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Games like Caves Of Mars

If Caves Of Mars is your kind of game, the closest matches are Belt Colony, Space Crisis and Martian Invaders — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Caves Of Mars: Caves of Mars is a new 2D sci-fi action adventure space shooter game set in the mysterious caves of the planet Mars. Your mission is to navigate your spacecraft through 100 procedurally generated levels, battle against and destroy enemies and alien lifeforms and collect as many gems as possible.

2021ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDWindowsby Silkweb Games
Caves Of Mars — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Caves Of Mars also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Belt Colony

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Caves Of Mars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Caves Of Mars.

    The year is 2040. You, an ex-sergeant, have signed a contract with a large mining corporation in the Belt. Mine ore, build out your outpost, travel to nearby asteroids and collaborate with other belters.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Space Crisis

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Caves Of Mars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Caves Of Mars.

    A spaceship crash landed on Mars! You have to wear a jet and fight!

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Martian Invaders

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Caves Of Mars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Caves Of Mars.

    WE HAVE ALIENS, YOU DON'T—Blast Martian invaders and flying saucers across 30 stages with robotic voice effects. Use your destructible shield, rescue army men for bonus points, and chase the high score.

    2022ActionIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. NEW TERRA®

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Caves Of Mars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Caves Of Mars.

    NEW TERRA is a challenging and addictive multi-directional gravity-based space shooter. Fuel goes fast and is hard to come by. Hauling cargo makes your ship very heavy and mobility becomes limited. Strategy and resource conservation is key to completing your missions or you won't survive.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Rank: Warmaster

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Caves Of Mars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Caves Of Mars.

    Stranded on Mars with next to nothing, build a city, assemble a fleet, and expand your empire to survive a hostile solar system in this new take that combines elements of space combat and RTS inspired by the classics.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Chorus

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Caves Of Mars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Caves Of Mars.

    Take control of Nara on a quest to destroy the dark cult that created her. Unlock devastating weapons & mind-bending abilities in an evolution of the space-combat shooter. Along with Forsaken, her sentient starfighter, explore ancient temples, engage in zero-g combat & venture beyond waking reality.

    2021ActionAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Crimson Glaive Sigma

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Caves Of Mars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Caves Of Mars.

    Enjoy this 2D metroidvania-like bullet hell platformer. Jump, dodge and traverse using your jet pack. Find weapons and abilities. Fight bosses and escape an old space station drifting through the cosmos. You are alone, with nothing but a space suit and a gun. Just keep going! Persevere and triumph!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Caverns of Mars: Recharged

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Caves Of Mars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Caves Of Mars.

    Race through caverns while blasting away enemies and terrain to reach the depths of Mars in this reimagining of the 1981 classic.

    2023Action9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Caves Of Mars at current Steam store prices.

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Caves Of Mars on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Caves Of Mars.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Miss Neko

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Caves Of Mars on Steam right now. Shares Action with Caves Of Mars.

    Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)

    2019ActionCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Caves Of Mars on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Caves Of Mars.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Caves Of Mars on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Caves Of Mars.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Caves Of Mars on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Caves Of Mars.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Caves Of Mars on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Caves Of Mars.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Caves Of Mars on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Caves Of Mars.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Caves Of Mars on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Caves Of Mars.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Caves Of Mars.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Caves Of Mars.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Caves Of Mars.

    Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Caves Of Mars.

    Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Caves Of Mars.

    Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. South Scrimshaw, Part One

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Caves Of Mars.

    South Scrimshaw is the story of a newborn whale in a vast alien ocean. It is a richly illustrated experimental visual novel, written in the style of a nature documentary.

    2023IndieCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Caves Of Mars.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Caves Of Mars

How much does Caves Of Mars cost?
Caves Of Mars is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Caves Of Mars?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Caves Of Mars are Belt Colony, Space Crisis, Martian Invaders.
Who developed Caves Of Mars?
Caves Of Mars was developed by Silkweb Games.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Caves Of Mars.

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