Sci-Fi RPG systems/settings/core rules
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This is meant to be a non-exhaustive list, in ~~stream-of-consciousness~~ alphabetical order.
Dedicated systems
- 2300 AD (now a setting for Traveller)
- 3:16: Carnage Amongst the Stars
- Apocalypse World
- BattleTech: A time of war
- Coyote & Crow
- Cyberpunk (2013, 2020, V3.0, Red)
- Eclipse Phase
- Lancer
- Paranoia
- Shadowrun
- SLA Industries
- Star Wars roleplaying (different games by different publishers: WEG d6, d20, FFG NDS)
- Traveller (in its many incarnations throughout the past nearly 50 years and derivatives such as Cepheus, Hostile, Kosmic)
- Warhammer 40K
FATE based systems
- Atomic Robo
- Bulldogs!
- Diaspora
- Mindjammer
- Nova Praxis
OSR/d20 based systems
- CY_BORG
- Mothership
- Starfinder
- Stars/Cities/Ashes Without Number
Year Zero
- Alien: The RPG
- Blade Runner: The RPG
- Coriolis – The Third Horizon
- Mutant: Year Zero
GURPS
A host of modules and supplements named after the subgenre, GURPS-style. GURPS Transhuman Space, Cyberpunk, etc.
Other systems
- BattleTech: Mechwarrior: Destiny (Cue)
- Black Star (d6)
- Dune: Adventures in the Imperium (Modiphius 2d20)
- Fading Suns (VPS)
- Neon City Overdrive (d6)
- Rifts (Palladium)
- Salvage Union (Quest RPG)
- Scum and Villainy (FitD/PbtA)
- Star Trek Adventures (Modiphius 2d20)
- The Expanse RPG (Modern AGE)
Solo friendly
- Hostile (Cepheus/Traveller)
- Ironsworn: Starforged (PbtA)
- Stoneburner
Out of print/No longer developed
- Albedo
- Battlestar Galactica RPG (Cortex Classic)
- Blue Planet
- CORPS
- Firefly RPG (Cortex Plus)
- Gamma World (D&D)
- HARP SF
- Heavy Gear
- High Colonies
- Jovian Chronicles
- Judge Dredd RPG
- Justifiers
- Living Steel
- Metamorphosis Alpha
- Mutant Chronicle
- Other Suns
- Ringworld
- Robotech (Palladium)
- Serenity RPG (Cortex Classic)
- Space Master
- Space Opera
- Star Frontiers
- Universe
Have a suggestion to improve this? Your favorite game missing? Leave a comment.
Rifts is a classic, but also a very strange animal. And for some reason I thought Robotech was a minis game (must be confusing with something else).
Star Wars is already listed. I know those are technically different games, but I'm trying to keep the list as concise as possible (grouping the multiple versions of the same setting under one entry). I don't know much about the history of star wars RPG though. How would you summarize it?
(WEG d6, d20, Fate)?There was a Robotech minis game, that was a huge debacle, and why Paladium games lost the license. But you are likely thinking of BattleTech, which is historically a mini game but also has an TTRPG version initially called MechWarrior, but I think it has a new name now.
Yes. They all play totally differently, and the newer stuff has newer source books. But the last time I looked the community had taken the newer stuff and adapted it to work with WEGd6.
And despite something being listed, I think if there are multiple versions (not just different editions, but these are totally different games set in the same universe. But to keep the list concise, a note that there are different versions from different publishers.
Another I just remembered, is there is a Firefly RPG, I forget the publisher (possibly Lost Unicorn Games) I will look it up later.
Aside from the ones mentioned, Star Wars also has the FFG system, right?
That's right. Arguably the most famous?
Come to think of it, I don't think there ever was a Fate official Star Wars setting. I didn't find it, anyway.
Sorry, it is EDGE, not FATE. I edited my initial post.
Right, that uses the Fantasy Flight Games' Narrative Dice System (same as WH Fantasy).