Role-playing Game (also known as Roleplaying Game and RPG) is a genre of video game where the player controls the character in the fictional setting. Sci-fi (known as Science-Fiction) is a type of video game deals with technology, futuristic science, space travel, parallel universe and extraterrestrial life. Sci-fi Role-playing games are the blend of two genres where the player assumes the role of the protagonist, explore the futuristic environment, encounters unique species and battle against monsters to score the points. These games used the quest-based system and put the player on significant tasks to save the world by battling against aliens, space pirates, and other creatures. During the gameplay, the player is the responsible for all the actions out of the role within a story, either through decision making, natural acting, or character development. The actions taken by the players within various games succeed or fail, depending on the formal system of rules and guidelines. Most of Sci-fi RPGs games take place in the space environment and comes with crafting, NPCs, exploration, and fast-paced battle elements.

12 Best Sci-Fi RPGs for PS3

#1 Saints Row 4

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Saints Row 4, is an open world Action-Adventure, Sci-Fi, RPG and third person shooter video game. Saints Row 4 kicks off from where the Saints Row: The Third concluded. Third Street Gang’s Boss becomes the president of U.S and changes everything. The gangs, defeated by Third Street Saints are now forming alliances and an alien invasion is just about to happen. The protagonist multiplies his efforts with the Third Street Saints to act rationally and killing all the enemies for the sake of United States and the Third Street Gang. After a long lasting war with the aliens and the rival gangs combined, the President (Third Street Saints Boss) confronts Zinyak and kills him in the end of a bloody battle and moves towards the alliance of the Gangs of Steelport, eradicates them with all his might and man power and conquers the Zin forces. After the surrender of the Zin forces, the Boss becomes their new leader, acquires the Zin Time Trave Device and restores the order in present by going to the past and correcting all the errors. Zin invasion never happens and the gangs never show up on the surface of the earth, only Third Street Saints rules as a unanimous power and the boss still becomes the president of United States.

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#2 Destiny

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Destiny, made by Bungie is a Sci-Fi, FPS video game with a unique and non-typical gameplay in which your task is to re-build planet Earth after decades of banishment. The game lets you reach down to Earth from your space habitat, fight off the alien invaders, rebuild and re-settle onto your former home. In order to complete the objectives, you must kill every remaining alien, destroy their facilities, and lead your team to victory over the most brutal enemy. Destiny lets you choose a customizable player character from the four main races, use futuristic weapons and advanced skills to eliminate your enemies and save the humanity. Some more great features of this brilliant game are advanced and enhanced game mechanics, lots of weapons, superb visual details, a great story and an addictive and fast-paced game-play.

#3 Fallout 3

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Fallout 3 is a super-thrilling and quite immersive Sci-Fi Action, RPG, Hack and Slash and First-Person Shooter video game by the top developer Bethesda Softworks. The game takes you to a futuristic setting of the year 2277 and leaves you right in the middle of an Apocalyptic era where the nuclear devastation and huge conflicts between the super powers (China and America) have left no place on earth intact. The story revolves around the character of a Lone Wanderer who is responsible to manage an underground Fallout Shelter. Trained to protect a thousand humans, Lone Wanderer goes through assessments such as Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, Agility, and Luck and while in shelter he gets termed as S.P.E.C.I.A.L. After the Fallout Shelter Chief imposes Martial Law after the disappearance of your Father, it is now your task to go out side the Fallout Shelter and find out the truth about his disappearance. Gather up a team of the finest S.P.E.C.I.A.L operatives, explore the Capital Wasteland, and investigate about the disappearance of your father and fight of the armies of mutants in order to survive. The futuristic and well written story-line forces you to embed yourself deeply in the environment and enjoy a realistic and chaotic world experience. Fall Out 3 provides with a great range of futuristic weapons and encounters with the enemies. An open world gaming environment and a sleek set of graphic details is what takes the player to a whole new level of a Sci-Fi, Action-RPG and shooting genre.

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#4 Dead Space 2

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Dead Space 2, developed by Viscerat Games and published by Electronic Arts (EA) is an Action filled RPG (Role Playing Game), a First Person Shooter and Sci-Fi Horror-Survival Video game. The game revolves around the character of the protagonist Isaac Clark and his fight against the Necromorph on a space station situated on the biggest moon of Saturn. The protagonist advances in the game, encounters hordes of enemies in different fights, and uses melee techniques along with melee weapons along with all the available guns etc. Upon advancement player starts collecting different objects and upgrades. The game features futuristic and quite enhanced graphics, a thrilling and action packed game-play along with a well-written story line. Dead Space 2 is available to play on multiple gaming platforms like Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Try it out and you’ll be amazed at what Dead Space 2 has to offer.

#5 Bulletstorm

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Bulletstorm is a Sci-Fi, Co-Op FPS video game by People Can Fly and Epic Games. The game is set in the midst of 26th century and features the protagonist Garyson Hunt who works for General Sorrano, Star General of the Confederation of Planets. General Sorrano sends him on the task to lead his special Black Ops Team Dead Echo on a mission to eliminate the ones who are criminals and are gathering the forces against the Confederation. The Dark Echo kills Bryce Novak, a Civilian Reporter. The Black Ops team soon realizes that General is using them to do his dirty work and they are killing the innocents. The team then turns against the forces of General and starts devastating their unholy plans by counter attacking on them and by destroying their facilities. Bulletstorm is a thrillingly action filled video game for all the hardcore FPS game enthusiasts. If you want to try something really nice instead of any other ordinary game, you should play Bulletstorm. You’ll definitely like it.

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#6 Dead Space

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Dead Space is a 2008’s Sci-Fi, Horror-Survival, and Third-person Shooter video game published by EA (Electronic Arts). The game is set in the future in the year 2508 and features the character of the protagonist named Isaac Clarke who works as an engineer. The game kicks off with a distress signal from one of the Mining Ships USG Ishimura, harvesting the Ore from a Planet named as Aegis VII. After getting the Distress Signal, CEC (Concordance Extraction Corporation), sends in another Ship USG Kellion to investigate the matter. The Protagonist Isaac along with Commander Zack Hammond and Computer Expert Kendra Daniels gets forwarded to the Ship and upon their arrival at the USG Ishimura, USG Kellion crashes on the docks of USG Ishimura due to some technical issues. After boarding off, Isaac Clarke starts to investigate the malfunctions in ship’s systems and soon encounters the Necromorphs, The Monstrous Reanimated Human Corpses. This is where the player gets in and controls the character of Isaac Clarke. Player’s task is to find the causes of ship’s systems malfunction, repair the system and send the distress signal to USG Valor to get rescued. Finding the Hive Mind (A creature that controls all the Necromorphs) and creating the “Dead Space” is one of the primary objectives of the game as it helps make all the Necromorphs dormant and it is the only way to survive the infestation. With a very story-centric and action-packed gameplay, brilliantly portrayed narrative and all the incredible thrill, Dead Space offer a great Sci-Fi experience of the game. Dead Space offers loads of various types of weapons to kill the Necromorphs, loads of items to collect and upgrades to enhance the efficiency as well as tons of entertaining aspects. For all those who love playing Action, Horror and Survival games with a Sci-Fi touch, Dead Space would definitely be a great entertainer.

#7 The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena

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The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athenais a Sci-Fi, Stealth, Action-Adventure and FPS video game. The game kicks off with Riddick and a fellow named Johns being dragged into the mercenary vessel owned by Gale Revas. In order to stop gale from his doings, you must get into the character of Riddick, use your stealth, parkour, and shooting skills to kill all of the other operatives and to save Johns. You must also make your way through the hordes of enemies and finally reach to the lair of Revas, get engaged into the most epic combat and finally kill Revas, free Johns and move to your origins. The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena is an amazingly engaging and fantastic game to play and enjoy. Do try it out.

#8 Alien Rage

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Alien Rage is a Sci-Fi FPS and RPG video game that lets you experience beautiful old school aesthetics and allows you to engage yourself into the thrilling battles against the aliens who have attacked the earth. By the use of sophisticated and futuristic weaponry, advanced skills and war tactics, your task is to get into the hardcore battles and eliminate the alien enemies, confiscate their tech and destroy their posts to save the world. With a unique blend of Action, RPG and Shooting elements, Alien Rage offers an immersive game-play, enhanced visuals and a well-written storyline. Try it out and you’ll love it for sure.

#9 Xenogears

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Xenogears is a Sci-fi, Role-playing, Single and Multiplayer video game by Square Product Development. It revolves around the protagonist named Feo Fong Wong and his efforts to unearth the mysteries of cabalistic entities in the world. The game focuses on martial arts and combat. It introduces two different battle system such as the player can control a human character and explore the game world, fight against monsters in turn-based combat and learn combos, and in the second system, it includes different gears and each with unique skills and abilities. Xenogears takes place in the fictional world and lets the player select his character and jump into the game world where he has to accomplish a variety of quests by defeating monsters and other creatures. Earn experience points to unlock other content in the game and dominate the game world using his skills. The main goal is to uncover mysteries behind the fictional world and immerse himself in turn-based combat. He can explore different environments, gather power-ups and upgrade his character. With the stunning environment, addictive gameplay, and brilliant story, Xenogears is the best game to play and enjoy.

#10 Star Ocean: The Last Hope International

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Star Ocean: The Last Hope International is an Action Role-playing, and Single-player video game created by Tri-Ace and published by Square Enix. It is the 4th title in the series of Star Ocean and takes place on the planet Earth in A.D 2096, where WWII broke out after many clashes and world are in danger. There are different characters and the player needs to select one of them to get into the land where he has to customize it using multiple options, and can embark on an epic adventure to fight against enemies using swords and other weapons. The game mixes the Role-playing, and Sci-fi elements to make the environment awesome. According to the story, the world is invaded by strange creatures and is near to end. The player as the protagonist, must explore the world from a third-person perspective and fight enemies to defeat them. Other areas, features and content will be unlocked as the player gain enough experience points. The game offers improved graphics, mechanics, controls, and features compared to previous title.

#11 The Baconing

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The Baconing is an Action Role-playing, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed by Hothead Games and published by Electronic Arts. The game serves as the third marvelous title in the series of DeathSpank, and its story revolves around the protagonist named as DeathSpank, as he struggle to fight and defeat the antagonist named as AntoiSpank. The game borrows much of its features and gameplay from previous installments. The player as the protagonist can explore the world from a third-person perspective and can battle enemies to rescue the innocents and save the world. There are different characters and each has a unique abilities and personalities. The player equips with a sword and can use to attack enemies and kill to earn points. It takes you in the sci-fi adventure, where the player will discover hilarious and sizzling environment. Navigate unique Locations, complete more than 100 quests, and solve mind-bending puzzles to progress through the game. The Baconing includes core features such as Unleash devastating Attack, Shield Bash, Charged Attacks, Challenging Boss, Complicated Puzzles, etc. The Baconing is the best Role-playing game to play and enjoy.

#12 Deus Ex: Human Revolution: Director’s Cut

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Deus Ex: Human Revolution: Director’s Cut is a Cyberpunk-themed, Sci-fi, Action Role-playing, and First-person Shooter video game takes place in the dystopian open world environment. The game comes with a Single-player mode developed by Eidos Montreal and published by Square Enix. In the game, you assume the role of the protagonist named as Jensen, who is a former Swat Specialist and has been selected by the most experimental biotechnology firms of America to oversee the defenses. The ultimate goal of the player is to protect the complex secrets of the company. According to the story, the black ops team attacks and kills the team of scientists that you were selected to guard the secrets, then your job changes. The game offers near-future environment where you discover a time of massive technological advancement, but also a time of conspiracy and chaos. Deus Ex: Human Revolution: Director’s Cut includes prominent features such as Perfect Mix of Action and Role-playing, lots of Challenging Missions, Upgrades, a huge Arsenal of Weaponry, First-person Experience, and more. Check it out.