Games like Relic Space
If Relic Space is your kind of game, the closest matches are Caves of Qud, Shattered Planet and Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Relic Space: Experience deeply simulated, hex-based space combat as an elite starship pilot. Explore a ruined solar system, upgrade your ship, and lead your faction to greatness in this tactical, space RPG with 4X elements.
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Steam players who put hours into Relic Space also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Caves of Qud
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Relic Space.
Top pick for Relic Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Relic Space.
Inhabit a deeply-simulated science fantasy world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. Build a character from over a hundred mutations and cybernetics. The award-winning sandbox roguelike & RPG full of robots, deep lore, and sentient plants.
Shattered Planet
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Relic Space.
Second-strongest match for Relic Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Relic Space.
Explore a dangerous planet that's different every time and try to survive! The Galactic Union's job for you is clear: research the alien wildlife -- for science! However, researching may include lasers, explosions, hungry aliens, space sushi, and other similarly delicious-or-terrifying hazards.
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Relic Space.
Third-strongest match for Relic Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Tactical Squad-Based Combat comes to the Fallout® Universe! You are the wretched refuse. You may be born from dirt, but we will forge you into steel. You will learn to bend; if not you, will you break. In these dark times, the Brotherhood - your Brotherhood - is all that stands between the rekindled flame of civilization and the howling,...
Cobalt Core
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Relic Space.
Ranked #4 for Relic Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
A sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder with a deep new single-axis spin on tactics games! Dodge missiles, line up your cannons, and blast 'em out of the sky... Then get to the bottom of these time loops, before it's too late!
Jupiter Hell
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Relic Space.
Ranked #5 for Relic Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Relic Space.
True Roguelike. Turn-based shooter. Permadeath. Tribute to the sci-fi classics of the Golden VHS era. Successor to DRL. Just you and your gun against hordes of horrors and monstrosities. Give them hell to the rhythm of heavy metal.
Invisible, Inc.
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Relic Space.
Ranked #6 for Relic Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations. Stealth, precision, and teamwork are essential in high-stakes, high-profit missions, where every move may cost an agent their life.
NEO Scavenger
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Relic Space.
Ranked #7 for Relic Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Relic Space.
NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.
Rogue Waters
WHY THIS
Shares ship customization and an atmospheric mood with Relic Space.
Ranked #8 for Relic Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Relic Space.
Rogue Waters is a Pirate Tactical Turn-Based Rogue-lite. Play as Captain Cutter, commanding your ship and crew through procedurally generated encounters to seek revenge. Recruit, train, and upgrade crew, use powerful sea creatures, and engage in dynamic naval and melee combat to gain the upper hand.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Relic Space
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Star Valor
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Relic Space.
Reviewers of Relic Space cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Relic Space.
Choose your own destiny as you explore an open-world procedurally generated galaxy where anything is possible. Become a miner, a trader, a bounty hunter, a pirate, or perhaps a jack of all trades. Start off small and build your way to the top but remember with every action, comes consequences.
C-Wars
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Relic Space cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Relic Space.
C-Wars is pixel action game with strategy, rogue-like flavor, and a 16-bit graphics which is retro enough to bring you back to 90's. If you love challenge, pixel art, and occasionally play FPS, then C-Wars is worth to try out.
Drox Operative
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Relic Space.
Reviewers of Relic Space cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Relic Space.
Drox Operative is a starship action RPG with warring alien races, fierce space battles, a dynamic, evolving galaxy, and co-op multiplayer for Windows and Mac.Eons ago the Drox ruled the galaxy through their mighty Operatives. These elite starship captains were trained to accomplish the impossible at whatever cost necessary.
Space Rangers: Quest
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Relic Space cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Relic Space.
SPACE RANGERS: QUEST is a new text adventure in the world of Space Rangers with a touch of nostalgia. Save the Coalition from the new threat!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Relic Space at current Steam store prices.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Relic Space on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Relic Space.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Relic Space on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Relic Space.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~56% under Relic Space on Steam right now.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
Persona 4 Golden
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Relic Space on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Relic Space.
A coming of age story that sets the protagonist and his friends on a journey kickstarted by a chain of serial murders.
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Relic Space on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Relic Space.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Halls of Torment
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Relic Space on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Relic Space.
Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the Lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magical trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish these horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Relic Space.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Relic Space.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Control, I'm Not Coming Back
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.
Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Relic Space.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
Saihate Station
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Relic Space.
An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Relic Space.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
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Frequently asked about Relic Space
- How much does Relic Space cost?
- Relic Space is listed on Steam at 17.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Relic Space?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Relic Space are Caves of Qud, Shattered Planet, Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel.
- Who developed Relic Space?
- Relic Space was developed by Fourfold Games.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Relic Space.
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