This Collider feature ranks the ten greatest sci-fi adventure video games of all time, judged on gameplay, design, narrative, visuals, world-building, lore, scale and overall critical and fan reception. Writer Lucas Kloberdanz-Dyck argues that sci-fi and adventure genres complement each other especially well, producing some of gaming's most immersive journeys, and cites the likes of Red Dead Redemption 2 and The Legend of Zelda as broader adventure benchmarks before narrowing in on sci-fi specifically.

Entries revealed in the excerpt include Stray (2022), an intimate cyberpunk tale told from a cat's perspective; Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (2023), praised for its expanded combat, customisation and richly detailed single world; and No Man's Sky (2016), highlighted for its vast procedurally generated universe and survival mechanics after a troubled launch was redeemed by years of updates. The full list continues beyond these three entries towards the number one pick, though the remainder is not included here.