Games like Relicta
If Relicta is your kind of game, the closest matches are Cybernetic Fault, Portal 2 and Astro Link — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and dark. 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 Relicta: Relicta is a first-person physics-based puzzle game where you need to creatively combine magnetism and gravity to unravel the secrets of Chandra Base.
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Cybernetic Fault
WHY THIS
Top pick for Relicta fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Relicta.
Prove your ability to read names next to the big red buttons! Show your ability to fight for life in a science center that is falling apart from the consequences of an insane scientific experiment!
Portal 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Relicta.
Second-strongest match for Relicta fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Relicta.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Astro Link
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Relicta fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Relicta.
Astro Link is a Portal-like puzzle game that takes place within the mysterious Astro Link facility. What happened to this place? Will test subject #602 be able to find out?
Portal
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Relicta.
Ranked #4 for Relicta fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Relicta.
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
Seed of Life
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Relicta fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Relicta.
Seed of Life is an epic adventure game about the persistence of life. You're Cora, the last known survivor of Lumia, a dying planet. Your only hope to save your homeworld is to activate the Seed of Life and rekindle the sun once again. Will you be the light that conquers the darkness?
Moss: Book II
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Relicta.
Ranked #6 for Relicta fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Relicta.
Quill is back—and she’s being hunted. To stand a chance, Quill will need a true partner by her side—and we hope that partner is you. Moss: Book II is an action-adventure puzzle game and award-winning sequel (The Game Awards "Best VR/AR Game") to Moss.
Viewfinder
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Relicta fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Relicta.
Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.
Vesper: Zero Light Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Relicta.
Ranked #8 for Relicta fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Relicta.
Thousands of years after the activation of the Vesper Protocol, a small android crosses a fallen world, hunted by merciless machines, to control the power of Light and decide the fate of his race.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Relicta
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Portal
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Relicta.
Reviewers of Relicta cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Relicta.
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
The Talos Principle
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Relicta.
Reviewers of Relicta cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Relicta.
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
Magrunner: Dark Pulse
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Relicta.
Reviewers of Relicta cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Relicta.
Magrunner: Dark Pulse is an action-puzzle game in which technology confronts the Cthulhu Mythos, penned by H.P. Lovecraft. Equipped with your Magtech glove, you must harness the ability to magnetically polarize and manipulate objects in the environment to survive and surpass challenging puzzles.
Prince of Persia®
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Relicta.
Reviewers of Relicta cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Relicta.
The critically acclaimed Prince of Persia® franchise returns for the first time on next-generation platforms with an all-new epic journey. Built by the same award-winning Ubisoft Montreal studio that created Assassin's Creed™, Prince of Persia has been in development for over three years to deliver a whole new action-adventure gaming...
Portal 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Relicta.
Reviewers of Relicta cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Relicta.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Q.U.B.E. 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Relicta.
Reviewers of Relicta cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Relicta.
Q.U.B.E. 2 is the sequel to the hit first-person puzzle game Q.U.B.E. You are Amelia Cross, a stranded archaeologist who has awoken among the ruins of an ancient alien landscape. With the distant help of another survivor you must solve the puzzles of this mysterious world and find a way back home.
The Turing Test
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Relicta.
Reviewers of Relicta cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Relicta.
The Turing Test is a challenging first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. You are Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA) sent to discover the cause behind the disappearance of the ground crew stationed there.
The Talos Principle 2
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Relicta cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Relicta.
The Talos Principle 2 is a thought-provoking first-person puzzle experience that greatly expands on the first game's philosophical themes and stunning environments with increasingly mind-bending challenges.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Relicta at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Relicta on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Relicta.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Relicta on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Relicta.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Relicta on Steam right now. Shares Action with Relicta.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Relicta on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Relicta.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Portal 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Relicta.
Priced ~50% under Relicta on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Relicta.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Relicta on Steam right now. Shares Action with Relicta.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
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. Shares Indie with Relicta.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Relicta.
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 Relicta.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Relicta.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
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 Relicta.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Relicta.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Relicta.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Relicta.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
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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.
Portal 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Relicta.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Relicta.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Portal
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Relicta.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Relicta.
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
Viewfinder
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Relicta.
Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.
Frequently asked about Relicta
- Is Relicta verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Relicta is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Relicta cost?
- Relicta is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Relicta?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Relicta are Cybernetic Fault, Portal 2, Astro Link.
- Who developed Relicta?
- Relicta was developed by Mighty Polygon and published by Ravenscourt.
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