Top 16 Sci-Fi Games with the Best Stories

By YPB Team

Branching galactic epics, claustrophobic space horrors, and brain-bending puzzles all stake their claim here, spanning genre-defining classics and cult favorites alike. Which story stuck with you? Cast your vote!

Mass Effect 2 — ranked #11
Mass Effect 2
BioWare's 2010 space opera RPG renowned for its branching choices and the suicide-mission finale.
1000pts
BioShock — ranked #22
BioShock
The 2007 shooter set in the underwater dystopia of Rapture, famed for its 'Would you kindly' plot twist.
777pts
System Shock 2 — ranked #33
System Shock 2
The 1999 sci-fi horror that introduced the rogue AI SHODAN aboard a derelict starship.
761pts
Portal 2 — ranked #44
Portal 2
Valve's 2011 first-person puzzle game with the sardonic AI antagonists GLaDOS and Wheatley.
717pts
Alien: Isolation — ranked #55
Alien: Isolation
Creative Assembly's 2014 survival-horror stalked by a single relentless Xenomorph.
717pts
Outer Wilds — ranked #66
Outer Wilds
The 2019 exploration game built around a 22-minute time loop and an alien mystery.
666pts
The Talos Principle — ranked #77
The Talos Principle
Croteam's 2014 philosophical puzzle game probing AI consciousness and free will.
666pts
Horizon Zero Dawn — ranked #88
Horizon Zero Dawn
Guerrilla Games' 2017 open-world adventure about a hunter in a post-apocalyptic world of robotic beasts.
666pts
Detroit: Become Human — ranked #99
Detroit: Become Human
Quantic Dream's 2018 branching narrative about androids gaining sentience in near-future Detroit.
666pts
Prey — ranked #1010
Prey
Arkane's 2017 immersive sim aboard the Talos I space station overrun by shapeshifting aliens.
605pts
Half-Life 2 — ranked #1111
Half-Life 2
Valve's 2004 first-person shooter set in a dystopian Earth under alien occupation.
605pts
SOMA — ranked #1212
SOMA
Frictional Games' 2015 underwater horror exploring consciousness and identity.
532pts
Nier: Automata — ranked #1313
Nier: Automata
PlatinumGames' 2017 action RPG about androids in a proxy war, told across multiple playthroughs.
532pts
Titanfall 2 — ranked #1414
Titanfall 2
Respawn's 2016 shooter built around the buddy relationship between a pilot and his Titan BT-7274.
532pts
Deus Ex — ranked #1515
Deus Ex
Ion Storm's 2000 cyberpunk immersive sim about conspiracies and transhumanism.
444pts
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic — ranked #1616
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
BioWare's 2003 RPG set millennia before the films, famed for its mid-game twist.
444pts

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