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Games Like 1000 days to escape

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Space, Simulation, Indie, Singleplayer.

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Only 1000 days left until the end of the world. You have to realize the largest space program ever to save as many people as you can. Explore planets, colonize them, help people find a new home.

Reviews: Very Positive — 84% — of 401 reviews
Released: 2019-07-25
Developer: Lemon Squeezy
Genres: Casual, Indie
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 2.1 hrs
Mean playtime: 3.4 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 78%

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    97% matchMixed63% of 117 reviews2023
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    Windows

    Become a Space Mechanic! Get your hands dirty, explore the depths of space and repair broken machinery. Diagnose problems using diagrams and tools, perform repairs, manage your resources and watch the simulated machinery come alive. Or just gaze upon the beauty of the Solar System.

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  2. #2 Tiny Space Academy
    96% matchMixed63% of 54 reviews2021
    Dev: Full Orbit Games LLC
    Windows · Mac

    Tiny Space Academy is a 2D space sim where you can grow your own space agency and explore our solar system with rockets you design! Learn basic orbital mechanics, run science experiments, and get your astronauts back to Earth safely.

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  3. #3 Mars Horizon
    96% matchVery Positive84% of 3,058 reviews2020
    Dev: Auroch Digital
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%

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    Why similar: Space Sim 28.7%, Mars 25.9%, Space 22.1%, Science 16.9%, Simulation 5.4%

  4. #4 5 Minutes Until Self-Destruction
    94% matchVery Positive96% of 79 reviews2025
    Dev: Part Time Monkey
    Windows

    The self-destruction sequence has been activated. You have 5 minutes to solve your way out of a high-stakes, escape room-style disaster.

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  5. #5 Utopia Colony
    95% matchMixed67% of 108 reviews2020
    Dev: GridSky Software
    Windows

    The year is 2033. You, an ex-Marine with little opportunities left, have signed up with Utopia Arura, a large mining corporation on Mars. They have sent you to a location they have proposed but you have chosen for mining. Everything else is up to you.

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  6. #6 Spaceflight Simulator
    94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,486 reviews2022
    Dev: Team Curiosity ✦
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    In Spaceflight Simulator, you will get to build your rockets, plan launches and flights, attempt landings, deploy payloads and explore new worlds.

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    92% matchVery Positive89% of 1,195 reviews2012
    Dev: Tiger Style
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 54 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 49%

    In 2097, life is discovered on Mars. When your mission of first contact becomes trapped by a cave-in, you must master the alien ecosystem to survive. Soon you stumble upon more than anyone expected, and with time running out, you will make a decision that determines the fate of a lost planet.

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    91% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,262 reviews2015
    Dev: Madruga Works
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.

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  9. #9 Sol 0: Mars Colonization
    91% matchMixed69% of 409 reviews2016
    Dev: Chondrite Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Sol 0 is a real time strategy game where you establish the first Martian colony. From the first human footprints on Martian soil to a thriving and self-sustaining colony, Sol 0 imagines a near future using technology that could be available within the next few decades.

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  10. #10 Earth Space Colonies
    90% matchMixed50% of 167 reviews2016
    Dev: Persona and Pixel studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Earth Space Colonies is a strategy-simulation game where you build space colonies around the Solar system. Establish a first self-sustaining colony on the Red planet with ultimate goal of terraforming Mars. Play three story campaigns all at once: terraform Mars, fight on Ceres and explore Ganymede.

    Why similar: Space 56.3%, Simulation 27.5%, Indie 16.1%

  11. #11 Take On Mars
    89% matchMixed55% of 2,023 reviews2017
    Dev: Bohemia Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Take On Mars places you right in the middle of mankind’s most exciting undertaking. Start out in the seat of a rover operator, finish as the first human to have ever set foot on the Red Planet.

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  12. #12 Kerbal Space Program
    86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 133,317 reviews2015
    Dev: SquadPub: Private Division
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 65.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.

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  13. #13 Space Company Simulator
    88% matchMostly Negative28% of 178 reviews2019
    Dev: IntermarumPub: All in! Games
    Windows

    Take the position of a CEO of a space transport company and become a new major player in the industry. Space Company Simulator is a realistic management sim game that will challenge your planning skills as you strive to launch the first manned mission to Mars.

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  14. #14 Mars or Die!
    87% matchMixed53% of 74 reviews2018
    Dev: 34BigThings srl
    Windows
    Median: 12 minMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%

    Control two characters simultaneously! Survive, gather, collect upgrades, fight all sizes of one-eyed Martians, build defensible outposts and conquer Mars, in this glorious mix between roguelite and tower defense.

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  15. #15 Brazed
    86% matchMixed53% of 62 reviews2016
    Dev: Vladimir Maslov
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%

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  16. #16 Aven Colony
    85% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,731 reviews2017
    Dev: Mothership Entertainment LLCPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Build a new home for humanity in Aven Colony. Discover Aven Prime - an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and wetlands light years from earth. Build your colonies into massive, sprawling cities whilst dealing with the challenges faced when settling on a new world.

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    82% matchVery Positive82% of 55 reviews2026
    Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
    Windows

    Dodge lasers and explore! Planetary Development Simulation

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    84% matchMostly Positive76% of 654 reviews2020
    Dev: ▲ Pyramid GamesPub: Pyramid Games S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%

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    81% matchMostly Positive71% of 818 reviews2025
    Dev: Tinymice EntertainmentPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%

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    81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,643 reviews2021
    Dev: Miju Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%

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    83% matchVery Positive93% of 120 reviews2018
    Dev: Cosmic Picnic
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%

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    84% matchMostly Negative42% of 1,016 reviews2016
    Dev: Balti CalarasiPub: HandMade Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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  23. #23 T-Minus 30
    80% matchVery Positive93% of 189 reviews2021
    Dev: Dejobaan GamesPub: SUPERHOT PRESENTS
    Windows

    Plan a city and build a space fleet to escape a dying Earth before time runs out. You have 30 minutes to scavenge a post-apocalyptic environment to build infrastructure, grow crops, generate power, and assemble rockets to save as many people as you can.

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  24. #24 Escape Gaia
    79% matchMostly Positive72% of 53 reviews2024
    Dev: Current Games
    Windows

    you will play as Gaia, the shattered will of a planet, and command your spaceship to explore new worlds, collect and refine various resources, build a home on the damaged spacecraft, summon a wide range of monsters, and ultimately, devour other shattered wills to repair yourself.

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  25. #25 Oxygen Not Included
    77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 138,890 reviews2019
    Dev: Klei Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 67.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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  26. #26 Space for Sale
    78% matchMixed57% of 165 reviews2025
    Dev: Mirage Game Studios
    Windows

    Space for Sale is an interplanetary, top-down Space Realty management game with a focus on problem-solving and exploration. Played either solo or with a friend, it's up to you to transform wild, uninhabited lands into bustling communities!

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  27. #27 Colony On Mars
    82% matchMostly Negative25% of 55 reviews2018
    Dev: Nikita "Ghost_RUS"Pub: Ghost_RUS Games
    Windows
    Median: 30 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 20%

    You play as an astronaut in a colony on Mars and you need to upgrade your colony, build new constructions and collect resources

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  28. #28 The Final Earth 2
    76% matchVery Positive97% of 386 reviews2022
    Dev: Florian van Strien
    Windows

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  29. #29 Reshaping Mars
    75% matchVery Positive85% of 831 reviews2023
    Dev: TholusPub: Yooreka Studio
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%

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  30. #30 Universe Sandbox
    75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 30,587 reviews2015
    Dev: Giant Army
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    Create & destroy on an unimaginable scale with a realistic physics-based space simulator. Explore the beauty of our universe and the fragility of our planet. Use science to bend the laws of gravity, collide planets, boil away oceans, fire epic space lasers, and customize your universe.

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    78% matchMixed65% of 119 reviews2014
    Dev: HyperKat Games
    Windows

    Mars Colony: Challenger is a 3D first / third person game that offers you the challenge of setting up a remote base on the surface of Mars. At its core, the game was derived from a simulator where everything is interactively tied together.

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  32. #32 Final Upgrade
    74% matchMostly Positive77% of 451 reviews2022
    Dev: TaosX
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%

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  33. #33 Space Mechanic Simulator: Prologue
    74% matchMostly Positive80% of 64 reviews2023
    Dev: Atomic JellyPub: Wildlands Interactive
    Windows

    Space Mechanic Simulator: Prologue is a story prelude to the full version, which will introduce you to the world of cosmic repairs, greedy corporations, and cutting-edge technology.

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  34. #34 Low Oxygen
    73% matchVery Positive89% of 299 reviews2023
    Dev: Alex-Stefan Neagu
    Windows · Linux

    Explore an abandoned facility on the planet you've crashlanded, solving puzzles with strange plants along the way.

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  35. #35 60 Minutes to Extinction: Escape Room
    70% matchVery Positive85% of 136 reviews2025
    Dev: mc2games
    Windows

    You have exactly 60 minutes to save humanity from nuclear extinction. There are no second attempts. No manual saves. Explore a collapsing bunker, repair critical systems, and solve puzzles under pressure. Succeed or watch the world end.

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  36. #36 Per Aspera
    72% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,662 reviews2020
    Dev: Tlön IndustriesPub: Raw Fury
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Make Mars your own! Take control of the world’s most sophisticated AI (AMI) and terraform the surface of the Red Planet for a city-building experience on a planetary scale. Transform this barren world into a lush paradise and explore the surface for any ancient secrets that may be waiting.

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  37. #37 Spacebase DF-9
    77% matchOverwhelmingly Negative18% of 4,324 reviews2014
    Dev: Double Fine Productions
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    In Spacebase DF-9, you'll build a home among the stars for a motley population of humans and aliens as they go about their daily lives. Mine asteroids, discover derelicts, and deal with the tribulations of galactic resettlement in Earth's distant future.

    Why similar: Space 55.6%, Simulation 19%, Sci-fi 14.7%, Indie 8.5%, Singleplayer 1.3%

  38. #38 Planet Miner
    73% matchVery Positive80% of 61 reviews2021
    Dev: Cherniukh Andrii
    Windows

    Remove fog, look for and mine minerals, construct buildings, upgrade the rover and reach the portal.

    Why similar: Space Sim 57.9%, Simulation 19.1%, Space 18%, Indie 4.2%, Singleplayer 0.8%

  39. #39 Shortest Trip to Earth
    73% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,426 reviews2019
    Dev: Interactive Fate
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Shortest Trip to Earth is a roguelike spaceship simulator focused on exploration, ship management and tactical battles. Embark on a perilous journey across the universe with nuclear missiles, armed crew and a cat.

    Why similar: Space 32.9%, Space Sim 30.4%, Aliens 15.5%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Simulation 7.6%

  40. #40 Starcom: Nexus
    72% matchVery Positive91% of 2,274 reviews2019
    Dev: Wx3 Labs, LLC
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Suddenly thrown into an unknown galaxy, you must explore, fight or befriend aliens and transform your ship from a small survey vessel into a powerful battlecruiser to unravel the mystery of the forces that brought you here and find your way home.

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  41. #41 Space Haven
    71% matchVery Positive86% of 9,719 reviews2020
    Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.

    Why similar: Space Sim 41.8%, Space 31.6%, Simulation 10%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Indie 5.5%

  42. #42 Solargene
    68% matchMostly Positive76% of 819 reviews2026
    Dev: Alexander Semenov
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 34.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    Take Command of a Space Corporation in the Sci-Fi Simulator Solargene! Manage personnel, design and develop colonies and orbital stations across the solar system! Mine resources, establish logistics, research cutting-edge technologies, trade, and complete missions

    Why similar: Space Sim 45.6%, Space 24.5%, Mars 19.3%, Sci-fi 5.6%, Simulation 4.9%

  43. #43 Surviving Ceres
    69% matchVery Positive87% of 137 reviews2025
    Dev: Ryan SaundersPub: One Man Media
    Windows

    Explore a handcrafted survival game with an emphasis on crafting and base building. Export manufactured goods to earn funding, manage colonists, defend against hostile aliens, and work towards terraforming Ceres from a frozen ball of ice to a tropical paradise.

    Why similar: Simulation 63.5%, Sci-fi 35%, Singleplayer 1.5%

  44. #44 Procrastinaut
    70% matchVery Positive86% of 76 reviews2024
    Dev: cptbuk
    Windows

    Stranded for unknown reasons in the lower orbit of a purple gas giant, you are kind of just chilling out. You should probably get on with your mission. There's still plenty of time, though.

    Why similar: Space 50.7%, Casual 19%, Indie 9.7%, Sci-fi 9.6%, 2D 7.9%

  45. #45 Epic Astro Story
    71% matchVery Positive87% of 54 reviews2022
    Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
    Windows

    Battle baddies and foster interplanetary diplomacy in an epic space colony sim!

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  46. #46 Plan B: Terraform
    66% matchVery Positive91% of 3,463 reviews2025
    Dev: Gaddy Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Terraform a lifeless rock into a lush and habitable world. Build trucks, trains, and sprawling factories on an enormous hexagonal planet. Grow its population to millions. Enjoy a dynamic simulation of atmosphere, temperature, water, and forests.

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  47. #47 Star Explorers
    71% matchVery Positive83% of 250 reviews2018
    Dev: Schmidt Workshops
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Planets, aliens, resources, upgrades, caves, mapping & documenting star systems ... seek a new home for the human race. An all-inclusive (admittedly janky) procedural space-sim made by solo developer Schmidt Workshops.

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  48. #48 The Universim
    67% matchVery Positive80% of 10,483 reviews2024
    Dev: Crytivo
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 33.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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  49. #49 Terraformers: First Steps on Mars
    69% matchVery Positive89% of 696 reviews2021
    Dev: Asteroid LabPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 49%

    Terraformers: First Steps on Mars is a free prologue of Terraformers, featuring an exclusive challenge to lead humanity's first attempt at settling the Red Planet.

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  50. #50 Astro Colony
    68% matchVery Positive82% of 2,509 reviews2022
    Dev: Terad Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    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.

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  51. #51 Occupy Mars: The Game
    66% matchMostly Positive70% of 3,012 reviews2026
    Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Survive and colonize Mars in a highly technical, open-world sandbox game. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, and fix broken parts.

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  52. #52 Mercury Fallen
    68% matchMostly Positive79% of 307 reviews2023
    Dev: Nitrous ButterflyPub: indie.io
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    A sci-fi colony management sim with a focus on exploration, expansion, and survival. Rebuild your underground facility, manage colonists and robots, and uncover the mysteries of an alien world light-years from Earth. Dig deep, expand across the surface, and shape your new home.

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  53. #53 Space Wars
    69% matchVery Positive83% of 122 reviews2020
    Dev: High and WidePub: khukhrovr
    Windows

    Defend Earth's orbital station from alien invaders in SPACE WARS, a fast-paced arcade shooter. Customize your ship, upgrade weapons, and battle through intense levels to save humanity in this action-packed space adventure.

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  54. #54 Adaptory
    65% matchVery Positive84% of 91 reviews2026
    Dev: Stormcloak GamesPub: indie.io
    Windows · Mac

    Deep in uncharted space, your expedition took a challenging turn when your ship crash-landed. Master complex simulations to keep your outspoken explorers alive, face unpredictable challenges, and figure out a way back home.

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  55. #55 Red Planet Farming
    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 864 reviews2020
    Dev: Nina Demirjian
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Become the first Agricultural Director of Mars in Red Planet Farming! This casual strategy game tasks players with producing enough food to feed a growing population of settlers on the red planet.

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  56. #56 Planetka
    66% matchVery Positive89% of 178 reviews2024
    Dev: TeTerka
    Windows

    You play as a tiny sentient planet. Maintain your ecosystem, create new plant species and discover the hidden powers inside you. You’ll need them soon, because there is a human spaceship approaching with the intention to mine all your resources and they don’t care if it kills you in the process.

    Why similar: Space 72.8%, Indie 12.5%, 2D 11%, Singleplayer 3.6%

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