Games like Contested Space
If Contested Space is your kind of game, the closest matches are Vortex Siege, Tower Tactics 2 and Slay the Spire 2 — 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 Contested Space: Build your own fleet in this space roguelike deckbuilder. Pick your faction, draft cards mid-combat from a rotating market, and fight your way through hostile sectors one run at a time. Can you carve a path to victory through Contested Space?
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Steam players who put hours into Contested Space 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.
Vortex Siege
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Top pick for Contested Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Contested Space.
Defend your city in Vortex Siege, a roguelike collectible card game where you can evolve your cards in unique ways for millions of possibilities. Defeat your enemies in battle, steal their cards, and customize them. Build and defend your town between battles. Collect, customize, and carry on!
Tower Tactics 2
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Second-strongest match for Contested Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Contested Space.
The fusion of deck-building roguelike and tower defense returns, bigger than ever! Build your deck with powerful new cards, unlock unique trinkets, and deploy enhanced towers to overcome relentless waves of enemies and new strategic challenges.
Slay the Spire 2
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Third-strongest match for Contested Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Contested Space.
The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and discover relics of immense power in Slay the Spire 2!
Become the Moon
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Ranked #4 for Contested Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Contested Space.
Become the Moon is a challenging, deckbuilding auto battler. Choose from 10 unique characters, each with their own distinct playstyles. Assemble a team of powerful minions & cast cosmic spells where every run takes you one step closer to the moon.
The Royal Writ
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Ranked #5 for Contested Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Contested Space.
Sacrifice creates stories in this medieval roguelike deckbuilder. Watch your cards march to glory or permanent death as they battle toward the enemy. Each fallen hero becomes part of your kingdom's legend. Command wisely... some sacrifices are necessary.
Dream of Corpse Lady
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Ranked #6 for Contested Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Contested Space.
Cards, battle! Someone woke up the sleeping Corpse Lady... Perhaps, the world needs to pay a price for the awakening... In this game, you will play the role of the awakened Corpse Lady, try various strange construction combinations, discover powerful opponents, and then knock them all down!
My Card Is Better Than Your Card!
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Ranked #7 for Contested Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Contested Space.
Become the coolest kid of the playground in this playful roguelike deckbuilder. Craft every card yourself with adorable stickers and wow your rivals in tug-of-war card battles full of wonder!
As We Descend
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Ranked #8 for Contested Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Contested Space.
The apocalyptic roguelike deckbuilder with squad sculpting and deep tactics. Recruit the right units and outmaneuver titanic foes on dangerous expeditions. Build up allies and resources in the feudal Vault-City. Can you survive all the perils that await the last bastion of humanity?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Contested Space.
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 Indie with Contested Space.
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?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Contested Space.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Contested Space.
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.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Contested Space.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Contested Space.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Contested Space.
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.
Coloring Pixels
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Contested Space.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
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Frequently asked about Contested Space
- Does Contested Space have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Contested Space supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Contested Space?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Contested Space are Vortex Siege, Tower Tactics 2, Slay the Spire 2.
- Who developed Contested Space?
- Contested Space was developed by Null & Void Games LLC.
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 Contested Space.
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