
Forbes - In September of 2011, a Kickstarter appeared promising to bring a “Star Trek-”esque experience to iOS and Android devices, thus becoming one of the first runaway Kickstarter successes. What’s not to like? Building your ship, manning your crew and exploring the galaxy to discover and fight new aliens? Sign me up! (Plus, the developers were based out of my home state — even more reason to be excited!)

It’s not just the PC gaming big shots that benefit from crowdsourcing, take a look at these 10 mobile maestros that have boomed from an injection of pledges, including Republique, Star Command, Back to Bed and more.

Sometimes things are just born to be together, like sci-fi and board games. Appszoom has chosen the (arguably) best 5 so far.

Had your fill of alien slaying in XCOM yet? If so, The Indie Mine has you covered with a selection of indie games that might just scratch a familiar itch.