Games like Mars Vice
Below are 14 hand-picked alternatives to Mars Vice for fans of indie, adventure, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Mars Vice also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Mars Vice: Mars Vice is a narrative adventure game set on a distant and futuristic Mars. Follow two civil investigators, Dax and Anaya, as they root out deep-seated corruption in the Martian city of Pavonis in this biopunk-infused story.
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Event-D
Top pick for Mars Vice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Mars Vice.
Sci-fi Visual Novel (Linear Story). A group of astronauts, scientists and robots is sent to space on a mission to investigate the disturbing disappearance of the first manned spaceship in its journey to Mars.
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The Groom of Gallagher Mansion
Second-strongest match for Mars Vice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Mars Vice.
Hunt down a beheaded ghost to save your college club from losing funding! It'll be a piece of cake— wait, what do you mean he wants to marry you!? The Groom of Gallagher Mansion is spooky comedic romantic visual novel full of laughs and scares all around!
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Bugsnax
Third-strongest match for Mars Vice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mars Vice.
Catch mysterious living snacks and feed them to your friends in this unusual island adventure!
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Uncover the Smoking Gun
Ranked #4 for Mars Vice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mars Vice.
A Battle of Wits with AI: Solve the case by conversing with a suspect robot using GPT to gather evidence. What single truth emerges from countless dialogues and pieces of information?
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Warp Frontier
Ranked #5 for Mars Vice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mars Vice.
In the year 2215, orbiting humanity's newest extrasolar colony, Police Captain Vincent Cassini becomes embroiled in an intersystem conspiracy to bury crimes that occurred during the war that devastated his planet.
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A Perfect Day
Ranked #6 for Mars Vice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mars Vice.
Revisit and repeat the final moments of China's turn of the century in this narrative puzzle adventure. Play a 6th-grade student and greet classmates, explore secrets, play mini-4WD, or just wander around town. Make your choices to create a perfect day for everyone!
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Californium
Ranked #8 for Mars Vice fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mars Vice.
Taking the form of a first-person experience of a bad trip, Californium pays homage to sci-fi legend Philip K. Dick by transporting you into the life of a writer searching for his own identity. Explore, solve the riddles and conduct your investigation. Will you find what’s behind the simulacra ?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Mars Vice at current Steam store prices.
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Event-D
Priced ~80% under Mars Vice on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Mars Vice.
Sci-fi Visual Novel (Linear Story). A group of astronauts, scientists and robots is sent to space on a mission to investigate the disturbing disappearance of the first manned spaceship in its journey to Mars.
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The Groom of Gallagher Mansion
Priced ~80% under Mars Vice on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Mars Vice.
Hunt down a beheaded ghost to save your college club from losing funding! It'll be a piece of cake— wait, what do you mean he wants to marry you!? The Groom of Gallagher Mansion is spooky comedic romantic visual novel full of laughs and scares all around!
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Warp Frontier
Priced ~40% under Mars Vice on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mars Vice.
In the year 2215, orbiting humanity's newest extrasolar colony, Police Captain Vincent Cassini becomes embroiled in an intersystem conspiracy to bury crimes that occurred during the war that devastated his planet.
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A Perfect Day
Priced ~64% under Mars Vice on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mars Vice.
Revisit and repeat the final moments of China's turn of the century in this narrative puzzle adventure. Play a 6th-grade student and greet classmates, explore secrets, play mini-4WD, or just wander around town. Make your choices to create a perfect day for everyone!
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Californium
Priced ~72% under Mars Vice on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mars Vice.
Taking the form of a first-person experience of a bad trip, Californium pays homage to sci-fi legend Philip K. Dick by transporting you into the life of a writer searching for his own identity. Explore, solve the riddles and conduct your investigation. Will you find what’s behind the simulacra ?
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Frequently asked about Mars Vice
- Does Mars Vice run on Steam Deck?
- Mars Vice is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Mars Vice cost?
- Mars Vice is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Mars Vice?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mars Vice are Event-D, The Groom of Gallagher Mansion, Bugsnax.
- Who developed Mars Vice?
- Mars Vice was developed by Rho Labyrinths GmbH.
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 Mars Vice.
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