- #1 Ares Inception
97% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Spacehabs Studios Inc.
Windows
You are the eyes and ears of mission control for the ambitious exploration of Mars. Built under the advisement of real astronauts, engineers & planetary scientists, you will choose your mission, design your hab, and manage your crew. Monitor feeds, issue orders, and react when things go sideways.
Why similar: Mars 35.4% โ
, Space Sim 12.5%, Management 12.2%, Space 10.4%, Survival 10.3%
- #2 SYMMETRY
96% matchMixed55% of 308 reviews2018
Dev: Sleepless ClinicPub: IMGN.PRO
Windows ยท Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.8 hrsโฅ1hr: 56%
A research spaceship reaches an abandoned planet. Nothing is what it seems here and the situation quickly slips out of control. Can the crew manage to survive and get back home?
Why similar: Time Management 15.2%, Space Sim 14.5%, Resource Management 12.6%, Management 11.2%, Survival 11%
- #3 Mars or Die!
96% matchMixed53% of 74 reviews2018
Dev: 34BigThings srl
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 11.7 hrsโฅ1hr: 37%
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 35.3% โ
, Space Sim 15%, Resource Management 9.8%, Space 9.4%, Survival 9.3%
- #4 Space Company Simulator
95% 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 33.1% โ
, Space Sim 17.8%, Space 11.4%, Management 11.3%, Resource Management 10.6%
- #5 Mars Bot Battle
94% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Christopher Shove, Ph.D.Pub: SIMWERX LLC
Windows
Mars Bot Battle is a simulation of American and China robots sent to Mars to prepare for future human colonists. It is based on the technologies proposed for a Mars base.
Why similar: Mars 53.3% โ
, Space Sim 20%, Space 10%, Simulation 9.3%, Resource Management 7.2%
- #6 Space Mechanic Simulator: Prologue
94% 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 37% โ
, Space Sim 19.1%, Time Management 11.7%, Resource Management 9.9%, Space 9.3%
- #7 Above Earth
93% matchMostly Positive73% of 45 reviews2019
Dev: Steven Eric Boyette
Windows
Above Earth is a science fiction survival game. Experience a struggle for life in the fragile artificial environment of a damaged space station.
Why similar: Mars 26.3% โ
, Space Sim 15.3%, Resource Management 14%, Space 13.2%, Survival 13.1%
- #8 Take On Mars
92% matchMixed55% of 2,032 reviews2017
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.8 hrsโฅ1hr: 87%
Take On Mars places you right in the middle of mankindโs 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 48.9% โ
, Space 15.3%, Space Sim 15.1%, Simulation 9.7%, Survival 9.5%
- #9 Project Eagle: A 3D Interactive Mars Base
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 544 reviews2018
Dev: Blackbird Interactive
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.2 hrsโฅ1hr: 13%
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 66.5% โ
, Simulation 17.7%, Space 15.9%
- #10 HAS Galactics
91% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: HAS Games
Windows
HAS Galactics is a top-down factory builder. Design your own rocket, automate your production lines, balance your reputation between the Galactic Factions and complete daring missions. Start from a humble beginningโฆ to a thriving galactic mega-factory!
Why similar: Mars 38.5% โ
, Space Sim 16.9%, Resource Management 13.6%, Space 11.2%, Management 10%
- #11 Galaxy Idle Clicker
90% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,170 reviews2025
Dev: SoehnlePub: TimeLost Gaming
Windows
Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 371.6 hrsโฅ1hr: 70%
Embark on an interstellar journey with Galaxy Idle Clicker! Conquer galaxies, upgrade your spaceship, and face off against a myriad of enemy ships. With engaging minigames, powerful upgrades, GIC delivers an unparalleled idle space adventure. Join the cosmic conquest today and dominate the universe!
Why similar: Incremental 19.6%, Space Sim 17.3%, Resource Management 16.5%, Space 14.1%, Time Management 12.1%
- #12 Little Asteroid Miner
89% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: TCS Developer
Windows
An idle incremental adventure in space! Mine asteroids while fighting off enemy AI drones. Build your own AI drones, mining lasers, helper drones and more. Collect hundreds of rewards and unlock a variety of features that will help your ultimate goal: making numbers go up (or sometimes down).
Why similar: Incremental 17.8%, Space Sim 16.7%, Management 13.8%, Time Management 11.7%, Space 10.1%
- #13 Stellar Harvest
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Midnight Forge Studios
Windows
Harvest energy across the solar system. Build generators on alien worlds, prestige for Dark Energy, and construct a Dyson Sphere around the Sun. Ten planets. Infinite power. One way home.
Why similar: Space Sim 24.5%, Incremental 18.7%, Resource Management 14.3%, Management 13.1%, Space 10.6%
- #14 Outpost Surge
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Thrive Game Studio
Windows ยท Mac
Outpost Surge is a society survival game on Mars, where players balance resource management, city growth, and settler health to turn a barren landscape into a thriving, vibrant city.
Why similar: Mars 45.5% โ
, Survival 12%, Space Sim 12%, Resource Management 9.9%, Space 9.7%
- #15 Mars Training Camp
87% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Christopher ShovePub: Simwerx LLC
Windows
Mars Training Camp is a simulation to build the human first base on Mars based on NASA and SpaceX science and plans. You must find ice and build critical facilities of green houses, O2 & H gas plant, launch pads and a habitat, and react just in time to emergencies of fire and low oxygen supply.
Why similar: Mars 49.5% โ
, Space Sim 26.2%, Simulation 13.3%, Space 7.1%, Futuristic 3.6%
- #16 The Planetary Archive
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SleepSoul
Windows
The Planetary Archive is a retro space survival game about grief. Explore the galaxy, maintain your space station, scavenge for replacement parts, and start to understand why you're out here.
Why similar: Space Sim 29.5%, Time Management 22.8%, Resource Management 15.5%, Management 8.8%, Space 7.3%
- #17 Marscape
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rohn Media GmbH
Windows ยท Mac ยท Linux
A survival management simulator on the red planet. Make sure your astronauts survive on Mars. Manage and expand your habitat. Produce enough resources, build facilities, explore the environment and brave the harsh weather until you are rescued.
Why similar: Mars 40.1% โ
, Space Sim 15.8%, Management 12%, Survival 11.6%, Time Management 10.3%
- #18 Star Rangersโข XE
86% matchMixed40% of 153 reviews2016
Dev: Project Whitecard Studios Inc.Pub: Awestruck Games
Windows ยท Mac ยท Linux
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 41.3% โ
, Space Sim 15.9%, Survival 13.8%, Space 11.5%, Simulation 8.9%
- #19 Opportunity
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DIMANCHE CORP.
Windows
Opportunity is an atmospheric narrative game where you become the famous NASA rover and brave the many obstacles littering the desolate red planet in order to finally complete its mission.
Why similar: Mars 39.7% โ
, Space Sim 30.7%, Simulation 14.3%, Space 8.5%, Sci-fi 2.8%
- #20 Surviving Mars: Pioneer
83% 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 37.8% โ
, Space Sim 19.1%, Resource Management 12.5%, Survival 11.8%, Space 11.5%
- #21 Galduen of the Void
82% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: AzurDevPub: Azurdev
Windows ยท Linux
A fantasy space agency management game! Manage your team, design your space ship and research new technology! Reach moons, planets and the void beyond. Can you reach the void? Can you bring Galduen to the void?
Why similar: Space Sim 31.4%, Management 21.5%, Space 18.5%, Resource Management 15%, Simulation 7.7%
- #22 Mars I.D.L.E.
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pixel Hound Game Studio
Windows
A short incremental game about terraforming Mars. Adjust the planet's parameters using questionable technology, raise structurally optimistic buildings, and deploy (mostly) helpful drones โ until something breathable happens. The engineers are lazy, not incompetent. Probably.
Why similar: Mars 40.3% โ
, Incremental 23.3%, Resource Management 17.4%, Management 9.1%, Simulation 3.4%
- #23 Destination Ares
84% matchMixed48% of 25 reviews2017
Dev: Pat Scott
Windows
You're the AI of a rickety colony ship, bound for the red planet. You have limited resources, a desperate crew, and an unknown fate awaiting you. Can you survive the journey across the Big Black?
Why similar: Mars 40.1% โ
, Space Sim 18%, Time Management 15.9%, Management 12.1%, Space 10.3%
- #24 Rover Mechanic Challenge - ERC Competition
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2020
Dev: Pyramid Games S.A.
Windows
๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ is an e-tournament based on the world's only simulator for repairing Mars Rovers. Take part in solving challenging tasks and become the master of leader board.
Why similar: Mars 39.3% โ
, Space Sim 23.2%, Management 15.2%, Space 10.1%, Simulation 8%
- #25 Space Hotel Ltd
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gregry Boyd
Windows
Space Hotel offers a bold new twist on the classic city builder and tycoon genres. Take your management skills beyond the surface and into orbit. Experience the excitement and challenges of creating and maintaining a luxury space hotel where the stakes are high and the rewards are out of this world.
Why similar: Mars 35.3% โ
, Time Management 16.3%, Resource Management 12.7%, Management 12.4%, Survival 9.3%
- #26 Too Far Too Late
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fly Game Studio
Windows
Embark on a Colony in Space. Build a base to ensure your colonists survive. Explore, mine resources, craft items, and thrive in a realistic atmospheric and electrical simulation. Watch out for potential dangers before itโs too late!
Why similar: Mars 36% โ
, Space Sim 14.4%, Space 11.8%, Resource Management 11.5%, Management 10.5%
- #27 Mars Colony:Challenger
80% 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 45.9% โ
, Simulation 23.1%, Space 21%, Survival 7%, Indie 3%
- #28 Space Depot
78% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Zenventorymgmt
Windows
A fast paced cooperative game where hippos run a growing space depot. Race against the clock to Scan, inspect, and ship the right materials using drones. Try to keep up. Other hipponauts such as yourself are relying on you.
Why similar: Space Sim 30%, Time Management 19.3%, Space 17.4%, Management 16.9%, Simulation 14.6%
- #29 Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder
76% matchMostly Positive70% of 828 reviews2025
Dev: Tinymice EntertainmentPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows ยท Mac ยท Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrsโฅ1hr: 75%
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 36.7% โ
, Space Sim 14.6%, Resource Management 14.3%, Survival 10.4%, Space 9.5%
- #30 Return to Planet Zoveka
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Invantage Studios
Windows
A physics-driven 2D space-mining simulation incremental game with depth and heart. Help a family forced from home herd cosmic dust, automate production, research, and grow one tiny inherited ship into a vast operation that can heal Zoveka and make it home again.
Why similar: Incremental 24.2%, Resource Management 18.9%, Space 17.1%, Space Sim 14.8%, Management 11.4%
- #31 Terraformers
75% matchVery Positive88% of 3,713 reviews2023
Dev: Asteroid LabPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows ยท Mac ยท Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.5 hrsโฅ1hr: 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!
Why similar: Mars 37.7% โ
, Survival 12.3%, Resource Management 11.8%, Management 11%, Space 10.4%
- #32 Space Crisis
77% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: Nacks Soft
Windows
A spaceship crash landed on Mars! You have to wear a jet and fight!
Why similar: Mars 45.3% โ
, Space Sim 20.8%, Survival 13.4%, Space 12.7%, Simulation 4%
- #33 Mars Horizon
75% matchVery Positive84% of 3,071 reviews2020
Dev: Auroch Digital
Windows ยท Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 9.3 hrsโฅ1hr: 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 41% โ
, Space Sim 19.2%, Management 13.1%, Space 11.6%, Resource Management 9.6%
- #34 Mars 2030
76% matchMostly Positive70% of 87 reviews2017
Dev: FMG LabsPub: Fusion Media Group
Windows
MARS 2030 is a virtual reality simulation where players explore the Red Planet and make discoveries across 40 square kilometers of open Martian terrain, accurately-mapped and -modeled using NASA satellite data. Produced in collaboration with NASA.
Why similar: Mars 72.1% โ
, Simulation 27.9%
- #35 Tin Can
74% matchVery Positive85% of 1,340 reviews2022
Dev: Tin Can Studio
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrsโฅ1hr: 52%
You've barely managed to escape your exploding spaceship. Now in an old escape pod, you hurtle through space at the mercy of the cosmos. With no knowledge of the podโs complex systems, your life depends on a technical manual and your own wits. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Space Sim 21.8%, Survival 17.9%, Space 17.7%, Resource Management 13.3%, Management 10.8%
- #36 D.I.G. โ Discover Infinite Galaxies
73% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: BloomSpaceGames
Windows
Co-op sci-fi extraction mining for up to 4 players. Youโre prisoners working for a cold Corporation. Drill planets, meet mandatory quotas, keep the surplus, and upgrade your gear. No heroes โ only contracts, pressure, and profit.
Why similar: Mars 30.3% โ
, Space Sim 26.6%, Survival 11.6%, Space 10.1%, Simulation 9.6%
- #37 Tales of Tomorrow: Experiment
73% matchMixed68% of 25 reviews2022
Dev: Duality Games
Windows
ToT: Experiment is a sci-fi short story game set on a remote ship wandering through space. Without any memories or recollection of his past our hero is tasked by the ship AI - AR.I.A. to perform daily tasks, that will help to maintain the ship.
Why similar: Mars 40.2% โ
, Simulation 15.2%, Space 12.6%, Survival 12.1%, Casual 5.2%
- #38 Terra Request
72% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Heavy Line Software
Windows
Take the reins as a planet manager. Build up the planet's surface and orbit, appease the three factions, and take advantage of special abilities. But watch out, if you're not careful, you might just lose control.
Why similar: Time Management 33.3%, 2.5D 23.3%, Management 14.1%, Resource Management 11.3%, Space 10.6%
- #39 Mars Training Camp VR
74% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Christopher ShovePub: SIMWERX LLC
Windows
Mars training camp realistic VR simulation based on current Mars mission plans. Includes SpaceX Starship, rover, astronauts, robot dog medic, food gardens, and events of fire, rescue teammates, build launch pad, fix equipment and collect rock samples to find evidence of Mars life.
Why similar: Mars 71.4% โ
, Space Sim 16%, Simulation 12%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #40 Beltlife: Prospector
71% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: JMGffs LLC
Windows
Beltlife: Prospector is a GUI-based "hard" sci-fi business/work sim with economy simulation and RPG elements. Your focus is on maintaining your ship's systems and your health while prospecting for asteroid claims to auction on simulated markets.
Why similar: Space 20.7%, Space Sim 19.8%, Resource Management 14.4%, Simulation 13.4%, Management 12.8%
- #41 1000 days to escape
72% matchVery Positive84% of 403 reviews2019
Dev: Lemon Squeezy
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrsโฅ1hr: 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 30.7% โ
, Space Sim 28.7%, Space 20.7%, Simulation 8.8%, Casual 4.6%
- #42 Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Auroch Digital
Windows
Lead your space agency in The Search for Life in this authentic strategy simulation game. Investigate the solar system and collect evidence of life. Manage base building, rocket designing, launches, and mission planning to Mars and beyond, leading the way in the future of space exploration.
Why similar: Mars 35.7% โ
, Space Sim 18.2%, Resource Management 13.2%, Space 12%, Management 11.8%
- #43 The Last Hope
73% matchMostly Negative41% of 1,016 reviews2016
Dev: Balti CalarasiPub: HandMade Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.4 hrsโฅ1hr: 89%
Youโve made the biggest mistake in history. Now, you're the last hope. Explore the UK, Russia, Germany, Norway, Egypt, USA, Mars, and the Moon. Search for food, face creatures, travel through time, and fight to restore humanity. Survive or perishโyour choices shape the future.
Why similar: Mars 42% โ
, Space Sim 20%, Management 13%, Survival 11.9%, Space 11.5%
- #44 Trenite Engineer
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gryzly22
Windows
You don't pilot the ship-you run it. Manage power, fuel, gravity, life support and other systems, repair failures and engineer your way through a hostile solar system.
Why similar: Space Sim 28.3%, Resource Management 18.8%, Management 16.4%, Space 11.8%, Simulation 9.7%
- #45 Help Is On The Way
69% matchPositive96% of 26 reviews2026
Dev: Vancouver Film School
Windows
Guide a coworker through a hostile mining facility using a malfunctioning security terminal. Finish the dayโs jobs, avoid a deadly alien, and survive long enough for the escape pod to launch.
Why similar: Space Sim 36.5%, Incremental 22.8%, Simulation 19.1%, Management 13.7%, Female Protagonist 7.4%
- #46 Haul Yeah!
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FunkMunki
Windows
Haul Yeah! is a chill co-op space trucking game. Live aboard your ship, grow food, cook meals, deploy drones, repair hull systems, trade on a player-driven market, and haul resources across 15 star systems. Play solo or with up to 3 friends via Steam.
Why similar: Space Sim 34.7%, Simulation 15.8%, Management 12.5%, Space 10.4%, Survival 10%
- #47 Scavengers of Mars - Rover Survival Simulator
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Last Qubit
Windows
SCAVENGERS OF MARS is an exploration-survival adventure set on the cold, desolate surface of Mars. Guide a Mars Rover to aid survivors of a catastrophic disaster as they await rescue from Earth. Explore, gather resources, craft and ensure their survival against the planet's harsh conditions.
Why similar: Mars 43.7% โ
, Resource Management 12.8%, Survival 12.7%, Management 11.7%, Space 8.5%
- #48 What the Stars Forgot
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Airlock Games
Windows
What The Stars Forgot is a retro-styled sci-fi horror management sim. As an advanced starship's cutting-edge AI, you have to guide a procedurally generated crew of hundreds as they embark on a dangerous mission to discover the source of an anomalous signal emanating from deep space.
Why similar: Space Sim 20.6%, Management 20.5%, Survival 20.4%, Resource Management 12%, Space 9.9%
- #49 Occupy Mars: The Game
66% matchMixed70% of 3,099 reviews2026
Dev: โฒ Pyramid Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 34.2 hrsโฅ1hr: 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 43% โ
, Resource Management 15.5%, Survival 12.6%, Space 12.2%, Simulation 6.7%
- #50 Terraforming Titans
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: terraforming.titans
Windows
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 58.6% โ
, Incremental 17.5%, Space 12.4%, Simulation 8.3%, Futuristic 2.1%
- #51 T. B. P.
69% matchMixed60% of 15 reviews2021
Dev: Laush Dmitriy SergeevichPub: Laush Studio
Windows
This is a game in which the player needs to navigate through the planets of the corresponding type (so that the other planets are the same as the one on which the rocket is located).
Why similar: Mars 40.3% โ
, Space Sim 20.6%, Incremental 14.9%, 2.5D 11.6%, Space 7.7%
- #52 Enter The Moon
70% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Paul SobkowiakPub: LPS-Interactive
Windows
Space simulation moon game. Explore the moon, mars, venus and mercury in breathtaking real-time 3D. Explore their geological aspects. Battle against spaceships or a secret lunar base. Enter the ISS. Measure the moon. And get in the cockpit.
Why similar: Mars 43.7% โ
, Space Sim 29.4%, Space 14.9%, Simulation 7.8%, Sci-fi 4.1%
- #53 Void Core
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Badgertainment
Windows
Start as a microscopic speck, become the end of everything. Void Core is a minimalist sci-fi idle game where you control a black hole. Harvest matter, bend spacetime to automate your growth, and consume entire galaxies. Consume. Grow. Evolve.
Why similar: Incremental 22.1%, Space Sim 20.8%, Management 17.2%, Space 16.5%, Simulation 8.1%
- #54 Terapixel Mars
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mechanical Softworks
Windows
Terapixel Mars is a real-time planetary experience that lets you traverse the Red Planet seamlessly from orbit down to the surface. Powered by the Terapixel engine, Mars is stored in the cloud and streamed to your system, enabling a level of scale and immersion unmatched by any existing experience.
Why similar: Mars 59.8% โ
, Space Sim 19.1%, Space 14.3%, Simulation 5.3%, Casual 0.8%
- #55 Sol One
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: yeetgench
Windows
A grounded open-world survival crafting game where you're stranded alone on Mars. Explore the red planet, extract resources, build a pressurized base, manage oxygen, power, and food, and construct the rocket that's your only way home.
Why similar: Mars 44.8% โ
, Survival 14.6%, Resource Management 12.3%, Space 10.8%, Simulation 5.8%
- #56 CyberHive
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 77 reviews2020
Dev: Blazing Planet Studio
Windows ยท Mac ยท Linux
CyberHive is a strategic space travel simulator with a non-linear story, in the cosmic opera setting, and in an anime visual style.
Why similar: Space Sim 30.4%, Management 18.7%, Survival 17.6%, Space 16.8%, Simulation 7.7%
- #57 Only One Burn
68% matchPositive85% of 34 reviews2019
Dev: Leyline Studios
Windows
Land the craft without crashing. Oh, and you only get one burn!
Why similar: Mars 39.9% โ
, Space Sim 19.6%, Simulation 15.3%, Space 11.5%, Casual 4.7%
- #58 EarthX 2
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: DenisPub: Mesote Games
Windows ยท Mac
Grow your rocket startup from a humble launchpad to sprawling colonies on Mars and beyond! Secure government contracts, launch massive satellite constellations, build space stations, terraform Mars with nuclear blasts, and mine vital resources to fuel your expansion!
Why similar: Mars 33.1% โ
, Space Sim 22.5%, Time Management 13.1%, Resource Management 12.4%, Management 10.5%