The Best Mars Games

Update : Planetiles added at rank #46.
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Terraformers (2022)

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Transform Mars into a habitable planet in Terraformers. With challenging strategizing and resource management, explore the planet and expand population, all while watching the stunning new natural wonders build up before your eyes. Take on different scenarios and bonuses and create a thriving utopia. Get lost in the addictive puzzle-like game with unique replayability and rewarding graphics and UI.


What we like:
  • Focus on strategy
  • Various difficulty levels
  • Unique victory conditions
  • Nice graphics and UI
  • Rich soundtrack
What could be improved:
  • Only one way to lose the game
  • Some bugs present
  • Game can become repetitive

  • turn-based
  • mars
  • space
  • resource-management
  • science
  • rogue-like
  • nonlinear
  • card
  • procedural
  • board-game
  • colony
  • sci-fi
  • choices
  • simulation
  • management

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Caverns of Mars: Recharged (2023)

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Race through caverns while blasting away enemies and terrain to reach the depths of Mars in this reimagining of the 1981 classic.

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  • rogue-like
  • mars
  • shooter
  • vertical-scrolling
  • scrolling
  • cooperative
  • arcade
  • attack
  • score
  • futuristic
  • space
  • action
  • colourful
  • aliens
  • sci-fi

3

Deliver Us Mars (2023)

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PC Windows Android Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Xbox One Xbox Series X/s

Deliver Us Mars is an atmospheric sci-fi adventure taking you on a suspense-fuelled, high-stakes mission to recover the ARK colony ships stolen by the mysterious Outward.


  • sci-fi
  • mars
  • narrative
  • puzzle
  • third-person
  • platform
  • cinematic
  • space
  • thriller
  • atmospheric
  • story
  • emotional
  • action-adventure
  • exploration
  • linear

4

Farlanders (2023)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Farlanders is a turn-based city builder set on Mars, with a puzzle game mentality and an engaging story that challenges you to think about the right you have to change the face of a planet. You play as Marco, an architect who discovers that all is not what it seems. Balance resources, build structures and manage colony happiness in this demanding but rewarding space colony simulator.


What we like:
  • Vibrant visuals
  • Realistic environments
  • Dynamic building system
  • Strategic choices
  • Challenging gameplay
  • Turn-based city builder
  • Procedurally generated maps
What could be improved:
  • Complexity can be overwhelming for some players
  • Steep learning curve
  • Requires careful resource management

  • city-building
  • turn-based
  • mars
  • colony
  • resource-management
  • base-building
  • simulation
  • building
  • strategy
  • space
  • procedural
  • pixel
  • management
  • survival

5

Mars Horizon (2020)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4 Mac OS

Lead a major space agency as you guide humanity to Mars in this strategy simulation game. Construct a base, design and build rockets, conduct missions throughout the Solar System, and write your own history of Space exploration. Created with support from the European Space Agency.


  • simulation
  • space
  • mars
  • turn-based
  • historical
  • exploration
  • management
  • historically
  • science
  • alternate
  • education
  • logic
  • choices
  • immersive
  • building

6

Mars Power Industries Deluxe (2019)

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Linux Mac OS Xbox One PC Windows

Mysterious puzzle inspired by 2001:Space Odyssey. Manage resources, solve challenging puzzles and uncover what lies beneath the surface! Year after year, strange happenings plague our tiny colony, darkness devours Mars. Your job as an Electrician? Bring light where darkness reigns!

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  • mars
  • logic
  • turn-based
  • space
  • minimalist
  • building
  • stylized
  • relaxing
  • abstract
  • atmospheric
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • management
  • puzzle
  • cute

7

Relicta (2020)

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Alone in the depths of the Moon, your scientific mind is the only thing that can keep your daughter alive …Play as a top physicist stranded on an eerie, derelict Moon base. Find your way around the enigmatic, terraformed craters by bending gravity and magnetism to your will in order to solve physical puzzles. Will you rush straight ahead and try to reach safety - or will you take your time to gather clues and unravel the intrigues of 22nd century orbital politics? Buried in the eternal darkness of the lunar craters lies a secret that might claim your daughter’s life - or change the fate of humanity forever. Are you ready to face the ultimate consequences of your research?


  • mars
  • character
  • snow
  • narration
  • puzzle
  • science
  • logic
  • action-adventure
  • physics
  • first-person
  • sci-fi
  • 3d
  • exploration
  • story
  • colourful

8

Astro Colony (2022)

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early access PC Windows

Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.


  • space
  • automation
  • mars
  • colony
  • voxel
  • base-building
  • resource-management
  • sandbox
  • procedural
  • building
  • simulation
  • flight
  • action-adventure
  • crafting
  • 3d

9

KUR (2022)

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PC Windows

Destroy drones, ravage robots and stomp some skull-bearing spiderdroids in a dark-humor drenched take on the classic 90’s shooter.


  • dark
  • hero
  • mars
  • shooter
  • humor
  • parkour
  • first-person
  • shoot-em-up
  • post-apocalyptic
  • action-adventure
  • stylized
  • comedy
  • 3d
  • fps
  • colourful

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Rover Builder (2022)

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PC Windows

Rover Builder is a 3D engineering sim tasking you to create the right rover to complete the job. Unleash your creativity in the garage, building vehicles using an impressive array of parts, materials and machinery. Or try your hand at level editor - creating entire missions and levels from scratch!


  • 3d
  • mars
  • science
  • editor
  • level
  • building
  • space
  • sandbox
  • vehicle
  • simulation
  • robots
  • physics
  • challenging

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