#Difficult #Sci-Fi

🏆 Best Difficult × Sci-Fi games

There are 19 games with both "Difficult" and "Sci-Fi" elements. Here are the 19 most worth playing, ranked by Steam positive rate, player ratings, and popularity.

1

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

· Very Positive 93% · 2012

Turn-Based TacticsTurn-BasedStrategy

A turn-based tactical game that reinterprets the classic UFO series. Players command the XCOM organi…
2

AI LIMIT

· Very Positive 92% · 2025

Souls-likeARPG

In a post-apocalyptic world where civilization has collapsed, a cyborg girl uses sword skills and a …
3

FTL: Faster Than Light

· Overwhelmingly Positive 95% · 2012

RoguelikeStrategySimulation

This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure thr…
4

XCOM 2

· Very Positive 85% · 2016

Turn-Based TacticsTurn-BasedStrategy

XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth…
5

Ghostrunner

· Very Positive 91% · 2020

ActionPlatformer

Ghostrunner offers a unique single-player experience: fast-paced, violent combat, and an original se…
6

Ghostrunner 2

· Mostly Positive 80% · 2023

ActionHack & SlashPlatformer

Blood will run in Ghostrunner 2, a hardcore FPP slasher set in a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk future. …
7

Returnal

· Very Positive 81% · 2021

TPSActionRoguelike

BREAK THE CYCLE Fight to survive as this award-winning third-person shooter brings Selene’s story to…
8

The Surge

· Mostly Positive 74% · 2017

Souls-likeActionARPG

Welcome to CREO, the megacorporation saving the world! A catastrophic event has knocked you out duri…
9

The Surge 2

· Mostly Positive 75% · 2019

Souls-likeActionARPG

In a bid to survive, explore the sprawling, devastated Jericho City. Fight ferocious threats in brut…
10

Hellpoint

· Mostly Positive 73% · 2020

Souls-likeARPG

Hellpoint is an intense action RPG taking place on Irid Novo, a derelict space station soaked in an …
11

X-COM: Terror from the Deep

· Very Positive 91% · 1995

Turn-Based TacticsTurn-BasedStrategy

The war continues... X-COM: UFO Defense brought you to a galactic battlefield. X-COM: Terror from th…
12

Metroid Dread

· 2021

MetroidvaniaAction-Adventure

A new entry in the 2D Metroid series after a 19-year absence. Samus explores Planet ZDR while evadin…
13

F-ZERO GX

· 2003

Racing

A futuristic racing game for GameCube developed by Amusement Vision through a collaboration between …
14

Saros

· 2026

TPSRogueliteAction

A new action shooter from Housemarque, the team behind "Returnal," featuring repeated challenges on …
15

Defender

· 1981

Shoot 'Em UpShooter

A horizontal scrolling space shooter where players must rescue kidnapped humans while shooting down …
16

R-TYPE

· 1987

Shoot 'Em UpShooter

Pilot the R-9 fighter against the Bydo alien empire, charge up and fire the Wave Cannon, and utilize…
17

Ganvuărukirī

· 2002

TPSAction

穿著推進裝甲的精英部隊在外星殖民地消滅異形蟲群，操作獨特的 Xbox 高速射擊動作遊戲。
18

P.N.03

· 2003

TPSAction

傭兵女主角凡妮莎以舞蹈般的動作閃避並射擊失控機器人的時尚科幻射擊遊戲，由三上真司執導。
19

Matterfall

· 2017

ActionPlatformerShoot 'Em Up

Housemarque 開發的 PS4 橫向射擊動作遊戲，主角艾維運用衝刺與物質操控消滅被外星物質感染的機械。