- #1 Occupy Mars: The Game
97% matchMostly Positive70% of 3,070 reviews2026
Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 34.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 35.7% ★, Colony Sim 18.6%, Space 12.6%, Base Building 12.4%, Sci-fi 5.3%
- #2 Astro Colony
96% matchVery Positive82% of 2,526 reviews2022
Dev: Terad Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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: Colony Sim 26.7%, Base Building 20.3%, Space 18.2%, Space Sim 17.6%, Simulation 4.6%
- #3 Planetbase
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,320 reviews2015
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Colony Sim 37.8%, Base Building 19.8%, Space 19.8%, Space Sim 7%, Sci-fi 5.7%
- #4 Mars Colony:Challenger
95% matchMixed65% of 119 reviews2014
Dev: HyperKat Games
Windows
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 48.5% ★, Space 27.4%, Simulation 15.9%, Adventure 5.8%, Indie 2.4%
- #5 Space Haven
93% matchVery Positive86% of 10,442 reviews2026
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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: Colony Sim 22.8%, Space Sim 17.9%, Base Building 13.2%, Space 13%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%
- #6 Project AURA
94% matchMixed64% of 698 reviews2018
Dev: Nexcentric Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Project Aura is a micro management game where you lead a Colony of Climate Disaster Survivors. You have been assigned the mission to build an habitat capable of survival in this new unknown world.
Why similar: Sci-fi 25.9%, Base Building 22.2%, Strategy 19.6%, Simulation 18.2%, Atmospheric 7.6%
- #7 Colony On Mars
94% matchMostly Negative25% of 55 reviews2018
Dev: Nikita "Ghost_RUS"Pub: Ghost_RUS Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 21%
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: Base Building 59.4%, Strategy 15%, Simulation 14.5%, Casual 6.5%, Indie 4.6%
- #8 Gaia Beyond
92% matchMostly Positive76% of 263 reviews2020
Dev: Warp Turtle
Windows
Gaia Beyond is a handcrafted 2D Action-RPG, an exploration mix built around the core features fighting, mining and trading. Your decisions are footprints within a vast non-linear solar system. Forge alliances among numerous factions and develop relations with hundreds of NPCs.
Why similar: Mars 26.5% ★, Mining 23.9% ★, Space Sim 20.6%, Space 12.8%, Sci-fi 7.6%
- #9 Surviving Mars: Pioneer
90% matchVery Positive84% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Bolverk GamesPub: Impact Inked
Windows
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 26.5% ★, Mining 17.8% ★, Colony Sim 14.2%, Space Sim 14.1%, Space 10%
- #10 Mars Colony: Frontier
91% matchMixed41% of 58 reviews2015
Dev: HyperKat Games
Windows
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: Open World Survival Craft 74.9% ★, Simulation 13.5%, Adventure 8%, Indie 3.6%
- #11 Reshaping Mars
88% matchVery Positive84% of 832 reviews2023
Dev: TholusPub: Yooreka Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%
「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 32.1% ★, Colony Sim 19.3%, Base Building 13.6%, Space 11.3%, Futuristic 7.3%
- #12 Space Mechanic Simulator
89% matchMixed63% of 119 reviews2023
Dev: Atomic JellyPub: Wildlands Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Become a Space Mechanic! Get your hands dirty, explore the depths of space and repair broken machinery. Diagnose problems using diagrams and tools, perform repairs, manage your resources and watch the simulated machinery come alive. Or just gaze upon the beauty of the Solar System.
Why similar: Space Sim 30.5%, Mars 26.3% ★, Space 19.9%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Simulation 5.9%
- #13 Space Company Simulator
89% matchMostly Negative28% of 179 reviews2019
Dev: IntermarumPub: All in! Games
Windows
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 31.4% ★, Space Sim 17.8%, Space 13.3%, Base Building 12.8%, Futuristic 7.1%
- #14 Solargene
85% matchMostly Positive77% of 836 reviews2026
Dev: Alexander Semenov
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 34.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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: Colony Sim 23%, Space Sim 20.5%, Mars 19.3% ★, Base Building 13.1%, Space 10%
- #15 1000 days to escape
86% matchVery Positive84% of 401 reviews2019
Dev: Lemon Squeezy
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Only 1000 days left until the end of the world. You have to realize the largest space program ever to save as many people as you can. Explore planets, colonize them, help people find a new home.
Why similar: Mars 29% ★, Space Sim 28.6%, Space 24.2%, Sci-fi 6.5%, Simulation 5.4%
- #16 Sol 0: Mars Colonization
87% matchMixed69% of 409 reviews2016
Dev: Chondrite Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 45.6% ★, Space 19.1%, Base Building 17.3%, Strategy 8.8%, Simulation 7.4%
- #17 Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation
86% matchVery Positive84% of 455 reviews2015
Dev: Jace Masula
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Exiled to a deep space mining sector, you are left with a crappy ship, a laser, and a small mining beam. It is up to you to survive by working your way through the galaxy. Mine asteroids, refine and trade the ore, buy upgrades for your ship, hunt pirates... you get it.
Why similar: Mining 31.4% ★, Space 27.7%, Space Sim 23.8%, Simulation 7.9%, Adventure 4.1%
- #18 The Crust
83% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,542 reviews2024
Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.8%, Space 18.9%, Base Building 18.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%, Sci-fi 7.4%
- #19 Planet Miner
84% matchVery Positive80% of 61 reviews2021
Dev: Cherniukh Andrii
Windows
Remove fog, look for and mine minerals, construct buildings, upgrade the rover and reach the portal.
Why similar: Space Sim 30.8%, Colony Sim 27.1%, Space 8.8%, Simulation 8.6%, Futuristic 7.4%
- #20 Titan Outpost
84% matchMostly Positive80% of 98 reviews2019
Dev: The Boar Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Colony Sim 26.4%, Space 22.6%, Base Building 15.4%, Sci-fi 13%, Simulation 11.8%
- #21 Mercury Fallen
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 312 reviews2023
Dev: Nitrous ButterflyPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Mining 23.6% ★, Colony Sim 22.5%, Base Building 12.9%, Space 11.5%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #22 Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 823 reviews2025
Dev: Tinymice EntertainmentPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 32.5% ★, Colony Sim 22.4%, Space Sim 13.6%, Base Building 13.1%, Space 10.3%
- #23 Maia
82% matchMixed44% of 1,064 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 43.2%, Space 13.9%, Base Building 13.4%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Strategy 7.1%
- #24 Russian Village Simulator on Mars
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: VD Games
Windows
Develop a village colony on Mars, using various resources and bringing the unique flavor of Russian culture to the distant space.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.6% ★, Base Building 34.9%, Simulation 11.4%, Exploration 10.2%
- #25 CosmoOdyssey:Trip to Mars
79% matchVery Positive92% of 158 reviews2022
Dev: Brenntkopf DevelopmentPub: Brenntkopf Publishing
Windows
CosmoOdyssey: Trip to Mars is a first-person spaceship adventure with a special Ukrainian flavor.
Why similar: Mars 29.4% ★, Space Sim 24.9%, Colony Sim 21.8%, Space 11.2%, Futuristic 6.6%
- #26 Mars Horizon
77% matchVery Positive84% of 3,070 reviews2020
Dev: Auroch Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 47.3% ★, Space Sim 23.3%, Space 16.5%, Strategy 4.8%, Exploration 4.4%
- #27 Aground Zero
76% matchVery Positive82% of 124 reviews2025
Dev: Fancy Fish Games
Windows · Linux
The world has ended. You are deep underground, and all alone with a cheery AI companion. You will have to mine and build to survive, and search for other survivors to help you. Will you be able to reach the surface? And what will you find when you get there?
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.2%, Post-apocalyptic 21.5%, Base Building 18.8%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Exploration 8.1%
- #28 IXION
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 17,230 reviews2022
Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Colony Sim 31.1%, Space 27.8%, Base Building 16.2%, Strategy 6.9%, Post-apocalyptic 5.9%
- #29 Space Mechanic Simulator: Prologue
76% matchMostly Positive80% of 64 reviews2023
Dev: Atomic JellyPub: Wildlands Interactive
Windows
Space Mechanic Simulator: Prologue is a story prelude to the full version, which will introduce you to the world of cosmic repairs, greedy corporations, and cutting-edge technology.
Why similar: Mars 43.5% ★, Space Sim 23.7%, Space 13.4%, Futuristic 6.5%, Exploration 4.8%
- #30 Prospector
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 152 reviews2025
Dev: Loonworks Games
Windows
Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game. Harvest alien resources, build and automate machinery, uncover secrets across the stars and strike shipping deals with distant colonies for exclusive rewards!
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 26.7% ★, Base Building 23.1%, Space 20.8%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Exploration 7.2%
- #31 Take On Mars
78% matchMixed55% of 2,030 reviews2017
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 49.7% ★, Space 19.1%, Space Sim 16.1%, Simulation 6.4%, Exploration 5.2%
- #32 The Planet Crafter: Prologue
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,680 reviews2021
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 31.9% ★, Open World Survival Craft 30% ★, Base Building 18.5%, Space 11%, Exploration 6%
- #33 Star Ores Inc.
73% matchVery Positive82% of 314 reviews2025
Dev: BlackBeak GamesPub: Three River Games (3RG)
Windows
Take over an abandoned space station and manage your own ore mine. Cut through the asteroid with your laser, sell ore, and create an automated network of robot helpers to maximize your profit.
Why similar: Mining 38.4% ★, Space 19.6%, Base Building 11.2%, Sci-fi 10%, Exploration 7.1%
- #34 Blossom: The Seed of Life
71% matchVery Positive89% of 884 reviews2026
Dev: Pebbledust GamesPub: Pretty Soon
Windows
Terraform a dead planet back to life in this open world survival crafting game. Explore ruins, gather resources, print machines, drive modular vehicles, grow forests, biomes, and ecosystems. Create life and make it thrive with your own hands.
Why similar: Mars 34.5% ★, Open World Survival Craft 17.2% ★, Space Sim 15.9%, Base Building 10.6%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%
- #35 JCB Pioneer: Mars
77% matchMixed42% of 153 reviews2017
Dev: AtomicomPub: GamesCo
Windows
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: Mars 62.3% ★, Simulation 15.3%, Exploration 9.3%, Adventure 9.1%, Indie 4%
- #36 Solar Expanse - Space Exploration Manager
71% matchVery Positive87% of 941 reviews2026
Dev: SpaceOpsPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 Sim 26.1%, Space 21.7%, Mining 19.4% ★, Sci-fi 9.6%, Futuristic 8.1%
- #37 Space Architect
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 288 reviews2024
Dev: Albert WiatrPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Design your dream space station in Space Architect! Master the power of automation or 'hire' an army of crewmates to handle your ever-growing production. Mine asteroids, fabricate goods, and engage in interstellar trade to pay off the menacing Big Evil Corp. Will you thrive in the vastness of space?
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.4%, Mining 21.5% ★, Base Building 16.9%, Space 11.7%, Sci-fi 9.1%
- #38 Aven Colony
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,747 reviews2017
Dev: Mothership Entertainment LLCPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Colony Sim 48.4%, Base Building 15%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Space 10.6%, Strategy 7.5%
- #39 Oxygen Not Included
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 140,434 reviews2019
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 68.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Colony Sim 46%, Base Building 25.5%, Space 9%, Space Sim 5.9%, Sci-fi 3.8%
- #40 Survivalist: Invisible Strain
69% matchVery Positive87% of 4,265 reviews2025
Dev: BobPub: Ginormocorp Incorporated
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
It's ten years since the infection started. Long-established settlements are collapsing, one by one, for unknown reasons. Survivors are running to the hills to escape, hoping for safety in remote places. As another refugee, you're here to carve out a new life for yourself - by any means necessary.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.9%, Open World Survival Craft 20.9% ★, Dialogue Heavy 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Base Building 12.4%
- #41 Rover Mechanic Simulator
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 661 reviews2020
Dev: ▲ Pyramid GamesPub: Pyramid Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 46.4% ★, Space Sim 22.7%, Space 15.8%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Simulation 5.2%
- #42 Out of Ore
70% matchVery Positive86% of 3,925 reviews2022
Dev: North Modding Company AB
Windows
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 40.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A casual heavy equipment experience. Mine ore, Move dirt, Build and repair.
Why similar: Mining 40.3% ★, Base Building 18.3%, Simulation 12.2%, Third Person 11.7%, Exploration 10.8%
- #43 Space Trash Scavenger
69% matchVery Positive84% of 518 reviews2024
Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Grab your jetpack and explore procedural asteroid fields, derelict spaceships and abandoned outposts. Build and automate your Space Rig to process scavenged trash. Craft, trade and fight your way home in this interstellar, open-world survival sandbox.
Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 28.4% ★, Space 17.6%, Space Sim 16.1%, Base Building 11.8%, Sci-fi 7.3%
- #44 Geo
72% matchVery Positive85% of 183 reviews2017
Dev: Windybeard
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Geo is a game about building and expanding an intergalactic mining corporation. Explore uncharted space and discover comets, moons, Planets and gas giants before heading in and drilling the cash out of them! Expand your HQ, build new rooms and facilities to increase your drilling stats.
Why similar: Mining 36.6% ★, Space 17.1%, Base Building 13.9%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Simulation 11.2%
- #45 Trappist
68% matchVery Positive90% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: Sirrah
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to Trappist-1, 40.7 light-years from Earth. Fly your Ark, a colossal spaceship and mobile base. Explore the solar system and establish thriving colonies. Uncover the mysteries of Trappist in this story-driven colony builder.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.6%, Space Sim 24%, Space 14.2%, Base Building 13.6%, Futuristic 6.1%
- #46 CryoFall
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 6,430 reviews2021
Dev: AtomicTorch StudioPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
CryoFall is a sci-fi colony simulation survival game set on a forgotten planet in a distant future. Master technology, agriculture, trading, industry, cybernetics, exploration, and more!
Why similar: Mining 28.2% ★, Colony Sim 25.3%, Open World Survival Craft 21.5% ★, Base Building 14.1%, Space 10.9%
- #47 Waking Mars
70% matchVery Positive89% of 1,197 reviews2012
Dev: Tiger Style
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 49%
In 2097, life is discovered on Mars. When your mission of first contact becomes trapped by a cave-in, you must master the alien ecosystem to survive. Soon you stumble upon more than anyone expected, and with time running out, you will make a decision that determines the fate of a lost planet.
Why similar: Mars 40% ★, Sci-fi 25.8%, Exploration 11.9%, Adventure 7.7%, Nature 6.7%
- #48 Surviving Ceres
67% matchVery Positive87% of 138 reviews2025
Dev: Ryan SaundersPub: One Man Media
Windows
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: Colony Sim 42.4%, Base Building 22.7%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Simulation 8.8%, Exploration 6.7%
- #49 Farlanders
67% matchVery Positive91% of 576 reviews2023
Dev: Andriy BychkovskyiPub: Crytivo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 38.9% ★, Colony Sim 21.9%, Space 13.4%, Base Building 12.7%, Sci-fi 6.4%
- #50 Terraformers: First Steps on Mars
68% matchVery Positive89% of 700 reviews2021
Dev: Asteroid LabPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 48%
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 31.9% ★, Colony Sim 19.5%, Space Sim 17%, Futuristic 7.2%, Sci-fi 6.8%
- #51 Unclaimed World
71% matchMixed50% of 216 reviews2016
Dev: Refactored Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 36.1%, Strategy 33.8%, Sci-fi 22.5%, Indie 7.6%
- #52 AETHUS
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,744 reviews2026
Dev: Pawsmonaut Games
Windows
Explore a vast underground world to mine and craft hundreds of items while building up your modular Outpost on the surface, to prospect for gems, refine resources and farm hydroponic crops in this top-down sci-fi survival-crafter where the story always provides a reason to dig deeper.
Why similar: Mining 32.8% ★, Open World Survival Craft 19.8% ★, Base Building 15.8%, Space 14.4%, Sci-fi 9.2%
- #53 Colony 37
64% matchVery Positive97% of 151 reviews2025
Dev: Valen
Windows
Dig deep down the abandoned planet to find its secrets and earn cash by collecting resources. Spend your money on buying various trinkets and instruments that will help you along the way to earn even more profit.
Why similar: Space 41.2%, Base Building 40.6%, Futuristic 12.3%, Adventure 5.9%
- #54 Surviving Mars: Relaunched
65% matchMixed53% of 1,989 reviews2025
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 30.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 39.8% ★, Colony Sim 24.5%, Space 12.8%, Base Building 8.8%, Exploration 4.8%