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Relicta

Relicta

Deal overview

Relicta is currently 90% off on Fanatical — down to $1.99 from $19.99.

At 90% off, this is one of the deepest discounts Relicta reaches on Fanatical — near its typical floor.

That works out to $18 off the Fanatical list price of $19.99.

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About this game

Relicta drops you into the boots of a physicist stranded on an abandoned lunar research station, and the setup gives the puzzling real stakes: your daughter’s life hangs on whether you can think your way out. It’s a first-person puzzle game built around two forces, gravity and magnetism, and the fun comes from bending both to get through rooms that were clearly designed by someone who enjoys watching players stare at a floating rock for five minutes before the solution clicks.

How it plays

The core loop is simple to describe and harder to master: you’re given tools to flip gravity and manipulate magnetic objects, then asked to combine those abilities to cross gaps, redirect beams, move heavy equipment, and unlock doors that won’t budge otherwise. Each chamber in Chandra Base builds on the last, layering new twists onto the same two mechanics rather than throwing constant new gadgets at you, so the challenge comes from creative combination rather than memorizing fresh rules every ten minutes. Outside the puzzle rooms, you’re piecing together what actually happened at this station and why it was left to rot, with the environment itself doing a lot of the storytelling. There’s a real sense of unraveling a mystery as you go, not just solving isolated brain teasers strung together.

Who it’s for

If you liked the feeling of a good physics puzzler, the kind where you pause, think through the mechanics, and then feel genuinely clever when it works, this is squarely aimed at you. It also rewards people who like their puzzle games wrapped in an actual story worth following, since the lunar setting and the political undercurrents give you a reason to keep pushing forward beyond just wanting the next mechanical challenge. It’s less suited to players chasing fast reflexes or combat; despite the “action” tag, this isn’t a shooter or anything twitchy, and anyone expecting enemies to fight will be disappointed. Folks who bounce off slower, cerebral pacing or get frustrated by trial-and-error puzzle logic should probably steer clear too.

Is it worth it?

For the audience that actually wants this kind of game, a moody, single-player physics puzzler with a story that gives the puzzling some emotional weight, it delivers a complete, self-contained experience without demanding you learn a sprawling system or commit to some live-service grind. It’s not trying to be a twenty-hour epic, and that’s part of the appeal: you can sit with it, work through the station’s mysteries, and reach an ending without it overstaying its welcome. This is exactly the type of indie puzzle game that makes the most sense to grab when it’s discounted, since the format rewards a focused playthrough rather than repeat visits, and catching it on sale means you pay closer to what a tight, story-driven puzzler like this is actually worth.

Quick facts

Genre: Action, Adventure, Indie. Developer: Mighty Polygon. Publisher: Ravenscourt. Platform: PC (Steam). Released: August 3, 2020.

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