Relicta

Relicta PC is a first-person science-fiction puzzle adventure from Mighty Polygon and Ravenscourt. Current Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG listings continue to use the name Relicta; no verified rebrand or replacement edition is shown. Its focus is precise physics manipulation, combining magnetism, polarity, and gravity to open paths through the abandoned Chandra Base on the Moon.

Physics puzzles in a lunar research base

Relicta places you in the role of Dr. Angelica Patel, a physicist stranded inside a damaged lunar facility. The immediate objective is practical: move through sealed areas, restore access, and find a way toward safety. The wider mystery concerns the Relicta anomaly, the research surrounding it, and Patel’s missing daughter.

Exploration is presented from a first-person perspective, with each area built around a contained puzzle space. The game is not a combat-focused science-fiction adventure. Progress depends on observing the room, identifying how its objects interact, and then building a reliable route through barriers, platforms, switches, and force fields.

The main loop is deliberately methodical. You inspect the environment, move one or more cubes into useful positions, test how the active forces affect them, and revise the setup when the result is not what you expected. Relicta rewards understanding rather than speed, although some solutions require careful positioning and control over momentum.

How magnetism and gravity interact

The defining toolset is a pair of gravitational gloves that let Patel alter the behavior of puzzle objects. Cubes can be given different magnetic polarities, allowing them to attract or repel one another and interact with magnetic surfaces. Gravity can also be neutralized, turning a normally grounded cube into a floating object that can be redirected through the room.

These powers are simple to describe but difficult to combine cleanly. A cube may need to be lifted, pushed away from another cube, pulled toward a magnetic plate, and then dropped onto a pressure-sensitive target. The correct solution often depends on the order of those actions, because changing polarity or gravity can disrupt a setup that was already working.

Later challenges expand the vocabulary beyond basic cube placement. Official descriptions identify magnetic plates, elevators, buttons, and other environmental devices as part of the puzzle structure. Some encounters also introduce drones that can interfere with magnetic and gravitational fields or affect the movement of cubes, forcing you to account for the room’s active hazards before committing to a solution.

That layered design is where Relicta distinguishes itself from ordinary switch puzzles. The important question is not simply where an object belongs, but how its weight, position, polarity, and momentum can be controlled across several connected steps. Players who enjoy the deliberate chamber solving of first-person philosophical puzzle adventures like The Talos Principle will recognize the same emphasis on experimentation, observation, and sudden breakthroughs.

Story, clues, and lunar environments

Relicta combines its puzzle rooms with a narrative about scientific research, family, and orbital politics. The setting moves through the Chandra Base and its terraformed lunar craters, creating a contrast between sterile research infrastructure and exposed, isolated environments. The atmosphere leans toward a science-fiction psychological thriller rather than action spectacle.

Story information is delivered through dialogue, investigation, environmental details, and collectible clues. Players who move directly from puzzle to puzzle will understand the immediate situation, but searching the base reveals more about the anomaly and the decisions that shaped Patel’s circumstances.

The named areas and research context give the campaign a sense of progression without turning it into an open-world game. Each location introduces a new arrangement of spatial problems, then combines familiar elements in more demanding ways. This makes Relicta best understood as a linear, story-led puzzle campaign with optional investigation layered into the route.

Content model and editions

Relicta is listed as a standalone paid base game on its current PC storefront pages. Epic presents a Windows base-game listing, Steam identifies the same Mighty Polygon and Ravenscourt release, and GOG offers a separate PC edition with an optional offline installer.

No verified season pass, multiplayer expansion, or large DLC program is shown on the current storefront information reviewed for this guide. The main content is therefore the single-player campaign, its puzzle progression, environmental clues, achievements, and exploration of the Chandra Base.

A free demo is listed on GOG, giving prospective players a way to sample the game’s puzzle language before committing to the full edition. The demo and full game should not be confused with a free-to-play model: the storefront catalog presents Relicta as a paid standalone title.

Who should play Relicta?

Relicta is a strong fit for players who want demanding logic puzzles inside a narrative science-fiction setting. It suits people who enjoy testing a theory, watching a physical system behave, and refining a solution instead of relying on reflexes or combat skills.

• Physics-puzzle fans who want magnetism and gravity to drive the entire progression loop.
• Players who prefer single-player exploration with environmental clues and a defined story.
• Fans of first-person puzzle games built around objects, switches, barriers, and spatial planning.
• Players comfortable with puzzles that become increasingly layered rather than remaining introductory.

It is less suitable if you want frequent combat, cooperative play, character builds, or a highly guided objective system. Relicta asks you to spend time looking at the room and reasoning about relationships between objects. The payoff is the solution itself, not a progression tree or a collection of conventional action abilities.

PC features and storefront details

The Windows version is available through Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG. Steam lists Steam Cloud, achievements, and family sharing alongside the single-player feature. Epic lists cloud saves and single-player support, while the GOG edition is identified as DRM-free and playable without GOG Galaxy or a constant internet connection.

Relicta supports interface and subtitle localization in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. English is the listed full-audio language, so players should expect localized text rather than a broad selection of dubbed voices.

One unusual PC option is Tobii eye and head tracking. With compatible eye-tracking hardware, Relicta supports an extended view and gaze-based interaction for selecting objects. This is an optional accessibility and immersion feature, not a requirement for standard mouse-and-keyboard play.

For another comparison point, its chamber-based object manipulation sits near the design territory of first-person cube puzzles such as QUBE 2, although Relicta’s identity comes from its magnetic polarity and gravity systems rather than colored wall panels alone.

Similar first-person puzzle games

Relicta belongs to a specific PC puzzle niche: first-person navigation, science-fiction environments, environmental storytelling, and mechanics that must be learned before they can be mastered. It is not a direct clone of Portal, because there are no portals or combat encounters defining the central loop.

Science-fiction first-person puzzlers like Lightmatter offer a useful comparison because both games combine controlled movement through constructed spaces with a strong environmental premise. The difference is mechanical emphasis: Lightmatter is organized around light and shadow, while Relicta makes magnetic attraction, repulsion, and gravity nullification its core language.

The Talos Principle and QUBE 2 are also relevant for their first-person puzzle presentation, but Relicta’s most distinctive feature is the way it treats physical state as part of the solution. A cube is not merely a key. Its polarity, weight, trajectory, and relationship to nearby surfaces all matter.

Relicta FAQ

What is the current PC name of Relicta?

The current Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG listings use Relicta. No verified renamed edition or rebrand was found in the storefront and publisher information reviewed.

Is Relicta multiplayer or co-op?

No. Relicta is a single-player puzzle adventure. Its progression, story, and puzzle spaces are designed for one player.

What are the main mechanics in Relicta?

You manipulate cubes and environmental objects with magnetic polarity and gravity powers. Attraction, repulsion, floating objects, magnetic plates, switches, elevators, barriers, and field-disrupting devices are combined to create increasingly complex solutions.

Does Relicta have combat?

Relicta is centered on exploration and physics puzzles rather than combat. The primary challenge is solving rooms and understanding how the lunar base’s devices interact.

What languages does Relicta support on PC?

The PC listings provide localized interface and subtitles in twelve languages, including English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. English is the listed full-audio language.

Does Relicta support eye tracking?

Yes. The PC version has optional Tobii eye-tracking features, including extended view and gaze-based interaction. Standard play does not require eye-tracking hardware.