Games like Retro Relics
If Retro Relics is your kind of game, the closest matches are Open Fishing XL, Clean the Sea! and Distant Trails — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Retro Relics: In Retro Relics, you follow in the footsteps of your late Grandpa, a passionate metal detectorist. Explore nature and search for various relics with your metal detector. Roam freely with no time limits-detect, dig, help others find their lost belongings, and complete your coin and relics collection!
Players who liked Retro Relics also play
Steam players who put hours into Retro Relics 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.
Open Fishing XL
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Top pick for Retro Relics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Retro Relics.
Open Fishing XL is an open world fishing game focused on creating a relaxing experience. Fill out a book with 115 fish species, buy rods, items, boats and more, explore the large map, identify cute insects, draw your own map, and enjoy fishing without worries with intuitive fishing mechanics.
Clean the Sea!
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Second-strongest match for Retro Relics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Retro Relics.
Make the planet beautiful!
Distant Trails
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Third-strongest match for Retro Relics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Retro Relics.
Explore open forest, steep mountains and muddy singletrack in this easy-paced outdoor adventure. Take a crew of trail runners out to remote locations to repair damage, protect nature and investigate unexpected events with only their feet for transport and a backpack to carry supplies.
Clare's Escape
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Ranked #4 for Retro Relics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Retro Relics.
Help real-life 'peasant poet' John Clare on a historical adventure escaping from a mental asylum and guide his epic walk home. Traverse a changing Victorian landscape, encounter ghosts & storytellers, avoid will 'o the wisps and face up to the hallucinations of Clare's shattered mind.
Bumblebee - Little Bee Adventure
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Ranked #5 for Retro Relics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Retro Relics.
Bumblebee – Little Bee Adventure is a story-driven, narrative 3D flight exploration game in which you control a little bee on its journey to find a new home. On its quest to find a beautiful and fitting it discovers distant places, friendly and calm animals, and amazing and dangerously habitats.
Bigfoot Life
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Ranked #6 for Retro Relics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Retro Relics.
Live as Bigfoot in a peaceful forest-life simulator. Fish, forage, build, and protect wildlife as the guardian of the woods. Create your own Bigfoot and live your best Bigfoot Life.
Trash Panda
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Ranked #7 for Retro Relics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Retro Relics.
A small, chill, low-fi raccoon simulator, where you play as a raccoon roaming neighbourhoods of Toronto making a mess. Knock over trash bins, find power-ups, challenge other raccoons, and get lost.
Townseek
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Ranked #8 for Retro Relics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Retro Relics.
Take to the skies on a whimsical voyage across Explora and uncover the lost legacy of Sir Reginald Sharkingston! Trade, fish, mine, and farm, meet a unique cast of characters and explore vibrant towns along the way. The whole world is your sea now, so set sail and see all it has to offer!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Retro Relics at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Retro Relics on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Retro Relics.
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.
How to Fish
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Priced ~50% under Retro Relics on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Retro Relics.
A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.
Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~50% under Retro Relics on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Retro Relics.
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.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~90% under Retro Relics on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Retro Relics.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~70% under Retro Relics on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Retro Relics.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
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Priced ~50% under Retro Relics on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Retro Relics.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
GRIS
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Priced ~63% under Retro Relics on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Retro Relics.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
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Priced ~80% under Retro Relics on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Retro Relics.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Retro Relics.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Retro Relics.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Retro Relics.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Retro Relics.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Retro Relics.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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Frequently asked about Retro Relics
- Does Retro Relics run on Steam Deck?
- Retro Relics 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 Retro Relics cost?
- Retro Relics is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Retro Relics?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Retro Relics are Open Fishing XL, Clean the Sea!, Distant Trails.
- Who developed Retro Relics?
- Retro Relics was developed by HistoryXPlorer.
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