4 Games with a space setting like Retaliate that you should try

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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

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We filtered the 33 games similar to Retaliate down to the 4 that fit the “Space” category. Freaking Meatbags, System Shock and Dead Space top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Retaliate.

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The best games with a space setting like Retaliate

4 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Retaliate. Each one has been evaluated across 10 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Freaking MeatbagsClosest overall match

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SoloMeleeSci-FiSpaceIsometric

Steam👍 86%· 173MC69

Year 2014Dev Wild Factor · Plug In DigitalPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and melee combat

≠ Where it differs: brings tower defense planning, real-time strategy and survival mechanics, while skipping linear, story-driven structure

Freaking Meatbags throws you into a futuristic world where robots have jobs, cephalopods aren't confined to a single dimension, and humans pretty much just stand around talking to themselves.

Where it drifts furthest from Retaliate: visuals.

It predates Retaliate by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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#2System Shock