Science Fiction-themed Games

- Updated August 30, 2025


Sorted by location in the store - Casual Games | Cooperative Games | Heavyweight Games | Middleweight Games | Value Games


Casual Games:

After Us -  1-6 Players
  Deckbuilding, Card Games, Science Fiction, Puzzle, Animals

Age of Galaxy -  1-4 Players
  Solo Mode, Action Points, Economic, Variable Player Powers, Income, Space Exploration, Tech Trees / Tech Tracks, Civilization, Worker Placement, Science Fiction, Turn Order: Stat-Based, Action Drafting

Age of Wonders: Planetfall -  2-6 Players
  Set Collection, Variable Player Powers, Drafting, Card Games, Worker Placement, Science Fiction

Build a Bot -  2-6 Players
  Memory, Set Collection, Kids, Card Games, Science Fiction, Hand Management

Clank! In! Space! -  2-4 Players
  Push Your Luck, Drafting, Deckbuilding, Science Fiction, Dungeon Crawler

Cosmic Encounter Duel -  2 Players
  Variable Player Powers, Racing, Card Games, Take That, Bluffing, Science Fiction, Hand Management

Cowboy Bebop Space Serenade -  1-4 Players
  Deckbuilding, Card Games, Science Fiction

Doctor Who Nemesis -  2-4 Players
  Science Fiction

Escape From Aliens in Outer Spa -  2-6+ Players
  Team Based, Variable Player Powers, Science Fiction, Party Game

Evil Dead 2 TBG -  3-6 Players
  Team Based, Traitor, Science Fiction, Miniatures

Galaxy Trucker (2021) -  2-4 Players
  Dice, Staff Pick 2021, Dexterity, Science Fiction, Tile Placement

Gizmos -  2-4 Players
  Drafting, Card Games, Science Fiction

HALO: Flashpoint -  2 Players
  Dice, Fighting, Science Fiction, Miniatures

King of Tokyo -  2-6 Players
  Dice, Staff Pick 2021, Push Your Luck, Fighting, Drafting, Staff Pick 2023, Kids, Player Elimination, Science Fiction

King of Tokyo Second Edition Monster Box -  2-6 Players
  Dice, Staff Pick 2021, Variable Player Powers, Push Your Luck, Fighting, Drafting, Staff Pick 2023, Kids, Player Elimination, Take That, Science Fiction

Lockdown -  3-6 Players
  Zombies, Science Fiction

Luna Capital -  1-4 Players
  Set Collection, Drafting, Kids, City Building, Base Game, Science Fiction, Tile Placement

Mission Red Planet -  2-6 Players
  Action Retrieval, Area Movement, Area Majority/Influence, Take That, Science Fiction, Simultaneous Action Selection, Hand Management, Turn Order: Role Order

Moon Colony Bloodbath -  1-5 Players
  Deckbuilding, Card Games, Science Fiction

Moon: A Pick Up & Pass Game -  1-5 Players
  Drafting, Worker Placement, Science Fiction, Hand Management

Neuroshima Hex 3 : Year/ Moloch -  1 Player
  Team Based, Variable Player Powers, Fighting, Player Elimination, Science Fiction, Tile Placement, Puzzle, Hand Management

Planet Unknown -  1-6 Players
  Variable Player Powers, City Building, Science Fiction, Tile Placement, Puzzle, Route Building

Rebirth -  2-4 Players
  Science Fiction, Tile Placement, Fantasy

Red Rising -  1-6 Players
  Solo Mode, Dice, Set Collection, Variable Player Powers, Drafting, Card Games, Take That, Science Fiction, Hand Management

REM Racers -  2-5 Players
  Dice, Variable Player Powers, Racing, Science Fiction, Miniatures

Robo Rally 2023 -  2-6 Players
  Racing, Science Fiction, Miniatures

Saban’s Power Rangers Deck Building Game -  2-4 Players
  Team Based, Fighting, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Science Fiction

Shards of Infinity: Saga Collection -  1-6 Players
  Solo Mode, Fighting, Drafting, Deckbuilding, Cooperative, Card Games, Take That, Science Fiction, Hand Management, Fantasy

Space Base -  2-5 Players
  Dice, Drafting, Science Fiction

Star Realms Deck Game Big Box -  2-4 Players
  Solo Mode, Staff Pick 2022, Fighting, Drafting, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Take That, Base Game, Science Fiction, Hand Management

Star Wars Deckbuilding Game -  2 Players
  Star Wars, Fighting, Drafting, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Science Fiction

Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game: Clone Wars -  2 Players
  Star Wars, Drafting, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Science Fiction

Starship Captains -  1-4 Players
  Solo Mode, Drafting, Worker Placement, Science Fiction

The Artemis Odyssey -  1-5 Players
  Science Fiction

Underwater Cities -  1-4 Players
  Solo Mode, City Building, Civilization, Card Games, Worker Placement, Science Fiction, Hand Management

Villainous Star Wars Power Dark Side -  2-4 Players
  Star Wars, Variable Player Powers, Card Games, Take That, Science Fiction, Hand Management

Villainous Star Wars Revenge at Last -  2 Players
  Stand-alone, Variable Player Powers, Card Games, Take That, Science Fiction, Hand Management

Wandering Galaxy: A Crossroads Game -  1-6 Players
  Cooperative, Worker Placement, Science Fiction, Miniatures, Hand Management

Wormholes -  1-5 Players
  Science Fiction, Hand Management

Staff Picks and Best Sellers


Players begin by simultaneously rummaging through the common warehouse, frantically trying to grab the most useful component tiles to build their spaceship — all in real-time.

Once the ships are launched, players encounter dangerous situations while vying for financial opportunities, each hoping to gain the most valuable cargo and finish with as much of their ship still intact as possible.

The goal is to survive the trek — hopefully with at least some of your crew and ship intact — and have at least one credit by the end of the game.

  • The chaos and destruction of this game is fantastic and this new edition has tons of value!


Play as mutant monsters, gigantic robots, and strange aliens—all of whom are destroying Tokyo and whacking each other in order to become the one and only King of Tokyo.

The fiercest player will occupy Tokyo, and earn extra victory points, but that player can't heal and must face all the other monsters alone!

  • Love rolling a fist full of dice

  • It's like Yahtzee but you get to play as giant monsters and fight your friends.


Star Realms is easy to learn, especially if you’re familiar with deck-building games, but takes time to master. Each time you play, the game is filled with various strategic decision points. Should I take the best card for me or the best card for my opponent? Should I focus on taking cards of a particular faction or on taking the best card available? Should I be focusing on acquiring more Trade or more Combat? Should I attack my opponent’s Base or their Authority? These are just some of the many choices you’ll be faced with. New players needn’t agonize over these choices just to play, but as they become more advanced players, they will find this depth of strategy leads to great replayability.

  • Dominion meets Magic: The Gathering and it's set in space. Each card represents a ship or space station that you buy to build your fleet and defeat your opponent.


Cooperative Games:

A Message From the Stars -  2-8 Players
  Induction, Team Based, Word Game, Pattern Recognition, middleweight, Cooperative, Science Fiction, Communication Limits, Spelling

Aeon’s End 2E -  1-4 Players
  Solo Mode, Variable Player Powers, Cooperative, Card Games, Science Fiction, Hand Management, Fantasy

Aeon’s End: Legacy of Gravehold -  1-4 Players
  Legacy, Variable Player Powers, Drafting, Deckbuilding, Cooperative, Card Games, Science Fiction, Hand Management, Fantasy

Aftermath -  1-4 Players
  Solo Mode, Dice, Variable Player Powers, Player Elimination, Science Fiction, Miniatures, Hand Management, Animals

Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps -  1-6 Players
  Solo Mode, Horror, Dice, Team Based, Cooperative, Science Fiction, Miniatures

Astro Knights -  1-4 Players
  Solo Mode, Variable Player Powers, Cooperative, Card Games, Base Game, Science Fiction, Hand Management

Astro Knights Eternity -  1-4 Players
  Solo Mode, Variable Player Powers, Fighting, Drafting, Deckbuilding, Cooperative, Card Games, Science Fiction, Hand Management

Chronicles of Crime 2400 -  1-4 Players
  Chronicles of Crime Millennium Series, hybrid, Deduction, Variable Player Powers, Cooperative, Science Fiction, Chronicles of Crime, App Based

E.T. Light Years from Home -  2-4 Players
  Cooperative, Science Fiction

Escape the Dark Sector -  1-4 Players
  Horror, Dice, Push Your Luck, Cooperative, Card Games, Science Fiction

Flip Ships -  1-4 Players
  Variable Player Powers, Bias, Dexterity, Cooperative, Science Fiction, Flicking

Heredity: The Book of Swan -  1-4 Players
  Solo Mode, Storytelling, Adventure, Exploration, Cooperative, Science Fiction, Campaign Game, Post-Apocalyptic theme

King of Monster Island -  1-5 Players
  Dice, Push Your Luck, Fighting, Drafting, Cooperative, Science Fiction

Maximum Apocalypse 2nd Ed -  1-6 Players
  Zombies, Cooperative, Card Games, Science Fiction, Hand Management

Nemesis -  1-5 Players
  Solo Mode, Dice, Team Based, Variable Player Powers, Traitor, Cooperative, Player Elimination, Base Game, Science Fiction, Miniatures, Hand Management

Star Wars The Clone Wars -  1-5 Players
  Solo Mode, Star Wars, Action Points, Set Collection, a Pandemic-style game, Point to Point Movement, Variable Player Powers, Cooperative, Science Fiction, Hand Management

Tamashi: Chronicle of Ascend -  1-4 Players
  Solo Mode, Dice, Variable Player Powers, Fighting, Deckbuilding, Cooperative, Science Fiction, Dungeon Crawler, Miniatures

The Mandalorian: Adventures -  1-4 Players
  Solo Mode, Star Wars, Traitor, Cooperative, Science Fiction, Hand Management

Unstoppable Bundle (Core, Tyrant’s End, x2 Play Mat) -  1-2 Players
  Solo Mode, Deckbuilding, Crowdfunded, Cooperative, Card Games, Science Fiction, Fantasy

Vantage -  1-6 Players
  Solo Mode, Adventure, Exploration, Cooperative, Science Fiction, Campaign Game, Dice Rolling, Fantasy

Zombicide 2nd Ed -  1-6 Players
  Dice, Variable Player Powers, Fighting, Cooperative, Base Game, Science Fiction, Dungeon Crawler, Miniatures


Heavyweight Games:

Anachrony: Essential Edition -  1-4 Players
  Solo Mode, Dice, Economic, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement, Science Fiction, Miniatures

Cyberpunk 2077: Gangs of Night City -  1-5 Players
  Solo Mode, Set Collection, Variable Player Powers, Base Game, Science Fiction, Miniatures

Nucleum -  1-4 Players
  Solo Mode, Economic, Variable Player Powers, Science Fiction, Hand Management

SETI: Search For Ext Int -  1-4 Players
  Solo Mode, Cards, Science Fiction

Shackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon -  1-4 Players
  Variable Set-up, Space Exploration, Worker Placement, Science Fiction, Different Worker Types

Voidfall -  1-4 Players
  Economic, Variable Player Powers, 4X, Civilization, Cooperative, Science Fiction, Hand Management


Middleweight Games:

51st State Ultimate Edition -  1-4 Players
  Cards, Economic, Variable Player Powers, City Building, Card Games, Worker Placement, Science Fiction, Hand Management

Andromeda’s Edge -  2-4 Players
  Dice, Fighting, Worker Placement, Base Game, Science Fiction, Hand Management

ARCS -  2-4 Players
  Dice, Variable Player Powers, Base Game, Science Fiction, Hand Management

Ascending Empires: Zenith Edition -  1-4 Players
  Set Collection, Fighting, City Building, 4X, Civilization, Science Fiction

Battle of Hoth -  2-4 Players
  Star Wars, Team Based, Variable Set-up, Line of Sight, Hexagon Grid, Area Majority/Influence, Wargame, Modular Board, Grid Movement, Science Fiction, Command Cards, Campaign Game, Miniatures, Dice Rolling, Movement Points, Hand Management

Beyond the Sun -  2-4 Players
  Civilization, Worker Placement, Base Game, Science Fiction

Borderlands: Torgue’s Arena -  1-4 Players
  Dice, Fighting, Cooperative, Science Fiction, Miniatures

Cosmic Encounter -  3-5 Players
  Variable Player Powers, Card Games, Take That, Bluffing, Science Fiction

Dinosaur Island: Rawr n Write -  1-4 Players
  Dice, Worker Placement, Science Fiction, Draft & Write, Route Building, Animals

Dinosaur World -  2-4 Players
  Dice, Economic, City Building, Worker Placement, Science Fiction, Tile Placement, Animals

Dune Imperium -  1-4 Players
  Solo Mode, Staff Pick 2022, Variable Player Powers, Deckbuilding, Dune, Card Games, Take That, Worker Placement, Base Game, Science Fiction, Staff Pick 2024

Dune War for Arrakis -  1-4 Players
  Solo Mode, Dice, Team Based, Science Fiction, Miniatures

Federation (Deluxe Edition) -  2-4 Players
  Worker Placement, Science Fiction

Firefly Misbehavin’ -  2-4 Players
  Variable Player Powers, Card Games, Science Fiction

In Too Deep -  1-5 Players
  Set Collection, Push Your Luck, Cooperative, Science Fiction, Hand Management

Last Light -  2-4 Players
  Solo Mode, Dice, Economic, Variable Player Powers, 4X, Civilization, Science Fiction, Hand Management

Lords of Ragnarok Core Box -  1-4 Players
  Solo Mode, Cards, Dice, Variable Player Powers, Drafting, Worker Placement, Base Game, Science Fiction, Miniatures, Hand Management, Fantasy

Mass Effect: Priority Hagalaz -  1-4 Players
  Cooperative, Science Fiction

MetroRunner -  1-5 Players
  Solo Mode, Set Collection, Drafting, Science Fiction, Puzzle, Route Building, Hand Management

Nemesis Lockdown -  1-5 Players
  Horror, Dice, Variable Player Powers, Traitor, Cooperative, Player Elimination, Science Fiction, Dungeon Crawler, Miniatures

Race for the Galaxy -  2-4 Players
  Economic, Civilization, Card Games, Science Fiction, Hand Management

Resurgence -  1-4 Players
  Solo Mode, Secret Unit Deployment, End Game Bonuses, Deckbuilding, Strategy, Worker Placement, Science Fiction, Bag-Building

Revive -  1-4 Players
  Solo Mode, Variable Player Powers, Civilization, Deckbuilding, Science Fiction

Scythe -  1-5 Players
  Solo Mode, Staff Pick 2022, Economic, Staff Pick 2021, Variable Player Powers, Take That, Best Seller, Science Fiction

Skymines -  1-4 Players
  Solo Mode, Economic, Variable Player Powers, Drafting, Deckbuilding, Worker Placement, Science Fiction, Hand Management

Star Trek: Captain’s Chair -  1-2 Players
  Solo Mode, Deckbuilding, Science Fiction

Star Wars Outer Rim -  1-4 Players
  Solo Mode, Star Wars, Dice, Variable Player Powers, Base Game, Science Fiction

Star Wars: Rebellion Board Game -  2-4 Players
  Star Wars, Civil War, Dice, Team Based, Variable Set-up, Card Play Conflict Resolution, Variable Player Powers, Income, Space Exploration, Once-Per-Game Abilities, Area Movement, Hidden Movement, Tags, Area Majority/Influence, Wargame, Take That, Worker Placement, Science Fiction, Delayed Purchase, Miniatures, Contracts, Events, Hand Management

Terraforming Mars -  1-5 Players
  Solo Mode, Economic, Variable Player Powers, Drafting, Take That, Best Seller, Base Game, Science Fiction, Tile Placement, Hand Management

The Thing the Boardgame -  1-6+ Players
  Traitor, Base Game, Science Fiction

Twilight Imperium 4th ED -  3-6 Players
  Dice, Economic, Variable Player Powers, 4X, Civilization, Science Fiction

Virtual Revolution -  2-4 Players
  Science Fiction


Dune Imperium

It's a worker placement game that can be won in many ways. It is well balanced and competitive in many different levels. Also, love how the battle is a simple numbers game, not luck based. - Nolan


Scythe

Scythe is an engine-building game set in a 1920s era, alternate-history. It is a time of farming and war, broken hearts and rusted gears, innovation and valor. In Scythe, each player controls one of five factions of Eastern Europe, all of which are attempting to earn their fortunes and claim their stakes in the land around the mysterious Factory. Players conquer territory, enlist new recruits, reap resources, gain villagers, build structures, and activate monstrous mechs.

  • It combines well-refined mechanics, a 4X play-style, and excellent art into a game that feels polished and exciting. One of my personal top five games of all time.



Value Games:

AI Space Puzzle -  2-5 Players
  Deduction, Cooperative, Science Fiction, Puzzle

Catan Starfarers Duel -  2 Players
  Dice, Science Fiction

Cyber Pet Quest -  1-4 Players
  Dice, Zombies, Cooperative, Science Fiction, Animals

Forbidden Island -  2-4 Players
  Solo Mode, Set Collection, Variable Player Powers, Cooperative, Science Fiction, Tile Placement, Hand Management, Fantasy

Forbidden Jungle -  2-5 Players
  Solo Mode, Set Collection, Variable Player Powers, Cooperative, Science Fiction, Tile Placement, Hand Management, Fantasy

Forbidden Jungle - Survive the wild -  2-5 Players
  Solo Mode, Set Collection, Variable Player Powers, Cooperative, Science Fiction, Tile Placement, Hand Management, Fantasy

Jump Drive -  2-4 Players
  Set Collection, Card Games, Base Game, Science Fiction, Hand Management

Radlands -  2 Players
  Variable Player Powers, Fighting, Card Games, Take That, Science Fiction, Hand Management

Rumblebots -  2-4 Players
  Catch the Leader, Card Games, Science Fiction, Hand Management, Deck Construction

Smash Up -  2-4 Players
  Variable Player Powers, Staff Pick 2023, Zombies, Card Games, Take That, Base Game, Science Fiction, Hand Management, Fantasy

Star Realms Academy -  2 Players
  Deckbuilding, Card Games, Science Fiction

Star Realms Frontiers -  1-4 Players
  Solo Mode, Fighting, Drafting, Deckbuilding, Cooperative, Card Games, Player Elimination, Take That, Science Fiction

Star Realms: Star Trek -  2-4 Players
  Fighting, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Science Fiction

Star Trek Missions -  2-6 Players
  Set Collection, Drafting, Card Games, Science Fiction, Star Trek

Star Wars Jabba’s Palace -  2-6 Players
  Score-and-Reset, Star Wars, Set Collection, Deduction, Card Games, Player Elimination, Science Fiction, Love Letter game, Hand Management

The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine -  2-5 Players
  Cooperative, Card Games, Science Fiction, Hand Management

Tiny Epic Cthulhu -  1-4 Players
  Horror, Cards, Set Collection, Push Your Luck, Cooperative, Base Game, Science Fiction

Tiny Epic Dinosaurs -  1-4 Players
  Solo Mode, Enclosure, Dinosaurs, Worker Placement, Science Fiction, Contracts, Farming, Hidden Victory Points, Fantasy, Animals

Under Falling Skies -  1 Player
  Solo Mode, Dice, Worker Placement, Science Fiction

Warp’s Edge -  1 Player
  Solo Mode, Science Fiction

Yet -  2-3 Players
  Abstract, Memory, Deduction, Drafting, Racing, Card Games, Science Fiction


Smash Up

The "shufflebuilding" game Smash Up begins with a simple premise: take the 20-card decks of two factions, shuffle them into a deck of forty cards, then compete to crush more Bases than your opponents!

Why James likes it:

Such a fun game! The different factions' playstyles makes every game unique.