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Games Like Mars or Die!

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, Indie, Sci-fi, Base Building.

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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.

Reviews: Mixed — 53% — of 74 reviews
Released: 2018-07-13
Developer: 34BigThings srl
Genres: Action, Indie, Strategy
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 12 min
Mean playtime: 11.7 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 36%

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    97% matchMostly Positive78% of 885 reviews2019
    Dev: Giant Grey
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    Build your defense base to fight back the undead hordes of Mars and secure the future of the red planet. MarZ is a game of strategy and tactical defense where you must carefully manage your crew and resources as you try to uncover the terrible secrets of the undead.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 24.1%, Mars 21.6%, Base Building 11.3%, Strategy 8.3%, Management 7.4%

  2. #2 Freaking Meatbags
    96% matchVery Positive86% of 173 reviews2015
    Dev: Wild FactorPub: Plug In Digital
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 36 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 37%

    Land on a planet, pick up some rocks, leave before the solar system explodes. Oh, and don't die in the nightly robot attacks! Freaking Meatbags is a humorous real-time strategy game that's all about building a base, mixing meatbag DNA, then convincing those dolts to help you gather resources.

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  3. #3 Farlanders
    95% matchVery Positive92% of 569 reviews2023
    Dev: Andriy BychkovskyiPub: Crytivo
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    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 31.8%, Base Building 12%, Space 10.5%, Resource Management 9.2%, Building 8.7%

  4. #4 Occupy Mars: The Game
    94% 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.

    Why similar: Mars 30.9%, Base Building 12.4%, Space 10.4%, Resource Management 9.9%, Building 8.8%

  5. #5 Space Raiders in Space
    94% matchVery Positive95% of 152 reviews2020
    Dev: Apollo Interactive S.L.Pub: Destructive Creations
    Windows
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    Space Raiders in Space is a wave defense roguelike mixing squad management and tower defence mechanics. Command your almost competent crew to loot weapons and supplies, build defenses, and fight their way through the Bugpocalypse.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 41.1%, Funny 16%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Strategy 14.6%, Action 7.4%

  6. #6 Per Aspera
    93% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,662 reviews2020
    Dev: Tlön IndustriesPub: Raw Fury
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%

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  7. #7 Reshaping Mars
    92% matchVery Positive85% of 831 reviews2023
    Dev: TholusPub: Yooreka Studio
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%

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    Why similar: Mars 28.5%, Base Building 14%, Building 9.9%, Space 9.6%, Futuristic 8.2%

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    91% matchMixed57% of 941 reviews2020
    Dev: Gameclaw StudioPub: Modularity
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 30 minMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 39%

    Build your way to success! Trade your way to the top! Explore your way to infamy! Do it all your way!

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  9. #9 Terraformers
    89% matchVery Positive88% of 3,606 reviews2023
    Dev: Asteroid LabPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Terraform Mars in this turn-based colony builder and resource management game with roguelike elements. Explore the planet, develop spectacular cities, spread life and turn the Red Planet into a green one!

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  10. #10 McDROID
    91% matchMostly Positive73% of 215 reviews2014
    Dev: Elefantopia
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Farm, Build, Defend, in the Galaxy's only Arcade-Tower-Defense.

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  11. #11 Deadstone
    90% matchMostly Positive80% of 70 reviews2014
    Dev: Timeslip Softworks
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Based on the inhospitable frontier world of Mars, against the backdrop of a bacterial outbreak, Deadstone offers a compelling blend of frantic combat and tower defense, backed by a highly nuanced character development system and strategic elements of resource management.

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  12. #12 Dig or Die
    87% matchVery Positive90% of 4,268 reviews2018
    Dev: Gaddy Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.

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  13. #13 Colony On Mars
    89% 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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  14. #14 Solargene
    85% matchMostly Positive76% of 819 reviews2026
    Dev: Alexander Semenov
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 34.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%

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    Windows
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    86% matchMixed62% of 114 reviews2018
    Dev: Shotx
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 6 minMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 30%

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    Windows

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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    80% matchVery Positive92% of 4,073 reviews2017
    Dev: EXOR Studios
    Windows
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    Dev: Corestone Games
    Windows · Linux

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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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  26. #26 Mindustry
    77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 25,660 reviews2019
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    79% matchMostly Positive80% of 546 reviews2016
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    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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  28. #28 Reassembly
    76% matchVery Positive94% of 4,066 reviews2015
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Windows
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    75% matchVery Positive88% of 428 reviews2023
    Dev: Refinery Games
    Windows

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    78% matchMixed50% of 167 reviews2016
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    Windows · Mac
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    77% matchMixed54% of 104 reviews2017
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    Windows
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    75% matchVery Positive82% of 1,250 reviews2011
    Dev: Puppygames
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%

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    71% matchVery Positive92% of 546 reviews2024
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    Windows

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    73% matchMixed64% of 4,581 reviews2021
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    Windows
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%

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    71% matchMostly Positive71% of 818 reviews2025
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    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%

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  39. #39 Alien Robot Monsters
    74% matchVery Positive85% of 124 reviews2015
    Dev: Kraftix Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%

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    72% matchVery Positive84% of 3,058 reviews2020
    Dev: Auroch Digital
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%

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    73% matchMixed70% of 315 reviews2018
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    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 38%

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    71% matchMostly Positive77% of 390 reviews2024
    Dev: Five Head Games
    Windows
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    68% matchVery Positive80% of 2,247 reviews2025
    Dev: LudogramPub: Raw Fury
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%

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    67% matchVery Positive92% of 1,121 reviews2026
    Dev: Cakez
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%

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    70% matchMostly Positive76% of 283 reviews2024
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    Windows

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    73% matchMostly Positive72% of 75 reviews2020
    Dev: Cloudfire Studios
    Windows

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    74% matchOverwhelmingly Negative18% of 4,324 reviews2014
    Dev: Double Fine Productions
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    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%

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    67% matchVery Positive94% of 198 reviews2024
    Dev: Some Sugar Studio
    Windows

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    70% matchVery Positive83% of 444 reviews2016
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    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%

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  50. #50 Radiant Defense
    70% matchVery Positive83% of 146 reviews2014
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    69% matchMixed63% of 341 reviews2021
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    Windows

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    Windows · Mac
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    68% matchVery Positive85% of 2,123 reviews2014
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Space Run is a «real-time spaceship construction strategy game». Space Run takes the well-known Tower Defense-style gameplay and twists it, challenging you to manage and protect a spaceship and its cargo against the hazards of deep space!

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    Dev: Adriaan de Jongh
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Jump a rift, fight off monsters, plunder their world. A strategic mix of juicy tower loadouts, varied monster behaviors, and forgiving mechanics.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 40.5%, Base Building 26.7%, Survival 13.3%, Strategy 11.6%, Action 5.2%

  57. #57 Planets Under Attack
    69% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,241 reviews2012
    Dev: Targem GamesPub: Topware Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Play as humans or robots in a brand new sci-fi strategy adventure! Travel into the far reaches of space, through cleverly designed star constellations and variable game modes, conquering enemy planets using 15 combinable technologies.

    Why similar: Strategy 86.8%, Space 6.5%, Indie 3.8%, Sci-fi 2.9%

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