Science Fiction-themed Games
- Updated October 25, 2025
Sorted by location in the store - Casual Games | Cooperative Games | Heavyweight Games | Middleweight Games | Value Games
Casual Games: (Easiest)
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
Build a Bot - 2-6 Players
Memory, Set Collection, Kids, Card Games, Science Fiction, Hand Management
Catan Starfarers Duel - 2 Players
Dice, Science Fiction
Cowboy Bebop Space Serenade - 1-4 Players
Deckbuilding, Card Games, Science Fiction
Drop Drive - 2-4 Players
Pick-up and Deliver, End Game Bonuses, Variable Set-up, Set Collection, Pattern Movement, Space Exploration, Science Fiction, Events
Escape From Aliens in Outer Spa - 2-6+ Players
Team Based, Variable Player Powers, Science Fiction, Party Game
Gizmos - 2-4 Players
Drafting, Card Games, Science Fiction
King of Tokyo - 2-6 Players
Dice, Staff Pick 2021, Push Your Luck, Fighting, Drafting, Staff Pick 2023, Kids, Player Elimination, Open Drafting, Take That, Science Fiction, Re-rolling and Locking Dice, King of the Hill, Dice Rolling
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
Monsters Menace The World - 2-4 Players
Horror, Dice, Variable Player Powers, Wargame, Science Fiction, Dice Rolling
Moon Colony Bloodbath - 1-5 Players
Deckbuilding, Card Games, Science Fiction
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
REM Racers - 2-5 Players
Dice, Variable Player Powers, Racing, Science Fiction, Miniatures
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
Villainous SW Power Dark Side - 2-4 Players
Star Wars, 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
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
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
Earthborne Rangers - 0-0 Players
Solo Mode, Storytelling, Move Through Deck, Role Playing, Variable Set-up, Card Play Conflict Resolution, Adventure, Customizable, Exploration, Cooperative, Card Games, Science Fiction, Narrative Choice, Environmental, Hand Management, Deck Construction
Escape the Dark Sector - 1-4 Players
Horror, Dice, Push Your Luck, Cooperative, Card Games, Science Fiction
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
Tamashi: Chronicle of Ascend - 1-4 Players
Solo Mode, Pattern Building, Dice, Action Points, Variable Set-up, Adventure, Variable Player Powers, Space Exploration, Fighting, Deckbuilding, Hexagon Grid, Exploration, Cooperative, Grid Movement, Science Fiction, Dungeon Crawler, Campaign Game, Miniatures, Narrative Choice, Slide / Push, Square Grid
The Mandalorian: Adventures - 1-4 Players
Solo Mode, Star Wars, Traitor, Cooperative, Science Fiction, Hand Management
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
SETI: Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence - 1-4 Players
Solo Mode, Staff Pick 2025, Cards, End Game Bonuses, Variable Set-up, Resource to Move, Space Exploration, Multi-use Cards, Area Majority/Influence, Science Fiction, Turn Order: Progressive
Shackleton Base: A Journey to the Moon - 1-4 Players
Variable Set-up, Space Exploration, Worker Placement, Science Fiction, Different Worker Types
Middleweight Games:
Andromeda’s Edge - 2-4 Players
Dice, Fighting, Worker Placement, Base Game, Science Fiction, Hand Management
ARCS - 2-4 Players
Staff Pick 2025, Dice, Resource to Move, Variable Player Powers, Area Movement, Trick-Taking, Area Majority/Influence, Base Game, Science Fiction, Turn Order: Claim Action, Campaign Game, Negotiation, 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
CATAN - Starfarers 2nd Edition - 3-4 Players
Variable Set-up, Space Exploration, Hexagon Grid, Modular Board, Science Fiction, Negotiation, Trading
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, Increase Value of Unchosen Resources, Staff Pick 2022, Ownership, Card Play Conflict Resolution, Variable Player Powers, Deckbuilding, Dune, Multi-use Cards, Tags, Force Commitment, Card Games, Open Drafting, Take That, Worker Placement, Political, Base Game, Science Fiction, Turn Order: Progressive, Staff Pick 2024
Last Light - 2-4 Players
Solo Mode, Dice, Economic, Variable Player Powers, 4X, Civilization, Science Fiction, Hand Management
Mass Effect: Priority Hagalaz - 1-4 Players
Cooperative, Science Fiction
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, End Game Bonuses, Staff Pick 2021, Variable Set-up, Card Play Conflict Resolution, Variable Player Powers, Tech Trees / Tech Tracks, Fighting, Territory Building, Hexagon Grid, Zone of Control, Area Majority/Influence, Force Commitment, Take That, Best Seller, Grid Movement, Science Fiction, King of the Hill, Movement Points, Contracts, Victory Points as a Resource
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 Breach - 1-4 Players
Set Collection, Variable Player Powers, Exploration, Modular Board, Science Fiction, Miniatures, Hand Management
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
Cyber Pet Quest - 1-4 Players
Dice, Zombies, Cooperative, Science Fiction, Animals
Forbidden Island - 2-4 Players
Solo Mode, Staff Pick 2025, Pick-up and Deliver, Action Points, Set Collection, Adventure, Variable Player Powers, Cooperative, Modular Board, Grid Movement, Science Fiction, Tile Placement, Map Reduction, Events, Square Grid, Hand Management, Fantasy
King of Tokyo: Duel - 2 Players
Dice, Variable Player Powers, Fighting, Kids, Tug of War, Sudden Death Ending, Open Drafting, Science Fiction
Light Speed: Arena - 1-4 Players
End Game Bonuses, Variable Set-up, Value, Variable Player Powers, Fighting, Electronic, Line of Sight, Area Majority/Influence, Elapsed Real Time Ending, Science Fiction, Tile Placement, Real-time, Party Game, Electronic
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
Space Puppies - 2-5 Players
Set Collection, Space Exploration, Kids, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Science Fiction, Animals
Space Puppies Eclipse - 2-5 Players
Set Collection, Space Exploration, Kids, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Science Fiction, Animals
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: A Deckbuilding Game - 2 Players
Variable Set-up, Set Collection, Income, Fighting, Drafting, Deckbuilding, Multi-use Cards, Tags, Card Games, Player Elimination, Open Drafting, Take That, Science Fiction, Delayed Purchase, Hand Management
Star Realms: Star Trek - 2-4 Players
Fighting, Deckbuilding, Card Games, Science Fiction, Delayed Purchase
Star Trek Fluxx - 2-6 Players
Set Collection, Card Games, Science Fiction, Star Trek, Hand Management
The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine - 2-5 Players
Cooperative, Card Games, Science Fiction, Hand Management
Tiny Epic Dinosaurs - 1-4 Players
Solo Mode, Enclosure, Dinosaurs, Worker Placement, Science Fiction, Contracts, Farming, Hidden Victory Points, Fantasy, Animals
Zenith - 2-4 Players
Team Based, Tech Trees / Tech Tracks, Tug of War, Area Majority/Influence, Card Games, Modular Board, Science Fiction, Track Movement, Hand Management
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.
