Games like Element Space
If Element Space is your kind of game, the closest matches are King's Bounty II, Gears Tactics and Lost Eidolons — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging 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.
Get personalized picks →About Element Space: Year 2199. Assemble an elite crew and make allies to combat a shadowy organization threatening the future of humanity. Face overwhelming odds with strategy. Make your choices and save us from extinction.
Players who liked Element Space also play
Steam players who put hours into Element 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.
King's Bounty II
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Element Space.
Top pick for Element Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Element Space.
Legend returns! King’s Bounty II is the long-awaited sequel to the legendary King’s Bounty video games franchise, one of the most iconic representatives of the turn-based RPG genre.
Gears Tactics
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Element Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Element Space.
Gears Tactics is the fast-paced, turn-based strategy game from one of the most-acclaimed video game franchises – Gears of War. Outnumbered and fighting for survival, recruit and command your squad to hunt down an evil mastermind who makes monsters.
Lost Eidolons
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Element Space.
Third-strongest match for Element Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Element Space.
Lost Eidolons is a turn-based tactical RPG with a gripping cinematic narrative, set in a waning empire riven by civil war. Take on the role of a charming mercenary captain, Eden, and lead his band of allies through epic encounters on a classic turn-based battlefield.
The Last Spell
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Element Space.
Ranked #4 for Element Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Element Space.
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
The Banner Saga 3
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Element Space.
Ranked #5 for Element Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Element Space.
Banner Saga 3 is the epic conclusion to a sweeping viking saga six years in the making. This strategic RPG, acclaimed for its strong story and compelling characters has won over 20 awards and been nominated for 4 BAFTA awards.
Blackguards
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Element Space.
Ranked #6 for Element Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Element Space.
What happens when the only hope of a threatened world lies not with heroes in shining armor, but in the hands of a band of misfits and criminals? Blackguards, a new turn-based strategy RPG, explores this very question. You will discover over 180 unique hex-based battlegrounds within a dark and mature story of crime, drugs, and murder.
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Element Space.
Ranked #7 for Element Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Element Space.
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based tactical RPG with a focus on storytelling and strategic battles. Unfold a mature story as you progress through hand-crafted scenarios, controlling your own group of Arbiters, with each character customizable from a wide selection of classes and abilities!
XCOM®: Chimera Squad
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Element Space.
Ranked #8 for Element Space fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Element Space.
XCOM: Chimera Squad delivers an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience in the XCOM universe.
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The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Element Space cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Element Space.
The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear. A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.
XCOM® 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Element Space.
Reviewers of Element Space cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Element Space.
XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.
Xenonauts 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Element Space.
Reviewers of Element Space cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and RPG with Element Space.
Wage a global war of resistance against an alien invasion. Command turn-based tactical battles, build a network of covert bases, directly control your fighter wings, and achieve strategic victory in a simulation of asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior foe.
Phoenix Point
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Element Space.
Reviewers of Element Space cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and RPG with Element Space.
The acclaimed strategy game from the creator of X-COM. Fight tactical battles on procedural maps against a foe that adapts to your tactics. Manage diplomacy and economy on a global scale. Research, explore, overcome. Now includes Steam Workshop support for mods!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Element Space at current Steam store prices.
Miss Neko
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Element Space on Steam right now. Shares Action with Element Space.
Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)
QUICKERFLAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Element Space on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Element Space.
QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.
Save Jesus
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Element Space on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Element Space.
Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!
Gachi Heroes
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Element Space on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Element Space.
Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?
Trip to Vinelands
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Element Space on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Element Space.
Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Element Space.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Element Space.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Element 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.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Element Space.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Element 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.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Element Space.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Element Space.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Lost Eidolons
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Element Space.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Element Space.
Lost Eidolons is a turn-based tactical RPG with a gripping cinematic narrative, set in a waning empire riven by civil war. Take on the role of a charming mercenary captain, Eden, and lead his band of allies through epic encounters on a classic turn-based battlefield.
The Last Spell
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Element Space.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with Element Space.
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Element Space.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Element Space.
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based tactical RPG with a focus on storytelling and strategic battles. Unfold a mature story as you progress through hand-crafted scenarios, controlling your own group of Arbiters, with each character customizable from a wide selection of classes and abilities!
Frequently asked about Element Space
- Does Element Space run on Steam Deck?
- Element Space 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 Element Space cost?
- Element Space is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Element Space?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Element Space are King's Bounty II, Gears Tactics, Lost Eidolons.
- Who developed Element Space?
- Element Space was developed by Sixth Vowel and published by Inca 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 Element Space.
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