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Games like Plancon: Space Conflict

If Plancon: Space Conflict is your kind of game, the closest matches are Space Rangers HD: A War Apart, Space Grunts and Spaceland: Sci-Fi Indie Tactics — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and retro. 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 Plancon: Space Conflict: Damn aliens! The choice is: the Universe — or nothing!

2016ActionRPG6.99 USDWindowsby HeroLabs
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Players who liked Plancon: Space Conflict also play

Steam players who put hours into Plancon: Space Conflict 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. Space Rangers HD: A War Apart

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Plancon: Space Conflict.

    Top pick for Plancon: Space Conflict fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Plancon: Space Conflict.

    Space adventure, open world RPG, strategy, arcade, quest and more!

    2013ActionStrategyAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Space Grunts

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Plancon: Space Conflict.

    Second-strongest match for Plancon: Space Conflict fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Plancon: Space Conflict.

    A turn-based game on a planet outpost - with no waiting between turns! Play it at the speed of an arcade game, or take your time and think about your next step.. no matter how fast you take your turn, it might be your last!

    2016ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Spaceland: Sci-Fi Indie Tactics

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Plancon: Space Conflict.

    Third-strongest match for Plancon: Space Conflict fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Plancon: Space Conflict.

    Incredibly dynamic turn-based strategy, reviving the traditions of the old school tactics. Lead a team of the most desperate fighters, destroy alien monsters and uncover the secrets of the lost planet.

    2019StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. SPORE™

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Plancon: Space Conflict fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Plancon: Space Conflict.

    Be the architect of your own universe with Spore, an exciting single-player adventure. From Single Cell to Galactic God, evolve your creature in a universe of your own creations.

    2008ActionStrategyAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Starcom: Unknown Space

    WHY THIS

    Shares crew management and an atmospheric mood with Plancon: Space Conflict.

    Ranked #5 for Plancon: Space Conflict fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Plancon: Space Conflict.

    Starcom: Unknown Space is an action RPG of space exploration and adventure. Build your own starship while discovering an epic story in a universe of strange mysteries, alien factions and uncharted worlds.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Objects in Space

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Plancon: Space Conflict.

    Ranked #6 for Plancon: Space Conflict fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Plancon: Space Conflict.

    Objects in Space is a retro space game centred on 2D point-and-click stealth action in a massive open world. Players have their own customisable ships and can meet people, become a trader, bounty hunter, explorer, scavenger or all of them at once.

    2019ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. BATTLETECH

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Plancon: Space Conflict.

    Ranked #7 for Plancon: Space Conflict fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Plancon: Space Conflict.

    Take command of your own mercenary outfit of 'Mechs and the MechWarriors that pilot them, struggling to stay afloat as you find yourself drawn into a brutal interstellar civil war.

    2018ActionStrategyAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Plancon: Space Conflict.

    Ranked #8 for Plancon: Space Conflict fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award winning Civilization series. As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, lead your people into a new frontier, explore and colonize an alien planet and create a new civilization in space.

    2014Strategy9.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under Plancon: Space Conflict on Steam right now. Shares Action with Plancon: Space Conflict.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Plancon: Space Conflict on Steam right now. Shares Action with Plancon: Space Conflict.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~72% under Plancon: Space Conflict on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Plancon: Space Conflict.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~86% under Plancon: Space Conflict on Steam right now. Shares Action with Plancon: Space Conflict.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Plancon: Space Conflict on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Plancon: Space Conflict.

    Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Super Hexagon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~57% under Plancon: Space Conflict on Steam right now. Shares Action with Plancon: Space Conflict.

    Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.

    2012ActionIndie2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~64% under Plancon: Space Conflict on Steam right now. Shares Action with Plancon: Space Conflict.

    You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Streets of Rogue

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Plancon: Space Conflict on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Plancon: Space Conflict.

    Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Plancon: Space Conflict.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Plancon: Space Conflict.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Plancon: Space Conflict.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 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.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Plancon: Space Conflict.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Plancon: Space Conflict.

    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 ↗

More from HeroLabs

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

  1. Strategy & Tactics: Wargame Collection

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Plancon: Space Conflict.

    Another title from HeroLabs, the studio behind Plancon: Space Conflict.

    Strategy & Tactics: Wargame Collection is a set of three historical turn-based strategies, in which you are going to take command of the armies in the greatest Medieval wars as well as take control of countries and nations during World War II.

    2016Strategy9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Marble Duel: Sphere-Matching Tactical Fantasy

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Plancon: Space Conflict.

    Another title from HeroLabs, the studio behind Plancon: Space Conflict.

    Magic duels are the way to solve any dispute in a kingdom conquered by the cruel witch. Every monster will challenge you, but magic will help you destroy the enemy. Master the destructive power of the spheres and become the most fearsome mage ever!

    2015IndieCasual14.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Strategy & Tactics: Dark Ages

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Plancon: Space Conflict.

    Another title from HeroLabs, the studio behind Plancon: Space Conflict. Shares RPG with Plancon: Space Conflict.

    Dark Ages is a tactical digital board game set in the violent world of alternate Middle Ages. Vikings against war elephants, musketeers against the Mongol cavalry, ancient phalanx legions against crusaders; the deadliest armies in history clashing in bloody war.

    2017StrategySimulationRPG14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Super Turbo Demon Busters!

    WHY THIS

    Another title from HeroLabs, the studio behind Plancon: Space Conflict.

    STDB! is a rogue-like game about hardcore mercenaries and space marines escaping from a very cozy planet filled with monsters, nuclear fire, viruses and pixelated violence.

    2017IndieAdventure11.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Crazy Soccer: Football Stars

    WHY THIS

    Another title from HeroLabs, the studio behind Plancon: Space Conflict. Shares Action with Plancon: Space Conflict.

    The Interstellar Soccer Cup is here! Use mines, cows and flying saucers in the most unrealistic football-manager ever and lead your team to victory. Play against AI opponents, friends and random opponents online!

    2018ActionSportsStrategy9.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Plancon: Space Conflict

How much does Plancon: Space Conflict cost?
Plancon: Space Conflict is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Plancon: Space Conflict?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Plancon: Space Conflict are Space Rangers HD: A War Apart, Space Grunts, Spaceland: Sci-Fi Indie Tactics.
Who developed Plancon: Space Conflict?
Plancon: Space Conflict was developed by HeroLabs.

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 Plancon: Space Conflict.

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