Browser – Sci-Fi

City of Steam

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City of Steam

City of Steam is a free-to-play 3D browser-based fantasy MMORPG by Mechanist Games. Set in an industrial world, players embark on a quest to restore society from post-apocalypse. Travel through the steampunk inspired universe and hack-and-slash your way through quests, missions, and instances.

Chose from 1 of 10 races; the Heartlanders, Ostenian, Stoigmari, Aven, Riven, Goblin, Hobbe, Draug, and the Orcs. There are also 4 different classes to chose from; the Gunner, Warder, Arcanist, and Channeler.

Urban Galaxy

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Urban Galaxy

Urban Galaxy is a browser based (HTML5) 3D MMORPG currently under development by Bubblebean. Urban Galaxy takes place on the capital city of Anassin, located on planet Cotricob. Players may choose from 3 different classes: the smuggler, carrier, or mercenary. You must pilot your ship around neighborhoods taking on quests and missions, fighting gangs and pirates, as well as corporations vying for control of the market.

Each player class has its own unique features with multiple skills and upgrades to chose from and advance their classes through the main story. Urban Galaxy also features Dynamic Events such as territory control. The game has been made accessible to most computers thanks to the low hardware requirements.

Dark Orbit Reloaded

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Dark Orbit Reloaded

DarkOrbit Reloaded is an epic space action MMO that boasts a refined new look, an immersive sci-fi narrative and important reworks. The game will build upon the success of its predecessor to make it easier for newcomers to get into the epic space battles that the game is known for.

DarkOrbit Reloaded will feature over 200 new missions with a sci-fi storyline, new maps and characters that weren’t found in the original, as well as an update in the gameplay that makes it bigger and better than the last. An updated UI is planned as well as high-resolution graphics to make this game into one of the best sci-fi space games around.

The game was just announced and released by Bigpoint on January 3rd, 2014.

Stardrift Empires

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Stardrift Empires

Stardrift Empires is a free to play, browser-based, Sci-Fi MMORPG game published and developed by  SyFy Games. Stardrift Empires combines elements from both the RTS and RPG genres, with a mix of resource and construction management blended in with experience gain and character progression. As the game is a browser-based MMORPG there?s no time consuming download or hefty client to worry about, you can create an account or log in with Facebook and get into the action within seconds.

The game entices you with a unique art style and images within the game.  It takes more of a text and image based approach as your character, military units and buildings are represented by high-quality, fascinating images and pictures.  As you would expect in an MMORTS game, the focus of Stardrift Empires is to accumulate resources so that you can construct various buildings and to train a large variety of military troops and units.  There are four resources in the game: Ore, Crystal, Hydrogen and Energy.  Each resources requires a particular building in order to accumulate.  Your goal is to make choices based on what resources you need the most.  Upgrading your buildings and managing your resources is the key to success in this game.

One of the cool features of  Stardrift Empires is the mission system. Various missions are accessible by clicking on the missions tab and cycling through the missions and requirements to unlock future ones.  Each Mission also tells you what ship you?ll need in order to complete it, the time it will take and the reward you?ll receive if you complete it. The missions are entirely automated, meaning you select the mission and then it?s down to your ship and units to whether or not it?s successful.

There are a number of other exciting features in Stardrift Empires such as the ability to expand your empire and create new colonies. When you want to work on another planet you will start a new colony.  Colonies work in a similar way to your home planet, it is essentially a new area where you can construct various resource gathering buildings, train troops and access new missions. The more colonies you have access too, the more resources you can gather and the more presence you have in the galaxy.

Empire Universe II

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Empire Universe II

Empire Universe II is a browser-based sci-fi MMORPG where you can chose your own path in the galaxy.  As a player you have the choice whether to act aggressively or peacefully. The intuitive access makes it easy for beginners to achieve initial success and to find their way in the universe. Once in the game you have all the options: Occupy and savage planets, invest in research or trade with other players. Empire Universe 2 has a huge emphasis on alliances and offers single player as well as large groups, long-lasting fun.

In Empire Universe II you will use your warships to fight real time battles against hundreds of opposing players.  You must train ground troops to act as your last line of defence for when your warships have been destroyed.  Choose your alignment, through the actions you take in the game you can become a scientist, pirate, warrior, trader and bounty hunter. With over 120,000 planets in 10,000 sectors there is plently of space for everyone.

There are 9 different races with their own unique stats and starting places in the galaxy map. Collect 10 different resources via mining asteroids and wreckages or through your planet?s resource mines, customise 21 different spaceship chassis with over 66 components allowing for a lot of room for experimenting. With 146 different technologies to research it is a long spanning game that cannot be either won or lost.

There is a strong focus on allied gameplay and it promoted teamplay whether you decide to join one of the many empires out there or create your own.

FEATURES

– The world?s first 3D space graphics engine using javascript
– It offers real-time battles
– Interactive battle reports
– 10 different resources
– 21 different spaceship-chassis
– Spaceships can fully put together modularly from 66 different components
– Already built spaceships can be reconstructed or upgraded- commanders affect the strength of a fleet
– 146 technologies
– Strong focus on alliances to promote teamplay
– The alignment (Neutral, Researchers, Warrior, Pirate, Trader, Bounty hunter) of a player is based on his style of play
– Players can be grouped into empires
– Intergalactic policy
– Piracy
– Bounty hunting
– Challenging campaigns
– Planets can be conquered


Edgeworld

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Edgeworld

EdgeWorld is a modern sci-fi free online strategy game city building game that is published by Kabam, the same people behind Samurai Dynasty and Global Warfare. The game puts you in the relentless war between the Ceruleans and the Galactic Union that is allied with three major factions.  The three factions are the Maar Confederacy, the Erazi Syndicate and the Helio Legion.

Set in a sci-fi intergalactic warfare setting, it allows you to use real time strategy to take out your opponents. You take up the role of Commander of Cerulea in charge of base-building and military action. This game has been widely popular is is fun to play with friends so be sure to check it out.

Dark Orbit

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Dark Orbit

With simple graphics, but a vast world, Dark Orbit offers a great PvP experience like all BigPoint games. Dark Orbit is a free-to-play browser MMORPG in which the player takes control of a space ship and battle for supremacy and resources. At the start, Dark Orbit offers three powerful mining corporations the player can choose to be part of: Mars Mining Corporation, Earth Industries Corporation, and Venus Resources Unlimited. There are a total of 10 space ships, 4 kinds of lasers, 4 kinds of rockets and a handful of engine and shield types which the player can use to upgrade their battle craft.

The game provides a vast world and leaves the players to enjoy the open-PvP system, allowing them to join guilds and launch coordinated attacks against other clans. Dark Orbit doesn?t offer a big questing system which can make the game feel repetitive and somewhat boring after a few hours of gameplay.

To stir up the interest, BigPoint even offers a top prize of $10,000 to whomever succeeds in surviving a monthly special map. Everyone can join. The players need to collect as many ?jackpot points? as they can and at the end of the month the winning player receives the equivalent amount of dollars to the jackpot points he gathered.

Dark Orbit isn?t the best browser game, but it certainly is one of the better ones. Despite the lack of an in-depth questing system and the repetitive gameplay, Dark Orbit succeeds in stirring up the interest of its player-base with challenging PvP battles.

Exoplanet War

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Exoplanet War

Exoplanet War is a new browser based MMORTS game set in a distant universe where science fiction is reality. Exoplanet War offers players the choice of playing as one of three unique races, Gaians, Zubens and Neckrons, all with their own design and style of buildings and units.Unlike most free to play browser games, Exoplant War is set in a technologically advanced era where 3 civilizations are fighting for control of vital planets in order to sustain their energy supplies.

The game hosts a variety of interesting mechanics such as the 72 hour newbie protection system but the more interesting parts of Exoplanet war lie within the Commander system. Commanders are unique, individual units that march your armies into battle. Each Commander can gain experience and increase in strength, as well as learn new abilities and spells. Commanders are not limited to any particular race or unit and can be Infantry, Vehicle or even Air.

Once you’ve built your army and chosen your Commander’s, you can add specific improvements and abilities to practically any unit under your command via an in depth research and development system revolving around one of the constructed buildings. These elements, combined with the fresh, science fiction settings makes Exoplanet War quite a nice change to the typical medieval settings used in other free to play MMORTS browser games.

One of the most interesting aspects of the game is the way your army is sent to war. A large number of MMORTS games require a substantial time investment before you’re fully able to pose any kind of military threat but Exoplanet War has you fighting battles within a few moments and doesn’t punish new players for a few bad decisions early on.

Roblox

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Roblox

If you like playing Lego, Roblox is the perfect game for you. Roblox is a mixture between a mini-game site and a social networking in which players can build and explore Lego-like worlds while enjoying the company of other players. Roblox has no game-goals, but encourages creativity and socialization. The game was developed and published by Roblox Corporation.

It was first released in 2005.The game allows players to construct and develop their own world, but they must learn a scripting language called Lua. For those interested and with enough patience, Roblox represents an interesting game.

There are a few game modes in which players can take part of and have fun. Some require players to move on narrow platforms, jump from platform to platform in order to reach the end, while others allow players to enter arenas where they can kill each other using various weapons such as swords, bombs, bazookas and so on.

Roblox also features chat rooms, where players can just sit and have a conversation, mini-game rooms and tons of different ways to keep players entertained. Like other free-to-play games it comes with premium content that require a subscription.

Roblox is a simple sand-box MMO which focuses on creativity and socialization. Connectivity problems might test the patience of the players, and the graphics may seem a bit too simplistic, but for those looking to have a good, casual gaming time, Roblox will meet their desires.