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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!

  1. 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
  2. BioShock — ranked #22
    BioShock
    The 2007 shooter set in the underwater dystopia of Rapture, famed for its 'Would you kindly' plot twist.
    666pts
  3. System Shock 2 — ranked #33
    System Shock 2
    The 1999 sci-fi horror that introduced the rogue AI SHODAN aboard a derelict starship.
    642pts
  4. Portal 2 — ranked #44
    Portal 2
    Valve's 2011 first-person puzzle game with the sardonic AI antagonists GLaDOS and Wheatley.
    577pts
  5. Alien: Isolation — ranked #55
    Alien: Isolation
    Creative Assembly's 2014 survival-horror stalked by a single relentless Xenomorph.
    576pts
  6. Outer Wilds — ranked #66
    Outer Wilds
    The 2019 exploration game built around a 22-minute time loop and an alien mystery.
    500pts
  7. The Talos Principle — ranked #77
    The Talos Principle
    Croteam's 2014 philosophical puzzle game probing AI consciousness and free will.
    500pts
  8. 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.
    500pts
  9. Detroit: Become Human — ranked #99
    Detroit: Become Human
    Quantic Dream's 2018 branching narrative about androids gaining sentience in near-future Detroit.
    500pts
  10. Prey — ranked #1010
    Prey
    Arkane's 2017 immersive sim aboard the Talos I space station overrun by shapeshifting aliens.
    409pts
  11. Half-Life 2 — ranked #1111
    Half-Life 2
    Valve's 2004 first-person shooter set in a dystopian Earth under alien occupation.
    409pts
  12. SOMA — ranked #1212
    SOMA
    Frictional Games' 2015 underwater horror exploring consciousness and identity.
    300pts
  13. Nier: Automata — ranked #1313
    Nier: Automata
    PlatinumGames' 2017 action RPG about androids in a proxy war, told across multiple playthroughs.
    300pts
  14. Titanfall 2 — ranked #1414
    Titanfall 2
    Respawn's 2016 shooter built around the buddy relationship between a pilot and his Titan BT-7274.
    300pts
  15. Deus Ex — ranked #1515
    Deus Ex
    Ion Storm's 2000 cyberpunk immersive sim about conspiracies and transhumanism.
    0pts
  16. 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.
    0pts

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