Games Like Terraformers

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 30.7% ★, Procedural Generation 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, Resource Management 9.3%, Survival 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based colony builder set on Mars that mirrors the grid-based expansion and resource management found in Terraformers.

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 31% ★, Science 18.7%, Space 10%, Resource Management 9.8%, Management 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on planetary-scale terraforming and resource management, offering a grander perspective on the same theme of making a dead world habitable.

Terra Nil is an intricate environmental strategy game about transforming a barren wasteland into a thriving, balanced ecosystem. Bring life back to a lifeless world by purifying soil, cleaning oceans, planting trees, and reintroducing wildlife, then leave without a trace.

Why similar: Procedural Generation 36.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.8%, Resource Management 19.2%, Atmospheric 14.8%, Singleplayer 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: Like Terraformers, this game focuses on the rewarding process of ecological restoration and transforming a barren wasteland into a lush, living planet.

A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.

Why similar: Resource Management 27.5%, Survival 27.5%, Management 25.5%, Simulation 15.7%, Singleplayer 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: This roguelite city-builder shares the same turn-based, mission-oriented structure and focus on overcoming environmental challenges as Terraformers.

IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?

Why similar: Space 27.3%, Survival 20.4%, Resource Management 18.4%, Choices Matter 8%, Simulation 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes space management game that forces players to balance survival, resource scarcity, and long-term expansion in a hostile setting.

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.

Why similar: Mars 42.2% ★, Resource Management 16%, Procedural Generation 13.9%, Management 11.4%, Simulation 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A focused simulation game dedicated to the step-by-step process of terraforming a planet through automation and resource management.

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 32.3% ★, Board Game 17.6%, Turn-Based 16.9%, Space 11.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: The digital adaptation of the classic board game that serves as the thematic foundation for many Mars-based strategy titles.

「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 37.1% ★, Space 12.8%, Futuristic 11.5%, Resource Management 10.1%, Management 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-building simulation specifically focused on the challenges of developing a sustainable settlement on the Red Planet.

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: Survival 35.7%, Resource Management 31.2%, Management 11.1%, Choices Matter 8.5%, Simulation 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: This title excels at the high-pressure survival management and difficult decision-making that defines the most intense moments of Terraformers.

A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

Why similar: Survival 26.5%, Procedural Generation 19.6%, Management 18.7%, Sci-fi 14.8%, Simulation 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers deep, emergent colony management and survival mechanics that allow for complex interactions between your colonists and their environment.

Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.

Why similar: Science 38.4%, Survival 19.1%, Management 18%, Resource Management 15.4%, Simulation 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Features unique water-based resource management and environmental engineering that rewards long-term planning similar to Terraformers.

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: Survival 33.9%, Management 15.1%, Simulation 14.3%, Resource Management 13.6%, Choices Matter 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Combines survival, crafting, and base-building in a sci-fi setting that emphasizes adapting to an unpredictable alien world.

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 30.1%, Survival 24.4%, Resource Management 13.5%, Management 10.7%, Sci-fi 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic space colony survival game where managing limited resources and atmospheric conditions is key to success.

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 29.8% ★, Science 17.7%, Turn-Based 13.5%, Space 10.2%, Management 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management and strategic planning required to build a space agency capable of reaching and colonizing Mars.

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: Science 20.6%, Procedural Generation 13.1%, Survival 12.1%, Space 10.9%, Management 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: An underground sci-fi colony management game that focuses on exploration and building a sustainable base in a hostile environment.

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.

Why similar: Mars 39.8% ★, Resource Management 13.9%, Space 12.4%, Survival 11.9%, Procedural Generation 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the tactical aspects of building and expanding a space base while managing the unique needs of your settlers.

Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.

Why similar: Space 33.5%, Resource Management 22.1%, Management 16.9%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Simulation 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: While more focused on automation, it captures the satisfying feeling of scaling up planetary production and resource harvesting across a star system.

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: Sci-fi 26.4%, Space 20.6%, Simulation 19.7%, Survival 13.2%, Resource Management 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi city builder that tasks players with managing a colony on an alien world, complete with atmospheric threats and resource management.

Solar Settlers is a card-driven space exploration strategy game set in the far future. Our sun is on the verge of collapse and so mankind has taken to the stars aboard colony ships to seek out a new home.

Why similar: Turn-Based 22.6%, Board Game 17.7%, Card Game 16.6%, Procedural Generation 13.5%, Space 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based card-driven strategy game about managing a space colony and surviving in the harsh vacuum of space.

Dive into Planetiles, where strategy and creativity converge. Build and transform barren planets into flourishing worlds. Outwit natural disasters, develop vibrant habitats, and navigate complex challenges. Embrace a boardgame-like depth with thoughtful planning and strategic decision-making.

Why similar: Mars 32.1% ★, Board Game 16.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Space 10.7%, Roguelike 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, puzzle-oriented city builder that focuses on the satisfying placement of tiles to create thriving ecosystems.

Lead mankind's exploration into outer space! Build bases on the Moon and Mars, survey the rings of Saturn, and send generational Colony ships to Alpha Centauri, all in one sitting! SpaceCorp: 2025-2300 AD is a fast-playing, single-player, turn-based, sci-fi strategy game.

Why similar: Mars 27.9% ★, Science 18.5%, Board Game 15%, Space 10.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game centered on the exploration and expansion of humanity into the solar system.

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: Management 22.2%, Resource Management 21.5%, Survival 16.7%, Roguelike 14.5%, Simulation 13.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features a unique survival mechanic where you build a settlement on the back of a giant creature, requiring careful management of your environment.

Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.

Why similar: Survival 42.9%, Simulation 16.2%, Management 12.7%, Resource Management 12.6%, Procedural Generation 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic city builder that emphasizes survival against environmental hazards and careful resource allocation.

Succeeding in Tharsis requires you to make the best of what you have, even if it happens to be a pair of snake eyes. Certain factors may be outside of your control, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be overcome. Tharsis is not a game about facing the odds. It’s a game about changing them.

Why similar: Mars 24.5% ★, Board Game 17.2%, Turn-Based 14.2%, Space 12.1%, Survival 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based survival strategy game that captures the tension of a high-stakes mission to Mars with limited resources.

After a nuclear war life on the surface became impossible. A 300m thick radioactive fog covered the Earth. We are looking for bold active people to manage the process of restoring life on Earth. Join!

Why similar: Futuristic 24.3%, Resource Management 19.6%, Management 17.8%, Sci-fi 16.7%, Simulation 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: A resource management game set in a harsh, post-apocalyptic world that requires precise planning to survive on limited land.

Mars has been colonized, and Earth's corporate titans fight to dominate this new market. Competition is fierce in this fast-paced economic RTS from Civilization IV Lead Designer, Soren Johnson.

Why similar: Resource Management 15.7%, Space 14.5%, Sci-fi 13.4%, Management 13.4%, Survival 13%

Why You'll Like It: An economic strategy game set on Mars that emphasizes the competitive side of resource acquisition and market manipulation.

Niche - a genetics survival game is a turn-based strategy game combined with simulation and roguelike elements. Shape your own species of animals based on real genetics. Keep your species alive against all odds, such as predators, climate change and spreading sickness.

Why similar: Turn-Based 19.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.5%, Board Game 14.2%, Survival 9.5%, Procedural Generation 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on biological adaptation and survival mechanics, providing a different but thematic take on managing life in a changing environment.

The award-winning sci-fi city builder is back - remastered, expanded and even more stunning. Colonize Mars and survive the process, from exploration and infrastructure to welcoming colonists and achieving long-term stability. Are you ready? Mars is waiting.

Why similar: Mars 47.3% ★, Space 15.1%, Management 10.3%, Resource Management 9.9%, Simulation 9.1%

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.

Why similar: Mars 35.2% ★, Resource Management 11.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Futuristic 10.8%, Management 8.9%

Homeseek is a post-apocalyptic survival strategy game set on a resource-strapped Earth at the turn of the next century. In a dried-up wasteland where water has become the new gold, every choice you make becomes life or death.

Why similar: Survival 23.8%, Resource Management 22.6%, Management 20.4%, Choices Matter 17.3%, Simulation 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: A survival strategy game where water scarcity and environmental choices drive the gameplay, echoing the resource constraints of Terraformers.

Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award winning Civilization series. As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, lead your people into a new frontier, explore and colonize an alien planet and create a new civilization in space.

Why similar: Turn-Based 24.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.3%, Space 16.6%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Futuristic 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: A 4X strategy game that explores the colonization of alien planets and the technological choices involved in shaping a new society.

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: Science 30.2%, Space 17.6%, Management 10.8%, Resource Management 9.8%, Futuristic 9.1%

Do you have what it takes to save the planet? Beecarbonize is an environmental card strategy game with climate change as your opponent.

Why similar: Science 19.4%, Card Game 18%, Resource Management 14.7%, Roguelike 10.1%, Survival 9.9%

Terraforming Titans is an incremental colony builder with a moderate focus on realism and scale. Terraform increasingly challenging and large worlds and guide humanity to complete control over the Milky Way.

Why similar: Mars 63.9% ★, Space 16%, Simulation 10.1%, Futuristic 6.5%, Sci-fi 3.4%

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.

Why similar: Mars 38% ★, Procedural Generation 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%, Survival 8.6%, Resource Management 8.1%

Rebuild settlements entirely within a colossal generation ship in this turn-based city builder. Expand your city, manage limited resources and optimize production chains as you navigate difficult choices about humanity’s future among the stars.

Why similar: Space 15.4%, Procedural Generation 14.7%, Management 14.4%, Survival 13.9%, Choices Matter 9.8%

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 30.2% ★, Resource Management 16.8%, Space 15.5%, Management 14.7%, Futuristic 10.1%

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 59.6% ★, Space 24.4%, Simulation 16%

Survive and colonize Mars alone or in online co-op. Build and upgrade your base, craft equipment, mine resources, produce water, oxygen and food, explore an open world, and repair complex machinery in a technical survival sandbox.

Why similar: Mars 41.4% ★, Survival 15.2%, Resource Management 13.7%, Space 10.4%, Sci-fi 6.6%

"Explore 'Stellar Orphans', a captivating deck-building game where every choice determines the fate of your crew lost in infinite space. Forge alliances, manage resources, and resolve crises to guide your 'Stellar Orphans' to survival. Ready to defy the stars?"

Why similar: Card Game 20.9%, Board Game 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%, Space 13%, Roguelike 11.8%

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 32% ★, Space 13.2%, Futuristic 9.8%, Management 9.5%, Resource Management 9.2%

Cardboard Town is a city-building card game. Manage your resources, obtain upgrades, draw your cards and thrive! Random events, quest cards, and game modes make each run different.

Why similar: Card Game 28.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.9%, Resource Management 21.2%, Management 16.7%, Simulation 11.7%

A roguelike deckbuilding game in space! Explore randomly generated systems, enemies and strange encounters. Build your deck, survive and reach For The Warp gate!

Why similar: Turn-Based 15.6%, Procedural Generation 13.5%, Space 12.2%, Card Game 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%

Dead in Antares is a turn-based survival management game with RPG elements, set on an alien planet. Lead a crew of survivors sent on a mission to save humanity. Manage their needs, strengthen their teamwork, and explore this mysterious world to find a way back home.

Why similar: Survival 19.2%, Resource Management 19.1%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Futuristic 13.4%, Management 10.6%

Gaia Project is the digital adaptation of the boardgame Gaia Project created by Helge Ostertag and Jens Drögemüller and published by "Feuerland Verlag". It is a 1-4 player strategy game. It plays in the same universe as Terra Mystica and continues the adventure in the far future.

Why similar: Mars 22.7% ★, Board Game 20.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Space 13.1%, Futuristic 10.6%

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 35.4%, Management 27.9%, Simulation 18.1%, Atmospheric 14.4%, Singleplayer 4.2%

Build and automate a lunar colony that Earth depends on. Mine regolith, run conveyor-and-drone factories above and below the surface, manage colonists, trade with rival Earth factions — and play a story campaign with multiple endings.

Why similar: Space 22.7%, Resource Management 18.6%, Management 13.7%, Survival 12.9%, Sci-fi 10.2%

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.

Why similar: Mars 36.7% ★, Space 11.7%, Survival 10.2%, Futuristic 10.2%, Resource Management 9.2%

Build and manage mankind’s first mission across the universe! Create a sprawling facility underground, recruit a diverse group of specialists from around the globe and explore mysterious new worlds through the Exogate.

Why similar: Resource Management 19%, Management 18.4%, Space 17.5%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Simulation 10.9%

A deep automation and programming game on a frozen alien planet. Write real code to drive rovers, run power grids, fabricate parts, and fly drone fleets across the world. Your scripts run while you plan your next move. The more you terraform, the more the planet responds.

Why similar: Space 24.2%, Procedural Generation 22.1%, Resource Management 15.3%, Simulation 13.4%, Sci-fi 12.7%

Build gorgeous kingdoms on floating islands by strategically placing buildings in this cozy, medieval City-Puzzler. Discover secret combinations, take on weekly challenges and explore randomly generated maps in various single- and multiplayer game modes.

Why similar: Board Game 32%, Procedural Generation 25.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.9%, Resource Management 19.3%

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.

Why similar: Mars 44.3% ★, Space 24.4%, Simulation 24.1%, Survival 7.2%

A sci-fantasy roguelike deckbuilder about building your own starting deck, equipping gadgets, summoning allies, and salvaging cards for different effects. Discover strange events, go fishing and gather Intel to uncover a conspiracy to take over the galaxy!

Why similar: Card Game 14.8%, Turn-Based 13.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Procedural Generation 11.9%, Board Game 11.3%

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.

Why similar: Procedural Generation 19.2%, Survival 15.6%, Science 15.6%, Resource Management 14.2%, Management 10.1%

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 18.6%, Survival 17.3%, Management 15%, Resource Management 14.3%, Sci-fi 11.3%

Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.

Why similar: Survival 41.5%, Simulation 26.5%, Management 14.3%, Exploration 6.9%, Atmospheric 4.3%

Interstellar Space: Genesis is a turn-based space 4X strategy game in which you attempt to build a thriving galactic empire. Discover mysteries among the stars, colonize worlds, and engage enemies in tactical turn-based combat on your journey to becoming the ruler of the galaxy!

Why similar: Turn-Based 25.8%, Space 16.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Procedural Generation 13.4%, Sci-fi 11.3%

Experience the ultimate turn-based colony building game in Citizens: On Mars - Prologue! As the leader of a fledgling Martian settlement, your mission is to develop a thriving colony amidst the harsh and unforgiving environment of the Red Planet.

Why similar: Simulation 38.8%, Futuristic 23.4%, Space 19.9%, Sci-fi 15.5%, Singleplayer 2.3%