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Empyrion: Galactic Survival
· Mostly Positive 78% · 2020SimulationFPSActionEmpyrion - Galactic Survival is a 3D open world space sandbox survival adventure. Build mighty ships…
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Breathedge
· Very Positive 81% · 2018RPGActionAdventureSurvive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden s…
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Viscera Cleanup Detail
· Very Positive 92% · 2015SimulationSandboxCo-opIn Viscera Cleanup Detail, you step into the boots of a space-station janitor tasked with cleaning u…
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Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
· Very Positive 93% · 2012RTSActionCo-opThe Next Installment to the Award-Winning RTS. While many were hopeful that diplomacy would finally …
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The Ascent
· Mostly Positive 73% · 2021RPGActionAdventureThe Ascent is a solo and co-op action RPG set in a cyberpunk world. The mega corporation that owns y…
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From the Depths
· Very Positive 89% · 2020RPGActionAdventureIn From the Depths you can build and take first-person command of battleships, planes, submarines, s…
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Bright Memory: Infinite
· Very Positive 92% · 2021Hack & SlashActionFPSBright Memory: Infinite is a lightning-fast fusion of the FPS and action genres, created by a one-ma…
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Creeper World 4
· Very Positive 95% · 2020RTSActionCo-opThe fourth installment of the real-time strategy series again tasks the player with containing the c…
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FTL: Faster Than Light
· Overwhelmingly Positive 95% · 2012RoguelikeStrategySimulationThis "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure thr…
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Robocraft
· Mostly Positive 73% · 2017RPGActionTPSRobocraft is a sandbox building and vehicular combat game where players get to create their own robo…
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Bloody Hell
· Overwhelmingly Positive 98% · 2023 · FreeAdventureActionBloody Hell is a Bullet-Hell Metroidvania about using the blood of demons to your advantage. Fight E…
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We Need to Go Deeper
· Very Positive 86% · 2017SimulationAdventureActionWe Need to Go Deeper is a 2-4-player cooperative submarine rogue-like set in a Jules Verne-inspired …
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Crazy Machines 3
· Very Positive 94% · 2016PuzzleStrategySimulationA hyper-realistic simulation with plenty of physical puzzles awaits! Did ever wonder what a leaping-…
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SIGNALIS
· Overwhelmingly Positive 97% · 2022Survival HorrorPsychological HorrorA classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark s…
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X-Morph: Defense
· Very Positive 91% · 2017SimulationActionCo-opUnique fusion of a top down shooter and tower defense strategy. You are the invader! Use destructive…
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Transistor
· Very Positive 94% · 2014ARPGActionDiscover the world of Transistor, a sci-fi-themed action RPG from the creators of Bastion.
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Wasteland 2: Director's Cut
· Very Positive 88% · 2015RPGAdventureStrategyFrom the Producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2, the sequel to the first-ever post-apoca…
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Lizards Must Die
· Overwhelmingly Positive 96% · 2023Hack & SlashActionCo-opThe great exploits of the Ancient Rus in the war with the lizards. Immerse yourself in the world of …
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Cruelty Squad
· Overwhelmingly Positive 96% · 2021SimulationActionFPSCruelty Squad is a tactical first person shooter set in the hardcore gig economy of corporate liquid…
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Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades
· Overwhelmingly Positive 97% · 2026SimulationActionShooterDo you like hot dogs? How about horseshoes? Hand grenades? (everyone likes hand grenades) Anyway, we…
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Creativerse
· Mostly Positive 78% · 2017RPGActionAdventureStranded in a vast, mysterious world. Surrounded by ferocious beasts and remnants of ancient technol…
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SpaceEngine
· Overwhelmingly Positive 96% · 2019SimulationOpen WorldSpaceEngine is a 3D astronomy program and game engine developed by Russian astronomer and programmer…
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Counter-Strike Nexon
· Mixed 67% · 2014ActionHorrorFPSCounter-Strike Nexon is a Free to Play MMOFPS offering competitive PvP and PvE action including cont…
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CrossCode
· Very Positive 92% · 2018ARPGPuzzleAction-AdventureA retro-inspired 2D Action RPG set in the distant future. CrossCode combines 16-bit SNES-style graph…
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Fear & Hunger 2: Termina
· Overwhelmingly Positive 97% · 2022RPGHorrorSandboxFear & Hunger 2: Termina is oppressive, relentless and hopeless. A mix of jRPG and Survival Horror. …
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Orion: Prelude
· Mostly Positive 76% · 2013RPGFPSActionORION: Prelude' is an indie Sci-Fi shooter (FPS/TPS) that seamlessly blends together incredible visu…
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Nodebuster
· Overwhelmingly Positive 97% · 2024SimulationStrategyNodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
