Sci-fi fans will be able to try a couple of beautiful and unique new board games in 2023 that'll take them on epic space adventures. Gamers will be able to explore exciting new stories as well as beautifully designed boards and miniatures.
Players who love to get lost in the worlds of the most iconic sci-fi games will be able to find new favorites as they explore the most terrifying and futuristic board game worlds. While many of these new sci-fi board games have more mature themes there are also new family-friendly board games with brilliantly crafted science-fiction worlds that'll be entertaining for players of all ages and levels.
7 Interstellar
- Release Date: Q2 2023
Interstellar is one of the most anticipated new board games set in space that'll take its players on a fun journey aboard the Starship Exodus. Gamers will get to embark on a decades-long journey and explore space as they try to ensure humanity's survival.
This fun new sci-fi game can be played solo or with up to six players and while each player has to make sure that they're the ones who collect the most victory points they'll also have to work together during their adventures. Players will have to develop technology for survival as well as colonize and face hardships like cancer and fight against gray goo during their epic journey through the stars.
6 Hacktivity
- Release Date: February 2023
Hacktivity is a new family-friendly cooperative sci-fi board game with fun characters and a vibrant cyberpunk art style. Players will have to work together with their teams if they want to eradicate dangerous viruses that infect cyberspace.
It's another entertaining and beautiful new sci-fi board game that players can either play solo or with up to four players. Gamers will have to dive into cyberspace with their teammates and figure out how to break through the generators’ defenses and make sure they can get rid of the virus once and for all. Hacktivity is a great choice for families with smaller kids too who want to play board games that help players consolidate their team playing skills.
5 Forsaken
- Release Date: Q4 2023
Forsaken will be a perfect choice for players who love space western games and want to try a new competitive sandbox sci-fi adventure board game with a beautiful design. Players will be able to go on their adventures solo or with up to four players as they try to become legends in a dystopian sci-fi/western-inspired world with endless possibilities.
Gamers will get to explore the dangerous planet of Thyrria which turned into a wasteland. Since the planet was completely strip-mined and abandoned, there are only a couple of workers remain who were left there and are now fighting for their survival. Each player will have to find a way to leave their mark in this harsh environment and become heroes as they try to do odd jobs, hunt down bounties, and even try their luck in gambling.
4 City of the Great Machine
- Release Date: February 2023
City of the Great Machine is one of the best steampunk games with a breathtaking art style and beautiful miniatures. This stunning strategy board game is set in the Victorian steampunk universe The Great Machine and is filled with fascinating characters.
Players get to uncover a fun story as they go on their adventures solo or with up to four players and find out more about the artificial intelligence network that controls this steam-powered City. Gamers will also be able to choose if they want to take on the role of the Great Machine or become heroes who try to stop the Great Machine's evil enslaving Master Plan.
3 Nanolith
- Release Date: Q2 2023
Nanolith is one of the best new sci-fi board games that'll transport its players into a thrilling cyberpunk world in which they'll get to explore a brilliantly detailed story as they step into the shoes of one of the four main characters.
Players will have to fight and make smart decisions if they want to be able to retrieve their memories during their adventures in this dungeon crawler RPG. Players who are looking for new board games like Cyberpunk 2077 and want to try, and immersive and challenging RPG board games should check out Nanolith.
2 Voidfall
- Release Date: Q1 2023
Voidfall is one of the best new space exploration games that allows players to experience real tension as they try to build their empires, manage their resources, and make difficult decisions during their minimum-luck gameplay.
Thanks to this beautiful and exciting new sci-fi strategy board game players get to explore a thrilling new world as they embark on their adventures to try and repel the Voidborn and restore Domineum. Players can go on this unforgettable adventure alone or with up to three other players and develop techs, conquer new sectors, and fight epic space battles.
1 The Breach
- Release Date: Q3 2023
The Breach is a great choice for players who are looking for new sci-fi board games that allow them to step into the shoes of expert hackers who have to try to steal secret information by breaching the Gene.sys database.
This fun Net Crawler board game also has a stunning design and beautiful miniatures that will make the experience feel more immersive and fun. Players will get to explore the mysterious Gene.sys database while playing solo or with up to three other players and face the dangers of this unique universe together as they uncover the dark secrets of the Achab Corporation.