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Games like Space Tales

If Space Tales is your kind of game, the closest matches are Calyx, Mechanocide: Fortress Omega and Broken Crown — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, immersive and intense. 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 Space Tales: Space Tales is a sci-fi RTS where you build fortified bases, manage resources, and command retro-futuristic armies. Adapt to deadly alien factions, capture giant bosses, and turn them into powerful allies as humanity fights to survive among the stars.

2026StrategyIndieAdventureEarly Access14.99 USDWindows · macOSby Saigon Dragon Studios
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Boss battles in an rts settingCaptivating sci fi universe with good loreEndless survival waves for replayabilityAtmosphericImmersiveIntense

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Steam players who put hours into Space Tales 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. Calyx

    WHY THIS

    Shares tech tree progression, real time strategy, sci fi and an atmospheric mood with Space Tales.

    Top pick for Space Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Early Access with Space Tales.

    A strategy game with a new kind of enemy, Calyx puts you in charge of a space mining outpost, locked in battle against powerful plant-aliens. Build your base, gather resources, assemble your forces, and take on the Calyx. With only an out-of-date AI for company, can you survive?

    2026StrategyEarly Access24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Mechanocide: Fortress Omega

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Space Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Tales.

    On a forgotten world, confront a malevolent machine intelligence. Extract minerals, build factories, power up the railguns, and arm the missile batteries. Defend the Fortress Omega against the alloyed nightmare.

    StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  3. Broken Crown

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Space Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Tales.

    Broken Crown is a fantasy RTS where you build a settlement, gather resources, research powerful upgrades, and command hundreds of units in formation-based battles. Advance troops through five visual tiers, preserve Bronze-to-Gold veterans, and conquer tactical maps shaped by Fog of War.

    StrategyIndieEarly AccessSteam ↗
  4. WarOS

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Space Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Early Access with Space Tales.

    Step into the world of galactic combat in "WarOS", a Chinese sci-fi game! It creates its own structure, integrating the core gameplay of RTS with the details, plot and growth system of RPG, simplifying complex micro-manipulation, and making the game experience both fun and exhilarating.

    2025StrategyEarly Access19.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Simulator of Ukraine 1991

    WHY THIS

    Shares tech tree progression, resource management and an atmospheric mood with Space Tales.

    Ranked #5 for Space Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Tales.

    This game is a global strategy, which is primarily focused on Ukraine after leaving the Soviet occupation. Here you will be given control of Ukraine with the opportunity to change history and intervene in the events of that time.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation3.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Pixel Starships 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management with Space Tales.

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

    First Glimpse on Steam Next: Build, Configure, and Manage every aspect of your own Starship. An FTL-esque game in a MMO setting. Pre bundled with deep strategy, exploration, PVP, market economy, trading, mining. Basically everything a star captain wants to do after a day at the office :)

    2025StrategySimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Riftborne

    WHY THIS

    Shares real time strategy, resource management, sci fi and an atmospheric mood with Space Tales.

    Ranked #7 for Space Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Tales.

    Riftborne is a classic terminal based, real time, grand strategy game. Construct space ships. Take part in factional warfare. Hire galactic hit-men on your rivals. Raid neighbors for rare resources. Train spies to infiltrate enemy bases for key intel. Grow your empire to dominate the galaxy.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation6.79 USDSteam ↗
  8. Mechs & Mercs: Black Talons

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Space Tales.

    Ranked #8 for Space Tales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Tales.

    You are the commander of the Black Talons company, currently stationed in the Oberon system. After an eventful campaign, the military Tzanar Union has overrun the planet of Genai and blocked all departure from the system: leaving you and the Black Talons stranded.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Space Tales on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Space Tales.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Space Tales on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Space Tales.

    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!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Space Tales on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Space Tales.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Space Tales on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Space Tales.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Space Tales on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Space Tales.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Space Tales on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Tales.

    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 ↗
  7. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Space Tales on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Tales.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Space Tales on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Tales.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Space Tales.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Lab

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Space Tales.

    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!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  4. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Space Tales.

    Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Control, I'm Not Coming Back

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Space Tales.

    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.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  6. Samorost 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Space Tales.

    Explore the beginnings of the Samorost series in the space gnome’s original bite-sized adventure, formerly released in 2003. Now with remastered sounds, enhanced graphics, and new music by Floex.

    2021IndieAdventureCasualFreeSteam ↗
  7. Outpath: First Journey

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Space Tales.

    Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

    2022IndieAdventureCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Space Tales.

    Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Space Tales

Does Space Tales work on Steam Deck?
Space Tales is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Space Tales cost?
Space Tales is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Space Tales?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Space Tales are Calyx, Mechanocide: Fortress Omega, Broken Crown.
Who developed Space Tales?
Space Tales was developed by Saigon Dragon 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 Space Tales.

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