Games like Relapse
If Relapse is your kind of game, the closest matches are Monster Train, Circadian Dice and 卡牌缔造者-CardMaker — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chill, contemplative and relaxing. 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 Relapse: A 3D deck building roguelike game. Collect over 240 abilities; level them up, enchant them, pair them up with over 100 trinkets, and synergize them with your companions' abilities to create endless combinations to defeat your foes.

Players who liked Relapse also play
Steam players who put hours into Relapse 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.
Monster Train
WHY THIS
Top pick for Relapse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Relapse.
Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.
Circadian Dice
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Relapse.
Second-strongest match for Relapse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Relapse.
Circadian Dice is a game inspired by single-player deck-building games, but instead of upgrading a deck, you build up a set of dice! Use 10 different heroes and 60 game-warping relics to take on 13 hand-crafted scenarios, in runs that take 10-30 minutes. Lots of secrets and unlocks to discover!
卡牌缔造者-CardMaker
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Relapse.
Third-strongest match for Relapse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Relapse.
This is a Rogue + Hearthstone like card game, but also a card making tool, you can play in addition to the official cards, creative workshop players a variety of card DIY.
LONESTAR
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Relapse.
Ranked #4 for Relapse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Relapse.
LONESTAR is a strategic Roguelike spaceship deckbuilder. As a bounty hunter, you will capture criminals scattered across the universe. Win the shockwave battle to gain rewards and vacations. Find treasures, customize spaceships, unlock talents, defeat the felons and be a legend!
Ultimate Hero
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Relapse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Relapse.
Ultimate Hero is a rogue-lite deckbuilder with a twist of dice. Master and merge unique skills, counter enemies, and unleash devastating ultimates where they hurt the most! Challenge the finest martial artists in the realm, and defy the odds to claim the title of the Ultimate Hero.
Pawnbarian
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Relapse.
Ranked #6 for Relapse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Relapse.
Pawnbarian is a quick-playing, turn-based puzzle roguelike. Play cards to move your hero like a chess piece, and conquer challenging dungeons full of cunning monsters!
Deepest Chamber: Resurrection
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Relapse.
Ranked #7 for Relapse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Relapse.
Delve into the depths of Deepest Chamber: Resurrection, where card boosting is your key to survival. Employ this unique mechanic to augment your abilities, strategize your next moves and endure a series of increasingly perilous descents in this gripping rogue-lite, card-battling adventure!
StarVaders
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Relapse.
Ranked #8 for Relapse fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Relapse.
Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Relapse at current Steam store prices.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Relapse on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Relapse.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Bejeweled® 3
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Relapse on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Relapse.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Relapse on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Relapse.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Relapse on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Relapse.
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete, the latest offering in the Sid Meier's Civilization III franchise, provides gaming fans with Sid Meier's Civilization III, the highly-addictive journey of discovery.
Party Hard
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Relapse on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Relapse.
It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.
STAR WARS™ Galactic Battlegrounds Saga
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Relapse on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Relapse.
Lead the great armies of the Star Wars™ Episode II: Attack of the Clones saga in intense real-time strategy clashes. Enter the fray as the Galactic Empire, Rebel Alliance, Wookies, Trade Federation, Gungans or Royal Naboo to determine the course of the Galactic Civil War.
Russian Life Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Relapse on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Relapse.
The most realistic simulator of the life of a Russian person. Collect pension from birth, collect bottles to survive and become part of an exciting life-long story.
Achievement Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Relapse on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Relapse.
Feel like a real Achievement hunter! Earn Achievements, upgrades and get the most Achievements on steam!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Relapse.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Relapse.
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!
Shape of Dreams: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
Where Winds Meet
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Step into an open-world action-adventure RPG set in ancient China. Uncover the secrets of your own identity as you rise from a humble village wanderer to the sword master of the imperial capital. Learn martial arts and build your reputation as a hero or a bringer of chaos in this free wuxia world.
Crusader Kings II
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Relapse.
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
Limbus Company
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
As the Executive Manager of Limbus Company, lead your group of twelve Sinners, venture into the buried facilities of Lobotomy Corporation, and lay claim on the Golden Boughs.
Narrow it down
Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
卡牌缔造者-CardMaker
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Relapse.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Relapse.
This is a Rogue + Hearthstone like card game, but also a card making tool, you can play in addition to the official cards, creative workshop players a variety of card DIY.
LONESTAR
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Relapse.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Relapse.
LONESTAR is a strategic Roguelike spaceship deckbuilder. As a bounty hunter, you will capture criminals scattered across the universe. Win the shockwave battle to gain rewards and vacations. Find treasures, customize spaceships, unlock talents, defeat the felons and be a legend!
Pawnbarian
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Relapse.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Relapse.
Pawnbarian is a quick-playing, turn-based puzzle roguelike. Play cards to move your hero like a chess piece, and conquer challenging dungeons full of cunning monsters!
Deepest Chamber: Resurrection
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Relapse.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Relapse.
Delve into the depths of Deepest Chamber: Resurrection, where card boosting is your key to survival. Employ this unique mechanic to augment your abilities, strategize your next moves and endure a series of increasingly perilous descents in this gripping rogue-lite, card-battling adventure!
StarVaders
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Relapse.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Relapse.
Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.
Frequently asked about Relapse
- Does Relapse run on Steam Deck?
- Relapse is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Relapse cost?
- Relapse is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Relapse?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Relapse are Monster Train, Circadian Dice, 卡牌缔造者-CardMaker.
- Who developed Relapse?
- Relapse was developed by Valklabs.
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 Relapse.
For library-aware picks tuned to your specific taste, sign in with Steam on the home page.























