The Best Sci-fi Games for Xbox Series X - Page 2

Update : Split Fiction added at rank #1.
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Beyond a Steel Sky (2020)

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Beyond a Steel Sky is a thrilling cyberpunk adventure game with engaging puzzles and a fast-paced narrative that will keep you hooked. Follow Robert Foster as he tries to rescue a kidnapped child in Union City, a futuristic utopia controlled by an altruistic AI. The game features a beautifully detailed comic-book style world and plenty of humor. Unravel dark conspiracies and defeat a terrifying antagonist in this innovative and exciting adventure!


What we like:
  • Engaging storyline and characters
  • Built-in hints system
  • Great setting and world design
  • Innovative puzzle mechanics
  • Plenty of humor and nostalgia nods
What could be improved:
  • Controlling the character is clunky
  • Hacking can be repetitive
  • Lack of puzzle diversity
  • Story can be simplistic with bad pace
  • Cutscenes are too long and boring

  • cyberpunk
  • adventure
  • puzzle
  • point-and-click
  • dystopian
  • narrative
  • classic
  • sci-fi
  • thriller
  • futuristic
  • cult
  • third-person
  • hacking
  • political
  • inventory

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No Man's Sky (2016)

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No Man's Sky is a massive universe-sim sandbox experience that lets you explore an infinite number of planets with unique lifeforms and environments. Upgrade your ship and suit for survival and choose your own path - whether you want to be a trader, fighter, or explorer. The game offers great graphics and good VR support with the ability to play with friends and share your discoveries.

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What we like:
  • Deliver on promises
  • Great graphics
  • Cross-play enabled
  • Good VR support
What could be improved:
  • Some bugs present
  • Not challenging enough
  • No co-op progression

  • inventory
  • survival
  • exploration
  • sci-fi
  • crafting
  • pirates
  • resource
  • discovery
  • trading
  • aliens
  • multiplayer
  • sandbox
  • space
  • open-world
  • management

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Lifeless Moon (2023)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X/s Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 4 Playstation 5 j

During an expedition to the Moon, two astronauts find themselves in a familiar town back on Earth. They soon discover the town is the beginning of a strange and mysterious journey...


  • sci-fi
  • puzzle
  • walking-simulator
  • platform
  • 3d
  • exploration
  • cold
  • cinematic
  • third-person
  • space
  • adventure
  • post-apocalyptic
  • mystery
  • aliens
  • atmospheric

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Deliver Us The Moon (2019)

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PC Windows Playstation 4 Xbox One stadia Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch

Deliver Us The Moon is a Sci-Fi thriller set in an apocalyptic near future, where Earth's natural resources are depleted. A lone astronaut is sent to the moon on a critical mission to save humanity from extinction.

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  • sci-fi
  • puzzle
  • narrative
  • exploration
  • walking-simulator
  • driving
  • story
  • adventure
  • stealth
  • platform
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • quick-time-event

15

Lunark (2023)

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A pixel-art sci-fi adventure set in the midst of a rebellion against a totalitarian regime, LUNARK is a modern take on the 2D cinematic platformer genre of the '90s. Run, jump, hang, climb, roll, and shoot your way through gorgeous and mysterious locations!


  • platform
  • sci-fi
  • pixel
  • cyberpunk
  • 2d
  • retro
  • cinematic
  • scroller
  • colourful
  • dystopian
  • exploration
  • action-adventure
  • adventure
  • 1990s

16

Citizen Sleeper (2022)

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Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.


  • tabletop
  • dice
  • sci-fi
  • narrative
  • cyberpunk
  • rpg
  • text
  • story

17

CrushBorgs (2022)

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PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 j Xbox Series X

"Run and Gun" oldschool single-player platformer with NES aesthetics, including an authentic 8-bit chiptune.


  • 1990s
  • retro
  • platform
  • 2d
  • sci-fi
  • robots
  • scroller
  • shooter
  • single-player
  • arcade
  • pixel
  • action
  • boss

18

Somerville (2022)

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In the wake of catastrophe, you must find the means to make your family whole again. Somerville is a Sci-Fi adventure grounded in the intimate repercussions of a large-scale conflict.


  • puzzle
  • narrative
  • sci-fi
  • story
  • ambient
  • platform
  • aliens
  • atmospheric
  • adventure
  • emotional
  • cinematic
  • physics
  • multiple-endings
  • couch

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Mass Effect Legendary Edition (2021)

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The Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition includes single-player base content and over 40 DLC from the highly acclaimed Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3 games, including promo weapons, armors, and packs — remastered and optimized for 4K Ultra HD.


  • rpg
  • tps
  • sci-fi
  • cover
  • squad
  • shooter
  • combat
  • action
  • story
  • vehicle
  • narrative

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Star Trek: Legends (2021)

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Engage in an epic storyline for control of the mysterious Nexus and the fate of the universe as players step into the role of their favorite Star Trek heroes and villains in the hit franchise's official team-based RPG.


  • battle
  • space
  • combat
  • rpg
  • simulation
  • strategy
  • tactical
  • shooter
  • sci-fi
  • adventure
  • action
  • cooperative
  • card
  • real-time
  • cover

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