Role-playing (RPG)

Relayer

Single Player

Critic · IGDB

2022

Released

Platform

🔗🛒▶

📅 Release Info

Release DateMarch 24, 2022

Developer

Publisher

🏷️ Game Details

Genres

Role-playing (RPG)SimulatorStrategyRPG

Playable on

PlayStation

Show all 2 versions ▾

PlayStation 4PlayStation 5

Screenshots & Videos

About this game

Relayer is a new age space opera strategy RPG from the God Wars development team at Kadokawa Games.

Pros & Cons

Pros

Distinct unit roles make positioning and threat management relevant.
Jobs, classes, equipment, and skills offer extensive roster customization.
Large-scale space opera setting with extensive science-fiction lore.

Cons

Long exposition segments delay the tactical gameplay.
Similar encounters repeat throughout the long campaign.
Main campaign becomes easy once its systems are understood.
Campaign length includes grinding and repeated optional battles.

Pros & Cons are AI-assisted summaries, not our own playthrough reviews. Sources and how we make recommendations.

Where to Buy / Play

Official stores where this game is available. Links open the store page in a new tab.

Finding similar games…

Gameplay & themes

Role-playing (RPG)

Relayer

Single Player

Critic · IGDB

2022

Released

Platform

🔗🛒▶

📅 Release Info

Release DateMarch 24, 2022

Developer

Publisher

🏷️ Game Details

Genres

Role-playing (RPG)SimulatorStrategyRPG

Playable on

PlayStation

Show all 2 versions ▾

PlayStation 4PlayStation 5

Screenshots & Videos

About this game

Relayer is a new age space opera strategy RPG from the God Wars development team at Kadokawa Games.

Pros & Cons

Pros

Distinct unit roles make positioning and threat management relevant.
Jobs, classes, equipment, and skills offer extensive roster customization.
Large-scale space opera setting with extensive science-fiction lore.

Cons

Long exposition segments delay the tactical gameplay.
Similar encounters repeat throughout the long campaign.
Main campaign becomes easy once its systems are understood.
Campaign length includes grinding and repeated optional battles.

Pros & Cons are AI-assisted summaries, not our own playthrough reviews. Sources and how we make recommendations.

Where to Buy / Play

Official stores where this game is available. Links open the store page in a new tab.

Games like Relayer

Compare what you enjoyed with each game’s shared mechanics and differences. Refresh explores more matches.

Click to expand

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

ActionPCXbox

Why it matches

Tactical combat

Click to expand

Enarian: Orbital Command

Role-playing (RPG)PC

Why it matches

Tactical combat

Click to expand

Unicorn Overlord

RPGPlayStationXbox

Why it matches

Tactical combat

Click to expand

Void Bastards

ActionPCPlayStation

Why it matches

Tactical combat
Key difference: a first-person view rather than a third-person view

Click to expand

Valkyria Chronicles 4

Role-playing (RPG)PCPlayStation

Why it matches

Tactical combat

💡 Tip: Click "Refresh" to see another selection from this game's recommendations.

Finding similar games…

Gameplay & themes

Games like Relayer

Compare what you enjoyed with each game’s shared mechanics and differences. Refresh explores more matches.

Click to expand

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

ActionPCXbox

Why it matches

Tactical combat

Click to expand

Enarian: Orbital Command

Role-playing (RPG)PC

Why it matches

Tactical combat

Click to expand

Unicorn Overlord

RPGPlayStationXbox

Why it matches

Tactical combat

Click to expand

Void Bastards

ActionPCPlayStation

Why it matches

Tactical combat
Key difference: a first-person view rather than a third-person view

Click to expand

Valkyria Chronicles 4

Role-playing (RPG)PCPlayStation

Why it matches

Tactical combat

💡 Tip: Click "Refresh" to see another selection from this game's recommendations.