Single-player games like Escape to Mars
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Escape to Mars, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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NUMTATE
Single-player alternative to Escape to Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Escape to Mars.
NUMTATE is a challenging grid based puzzle game in which you move blocks around by rotating, pushing and attracting them to solve numeric puzzles.
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Squareometry
Single-player alternative to Escape to Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Escape to Mars.
Squareometry is a game that you control geometry shapes to pass levels with different kind of obstacles. Switch between figures, teleport, and reach the end of the game.
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The Fang
Single-player alternative to Escape to Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Escape to Mars.
A daring wanderer wields his weapons in real-time battles through his quest into the unknown.
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Blood Island
Single-player alternative to Escape to Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Escape to Mars.
Experience the mystery that takes place on the blood island, a place that no one has ever returned from. Survive by creating, managing your resources and facing deadly creatures, on this journey you are your only ally!
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AsteroIdle
Single-player alternative to Escape to Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Escape to Mars.
An asteroid mining based idle game. Travel in space and discover.
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Train Valley 2
Single-player alternative to Escape to Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Escape to Mars.
Build bigger and more complex railway networks than ever before! Building on the success of the original, you’ll get more of what you loved about the original and then some. With increasingly difficult and complex challenges from local industries, the Valley has never felt so vast! ALL ABOARD!
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NONOTOWN: Nonogram Logic Puzzle
Single-player alternative to Escape to Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Escape to Mars.
NONOTOWN is a puzzle game with four nonogram modes: classic, color, and two unique challenges—'Block' and 'Color Block,' where pre-filled parts must be rotated to solve. Put your logic to the test with hundreds of levels across all modes!
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Gravitura
Single-player alternative to Escape to Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Escape to Mars.
Pilot a ship around asteroids, planets, singularities. Learn how to put your ship into orbit, sling shot, and use gravity to your advantage. Perform precise maneuvers to move your way through the 35 levels in this highly challenging game. Build, share, download custom levels.