The Best Sci-fi science Games for Xbox Series X

Update : Lab Rat added at rank #6.
Here are our 10 Best Sci-fi science Games for Xbox Series X:
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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?


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

3

Tin Can (2020)

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You've barely managed to escape your exploding spaceship. Now in an old escape pod, you hurtle through space at the mercy of the cosmos. With no knowledge of the pod’s complex systems, your life depends on a technical manual and your own wits. How long can you survive?


  • space
  • simulation
  • science
  • immersive
  • resource-management
  • survival
  • sci-fi
  • survival-horror
  • realistic
  • 3d

4

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

5

The Forest Cathedral (2023)

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The Forest Cathedral is a first-person environmental thriller set on a remote island. Playing as scientist Rachel Carson, players will slowly uncover the effects of DDT by using advanced environmental technology to solve 2D/3D connected puzzles in this dramatic reimagining of Silent Spring.


  • platform
  • thriller
  • mosquito
  • exploration
  • simulation
  • science
  • augmented-reality
  • environmental
  • 2d
  • narrative
  • sci-fi
  • adventure
  • true-to-life
  • puzzle
  • metroid

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Lab Rat (2025)

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A metrics-obsessed AI will monitor, profile, and entertain you as you progress through over a hundred genre-bending puzzles in this delightfully satirical adventure.


  • dark
  • humor
  • designer
  • comedy
  • sokoban
  • science
  • puzzle
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • 3d
  • sci-fi
  • genre-bending
  • narration
  • experimental
  • hand-crafted

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