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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.

Why similar: Mars 43.8% ★, Space 25.2%, Simulation 20.1%, Survival 6.4%, Indie 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers the most direct experience to the seed game, focusing on detailed base-building, resource management, and survival on the Martian surface.

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.

Why similar: Mars 42.6% ★, Space 26.9%, Simulation 25%, Survival 4.2%, Adventure 1.3%

Why You'll Like It: A highly technical simulation that emphasizes the scientific and mechanical challenges of exploring and colonizing Mars.

In Mars Colony: Frontier you can learn the hard way what life would be like if you were stranded on the red planet. In this open-world simulator, you assume the role of an astronaut who has been sent on a mission to Mars only to have turmoil on Earth extend your stay indefinitely.

Why similar: Simulation 47.6%, RPG 26.1%, Adventure 15.5%, Indie 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: As a thematic sibling to the seed game, it expands on the survival and exploration aspects of Martian colonization.

Explore the vast terrains of Mars, generated from real NASA satellite data, and survive threats like dust storms by discovering randomized supply caches and habitats. Adventure on foot or in driveable rovers with this otherworldly first-person sandbox.

Why similar: Simulation 81.6%, Indie 18.4%

Why You'll Like It: A realistic, narrative-driven survival game that captures the isolation and environmental hazards of a Mars mission.

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.

Why similar: Space 56.9%, Simulation 24.7%, Survival 13%, Indie 3.7%, Adventure 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: A classic colony-simulation game that tasks players with managing a space base and ensuring the survival of its inhabitants.

Stationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times!

Why similar: Space 78.6%, Survival 21.4%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore simulation game that requires players to manage complex atmospheric and electrical systems, much like a real-world base colony.

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.

Why similar: Mars 66.4% ★, Space 33.6%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy exploration game that captures the visual and thematic essence of a mission to the Red Planet.

The Solus Project is a single player exploration adventure with survival elements. The adventure is set on a mysterious planet and is the spiritual successor to The Ball - 2010 PC Gamer Action/Adventure Game Of The Year...

Why similar: Space 34.9%, Simulation 22.4%, Survival 21.2%, Adventure 16.5%, Indie 5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on first-person survival and exploration on a hostile alien planet with a strong emphasis on atmospheric immersion.

Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.

Why similar: Space 48.9%, Simulation 38.5%, Survival 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: Offers unparalleled depth in building and simulation, allowing players to construct complex bases and vehicles in space.

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.

Why similar: Mars 38.8% ★, Simulation 28.4%, Space 26.6%, Indie 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused simulation that emphasizes the logistical challenges of early Mars colonization.

Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.

Why similar: Space 56.9%, Simulation 15.5%, Survival 14.6%, Adventure 9.5%, Indie 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features a unique voxel-based world that emphasizes exploration, resource extraction, and base-building in a space setting.

Titan Outpost is a hard science fiction role-playing game in which you must build a base, manage its crew, develop your character's skills and attributes, and explore Saturn's sixth moon, uncovering its mysteries and harvesting its resources.​

Why similar: Simulation 33.6%, Space 23.2%, RPG 19.9%, Adventure 11.5%, Indie 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Blends RPG elements with simulation, focusing on the daily life and survival of a remote space station crew.

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.

Why similar: Space 50.2%, Simulation 33.7%, Adventure 9.4%, Indie 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features complex automation and base-building mechanics that mirror the logistical needs of a growing space colony.

JCB Pioneer: Mars drops you onto the surface of The Red Planet. Your mission: To survive and prepare Mars for future human colonization.

Why similar: Simulation 37.9%, Mars 34% ★, Adventure 12.3%, Indie 8.5%, Survival 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the heavy machinery and engineering aspects of preparing a base on the Martian surface.

Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!

Why similar: Space 46.8%, Simulation 41.3%, Survival 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines first-person survival with extensive building mechanics, allowing for planetary exploration and base construction.

Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.

Why similar: Survival 54%, Adventure 31.8%, Indie 14.2%

Why You'll Like It: While set underwater, it is the gold standard for first-person survival, base-building, and resource management in a hostile alien environment.

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: Simulation 45.3%, Space 33%, Survival 12.5%, Indie 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-simulation game that focuses on the technical and psychological challenges of managing a remote space base.

Answer the call from a mining base on Mars as engineer Jack Leary and search for the missing crew. Fort Solis will immerse you with cinematic visuals powered by UE 5 and voice acting of Roger Clark and Troy Baker. Explore the mining complex and reach climax of this narrative thriller experience.

Why similar: Mars 61.5% ★, Space 32.5%, Adventure 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, narrative-focused game that captures the isolation of a Martian research base.

「Reshaping Mars」is a colony simulation game on Mars, you will start by gathering resources, storing food, accepting immigrants, and building a better colony together. Develop powerful technologies for Mars Reshaping, make Mars great agai..sorry, just great. Don't forget to make the residents happy.

Why similar: Mars 44.1% ★, Simulation 27.4%, Space 25.4%, Indie 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-heavy simulation that focuses on the long-term terraforming and development of a Martian colony.

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.

Why similar: Mars 48.6% ★, Space 27.3%, Simulation 15.8%, Adventure 5.8%, Indie 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward colony-building game that focuses on the basic requirements of sustaining life on Mars.

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 46.1%, Simulation 35.1%, Survival 12.1%, Indie 6.7%

Spacebourne is an open space exploration game with Rpg elements. Its world consists of different factions at war. You as an expert pilot need to choose your side or be on no one's side and create a force of your own. Load up your weapons, Ready your ship and warp to adventure.

Why similar: Space 39.6%, Simulation 34.1%, RPG 19%, Indie 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a blend of space simulation and RPG elements that captures the scale of space exploration.

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: Mars 43.7% ★, Space 37.3%, Simulation 19.1%

As an Engineer - crew member of one of the first Mars colonies - you are responsible for repairing and maintaining Mars Rovers. In this advanced simulator you will learn the internal details of various Mars Rovers and their components.

Why similar: Mars 46% ★, Space 25.5%, Simulation 23.2%, Indie 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the technical maintenance of equipment, a core component of the simulation experience in the seed game.

ICARUS is a solo or multiplayer PvE survival game. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Complete narrative quests as either Open World operations or Individual Missions. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.

Why similar: Space 56.4%, Survival 30.9%, Adventure 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: A session-based survival game that focuses on resource extraction and building in a hostile, alien environment.

NASA has once again landed on the lunar surface with the goal of colonization, research, and further exploration. Shortly after the return to the Moon, NASA has established a small outpost on the south pole of the moon called Moonbase Alpha.

Why similar: Space 55.8%, Simulation 37.7%, Adventure 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A realistic simulation of lunar base operations that shares the technical focus of the seed game.

An interactive art demo that showcases what a future base on Mars could look like. Project Eagle isn't a game - but an exploration of mankind's possible future.

Why similar: Mars 44.1% ★, Simulation 34.6%, Space 21.3%

Why You'll Like It: An educational simulation that provides a high-fidelity look at a potential future Mars base.

Develop a village colony on Mars, using various resources and bringing the unique flavor of Russian culture to the distant space.

Why similar: Simulation 57.8%, RPG 29.7%, Survival 12.6%

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.

Why similar: Mars 46.6% ★, Space 25.2%, Simulation 21.9%, Survival 6.4%

Build physically simulated rovers to transport awkwardly shaped cargo across the rugged terrain of Mars. Earn funds, unlock new parts, and use your ingenuity to help the Martians establish a new home. Playable solo or in online co-op!

Why similar: Mars 80% ★, Simulation 20%

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 58.7%, RPG 23.4%, Survival 17.9%

The Red Planet is vast, desolate, and utterly indifferent to your survival. Surviving Mars: Pioneer is the first made-for-VR entry in the Surviving Mars universe, challenging you to carve out an existence in one of the most hostile environments imaginable.

Why similar: Mars 43.3% ★, Space 26.7%, Simulation 17.1%, Survival 6.8%, Adventure 6.1%

Unearthing Mars is a VR adventure game set on the mysterious Red Planet. Unearthing Mars provides hours of unique gameplay experiences, ranging from puzzle-solving to first-person shooting, the game will allow players to resolve challenges from a variety of game genres.

Why similar: Mars 47.9% ★, Simulation 38.8%, Adventure 13.2%

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

Why similar: Simulation 78.8%, Indie 21.2%

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: Simulation 45.5%, Space 36.4%, Indie 9.3%, Survival 8.9%

Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.

Why similar: RPG 31.2%, Simulation 21.6%, Survival 19.8%, Adventure 19.6%, Indie 7.8%

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.

Why similar: Simulation 52.9%, Space 34.3%, Indie 6.6%, Survival 6.2%

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.

Why similar: Mars 51.8% ★, Space 29.7%, Simulation 18.4%

Take the role of Captain in this Space Survival Simulation as you explore a massive star system in search of a new home for humanity. Outfit your ship, hand pick your crew and set off on a journey through an open-world where you must scavenge resources, shelter civilians and outrun a hostile alien force.

Why similar: Space 41.3%, Simulation 36.6%, Adventure 7.8%, Survival 7.2%, Indie 7.1%

EarthX is a rocket company management game. Go from launching small rockets on Earth to eventually building a colony on Mars. Create your own Internet constellation, develop new technologies, supply the International Space Station and terraform Mars!

Why similar: Space 49.4%, Simulation 41.2%, Indie 9.4%

Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.

Why similar: Simulation 34%, Space 33.4%, Survival 23.4%, Indie 5%, Adventure 4.3%

Experience the first stages of terraforming an entire planet in this space survival open world terraforming crafting game prologue. Explore, survive, collect, build your base then create oxygen, heat and pressure to make an hostile planet livable for humanity.

Why similar: Mars 48.4% ★, Space 27.4%, Survival 14.2%, Adventure 10%

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.

Why similar: Mars 48.6% ★, Space 27.4%, Simulation 18.4%, Survival 5.6%

Explore the Solar System. Mine and drop asteroids. Colonize and terraform. Lead the space race and compete with other corporations on your way to profit. Watch the expansion of human race over the centuries.

Why similar: Space 53.3%, Simulation 39.1%, Indie 7.6%

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.

Why similar: Mars 40.1% ★, Simulation 31.1%, Space 27.8%, Indie 1.1%

The Long Journey Home combines an open world full of galaxies, planets and anomalies with quests and mechanics of a rogue-like RPG. One destination. Endless adventures. Where will this journey take you?

Why similar: Space 34.3%, Simulation 33.2%, RPG 18.2%, Indie 7.1%, Survival 4%

CosmoOdyssey: Trip to Mars is a first-person spaceship adventure with a special Ukrainian flavor.

Why similar: Mars 47.3% ★, Space 29.4%, Adventure 9.9%, RPG 9.2%, Indie 4.2%

Build, expand, and rule a growing space colony. Explore tech, trade, and multiplayer.

Why similar: Simulation 81.6%, Indie 18.4%

Manage interstellar pioneers and their descendants in this detailed sci-fi colony sim. Centuries after planetfall, colonists are still struggling to gain foothold on their lush and alien planet. You settle on the frontier by carefully managing resources, production and different personalities.

Why similar: Simulation 77.7%, Indie 14%, Survival 8.3%

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: Space 45.9%, Simulation 39.8%, Survival 14.4%

Explore space and build on other worlds in Star Rangers! Star Rangers is a space exploration and construction game that allows players to build habitats and spacecraft, acquire gear and explore the solar system.

Why similar: Mars 34.7% ★, Simulation 22.1%, Space 19.5%, RPG 6.8%, Adventure 6.6%