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Games like Race To Mars

  • 11 games
  • Updated May 5, 2026

Players who liked Race To Mars also play

The closest matches to Race To Mars: Mars Horizon, Oxygen Not Included, Offworld Trading Company, Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager, and Surviving Mars. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

  1. Rank 01

    Why this

    Also Mars and Turn-Based, like Race To Mars.

    • $19.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2020
  2. Rank 02

    Why this

    Shares resource management with Race To Mars.

    • $24.99 (Price checked Nov 5)
    • 2019
  1. Rank 05

    Surviving Mars

    Why this: Also Mars and Space, like Race To Mars.

    • 2018
  2. Rank 06

    Farlanders

    • $14.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
    • Deck Verified
    • 2023
  3. Rank 08

    Tharsis

    • $14.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
    • Deck Verified
    • 2016

The full ranked list: top 24 games like Race To Mars

Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
  1. 1
    Mars Horizon

    Also Mars and Turn-Based, like Race To Mars.

    • 83% of 1,445 reviews
  2. 2
    Oxygen Not Included

    Shares resource management with Race To Mars.

    • 96% of 48,352 reviews
  3. 3
    Offworld Trading Company

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 78% of 2,669 reviews
  4. 4
    Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager

    Also Turn-Based and Space, like Race To Mars.

    • 75% of 262 reviews
  5. 5
    Surviving Mars

    Also Mars and Space, like Race To Mars.

    • 79% of 10,552 reviews
  6. 6
    Farlanders

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 91% of 281 reviews
  7. 7
    Take On Mars

    Genres: Simulation

    • 52% of 1,129 reviews
  8. 8
    Tharsis

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, RPG

    • 72% of 1,210 reviews
  9. 9
    ENDLESS™ Space - Definitive Edition

    Genres: Strategy

    • 79% of 4,276 reviews
  10. 10
    Solar Expanse - Space Exploration Manager

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 87% of 430 reviews
  11. 11
    Terraforming Mars

    Genres: Strategy

    • 69% of 3,440 reviews
  12. 12
    Dead in Antares

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Adventure

    • 78% of 116 reviews
  13. 13
    Sol 0: Mars Colonization

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 66% of 268 reviews
  14. 14
    Stable Orbit - Build your own space station

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 50% of 214 reviews
  15. 15
    Reshaping Mars

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 70% of 113 reviews
  16. 16
    Horizon

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Adventure

    • 58% of 258 reviews
  17. 17
    UFO: Afterlight

    Genres: Strategy, Indie

    • 69% of 182 reviews
  18. 18
    SYMMETRY

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Adventure

    • 51% of 59 reviews
  19. 19
    Democracy 3

    Same stressful mood as Race To Mars.

    • 74% of 4,686 reviews
  20. 20
    Aven Colony

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 73% of 1,201 reviews
  21. 21
    FTL: Faster Than Light

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 96% of 46,262 reviews
  22. 22
    Planetbase

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 77% of 5,622 reviews
  23. 23
    Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 80% of 870 reviews
  24. 24
    Mars Colony:Challenger

    Genres: Indie, Adventure, Simulation

    • 68% of 87 reviews
Race To Mars — Steam game cover
  • Released: 2014
  • Developer: INTERMARUM, ONE MORE LEVEL
  • 6% of 187 reviews
  • Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation, Early Access
  • Platforms: Windows, macOS

Players highlight

  • Bleak
  • Stressful
  • Early access development
  • Progression system
  • Resource management

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Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  • Oxygen Not Included

    Why this: Shares resource management with Race To Mars.

    • $24.99 (Price checked Nov 5)
    • Deck Verified
    • 2019
  • Farlanders

    Why this: Also Mars and Turn-Based, like Race To Mars.

    • $14.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
    • Deck Verified
    • 2023
  • Tharsis

    • $14.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
    • Deck Verified
    • 2016

About Race To Mars

The closest matches to Race To Mars: Mars Horizon, Oxygen Not Included, Offworld Trading Company, Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager, and Surviving Mars. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If Race To Mars is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mars Horizon, Oxygen Not Included and Offworld Trading Company — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as bleak and stressful, and single out its early access development and progression system. 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.

About Race To Mars: Race To Mars is a turn-based, space company simulation game. Become the head of the newly established “New Space” company whose goal would be to establish a colony on Mars. You begin as a startup - develop cutting edge aerospace technologies and use them to achieve orbit and fly beyond Earth vicinity, blazing the trail of a space pioneer...

Is Race To Mars worth buying?

Most players don't recommend it

A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.

  • 6% of 187 Steam reviews are positive.
  • We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
  • Early Access: unfinished, and it can change a lot before release.

Top critical reviews

The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.

“For a while I thought the game was okay, not great, most of the buildings didn't have the models. But after a while of playing the game, you attempt to finally launch a satellite into orbit, you get all the resources. But it doesn't let…”
4 h played
“I am saddened as much by Steam as I am by the multiple teams of developers in regards to this 'game'. Steam should take this off the market, refund everyone their money and do one of two things: #1-Bite the proverbial bullet as a lesson…”
7 h played
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People who play it also play: Mars Horizon, Oxygen Not Included, Offworld Trading Company

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Frequently asked about Race To Mars

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What games are most similar to Race To Mars?

Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Race To Mars are Mars Horizon, Oxygen Not Included, Offworld Trading Company.

Who developed Race To Mars?

Race To Mars was developed by INTERMARUM, ONE MORE LEVEL and published by ONE MORE LEVEL.