Games like Dissent on Mars
If Dissent on Mars is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tropico 7, Tropico 6 and Citystate II — 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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Steam players who put hours into Dissent on 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.
Tropico 7
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Top pick for Dissent on Mars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Dissent on Mars.
Get rich or die trying! In Tropico 7, you step into El Presidente’s shiny boots again to build your island nation and – literally – move mountains. As glorious leader you guide your loyal citizens (and your Swiss Bank Account) through the ages toward untold prosperity.
Tropico 6
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Second-strongest match for Dissent on Mars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Dissent on Mars.
El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.
Citystate II
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Dissent on Mars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Dissent on Mars.
Create your own Nation, build cities and bring prosperity to your people. Citystate II is a unique city-builder featuring realistic economics and complex political options. Slums or skyscrapers, experiment and bring about your vision of the ideal society.
The Guild II Renaissance
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Ranked #4 for Dissent on Mars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Dissent on Mars.
For centuries Europe has been dominated by the church and nobility. On the shoulders of ordinary people the servants of god and the noble families justified their power and wealth. This was the incontrovertible, divine world order. A truly dark era… In the 14th Century the world order is beginning to transform itself.
Tropico 4
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Ranked #5 for Dissent on Mars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Dissent on Mars.
The world is changing and Tropico is moving with the times - geographical powers rise and fall and the world market is dominated by new players with new demands and offers - and you, as El Presidente, face a whole new set of challenges.
Anno 117: Pax Romana
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Ranked #6 for Dissent on Mars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Dissent on Mars.
Shape the Roman Empire in this genre-defining strategic builder game. Build cities while expanding your influence through Roman provinces. Govern using your economic prowess, diplomatic skills, or military might.
Banished
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Ranked #7 for Dissent on Mars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dissent on Mars.
In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.
Endzone - A World Apart
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Ranked #8 for Dissent on Mars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dissent on Mars.
Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dissent on Mars at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Dissent on Mars on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Dissent on Mars.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Stardew Valley
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Priced ~50% under Dissent on Mars on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Dissent on Mars.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Lethal Company
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Priced ~67% under Dissent on Mars on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dissent on Mars.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Bloons TD 6
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Priced ~53% under Dissent on Mars on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Dissent on Mars.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
Hollow Knight
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Priced ~50% under Dissent on Mars on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Dissent on Mars.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
People Playground
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Priced ~67% under Dissent on Mars on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Dissent on Mars.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Dissent on Mars.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
The Lab
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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!
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Dissent on Mars.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dissent on 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.
The Last Sovereign
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dissent on Mars.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dissent on Mars.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
The Sims™ 4
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Dissent on Mars.
Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.
Totally Accurate Battlegrounds
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Dissent on Mars.
Grab your balloon crossbow and trusty inflatable hammer, because things are about to get wobbly! Be the last weirdo standing in the world-leading physics-based Battle Royale game.
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Frequently asked about Dissent on Mars
- How much does Dissent on Mars cost?
- Dissent on Mars is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Dissent on Mars?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dissent on Mars are Tropico 7, Tropico 6, Citystate II.
- Who developed Dissent on Mars?
- Dissent on Mars was developed by Michael Hicks, Gonçalo Antunes and published by MichaelArts.
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