10 Obscure SciFi Video Games From The 2000s That Are Still Worth Playing

10 Obscure Sci-Fi Video Games From The 2000s That Are Still Worth Playing

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Plenty of Sci-fi video games went under the radar for many gamers in the 2000s. Here are some obscure games still worth playing.

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10 Obscure SciFi Video Games From The 2000s That Are Still Worth Playing

One amazing thing about video games is that many of them over the years are still playable today. If you’re someone who has ample time to make for delving into retro gaming and loves sci-fi, there are a myriad of excellent albeit obscure titles from the 2000s that might tickle your inner geek.

Titles such as Shadow Run, Deus Ex, Beyond Good and Evil, and Dino Crisis 2 might have gained cult status over the years, what with announcement and releases of sequels of some of these, but back when they were released, they were considered to be obscure.

10 Giants: Citizen Kabuto

10 Obscure SciFi Video Games From The 2000s That Are Still Worth Playing

Giants: Citizen Kabuto was released back in December 2000 on the Playstation 2, Mac OS, and Windows. It’s a third-person shooter that also features some real-time strategy elements. Giants: Citizen Kabuto tells the story of a giant, Kabuto, who wanders across a paradise island. However, Kabuto is not aware that a race of people known as the Sea Reapers called the island home before him. In fact, the Sea Reapers created Kabuto as a means to ward off invaders. Obscure enough for you? Giants: Citizen Kabuto is often lauded as one of the most original games ever created, making it worth a play if you’re into jamming obscure titles that also score 97%.

9 Messiah

10 Obscure SciFi Video Games From The 2000s That Are Still Worth Playing

Messiah is considered to be one of the strangest titles of 2000. You play a cherub named Bob, on a quest to save humanity from itself. The game’s plot is set in a considerably vague cyberpunk future. As Bob, you have the powers of possession, which allows you to control enemies from various other lifeforms to defeat them and solve puzzles. While the game is clunky, it’s notably interesting in both plot and gameplay. It’s also insanely difficult, so if you’re someone that enjoys beating unapologetically challenging games, this one is for you.

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8 Project Eden

10 Obscure SciFi Video Games From The 2000s That Are Still Worth Playing

Project Eden was completely overlooked when it was released back in 2001 despite being a gem. The game puts players in control of a squadron of soldiers, each with specific abilities to use to overcome obstacles and progress in the game.

The game is a puzzle driven sci-fi adventure, favoring thinking over combat. If you’re someone that enjoyed Portal, this game is a neat little retro cult classic.

7 Deus Ex

10 Obscure SciFi Video Games From The 2000s That Are Still Worth Playing

Before the success of Eido’s Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, hardcore gamers in the early 2000s played the challenging and immersive Deus Ex. It’s a classic cyberpunk entry to the sci-fi genre and is now considered to be a PC classic. For its time, Deus Ex was groundbreaking, allowing players the freedom to act as they see fit to solve the game’s challenges in various methods.

6 Valkyria Chronicles

10 Obscure SciFi Video Games From The 2000s That Are Still Worth Playing

Valkyria Chronicles might be regarded as more of a fantasy video game, but it definitely has sci-fi elements to it. A tactical role-playing game in its gameplay genre, Valkyria Chronicles was released on the Playstation 3 in 2008, and later for PC, Nintendo Switch, and PS4. The game is set in a fictional timeline in the 1930s, in Europa, a fictional nation that is divided and ruled by two superpowers, the Empire and the Federation. The game was a sleeper hit, despite featuring an immersive storyline, over 100 customizable characters, and gorgeously rendered battlefields.

5 The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay

10 Obscure SciFi Video Games From The 2000s That Are Still Worth Playing

Vin Diesel was a household name long before the success of the Fast & Furious franchise. Back in 2000, Diesel starred in Pitch Black, a sci-fi horror flick that would become a movie and video game franchise. The followup film The Chronicles of Riddick was kind of the inspiration for The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, in that the story takes place after Pitch Black and before The Chronicles of Riddick.

It’s a brilliant first-person action and stealth game in which players control Riddick after being incarcerated in the titular Butcher Bay. The game encouraged stealth kills over gunslinging tactics and was praised for its awesome gameplay.

4 Star Wars Republic Commando

10 Obscure SciFi Video Games From The 2000s That Are Still Worth Playing

Over the years, there have been several Star Wars video games. Popular titles such as Knights of the Old Republic and the Star Wars Battlefront franchises were commercial successes, but several Star Wars titles were overlooked. One such title is Star Wars Republic Commando. The game is a tactical first-person shooter developed and published by LucasArts for the OG Xbox and Windows. Over the years, it has garnered an aggressive cult fan base and is still worth playing today for retro gamers.

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3 Oddworld: Strangers Wrath

10 Obscure SciFi Video Games From The 2000s That Are Still Worth Playing

Oddworld: Abes Odyssey is without a doubt one of the best classic PS1 titles ever. It’s a pity that Oddworld: Strangers Wrath, which takes place within the same universe as Abes Odyssey, was so grossly overlooked. The game sees players play through the adventures of a bounty hunter known only as Stranger, and featured a unique weapons system, and took the franchise to new heights with a cross between third-person platforming and first-person shooting.

2 Dino Crisis 2

10 Obscure SciFi Video Games From The 2000s That Are Still Worth Playing

While the Dino Crisis franchise is hardly obscure among gamers today, when the first entry in the series and the sequel were released, they were relatively unknown. Compared to the Resident Evil franchise, which was also developed by Capcom, Dino Crisis and Dino Crisis 2 had a very loyal cult following.

At the time of its release in 2000, Dino Crisis 2 was praised for its heart-racing carnage, epic graphics, and fantastic sound. Plus dinosaurs. You can never go wrong with dinosaurs.

1 Beyond Good and Evil

Beyond Good and Evil was released back in 2003 and is an action-adventure game with heavy sci-fi influences. Developed by Ubisoft for the Playstation 3, Xbox 360, GameCube, Xbox, and PC, Beyond Good and Evil is a truly unique gaming experience. Critics and fans praise the game for its eerie atmosphere, stellar gameplay, voice acting, visuals, plot, and we could go on. The game was truly obscure for its time, but at the same time, it was accessible to those who played it back in the early 2000s. A couple of years back, the game’s loyal cult fan following exploded with excitement on the web when Beyond Good and Evil 2 was revealed at E3 2017, but since, fans have heard nothing more than the fact that the game has been in development since.

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