Games like Relic Space
Below are 12 hand-picked alternatives to Relic Space for fans of rpg, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Relic Space also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
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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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Caves of Qud
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.
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Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel
Second-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,...
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Cobalt Core
Third-strongest match 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!
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Crying Suns
Ranked #4 for Relic Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Crying Suns is a tactical rogue-lite that puts you in the role of a space fleet commander as you explore a mysteriously fallen empire. In this story rich experience inspired by Dune and Foundation, each successful run will uncover the truth about the Empire... and yourself as well.
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Jupiter Hell
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.
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Wasteland 2: Director's Cut
Ranked #6 for Relic Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Relic Space.
From the producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2. With over 80 hours of gameplay, deck out your Ranger squad with devastating weaponry, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the Wasteland! The choices are yours…but so are the consequences.
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Invisible, Inc.
Ranked #7 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.
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NEO Scavenger
Ranked #8 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.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Relic Space
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C-Wars
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.
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Drox Operative
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.
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Star Valor
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.
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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, Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel, Cobalt Core.
- 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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