The Best Sci-fi Games for Nintendo Switch

Update 21 November 2023: Valfaris: Mecha Therion added at rank #18.

Here are our 10 Best Sci-fi Games for Nintendo Switch:

Play Video: Heaven's Vault

Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4

An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.

• sci-fi
• choices
• narrative
• adventure
• interactive
• sailing
• fiction
• mystery
• story
• non-linear
• exploration
• puzzle
• discovery
• point-and-click
• hand-drawn

Good match + 57 Bad match - 105

Play Video: The Artful Escape

Xbox Series X PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

The Artful Escape is a psychedelic journey of self-discovery and creativity, following the story of a young musician trying to break out of his famous uncle's shadow. The game features simple platforming and a unique music interface, where players can create their own musical compositions. The game's beautiful visuals and uplifting story, supported by an outstanding voice cast, make it a must-play for music lovers and fans of visual novels.

• Gorgeous visuals,Unique music interface,Outstanding voice cast,Uplifting story

• Lack of challenging gameplay,Short game length,More of a visual novel than a traditional game

• psychedelic
• platform
• sci-fi
• narrative
• self-discovery
• adventure
• rhythm
• side-scrolling
• music
• aliens
• dylan

Good match + 9 Bad match - 22

Play Video: No Man's Sky

PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One Playstation 5 psvr osvr Xbox Series X Mac OS Android

No Man's Sky is a massive universe-sim sandbox experience that lets you explore an infinite number of planets with unique lifeforms and environments. Upgrade your ship and suit for survival and choose your own path - whether you want to be a trader, fighter, or explorer. The game offers great graphics and good VR support with the ability to play with friends and share your discoveries.

• Deliver on promises
• Great graphics
• Cross-play enabled
• Good VR support

• Some bugs present
• Not challenging enough
• No co-op progression

• inventory
• survival
• exploration
• sci-fi
• crafting
• pirates
• resource
• discovery
• trading
• aliens
• multiplayer
• space
• sandbox
• open-world
• management

Good match + 40 Bad match - 48

Play Video: Flashback 2

Xbox One PC Windows Xbox Series X l Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox Series X/s

Immerse yourself in an action-packed cyberpunk universe where the fate of humanity itself hangs in the balance. The Morphs are preparing their final attack, determined to enslave every civilization in the Solar System — and it's your mission to fight back!

• sci-fi
• platform
• cyberpunk
• heart-pounding
• remake
• shooter
• adventure
• 2.5d
• action
• cult
• classic
• hand-drawn
• puzzle
• futuristic
• aliens

Good match + 1 Bad match - 2

Play Video: Lunark

Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows Nintendo Switch Mac OS

A pixel-art sci-fi adventure set in the midst of a rebellion against a totalitarian regime, LUNARK is a modern take on the 2D cinematic platformer genre of the '90s. Run, jump, hang, climb, roll, and shoot your way through gorgeous and mysterious locations!

• platform
• sci-fi
• pixel
• cyberpunk
• 2d
• retro
• cinematic
• scroller
• colourful
• dystopian
• exploration
• action-adventure
• adventure
• 1990s

Good match Bad match - 1

Play Video: Headland

IOS iPhone Android Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS

A powerful force shatters the imagination core from Nor’s Headland. With his robot friends he has to find the fragments and fight to regain his limitless creativity.

• sci-fi
• robots
• metroidvania
• chess
• action-adventure
• exploration
• funny
• puzzle
• colourful
• boss-fight
• combat
• family-friendly
• adventure
• side-scrolling
• cover

Good match + 12 Bad match - 24

Play Video: Retro Machina

Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Retro Machina is a single-player action game and exploration with elements of RPG, set in a retro-futuristic universe. The game shows the journey of a little robot unraveling the mysteries of a world long forgotten.

• robots
• puzzle
• retro-futuristic
• hand-drawn
• sci-fi
• isometric
• exploration
• platform
• collectathon
• boss
• action-adventure
• mystery
• combat
• dystopian
• book

Good match + 53 Bad match - 94

Play Video: Beyond a Steel Sky

PC Windows Linux Mac OS IOS iPhone Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One Xbox Series X

Beyond a Steel Sky is a thrilling cyberpunk adventure game with engaging puzzles and a fast-paced narrative that will keep you hooked. Follow Robert Foster as he tries to rescue a kidnapped child in Union City, a futuristic utopia controlled by an altruistic AI. The game features a beautifully detailed comic-book style world and plenty of humor. Unravel dark conspiracies and defeat a terrifying antagonist in this innovative and exciting adventure!

• Engaging storyline and characters
• Built-in hints system
• Great setting and world design
• Innovative puzzle mechanics
• Plenty of humor and nostalgia nods

• Controlling the character is clunky
• Hacking can be repetitive
• Lack of puzzle diversity
• Story can be simplistic with bad pace
• Cutscenes are too long and boring

• cyberpunk
• adventure
• point-and-click
• puzzle
• dystopian
• narrative
• classic
• sci-fi
• thriller
• futuristic
• cult
• third-person
• hacking
• political
• inventory

Good match + 32 Bad match - 58

Play Video: Citizen Sleeper

Xbox Series X Mac OS Nintendo Switch Xbox One PC Windows Playstation 5 Playstation 4

Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.

• tabletop
• dice
• sci-fi
• narrative
• cyberpunk
• rpg
• text
• story

Good match + 12 Bad match - 39

Play Video: Machinika Museum

Android PC Windows IOS iPhone Nintendo Switch

Come discover beautiful mysterious machines of extra-terrestrial origins and use your logic and sense of observation to fix them; and uncover a galaxy-spanning story. Machinika Museum is a puzzle game for people who like to have their brain teased and love a nice story to go along.

• science
• investigation
• puzzle
• hidden-object
• mystery
• logic
• point-and-click
• short
• sci-fi
• narration
• atmospheric
• futuristic
• aliens
• pattern-matching
• first-person

Good match + 19 Bad match - 31

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