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Project Nova
Action canceled
A first-person perspective shooter that takes place in the universe of EVE Online. Project Nova is a free-to-play game focused on multiplayer. Instead of a classic single player campaign, the game offers various multiplayer modes. Most of them take place in narrow corridors of ships and space stations – the developers focused on dynamic encounters instead of battles taking place in large open spaces. Project Nova is more like a tactical shooter than an arcade FPS.
Star Trek Online
RPG 02 February 2010
Star Trek Online is a Cryptic produced MMO game in the popular science fiction universe. The action of the game was set in 2409. Players take on the role of spacecraft commander, and their main occupation is to explore remote corners of the galaxy, perform various missions, fight against enemy units and trade. Fans of the Star Trek series will find in the game many references to the events known from the silver screen.
Master Levels for Doom II
Action 26 December 1995
Developed by id Software in collaboration with GT Interactive, this is a set of additional maps for Doom II: Hell on Earth, released in 1994. The pack, entitled Master Levels for Doom II, includes 20 brand new maps (plus one hidden map), prepared under license and supervision of id Software by several independent artists. Due to the specificity of the set, individual levels have not been combined into larger episodes like the parent game, and each of them constitutes a separate whole.
Hellion
Action 21 October 2019
A survival sandbox with space sim features focused on online play. Hellion invites the players to a distant future in which humanity organized an intergalactic colonization mission. Together with a million of other colonizers, the player is sent to a distant star system. After awakening from a decades-long cryogenic sleep, the protagonist finds only ruined space stations and shipwrecks.
Dropzone
Strategy 15 February 2017
An online science fiction strategy game by Sparkypants Studios, combining elements of a classical RTS with elements of modern MOBA productions. The action of Dropzone is set in times when humanity’s future is dependent on the mysterious energy source called the Core, and the only place where it can be found is Europa, one of the Jupiter’s moons. The problem is that the place is also a target for the alien race of Kavash.
Azkend 2: The World Beneath
Puzzle 14 March 2012
A puzzle game of the genre "combine three elements", enriched with a simple storyline layer inspired by the work of Julius Verne. During the game we get to the title world inside the Earth, and our task is to find a way to escape and return to civilization. The gameplay focuses on getting the items we need, which we receive for solving subsequent puzzles.
Alien: Isolation - The Trigger
Action 03 March 2015
Alien: Isolation - The Trigger is the fifth and final DLC for the science fiction horror game Alien: Isolation developed by Creative Assembly. This DLC is available for the game's season pass owners, but can also be bought separately. The expansion takes place prior to the events of the main game. We play as Ricardo, who, along with his supervisor, tries to remove a xenomorph from Sewastopol's deck.
Azure Striker Gunvolt 2
Arcade 25 August 2016
A sequel to the two-dimensional action game released in 2014. The new game was created by the authors of the previous game, the Inti Creates studio, mostly known for developing the Mega Man Zero miniseries. In Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 the player can experience the further adventures of Gunvolt and the characters known from the prequel, facing the corporation ruling the future world.
Starpoint Gemini 2
Strategy 26 September 2014
Sequel of the warmly received production of Little Green Men studio, which combines features of traditional 4X strategy with elements of RPG and space simulator. The plot of the game takes us back to the vast universe of Gemini and tells the continuation of the story begun in the first installment of the series. The axis of the action is the conflict between the ruling Empire and the rival rebels, called the Gemini League.
Servo
Strategy canceled
Servo is a PC-based RTS game by BonusXP. Players take command of a small unit of powerful mosses and use them to collect resources, expand bases and train weaker but larger allied units. A special feature of the production is that from battle to battle robots are becoming increasingly powerful, also in multiplayer mode.
P.A.M.E.L.A.
Action 18 June 2020
A survival-horror action adventure game and the debut production from NVYVE, a Canadian studio. The action takes place in the near future on an island that is almost completely occupied by a modern shopping and entertainment center called the Eden. In the game, we assume the role of a sole survivor of a plague of a mysterious virus that infected the island’s inhabitants and the protagonist's only ally is an AI named Pamela.
Starfall Online
Strategy 20 February 2020
Space-based tactical RTS strategy for multiplayer fun. In the game we participate in an interstellar conflict of 3 factions, forced to flee into space from the overpopulated and destroyed Earth. A characteristic element of the game is the possibility of building and complex modification of your own fleet of ships, based on the schemes and parts acquired during the game.
Lost Orbit
Arcade 12 May 2015
An unusual platform game and the first production by Pinxelnauts, a studio which used to create visual elements for other developers. You play as a lone astronaut called Harrison, whose ship malfunctions badly. Harrison leaves the ship and has to continue his journey on his own. He has to face many dangers, such as a previously unknown civilization. Lost Orbit can be called a vertical platformer, since you move toward the top of the screen.
Supernova
Strategy 18 December 2019
A science fiction MOBA strategy game developed by Hungarian studio Primal Game. In Supernova the whole universe is a battlefield and the players can join the forces of humans or aliens. The greatest commanders of the entire universe are joining their ranks, including mercenaries, powerful mechs, cyborgs and various alien species, for which fighting for survival is a common thing. The gameplay is based on competition between two 5-person teams.
Stealth Inc. 2
Arcade 23 October 2014
The second part of a sci-fi sci-fi skeleton platformer, also known as Stealth Bastard, set in the realities of science fiction. In the game we play the role of a hacker-burglar, who breaks through the research complex of a powerful corporation, releasing clones imprisoned there. Our hero bypasses security and hackes center systems, avoiding detection and contact with enemies.
Warhammer 40,000: Dark Nexus Arena
Action canceled
A MOBA game set in the world of Warhammer 40,000, developed by Canadian studio Whitebox Interactive. The story of Warhammer 40,000: Dark Nexus Arena takes us to a futuristic universe, specifically to the grim town of Commoragh – the biggest metropolis of the cruel Dark Eldar race. We control an abducted warrior, forced to take part in brutal fights for life and death, similarly to gladiators in ancient Rome.
Star Horizon
Action 20 March 2014
A rail shooter developed by Tabasco Interactive, a Polish dev studio. The player assumes the role of John, a pilot of the Federation woken from a thousand-year cryogenic sleep initiated by an artificial intelligence called Ellie during a great war against the Rebels. His task is not only to discover how the conflict ended but also to defend humanity from a new threat. At the core of Star Horizon are grand-scale space battles in which we participate sitting at the helm of a fighter.
Galactic Keep: Dice Battles
RPG 20 August 2015
A mobile science fiction RPG by Gilded Skull Games. The plot of Galactic Keep: Dice Battles is set in times when an advanced alien race kidnaps humans and puts them in their factories and research facilities on a distant planet. Soon, a rebellion occurs, and the result is that humanity regains its freedom and destroys most of its captors’ cities.
Calculords
Strategy 21 February 2014
Calculords is a hybrid of turn-based strategy, card and logical game. While playing, the player must perform simple mathematical calculations in order to obtain specific numbers to activate the units assigned to them.
Star Trek (1981)
Strategy 30 November 1981
A strategic text game in which the player's task is to defeat a certain number of Clingo ships and prevent them from attacking the command center of the Federation. This is one of the first games released on IBM PCs.
Shiftlings
Adventure 03 March 2015
An entertaining platformer/logic game developed by Rock Pocket Games and distributed by Sierra. Shiftlings sees us assume control of two quirky aliens that take part in an intergalactic reality show hosted by Zookod, a charismatic presenter. We are given over 50 levels taking place on 5 different planets. Each level is filled with various riddles that often see us employ various laws of physics.
SickBrick
Action 30 January 2015
A futuristic first-person shooter, in which the player gets to explore an uncharted planet and has to fight robots as well as artificial intelligence. Throughout fifteen chapters, one has to face ten types of adversaries, including powerful bosses. To eliminate all the enemies, the player can use five kinds of weapons, e.g. a futuristic chainsaw, a shotgun, or a rocket launcher. Combat takes place in relatively small and closed locations, as well as in open areas.
Asteroids: Outpost
Action canceled
Set in the realities of science-fiction sandbox survival simulator, developed for Atari by Salty Games, a studio made up of industry veterans. The game's title refers to the cult arcade production Asteroids, but at the same time it focuses on completely different mechanics of play. The action of the game takes place on the border of the solar system, where on the surface of asteroids humanity searches for new deposits of depleting resources.
Space Hulk: Ascension - Salamanders
Strategy 24 February 2015
The second official DLC for Space Hulk: Ascension - a turn based science-fiction strategy game created by Full Control as an attempt to translate the popular Space Hulk board game, set in the Warhammer 40K universe, into a video game setting. This time around, the players get to control a new Space Marine faction – the Salamanders chapter. The new story campaign includes twenty missions, in which the Salamanders attempt to retrieve the precious Tomes of Fire and punish those who profaned them.