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Games like The Dark Side Of Mars

If The Dark Side Of Mars is your kind of game, the closest matches are Connection, Chernobyl inferno and Granny Remake — 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 The Dark Side Of Mars: Survival horror game where you need to find your way through the maze that is the Red Arc Facility. You need to Find four Key cards and one Space Suit to escape the facility alive. Some enemies run and some relentlessly follow you and all you have is a torch.

2023Adventure0.99 USDWindowsby The Very Big Fish Games
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Steam players who put hours into The Dark Side 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. Connection

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Dark Side Of Mars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Dark Side Of Mars.

    Don't lose the signal to get out of here.

    2021Adventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Chernobyl inferno

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Dark Side Of Mars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Dark Side Of Mars.

    Go in search of your brother, who got lost in the catacombs of Chernobyl, among aggressive inhabitants mutilated by radiation.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Granny Remake

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Dark Side Of Mars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Dark Side Of Mars.

    Granny Remake is a gripping horror game where you must escape from a sinister house chased by a cunning and relentless Granny. Choose from multiple escape routes: drive away in a car, call the police, or unlock the main door

    2023ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. NoWay

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Dark Side Of Mars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Dark Side Of Mars.

    You wake up in a dark underground labyrinth. Zombies roam, hunters wait. Stay silent, run, fight, or survive by acting like one of them. You’re not even sure there’s a way out.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Ghostbane

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Dark Side Of Mars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Dark Side Of Mars.

    Ghostbane, is a Co-Op horror game for 1-4 players. Detect paranormal activity, collect evidence of ghosts, hunt ghosts by rituals, and conduct detailed investigations about ghosts in your main base.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Bughouse

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Dark Side Of Mars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Dark Side Of Mars.

    Play as Christopher, a kid left home alone with a terrifying STALKER on the loose! Try and survive in this 80's, PS1 inspired, Home Invasion Survival Horror game - OR DIE TRYING!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. The Evil Within

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Dark Side Of Mars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.

    2014Action19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Those Who Remain

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for The Dark Side Of Mars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Dark Side Of Mars.

    As the lights go out, the embers of darkness are stoked in the sleepy town of Dormont. Confront uncomfortable horrors, keep your sanity in check and survive the night in this story-driven first-person psychological-thriller.

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under The Dark Side Of Mars on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Dark Side 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 ↗
  2. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under The Dark Side Of Mars on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Dark Side 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 ↗
  3. aMAZE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under The Dark Side Of Mars on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Dark Side Of Mars.

    aMaze is a straight-forward and surprisingly-difficult celebration of the simple beauty of the maze.

    2017StrategyIndieAdventure0.55 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. A Trip to Yugoslavia: Director's Cut

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under The Dark Side Of Mars on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Dark Side Of Mars.

    A TRIP TO YUGOSLAVIA is an experimental interactive game with a theme of the old VCR player (with the ability to REWIND, PAUSE and FASTFORWARD).

    2017ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDSteam ↗
  5. aMAZE Classic

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under The Dark Side Of Mars on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Dark Side Of Mars.

    aMAZE Classic is a straightforward and surprisingly - difficult celebration of the simple beauty of the maze with abstraction art and calm soundtrack.

    2018StrategyIndieAdventure0.55 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Fuhrer in LA - Special Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under The Dark Side Of Mars on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Dark Side Of Mars.

    Fuhrer in a LA is a grindhouse-styled top-down action-adventure game which takes place around 1947, unraveling the truth about the demise of the Fuhrer post World War 2.

    2020ActionAdventureCasual0.55 USDSteam ↗
  7. Xvirus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under The Dark Side Of Mars on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Dark Side Of Mars.

    Trapped inside your own computer—are you living a dream or a nightmare?

    2026ActionAdventure0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Gachi Heroes 2: Flexboll

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under The Dark Side Of Mars on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Dark Side Of Mars.

    Everyone knows who the real king of Flex and today he is ready to teach you. Plunge into an incredible adventure, meet different characters from the universe "gachimuchi" and find out how deep you are ready to go. However, there is one problem...

    2019ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

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

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Dark Side Of Mars.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Dark Side Of Mars.

    Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.

    2021IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Dark Side Of Mars.

    Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. 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 ↗
  7. Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Dark Side Of Mars.

    USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.

    2025IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with The Dark Side Of Mars.

    Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.

    2021IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Dark Side Of Mars

How much does The Dark Side Of Mars cost?
The Dark Side 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 The Dark Side Of Mars?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Dark Side Of Mars are Connection, Chernobyl inferno, Granny Remake.
Who developed The Dark Side Of Mars?
The Dark Side Of Mars was developed by The Very Big Fish 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 The Dark Side Of Mars.

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