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Terraform, strategize, and construct a Martian colony in this retro-inspired turn-based city builder. Create a comfortable living for your citizens, research alien artifacts, and uncover the secrets of the Red Planet.

Reviews: Very Positive — 92% — of 569 reviews
Released: 2023-01-17
Developer: Andriy Bychkovskyi
Publisher: Crytivo
Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
Median playtime: 2.2 hrs
Mean playtime: 7.9 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 62%

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    Why similar: Mars 26.5%, Turn-Based 13.8%, Procedural Generation 9.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%, Space 9.1%

  2. #2 Planetbase
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  4. #4 Space Haven
    95% matchVery Positive86% of 9,719 reviews2020
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%

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  5. #5 Farlanders: Prologue
    94% matchVery Positive93% of 285 reviews2021
    Dev: Andriy Bychkovskyi
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 59%

    Prepare for your journey to Mars by building and managing a colony within the safety of Earth’s atmosphere. Hone your abilities to create a thriving community, terraform the land to suit your needs, and prove your capability for a larger mission. Get ready to launch in this prologue to Farlanders.

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  7. #7 Plan B: Terraform
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    92% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,731 reviews2017
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    Stellar Settlers is a chill space base/city builder and colony sim game. With unique vertical and horizontal base-building gameplay, settle on 10 hostile alien planets and build your own thriving colony. Get enough materials to build a physics-based Spaceship and try to escape from disasters.

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  10. #10 Surviving Mars: Relaunched
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    Windows
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  11. #11 Reshaping Mars
    89% matchVery Positive85% of 831 reviews2023
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    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%

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  12. #12 Terraformers: First Steps on Mars
    89% matchVery Positive89% of 696 reviews2021
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    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 49%

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    Windows
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  33. #33 The Crust
    75% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,397 reviews2024
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    Windows
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    71% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,112 reviews2020
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    67% matchVery Positive93% of 132,545 reviews2018
    Dev: 11 bit studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?

    Why similar: City Builder 26%, Colony Sim 22%, Resource Management 13.6%, Survival 9.7%, Building 7.3%

  54. #54 Terraforming Mars
    70% matchMostly Positive71% of 7,108 reviews2018
    Dev: Artefacts StudioPub: Twin Sails Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 32.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    The taming of the Red Planet has begun! Corporations are competing to transform Mars into a habitable planet by spending vast resources and using innovative technology to raise temperature, create a breathable atmosphere, and make oceans of water.

    Why similar: Mars 31.6%, Turn-Based 16.6%, Space 11.4%, Base Building 8.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%

  55. #55 Maia
    72% matchMixed44% of 1,063 reviews2018
    Dev: Simon RothPub: Machine Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 30 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 41%

    Maia is a colony building game set in the not-so-distant future. Your colonists make planetfall on a hostile world and you must ensure their survival and their safety, constructing their off-world habitat from almost nothing and sheltering them from a dangerous, often deadly environment.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34.5%, Base Building 11.1%, Management 9.9%, Space 9.2%, Survival 8.6%

  56. #56 Stranded: Alien Dawn
    67% matchVery Positive85% of 10,890 reviews2023
    Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors.

    Why similar: Base Building 24.1%, Colony Sim 23.9%, Survival 13.1%, Resource Management 8.6%, Management 8.6%

  57. #57 The Wandering Village
    63% matchVery Positive92% of 8,074 reviews2025
    Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 26.6%, City Builder 24%, Resource Management 13.3%, Management 12.3%, Base Building 11.4%

  58. #58 Folklands
    66% matchMostly Positive75% of 52 reviews2025
    Dev: Bromantic GamesPub: Light Up Games
    Windows · Linux

    Folklands is a relaxing settlement builder with a retro look and feel set in a fantasy Nordic-inspired world. Harvest, produce and trade resources from multiple production chains as you grow your settlement. Keep your folks happy and safe and tend to their needs in a living and changing world.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 25.9%, City Builder 22.2%, Base Building 13%, Building 11.8%, Management 9.3%

  59. #59 Mercury Fallen
    66% 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.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 23.4%, Base Building 13.8%, Building 10.6%, Management 10%, Space 9.9%

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