Games like Race for the Galaxy
If Race for the Galaxy is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dominion, Shards of Infinity and Wingspan — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, competitive and contemplative. 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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Players who liked Race for the Galaxy also play
Steam players who put hours into Race for the Galaxy 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.
Dominion
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Race for the Galaxy.
Top pick for Race for the Galaxy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Race for the Galaxy.
Expand a small kingdom to a mighty Dominion! Play the Spiel des Jahres winning boardgame beloved by millions around the world. Discover the game that defined a genre, Dominion was first to popularize deck-building and remains a staple of tabletop. This is the officially licensed implementation.
Shards of Infinity
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Race for the Galaxy.
Second-strongest match for Race for the Galaxy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Race for the Galaxy.
Shards of Infinity is the follow-up to the award winning deckbuilding game, Ascension. Build your armies by recruiting allies and champions from four unique factions. Launch surprise attacks on your foes by instantly deploying mercenaries. Unlock limitless power by mastering the Shard of Infinity.
Wingspan
WHY THIS
Shares engine building with Race for the Galaxy.
Third-strongest match for Race for the Galaxy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Race for the Galaxy.
Wingspan is a relaxing, award-winning strategy card game about birds for 1 to 5 players. Each bird you play extends a chain of powerful combinations in one of your three habitats. Your goal is to discover and attract the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves.
Roll for the Galaxy
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Race for the Galaxy.
Ranked #4 for Race for the Galaxy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Race for the Galaxy.
Roll for the Galaxy is a dice game of building space empires for 2-5 players. Your dice represent your populace, whom you direct to develop new technologies, settle worlds, and ship goods. The player who best manages their workers and builds the most prosperous empire wins!
Grid Tactics: Duel
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Race for the Galaxy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Race for the Galaxy.
Grid Tactics: Duel is a competitive card game built on an 8×8 grid. Every move is about positioning, timing, and resource trade-offs. With limited resources, choose when and where to play—set up or apply pressure. Each placement reshapes the board. Win through deckbuilding and precise execution.
Through the Ages
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Race for the Galaxy.
Ranked #6 for Race for the Galaxy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Race for the Galaxy.
Legendary board game classic from award winning designer Vlaada Chvátil
Clank!
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Race for the Galaxy.
Ranked #7 for Race for the Galaxy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Race for the Galaxy.
Burgle your way to adventure in the award-winning board game!
Twilight Struggle
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Race for the Galaxy.
Ranked #8 for Race for the Galaxy fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Race for the Galaxy.
Twilight Struggle is a two-player game where players play as either the US or USSR during the Cold War. Using actual events from history, players must plan out their strategies in order to obtain world dominance. Play Twilight Struggle and change the course of history.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Race for the Galaxy
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Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Race for the Galaxy.
Reviewers of Race for the Galaxy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Race for the Galaxy.
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!
Goblin Sushi
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Race for the Galaxy.
Reviewers of Race for the Galaxy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Race for the Galaxy.
A goblin as a sushi chef? Why not! But hurry up rent is due in minutes! Upgrade the restaurant, the menu and your ingredients to feed your fellow goblins the best and most expensive sushi any goblin can find in the cave!
Gloomhaven
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Race for the Galaxy.
Reviewers of Race for the Galaxy cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Race for the Galaxy.
Lead your band of mercenaries in the land of Gloomhaven, work with unsavoury individuals, shape the fate of the region, fight your way through horrific places and get rich or die trying in this ruthless Tactical-RPG.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Race for the Galaxy at current Steam store prices.
Nodebuster
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Race for the Galaxy on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Race for the Galaxy.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Race for the Galaxy on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Race for the Galaxy.
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!
Tower Wizard
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Race for the Galaxy on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Race for the Galaxy.
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.
Bejeweled® 3
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Race for the Galaxy on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Race for the Galaxy.
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.
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Race for the Galaxy on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Race for the Galaxy.
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.
Hexcells Plus
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Race for the Galaxy on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Race for the Galaxy.
Hexcells Plus is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.
Lords of the Realm II
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Race for the Galaxy on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Race for the Galaxy.
The great Lords of England have their eyes on the the English throne! Muster an army and overrun your enemies' castles in this classic, nail-biting strategy game that blends turn-based and real-time gameplay.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Star Realms
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Race for the Galaxy.
Star Realms is a hugely popular space combat deckbuilding game. Download and play today (note: base set is required to play online) to find out why Star Realms is the winner of SXSW 2014 Board Game of the Year, 7 Golden Geek Awards from BoardGameGeek, and 2 Dice Tower awards!
The Time Game
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Race for the Galaxy.
The Time Game is a complex strategy card-game where you can bend the rules of time to outsmart your opponents! Play solo or online with friends!
Grid Tactics: Duel
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Race for the Galaxy.
Grid Tactics: Duel is a competitive card game built on an 8×8 grid. Every move is about positioning, timing, and resource trade-offs. With limited resources, choose when and where to play—set up or apply pressure. Each placement reshapes the board. Win through deckbuilding and precise execution.
Head-to-head comparisons
More from Temple Gates Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Temple Gates Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Shards of Infinity
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Race for the Galaxy.
Another title from Temple Gates Games, the studio behind Race for the Galaxy. Shares Strategy with Race for the Galaxy.
Shards of Infinity is the follow-up to the award winning deckbuilding game, Ascension. Build your armies by recruiting allies and champions from four unique factions. Launch surprise attacks on your foes by instantly deploying mercenaries. Unlock limitless power by mastering the Shard of Infinity.
Roll for the Galaxy
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Race for the Galaxy.
Another title from Temple Gates Games, the studio behind Race for the Galaxy. Shares Strategy with Race for the Galaxy.
Roll for the Galaxy is a dice game of building space empires for 2-5 players. Your dice represent your populace, whom you direct to develop new technologies, settle worlds, and ship goods. The player who best manages their workers and builds the most prosperous empire wins!
Bazaar
WHY THIS
Another title from Temple Gates Games, the studio behind Race for the Galaxy. Shares Strategy with Race for the Galaxy.
Fly on a magic carpet through the mystical land of Bazaar, collecting exotic trinkets for your journey! Beware dart traps, sea cobras, and hungry crocs that lurk around corners. Vandal monkeys have stolen relics from the guardian of the labyrinth - will you recover them in time or be trapped forever?
Ascension VR
WHY THIS
Another title from Temple Gates Games, the studio behind Race for the Galaxy. Shares Strategy with Race for the Galaxy.
Now updated with the War of Shadows expansion and support for motion controls! Come try out the expansion with the devs, Tuesday nights at 8pm Pacific. Ascension VR is the first deckbuilding Virtual Reality experience.
Dominion
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Race for the Galaxy.
Another title from Temple Gates Games, the studio behind Race for the Galaxy. Shares Strategy with Race for the Galaxy.
Expand a small kingdom to a mighty Dominion! Play the Spiel des Jahres winning boardgame beloved by millions around the world. Discover the game that defined a genre, Dominion was first to popularize deck-building and remains a staple of tabletop. This is the officially licensed implementation.
Frequently asked about Race for the Galaxy
- Does Race for the Galaxy run on Steam Deck?
- Race for the Galaxy 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 Race for the Galaxy cost?
- Race for the Galaxy is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Race for the Galaxy have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Race for the Galaxy supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to Race for the Galaxy?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Race for the Galaxy are Dominion, Shards of Infinity, Wingspan.
- Who developed Race for the Galaxy?
- Race for the Galaxy was developed by Temple Gates Games.
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 Race for the Galaxy.
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