Games Like Tharsis

This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.

Why similar: Space 23.6%, Roguelike 18.2%, Perma Death 14.5%, Sci-fi 10%, Difficult 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive space roguelite that shares the intense crew management and high-stakes decision-making found in Tharsis.

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 21.6%, Survival 15.7%, Roguelite 15.2%, Difficult 14%, Roguelike 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal space survival roguelite that emphasizes ship maintenance and difficult crew management choices.

Trigon: Space Story sees you take command of your very own spaceship. Carry out tactical battles, defend your vessel against space pirates, and escape from enemy territory. On your voyages, you’ll face a slew of tricky decisions in your quest to uncover the mystery of the galaxy.

Why similar: Space 19%, Perma Death 18.1%, Difficult 14%, Roguelike 13.4%, Survival 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical space roguelite that mirrors the ship-based combat and management systems of Tharsis.

Out There is an award-winning space exploration game blending roguelike, resource management and interactive fiction.

Why similar: Space 24.7%, Roguelike 14.6%, Survival 13.1%, Roguelite 12.5%, Difficult 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the isolation and desperate resource management required to survive in deep space.

Crying Suns is a tactical rogue-lite that puts you in the role of a space fleet commander as you explore a mysteriously fallen empire. In this story rich experience inspired by Dune and Foundation, each successful run will uncover the truth about the Empire... and yourself as well.

Why similar: Space 24.3%, Perma Death 18.7%, Roguelite 15.8%, Roguelike 14.2%, Sci-fi 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical space roguelite that focuses on narrative-driven exploration and managing a fleet under constant pressure.

Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.

Why similar: Turn-Based 26.9%, Roguelike 19.8%, Strategy 17.8%, Roguelite 15.3%, Sci-fi 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: Provides perfect turn-based tactical decision-making where every move carries significant risk and consequence.

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 25.1% ★, Board Game 22.9%, Turn-Based 14.6%, Space 13.4%, Strategy 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive digital board game adaptation for space colonization strategy and resource management.

Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?

Why similar: Turn-Based 20.4%, Roguelike 19.9%, Difficult 16.5%, Perma Death 16%, Roguelite 7%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the high-stress crew management and punishing difficulty where every decision can lead to disaster.

Deep Sky Derelicts is an original combination of turn-based strategy and RPG, enriched with tactical card combat and popular roguelike elements. Explore derelict alien ships, fight, loot and upgrade your gear, all in distinctive retro-futuristic comic book aesthetic style.

Why similar: Turn-Based 23.1%, Space 19.9%, Strategy 14.3%, Roguelite 12.5%, Roguelike 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Combines space exploration with card-based combat and board-game mechanics in a gritty sci-fi setting.

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!

Why similar: Mars 23.9% ★, Board Game 17.4%, Turn-Based 13.8%, Space 12.1%, Survival 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-building strategy game that focuses on the long-term survival and resource management of a Mars mission.

Steam Marines is a squad based Roguelike set on a steampunk spaceship. It features tactical play focused on positioning and careful use of resources. Built to keep you on your toes as you progress through the decks of your besieged ship while clearing enemies and trying to reach each level's elevator.

Why similar: Roguelike 21.4%, Turn-Based 20%, Space 12.7%, Perma Death 11.5%, Strategy 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical roguelike that focuses on squad management and positioning in a sci-fi environment.

Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.

Why similar: Space 21%, Survival 14.6%, Roguelite 14%, Difficult 13.5%, Roguelike 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the claustrophobic atmosphere and resource management of exploring derelict space ships.

In this strategic rogue-like you become a famous expedition leader in the 19th century. You form your own crew with the skills and personality to discover legendary treasures, while exploring randomized locations and stories on every new adventure.

Why similar: Turn-Based 39.6%, Roguelike 18.6%, Strategy 16.8%, Roguelite 11.1%, RPG 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the board-game feel with turn-based strategy and resource management in a high-stakes adventure.

NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.

Why similar: Survival 25.3%, Turn-Based 22.4%, Perma Death 17.2%, Roguelike 14.1%, Difficult 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal survival game that emphasizes inventory management and difficult choices in a hostile, unforgiving world.

For The King is a strategic RPG that blends tabletop and roguelike elements in a challenging adventure that spans the realms. Set off on a single player experience or play cooperatively both online and locally.

Why similar: Turn-Based 32.1%, Roguelike 18.9%, Board Game 14.8%, Roguelite 14.6%, Strategy 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A tabletop-inspired roguelike that mirrors the board-game mechanics and party-based survival of Tharsis.

A new hero rises to challenge the Dealer in Hand of Fate 2! Master a living boardgame of infinitely replayable quests - unlock new cards, build your adventure, then defeat your foes in brutal real-time combat! Draw your cards, play your hand and discover your fate!

Why similar: Board Game 35.9%, Roguelite 26.2%, RPG 14.2%, Roguelike 12.6%, Singleplayer 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: Uses a deck-building board-game structure to deliver high-stakes roguelike encounters and tactical combat.

Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based extraction RPG. Engage in unforgiving combat, manage your ship and pile up the bodies of your clones to unravel the dark mystery behind threat to all life.

Why similar: Turn-Based 20.5%, Perma Death 17.1%, Space 16%, Roguelike 12.4%, Difficult 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based extraction roguelike that captures the gritty, high-stakes combat of space survival.

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is a retro space strategy RPG with base building, deep tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling.

Why similar: Space 40.9%, Turn-Based 24.1%, Strategy 20.8%, RPG 8.2%, Indie 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines base management with turn-based tactical combat in a retro-inspired space setting.

Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.

Why similar: Space 49.9%, Sci-fi 30.5%, RPG 14.9%, Indie 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the survival and resource management aspects of life in space through a narrative-driven lens.

Battlevoid: Harbinger is a hard sci-fi space exploration game blending roguelike, turn-based, star map strategy, and real-time space battles. You are a young commander venturing out into enemy territories, to unknown galaxies, never knowing what you will face as you jump out from hyperspace.

Why similar: Space 35.5%, Roguelike 15.5%, Strategy 14.7%, Roguelite 11.7%, Perma Death 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A space strategy game with roguelike elements and tactical combat that rewards careful planning.

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: Board Game 28.5%, Turn-Based 24%, Strategy 20%, Space 17.4%, Sci-fi 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A card-based strategy game that mirrors the board-game feel and space exploration theme of Tharsis.

Convoy is a tactical roguelike-like inspired by Mad Max and FTL in which you cross a wasteland in search of parts for your broken ship. Presented in pixel art and set in a future post-apocalyptic setting, Convoy is a squad based tactical combat roguelike-like in its core.

Why similar: Roguelike 26.4%, Roguelite 17.3%, Strategy 15.6%, Difficult 14.6%, Sci-fi 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical roguelike that emphasizes resource management and difficult decision-making in a hostile environment.

Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations. Stealth, precision, and teamwork are essential in high-stakes, high-profit missions, where every move may cost an agent their life.

Why similar: Turn-Based 19.4%, Perma Death 17.6%, Difficult 16.4%, Roguelite 14.4%, Roguelike 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: High-stakes turn-based strategy where every move carries significant risk and requires careful planning.

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 43.4%, Survival 27.2%, Strategy 14.8%, Management 6.3%, Difficult 6%

Why You'll Like It: A space station management game that emphasizes survival and difficult moral choices under extreme pressure.

Crowntakers combines turn-based strategy with RPG elements and takes you at the behest of the crown into a medieval fantasy world full of challenging encounters and epic adventures. With its randomly generated world, Crowntakers offers a varied gaming experience every time you set out to fight evil.

Why similar: Turn-Based 25%, Perma Death 19.9%, Roguelike 15.1%, Roguelite 11.2%, Strategy 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game with roguelike elements and party management that emphasizes tactical combat.

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 38.2% ★, Space 18.6%, Survival 13.5%, Sci-fi 9%, Strategy 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy game that combines tower defense with the theme of Mars exploration and survival.

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 29.7% ★, Turn-Based 17.2%, Space 15.2%, Survival 9.2%, Difficult 8.3%

Command an ancient starship and fight your way to the heart of a dying Empire. Fend off attacks from demented cultists, craven space pirates, and xenophobic Imperial soldiers. Discover powerful artifacts and use them to build your ship into a fearsome war engine.

Why similar: Space 21.7%, Perma Death 21.1%, Roguelite 14.6%, Difficult 13.7%, Roguelike 11.7%

Robothorium is a cyberpunk dungeon crawler with turn-based fights, where all your choices will have a direct impact on your revolution against Humankind. Deep Strategy, Crafting, Party Based management, Talents and so much more in this roguelike!

Why similar: Turn-Based 32.8%, Roguelite 20.9%, Strategy 17.2%, RPG 9.1%, Roguelike 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based RPG with roguelite elements and tactical combat that focuses on managing a robotic squad.

The dead arise and only you can stand against them. Equip and train your character, grow your arsenal of cards, survive harrowing encounters and prepare for the final showdown with The Lost at ...The Last Hex! A RPG Deckbuilder with Roguelite elements.

Why similar: Board Game 28.9%, Turn-Based 23%, Roguelite 13%, Difficult 10.6%, Strategy 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A deck-building roguelike that focuses on tactical turn-based combat and survival against overwhelming odds.

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 25.5% ★, Board Game 21.7%, Space 13%, Roguelike 10.2%, Roguelite 9.4%

Hyperspace Deck Command is a complex deck building roguelite. Command a massive space fleet that operates on individual turn timers, combine a wide variety of cards into powerful decks and master the dual-use status effects to defeat the hegemonising swarm.

Why similar: Turn-Based 15.8%, Space 15.6%, Roguelike 13.8%, Difficult 13.7%, Roguelite 11.5%

Explore a dangerous planet that's different every time and try to survive! The Galactic Union's job for you is clear: research the alien wildlife -- for science! However, researching may include lasers, explosions, hungry aliens, space sushi, and other similarly delicious-or-terrifying hazards.

Why similar: Turn-Based 22.2%, Space 16.9%, Roguelike 13.4%, Roguelite 11.8%, Survival 10.1%

A turn-based game on a planet outpost - with no waiting between turns! Play it at the speed of an arcade game, or take your time and think about your next step.. no matter how fast you take your turn, it might be your last!

Why similar: Turn-Based 18.2%, Perma Death 16.7%, Space 13.5%, Difficult 11.2%, Roguelite 11%

"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: Board Game 24.8%, Space 17.7%, Roguelite 14.1%, Roguelike 13.9%, Sci-fi 9.8%

Starship Inspector is a Space Roguelike in which every choice you make matters. Save a galaxy or rescue your crew member? Serve an evil empire or help an ancient tribe? You'll constantly have to make hard decisions and deal with consequences.

Why similar: Space 18.6%, Perma Death 17.5%, Strategy 16%, Roguelite 14.6%, Roguelike 11.4%

Dice With Death is a Dicebuilding Roguelike – Unfortunately you have already died. Fortunately, Death is up for some friendly competition. Collect new dice and relics, create damage stacking combos, and even cheat Death himself to emerge victorious.

Why similar: Board Game 41.4%, Roguelike 21.2%, Difficult 20.6%, Strategy 11%, Roguelite 2.4%

Bionic Dues is a tactical, turn-based roguelite with mech customization. Out-think wide-ranging tactical situations featuring robots with bad GPS, terrible aim, insecurity, a lack of focus, a tendency to backstab, and dozens of other maladies to exploit.

Why similar: Turn-Based 33.3%, Roguelike 21.6%, Strategy 15.7%, Sci-fi 9%, RPG 8.9%

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 42.5% ★, Space 35.6%, RPG 9.6%, Survival 8.7%, Indie 3.6%

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: Board Game 29.5%, Turn-Based 27%, Survival 15%, Roguelike 11.1%, Strategy 8%

In Nemesis: Lockdown, you're part of a team exploring an alien-infested space base. Craft, hide and fight to make it out of its dark, threat-filled corridors. Fulfill your objective even if it means betraying your allies, but remember - this time, you are not the hunter. You are the PREY.

Why similar: Board Game 66.9%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Strategy 10.3%, Singleplayer 5%, 3D 3.7%

Out There: Oceans of Time is a space exploration game that puts you at the helm of an interstellar mission of discovery spanning a vast and vibrant cosmos.

Why similar: Turn-Based 19.3%, Space 18.4%, Survival 14.4%, Roguelite 12.2%, Roguelike 11.9%

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: Board Game 17.7%, Perma Death 17.1%, Roguelite 13.7%, Turn-Based 13.5%, Roguelike 12.5%

Card Survival is a card-based survival experience. Stranded on a desert island you must use your wits and skills to stay alive. Use cards and combine them together to explore, gather resources and craft useful tools.

Why similar: Survival 22%, Perma Death 20.7%, Turn-Based 15.9%, Board Game 13.7%, Roguelike 10.3%

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 39.7% ★, Space 20.7%, Turn-Based 19.7%, Management 9.9%, Strategy 8.2%

Rencounter is a difficult, turn-based, RPG, roguelike game with a mysterious atmosphere. Help your squad survive while navigating through a network of tunnels and rooms. Distribute provisions and medicine to keep them alive.

Why similar: Turn-Based 27.9%, Difficult 18.6%, Strategy 14.2%, Roguelike 13.4%, Sci-fi 9.4%

Ruin Raiders is a turn-based tactical roguelike where you command customizable squads on a one-way journey into the ruins of an ancient civilization. Master turn-based combat, craft new technologies, and dive into ever-changing ruins to unveil the past!

Why similar: Turn-Based 22.1%, Space 15.2%, Difficult 14%, Roguelite 13.5%, Roguelike 12.7%

It’s the last 10 minutes of your favorite sci-fi TV show… except that this time things have gone seriously wrong and The Captain Is Dead! This turn-based, survival/strategy puts you in the Captain's chair as you try to save your crew from being blown to bits by aliens...

Why similar: Board Game 36%, Space 23.4%, Survival 17.3%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Strategy 10%

A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!

Why similar: Board Game 24.1%, Turn-Based 21.3%, Perma Death 19%, Roguelite 13.8%, Roguelike 10.6%

Confront various terrains as a lonely mountaineer and endure the countless dangers of climbing! Many tough decisions await you in a risky environment. Make your way up and down the mountain, overcoming insurmountable heights!

Why similar: Perma Death 25.2%, Survival 18.1%, Roguelike 17.2%, Roguelite 13.6%, Management 10.6%

Astrea is a DICE-deck-building roguelike that flips the script on deckbuilders by using dice instead of cards and a unique dual “damage” system: Purification vs Corruption. Build a dice pool strong enough to purify Astrea's out-of-control corruption and save the Star System.

Why similar: Turn-Based 29.6%, Roguelike 18%, Roguelite 16.4%, Difficult 16.1%, Strategy 10.2%

Create and command custom Mechs to outmaneuver The Swarm in this post-apocalyptic tactical turn-based rogue-lite. Leverage the terrain, learn each Mech's unique skills and use strategy and resources to survive an ever-changing series of battles to give humanity hope.

Why similar: Turn-Based 27.2%, Roguelite 20%, Roguelike 15.7%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Strategy 11.3%

Roll for the Galaxy is a dice game of building space empires for 2-5 players. Your dice represent your populace, whom you direct to develop new technologies, settle worlds, and ship goods. The player who best manages their workers and builds the most prosperous empire wins!

Why similar: Board Game 47.7%, Space 30.3%, Strategy 22%

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.

Why similar: Mars 43.1% ★, Strategy 25.1%, Sci-fi 19.1%, Indie 5.4%, Management 4.8%

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 34.7% ★, Space 21.4%, Strategy 12.5%, Sci-fi 9.7%, Turn-Based 9.7%

Sandwalkers is a roguelike turn-based exploration game. Build your team, traverse varied hostile environments, face countless dangers, and gain knowledge that will help you find and resurrect the Mother Tree Umama.

Why similar: Board Game 27.3%, Turn-Based 19.6%, Survival 18.3%, Roguelike 12.9%, Roguelite 11.5%

Solve tactical puzzles in constantly changing battles and overcome circumstances that are NEVER in your favor. Defend your commander, win duels, capture points, experiment with your strategy to defeat a superior enemy, and make decisions that affect your story.

Why similar: Difficult 65.7%, RPG 21.4%, Singleplayer 12.9%