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Pepper Ratings / Top 10 by Genre / Gaming / Sci-Fi

Top 10 Sci-Fi Games

Big ideas, unfamiliar futures and stories that ask what it means to be human.

10 EDITORIAL PICKS
1
GameHalf-Life 2Cover pending
Game2004

Half-Life 2

A journey through an occupied world connects physics-based interactions, environmental storytelling and carefully paced action into an unusually cohesive adventure.

9.5/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Sci-Fi
2
GamePortal 2Cover pending
Game2011

Portal 2

Inventive spatial puzzles are paired with precise comic timing, making an apparently cold testing facility an unexpectedly characterful place to explore.

9.5/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Sci-Fi
3
GameMass Effect 2Cover pending
Game2010

Mass Effect 2

A commander assembles a team for a dangerous mission, with companion relationships and consequential preparation giving the science-fiction adventure its momentum.

9.4/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Sci-Fi
4
GameOuter WildsCover pending
Game2019

Outer Wilds

A small solar system becomes an intricate mystery where knowledge, rather than equipment upgrades, gradually changes what the player can achieve.

9.4/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Sci-Fi
5
GameBioShockCover pending
Game2007

BioShock

An underwater city’s collapse is explored through combat and environmental storytelling, making ideology and player agency central to its unsettling appeal.

9.2/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Sci-Fi
6
GameDeus ExCover pending
Game2000

Deus Ex

A conspiracy investigation unfolds through spaces that support stealth, combat and social solutions, giving player choice a meaningful structural role.

9.2/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Sci-Fi
7
GameMetroid PrimeCover pending
Game2002

Metroid Prime

A ruined alien world is understood through scanning and exploration, with an intricately interconnected layout making discovery feel steadily earned.

9.2/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Sci-Fi
8
GameNieR: AutomataCover pending
Game2017

NieR: Automata

Androids fight across a ruined Earth in an action role-playing story that repeatedly reconsiders identity, purpose and the meaning of conflict.

9.0/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Sci-Fi
9
GameSystem Shock 2Cover pending
Game1999

System Shock 2

An investigation aboard a damaged starship turns character development and resource management into sources of deep uncertainty and technological dread.

8.8/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Sci-Fi
10
GameMass EffectCover pending
Game2007

Mass Effect

A new human role in galactic politics opens an ambitious space adventure, combining companion relationships with exploration and consequential dialogue choices.

8.6/ 10 · Pepper Score
Peppermoon pick · Sci-Fi

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