The Best Sci-fi science Games for Nintendo Switch

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Update : Virion added at rank #9.
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Machinika Museum (2021)

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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.

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

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The Last Cube (2022)

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Playstation 5 Mac OS Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows Linux Xbox One

Cube puzzler and an epic adventure. Stamp stickers to the sides of your cube to imbue each surface with unique powers, which are vital to solving puzzles and finding secrets.

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  • puzzle
  • platform
  • 3d
  • science
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • atmospheric
  • logic
  • movement
  • sci-fi
  • futuristic
  • colourful
  • third-person
  • grid
  • robots

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Terraformers (2022)

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Transform Mars into a habitable planet in Terraformers. With challenging strategizing and resource management, explore the planet and expand population, all while watching the stunning new natural wonders build up before your eyes. Take on different scenarios and bonuses and create a thriving utopia. Get lost in the addictive puzzle-like game with unique replayability and rewarding graphics and UI.


What we like:
  • Focus on strategy
  • Various difficulty levels
  • Unique victory conditions
  • Nice graphics and UI
  • Rich soundtrack
What could be improved:
  • Only one way to lose the game
  • Some bugs present
  • Game can become repetitive

  • turn-based
  • mars
  • space
  • resource-management
  • science
  • rogue-like
  • nonlinear
  • card
  • procedural
  • board-game
  • colony
  • sci-fi
  • choices
  • simulation
  • management

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Relicta (2020)

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Alone in the depths of the Moon, your scientific mind is the only thing that can keep your daughter alive …Play as a top physicist stranded on an eerie, derelict Moon base. Find your way around the enigmatic, terraformed craters by bending gravity and magnetism to your will in order to solve physical puzzles. Will you rush straight ahead and try to reach safety - or will you take your time to gather clues and unravel the intrigues of 22nd century orbital politics? Buried in the eternal darkness of the lunar craters lies a secret that might claim your daughter’s life - or change the fate of humanity forever. Are you ready to face the ultimate consequences of your research?

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  • mars
  • character
  • snow
  • narration
  • puzzle
  • science
  • logic
  • action-adventure
  • physics
  • first-person
  • sci-fi
  • 3d
  • exploration
  • story
  • colourful

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Veritas (2020)

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Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone Android PC Windows Mac OS

Uncover the lies. Free your mind. Veritas is a compact narrative puzzle game that asks: what is truth, and does it even matter?

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  • mystery
  • point-and-click
  • science
  • discovery
  • first-person
  • sci-fi
  • puzzle
  • atmospheric
  • adventure
  • exploration
  • dark
  • rpg
  • spin-off
  • story
  • narrative

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Exographer (2024)

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Exographer is an exploration game based on science. Become an explorer, stranded in an alien planet, and discover the secrets of an extinct civilization. Gain new powers to avoid dangers and obstacles in your journey, and use your camera to reveal particles and hidden clues.


  • metroidvania
  • science
  • platform
  • puzzle
  • pixel
  • exploration
  • 2d
  • non-linear
  • sci-fi
  • discovery
  • investigation

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Primal Threat (2023)

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Blast cyborg dinosaurs and other dangerous creatures in this side-scrolling action/adventure! Explore an ancient labyrinth full of upgrades, weapons, and secrets to save your planet from a primal threat!

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  • hero
  • dinosaurs
  • metroidvania
  • science
  • 2d
  • magic
  • surreal
  • 1980s
  • space
  • platform
  • action-adventure
  • pixel
  • sci-fi
  • exploration
  • controller-support

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Cell Scientists: Beyond (2024)

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Xbox One PC Windows Nintendo Switch

An exciting puzzle game with 50 levels story mode and easy to pick gameplay mechanics. Embark on an adventure to destroy viruses using futuristics nano ships and help the patients. Save the day using your puzzle-solving skills!


  • sokoban
  • science
  • sci-fi
  • action-adventure
  • third-person
  • puzzle
  • exploration
  • 3d
  • stylized
  • anime
  • controller-support
  • single-player

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Virion (2024)

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A sci-fi action roguelike with frenetic combat including ranged, melee and dodging


  • rogue-like
  • science
  • real-time
  • top-down
  • strategy
  • colony
  • robots
  • perma-death
  • futuristic
  • action
  • 4x
  • sci-fi
  • outbreak

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HexON (2020)

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Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch

A relaxing puzzle game. Turn on each board by connecting all magnetic pieces to it.

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  • hex
  • science
  • logic
  • space
  • abstract
  • relaxing
  • building
  • tabletop
  • futuristic
  • puzzle
  • atmospheric
  • grid
  • board-game
  • casual
  • sci-fi

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