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Games like ARC SEED

If ARC SEED is your kind of game, the closest matches are Into the Breach, Relapse and For The Warp — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its evangelion inspired grim atmosphere, atmospheric and challenging. 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.

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About ARC SEED: Face the interstellar Archangels in a turn-based tactical game with deckbuilding elements and destructible environment, where you pilot powerful mechs to save the Earth from destruction.

2025Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Massive Galaxy Studios
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Blend of turn based strategy and card driven abilitiesEvacuate civilians before theyre consumedEvangelion inspired grim atmosphereAtmosphericChallengingContemplative

Players who liked ARC SEED also play

Steam players who put hours into ARC SEED 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.

  1. Into the Breach

    WHY THIS

    Shares turn based combat and a challenging mood with ARC SEED.

    Top pick for ARC SEED fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with ARC SEED.

    Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Relapse

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with ARC SEED.

    Second-strongest match for ARC SEED fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with ARC SEED.

    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.

    2022Strategy3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. For The Warp

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building, resource management and an atmospheric mood with ARC SEED.

    Third-strongest match for ARC SEED fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with ARC SEED.

    A roguelike deckbuilding game in space! Explore randomly generated systems, enemies and strange encounters. Build your deck, survive and reach For The Warp gate!

    2022StrategyIndie2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Monster Train

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and a challenging mood with ARC SEED.

    Ranked #4 for ARC SEED fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with ARC SEED.

    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.

    2020Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Pirates Outlaws

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with ARC SEED.

    Ranked #5 for ARC SEED fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with ARC SEED.

    Pirates Outlaws is a roguelike card game in which you navigate dangerous seas and challenge their masters. Your expedition will be full of ambushes and will not be easy. Build your deck and combos to become a reputed pirate.

    2020StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Nitro Kid

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with ARC SEED.

    Ranked #6 for ARC SEED fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with ARC SEED.

    Synthwave roguelike deckbuilder set in the neon 80's. Pick your agent. Build your deck. Hit card combos and fight through the floors of INFINITY tower. Featuring 30+ fresh Synthwave tracks by LudoWic, Tonebox and Jules Reves.

    2022StrategyIndie3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. LONESTAR

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with ARC SEED.

    Ranked #7 for ARC SEED fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with ARC SEED.

    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!

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. StarVaders

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with ARC SEED.

    Ranked #8 for ARC SEED fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with ARC SEED.

    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.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure17.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to ARC SEED

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building, procedural generation and a challenging mood with ARC SEED.

    Reviewers of ARC SEED cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with ARC SEED.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Into the Breach

    WHY THIS

    Shares turn based combat and a challenging mood with ARC SEED.

    Reviewers of ARC SEED cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with ARC SEED.

    Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Super Robot Wars 30

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of ARC SEED cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with ARC SEED.

    30 years on, the battle for our world's future continues. Super Robot Wars is a tactical RPG that brings characters and robots from a variety of mecha anime together to battle their mutual foes.

    2021StrategySimulationRPG59.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. SUPER ROBOT WARS Y

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with ARC SEED.

    Reviewers of ARC SEED cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with ARC SEED.

    Super Robot Wars is a grid-based tactical combat RPG that brings units and pilots from a variety of anime together to battle their mutual foes. Rise, Unite, and Triumph!

    2025StrategySimulationRPG59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below ARC SEED at current Steam store prices.

  1. Nodebuster

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under ARC SEED on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with ARC SEED.

    Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~87% under ARC SEED on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with ARC SEED.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Tower Wizard

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under ARC SEED on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with ARC SEED.

    Help a wizard build and upgrade a wizard tower in this incremental game! Use the tower to study magic, summon spirits, create buildings, and influence the world.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~87% under ARC SEED on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with ARC SEED.

    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.

    2010StrategyCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Hexcells

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under ARC SEED on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with ARC SEED.

    Hexcells is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.

    2014StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~87% under ARC SEED on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with ARC SEED.

    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.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Master Healer Kale with useless party

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under ARC SEED on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with ARC SEED.

    A short incremental game where you play as a Healer in a party. Your main job is to keep your party alive. Upgrade 200+ skills in a skill tree, from healing to party damage. Designed to be completed in around 4 hours.

    2026StrategyIndieRPG3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Hexcells Plus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under ARC SEED on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with ARC SEED.

    Hexcells Plus is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.

    2014StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 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

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.

    2025IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Moonring

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.

    2023RPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with ARC SEED.

    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!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. D1AL-ogue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Become an android repair technician in a cyberpunk city where the sun never rises. Rotate the unique circular puzzle 'D1AL' and merge modules to fix their broken bodies and hearts. Your precise repair is the conversation starter. Turn the dial and listen to their stories.

    2026IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with ARC SEED.

    Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with ARC SEED.

    Extensions for Dwarf Fortress, including bugfixes, interface improvements, automation agents, design blueprints, modding building blocks, and other tools.

    2023StrategySimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Massive Galaxy Studios

Other recommendable Steam games by Massive Galaxy Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. For The Warp

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building, resource management and an atmospheric mood with ARC SEED.

    Another title from Massive Galaxy Studios, the studio behind ARC SEED. Shares Strategy with ARC SEED.

    A roguelike deckbuilding game in space! Explore randomly generated systems, enemies and strange encounters. Build your deck, survive and reach For The Warp gate!

    2022StrategyIndie2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. LakeSide

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with ARC SEED.

    Another title from Massive Galaxy Studios, the studio behind ARC SEED. Shares Strategy with ARC SEED.

    A cozy minimalist city builder. Build and manage a quiet town by the lake or expand it into a picturesque city state in this side-scrolling city builder featuring hybrid mechanics. Construct marvelous buildings, epic wonders and become the envy of the known world!

    2024StrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Mind The Dragon

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Massive Galaxy Studios, the studio behind ARC SEED. Shares Strategy with ARC SEED.

    Venture into this dungeon extraction crawler adventure in the depths of a legendary Dungeon to steal treasures, gold and powerful artifacts! Just be careful with the monsters inside, rotating dungeons where the deeper you go the harder it is to escape! And don’t forget to... Mind the Dragon!

    StrategyAdventureRPGSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Into the Breach

    WHY THIS

    Shares turn based combat and a challenging mood with ARC SEED.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with ARC SEED.

    Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. For The Warp

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building, resource management and an atmospheric mood with ARC SEED.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with ARC SEED.

    A roguelike deckbuilding game in space! Explore randomly generated systems, enemies and strange encounters. Build your deck, survive and reach For The Warp gate!

    2022StrategyIndie2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Pirates Outlaws

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with ARC SEED.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with ARC SEED.

    Pirates Outlaws is a roguelike card game in which you navigate dangerous seas and challenge their masters. Your expedition will be full of ambushes and will not be easy. Build your deck and combos to become a reputed pirate.

    2020StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Nitro Kid

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with ARC SEED.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with ARC SEED.

    Synthwave roguelike deckbuilder set in the neon 80's. Pick your agent. Build your deck. Hit card combos and fight through the floors of INFINITY tower. Featuring 30+ fresh Synthwave tracks by LudoWic, Tonebox and Jules Reves.

    2022StrategyIndie3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. LONESTAR

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with ARC SEED.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with ARC SEED.

    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!

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. StarVaders

    WHY THIS

    Shares deck building and an atmospheric mood with ARC SEED.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with ARC SEED.

    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.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure17.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about ARC SEED

Does ARC SEED run on Steam Deck?
ARC SEED 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 ARC SEED cost?
ARC SEED is listed on Steam at 7.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to ARC SEED?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ARC SEED are Into the Breach, Relapse, For The Warp.
Who developed ARC SEED?
ARC SEED was developed by Massive Galaxy Studios.

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 ARC SEED.

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