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.
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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!
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Love rolling a fist full of dice
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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.
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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.
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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.