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Sci-Fi Tabletop RPG Systems

Science fiction games explore futures, space travel, and advanced technology, ranging from hard-edged survival among the stars to sweeping space opera.

57 systems in the catalog.

  1. Rifts Dimensional rifts flood a shattered Earth with magic and super-technology Dice: d20, d100 · Complexity: Very High · Cost: $$
  2. Starfinder Tactical sci-fi adventure blending magic and starships in a far-future galaxy Dice: d20 · Complexity: High · Cost: Free
  3. Lancer Tactical mech combat meets narrative sci-fi: pilots and their machines 15,000 years in the future Dice: d20 + d6 · Complexity: High · Cost: $$
  4. The Expanse Roleplaying Game Belters, Martians, and Earthers clash for power across the solar system while an ancient alien discovery threatens everyone Dice: 3d6 · Complexity: High · Cost: $$
  5. Mothership Sci-fi survival horror: in space, everyone can hear you scream Dice: d100 · Complexity: Low · Cost: $
  6. ALIEN RPG In space, no one can hear you scream: survive the universe's most terrifying franchise Dice: d6 dice pool · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $$
  7. Thirsty Sword Lesbians Queer action romance where swords cross and hearts race Dice: 2d6 · Complexity: Low · Cost: Free
  8. Coyote & Crow Indigenous science fantasy in an uncolonized future Dice: d12 dice pool · Complexity: High · Cost: $$
  9. Troika! Surreal science-fantasy adventures across a psychedelic multiverse Dice: 2d6 · Complexity: Very Low · Cost: Free
  10. Traveller Classic sci-fi adventure across the stars Dice: 2d6 · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $$
  11. 2300 AD Hard science-fiction expeditions and frontier conflict across humanity's nearby stars Dice: d10 · Complexity: High · Cost: $
  12. Cepheus Engine A free and open 2d6 toolkit for classic interstellar sci-fi campaigns Dice: 2d6 · Complexity: Medium · Cost: Free
  13. Cepheus Deluxe A career-built crew chases trade, trouble, and discovery across a generated interstellar frontier Dice: 2d6 · Complexity: High · Cost: Free
  14. Numenera Adventurers explore the Ninth World, a far-future Earth where the technology of fallen civilizations is mistaken for magic Dice: d20 · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $$
  15. Star Wars Roleplaying Game Play scoundrels, Rebel soldiers, and hunted Force users in the Star Wars galaxy during the dark years when the Empire rules and the Jedi are gone Dice: Custom dice · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $$$
  16. Star Wars Saga Edition Play heroes across every era of Star Wars with talent trees and cinematic action Dice: d20 · Complexity: Medium · Cost: Unavailable
  17. Serenity RPG Crew a beat-up transport on the frontier, take whatever work pays, and keep flyin' in the 'Verse Dice: d2–d12 · Complexity: Medium · Cost: Unavailable
  18. Stars Without Number Sandbox sci-fi with the best GM tools in the business Dice: 2d6 / d20 · Complexity: Medium · Cost: Free
  19. Ironsworn: Starforged Sworn quests among the stars: solo, co-op, or guided sci-fi adventure Dice: d6 + 2d10 · Complexity: Low · Cost: Free
  20. Tales from the Loop Solve mysteries in an alternate 1980s where kids on bikes confront the weird science of The Loop Dice: d6 dice pool · Complexity: Low · Cost: $$
  21. Invincible – Superhero Roleplaying Custom superheroes balance brutal battles with relationships in the Invincible universe Dice: d6 dice pool · Complexity: High · Cost: $$
  22. Scum and Villainy Space scoundrels flying jobs under the iron fist of a galactic hegemony Dice: d6 dice pool · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $$
  23. The Sprawl Disposable operatives run corporate espionage missions in a neon-drenched cyberpunk sprawl Dice: 2d6 · Complexity: High · Cost: $$
  24. Coriolis: The Third Horizon Arabian Nights in space: explore the Third Horizon as traders, mercenaries, or pilgrims among the stars Dice: d6 dice pool · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $$
  25. Eclipse Phase Transhuman secret agents resleeve into new bodies to fight rogue AIs, alien viruses, and existential threats across a fractured solar system Dice: d100 · Complexity: High · Cost: Free
  26. Elite: Dangerous Role Playing Game Trade, fight, and explore the stars as a freelance pilot in a cut-throat 34th-century galaxy Dice: d10 · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $$
  27. Gamma World Mutant explorers scavenge a post-apocalyptic Earth patched together from collided alternate timelines Dice: d20 · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $
  28. Feng Shui Hong Kong action heroes wage a secret war across four eras Dice: 2d6 · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $
  29. Atomic Robo RPG Action Scientists battle super-science conspiracies across a century of weird history Dice: 4dF (Fudge dice) · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $
  30. Lasers & Feelings One-page sci-fi RPG: pick a number, roll some dice, crew the Raptor Dice: d6 dice pool · Complexity: Very Low · Cost: Free
  31. Slugblaster Kickflip over a quantum centipede: teenage hoverboarders explore other dimensions for clout Dice: d6 dice pool · Complexity: Low · Cost: $$
  32. Tiny Supers Near-future comic heroes defend Sentry City from street-level schemes to cosmic threats Dice: d6 dice pool · Complexity: Low · Cost: $
  33. Tiny Cyberpunk Street rebels hack, fight, and evade megacorps in a dystopian near future Dice: d6 dice pool · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $$
  34. Salvage Union Scrap-built mechs sustaining a wandering wasteland community Dice: d20 · Complexity: High · Cost: $$
  35. Beam Saber Pilots and their massive war machines fight for what they believe in a war without end Dice: d6 dice pool · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $$
  36. Diaspora Hard science-fiction across a cluster of slipstream-linked star systems the players build together Dice: 4dF (Fudge dice) · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $
  37. M-SPACE Build alien worlds and crew your own starships Dice: d100 · Complexity: High · Cost: $
  38. OneDice Abney Park’s Airship Pirates Sky-pirate crews chase plunder and freedom through a post-apocalyptic steampunk future Dice: d6 · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $
  39. Black Star Fast space opera where dual archetypes define your hero and Resolve fuels the action Dice: 2d6 · Complexity: Low · Cost: $
  40. 10,000 Swords Against Heaven Cultivators confront gods and capital in a ruined science-fantasy archipelago Dice: d6 dice pool · Complexity: High · Cost: Free
  41. Arrhenius Survival in the frozen ruins of Earth's far future Dice: d20 · Complexity: High · Cost: $
  42. Aurora Dimension-hopping sci-fi action: join the Aurora Alliance and battle interdimensional Intruders across infinite realities Dice: d100 · Complexity: High · Cost: $$
  43. Oceania 2084 Resistance and intimacy under the gaze of an Orwellian corporate state Dice: d6 · Complexity: High · Cost: Free
  44. DayTrippers Surreal science fiction reality-hopping in SlipShips that punch through to other dimensions Dice: d6 · Complexity: Low · Cost: Free
  45. Porkin' the Void Gonzo grimdark sci-fi where doomed pig-scum explore a dying universe Dice: d20 · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $$
  46. See You, Space Cowboy... Bounty hunters chase paydays across 12 planets of retropunk space noir Dice: d4–d12 · Complexity: Very Low · Cost: $
  47. Kill Him Faster Time-traveling athletes speedrun killing Hitler in a 2080s pro sports league Dice: d4–d12 · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $$
  48. Deep Sky Ballad Space Western adventures of a wandering posse chasing fortune across a frontier galaxy still rebuilding from a rogue-AI apocalypse Dice: Diceless · Complexity: High · Cost: $$
  49. Railgun XXVI Troopers combat-drop onto an occupied planet and shoot their way through its flesh-and-metal defenders Dice: d20 · Complexity: Low · Cost: Free
  50. Loot and Scoot Incorporated Corporate salvage crews race through surreal industrial deathtraps Dice: d6 · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $
  51. The Derelict Speaks A rescue crew faces a predatory derelict that recruits its victims Dice: 2d6 · Complexity: Very Low · Cost: Free
  52. Bite the Hand Cyberpunk rebels fight ruthless cities with dangerous cybernetics, mounting stress, and lethal consequences Dice: d100 · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $
  53. Canes Belli Renegade elite soldiers battle alien swarms and a fanatical regime at the edge of the universe Dice: d6 dice pool · Complexity: Low · Cost: Free
  54. Super Space Knights Companies of space knights fight extinction across a galaxy of desperate wars and spreading corruption Dice: 2d6 · Complexity: Medium · Cost: $
  55. TimeWatch Time-traveling agents investigate sabotage and repair history Dice: d6 · Complexity: High · Cost: $$
  56. Ashen Stars Freelance law enforcers solving mysteries on a war-scarred space frontier Dice: d6 · Complexity: High · Cost: $$
  57. Ultraviolet Grasslands and the Black City Caravan journeys across a far-future psychedelic steppe Dice: d20 · Complexity: High · Cost: $$