Sci-Fi MS-DOS Games

Starships, alien worlds and futures that have gone wrong. Science fiction suited the PC from the start: space was easy to draw on early graphics cards, and the genre's interest in machines and systems matched what strategy games and simulators did best.

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Better Dead Than Alien
Better Dead Than Alien – MS-DOS cover art
Better Dead Than Alien is a fast-paced sci-fi shoot ’em up developed by Oxford Digital Enterprises and released for MS-DOS in 1988. Taking control of a lone spacecraft, the player must fight through relentless waves of alien enemies while navigating…
Genre: Action
Release: 1988
Developer: Oxford Digital Enterprises
Publisher: Electra

Carrier Command
Carrier Command – MS-DOS cover art
Carrier Command is a groundbreaking science-fiction strategy and vehicle simulation game developed by Realtime Games Software and originally released in 1988. The player takes command of a highly advanced robotic aircraft carrier and must fight for…
Genre: Simulation
Release: 1988
Developer: Realtime Games
Publisher: Rainbird

RoboCop
RoboCop – MS-DOS cover art
RoboCop is an action-packed game released by Data East in arcades in 1988 and brought to MS-DOS in 1989, based on the iconic sci-fi film. Players take control of RoboCop, the heavily armored cybernetic police officer, and fight their way through the…
Genre: Platformer
Release: 1988
Developer: Data East
Publisher: -

Battle Isle
Battle Isle – MS-DOS cover art
Battle Isle is a turn-based strategy game developed and published by Blue Byte in 1991. Set on the fictional planet Chromos, the game puts players in command of futuristic military forces fighting across a series of tactical battlefields. With its…
Genre: Strategy
Release: 1991
Developer: Blue Byte
Publisher: Ubisoft

Subwar 2050
Subwar 2050 – MS-DOS cover art
Subwar 2050 is a futuristic submarine combat simulator developed by Particle Systems and published by MicroProse for MS-DOS in 1993. Set in the year 2050, the game takes players into a world where powerful corporations compete for control of the…
Genre: Simulation
Release: 1993
Developer: Particle Systems
Publisher: Interplay Productions

Phantis
Phantis – MS-DOS cover art
Phantis is a science fiction action game released in 1987 for MS-DOS by the Spanish company Dinamic Multimedia, originally known as Dinamic Software. Also released internationally as Game Over II, the game takes players on a dangerous rescue mission…
Genre: Shooter
Release: 1987
Developer: Dinamic Multimedia
Publisher: -

Trantor: The Last Stormtrooper
Trantor: The Last Stormtrooper – MS-DOS cover art
Trantor: The Last Stormtrooper is a sci-fi action platformer developed by Probe Software and originally released in 1987, with an MS-DOS version following later. The game puts players in the role of Trantor, the sole survivor of a devastating…
Genre: Platformer
Release: 1987
Developer: Probe Software
Publisher: Go!