Science Fiction

Fiction genre entity

platforms

This is a container group; its children are:

Biopunk	A cyberpunk derivative that focuses on biotechnology. (too short)	2007 / 2022	9 games
Cyberpunk	A sci-fi sub-genre featuring dystopic chaos or radical change in society in the midst of high tech. Hackers, AI, mega corporations, punks, ...	1981 / 2024	261 games
Hard Sci-Fi	Sci-Fi that gives emphasis to scientific detail, technical detail (technology, biology, etc.) or scientific accuracy.	1988 / 2017	13 games
Science fantasy	Elements of science fiction and fantasy genres appear in same setting more or less seamlessly, blurring the lines between the two genres.	1983 / 2020	469 games
Soft Sci-Fi	A science fiction sub-genre that places focus on soft sciences, such as social, psychological, and such.	1975 / 2016	33 games
Space Western	A sub-genre of science fiction that brings the aesthetics of Old West to new frontiers. Does not require space age despite the name.	1987 / 2020	20 games
Steampunk	A sub-genre of Sci-Fi and Fantasy where steam is widely used to power technology. Often, but not necessarily, with Western and/or Victorian overtones.	1984 / 2022	137 games
Techno-fantasy	A science fiction sub-genre that depicts things not possible with modern or past technology and does not dwell on the details of how or why of it, or gives only vague (useless) descriptions for them.	1998 / 2016	69 games
Weird science	A sci-fi genre that delivers the science in a very fantastic manner, often by throwing any pretense of science out of the window.	1997 / 2016	46 games