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Free games like Race To Mars

Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Race To Mars, ranked by player overlap and content similarity. No purchase or Steam login required to view the list. Every pick is a full free-to-play title — not a demo, trial, or time-limited giveaway. imho.run's catalogue refreshes daily, so newly free or newly popular titles surface here without manual editing.

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Ranked picks

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    The Riftbreaker: Prologue — Steam game cover

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    Free-to-play alternative to Race To Mars — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Race To 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 PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    The Last Sovereign — Steam game cover

    The Last Sovereign

    Free-to-play alternative to Race To Mars — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Race To 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.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
  3. 3
    Clicker Heroes — Steam game cover

    Clicker Heroes

    Free-to-play alternative to Race To Mars — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Race To Mars.

    Click your way through hordes of monsters, earn gold, and recruit quirky heroes with powerful skills. Progress even while you're idle, and watch the numbers climb into the absurd. It’s a never-ending journey of clicks, crits, and colossal damage.

    2015StrategyIndieAdventureFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator — Steam game cover

    Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator

    Free-to-play alternative to Race To Mars — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Simulation with Race To Mars.

    Start your own Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria with Freddy Fazbear Pizzeria Simulator!

    2017IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends — Steam game cover

    Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends

    Free-to-play alternative to Race To Mars — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with Race To Mars.

    The epic story of evolution, technology, humanity, and dinosaurs is yours to tap.

    2021SimulationFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Toribash — Steam game cover

    Toribash

    Free-to-play alternative to Race To Mars — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Race To Mars.

    Toribash is an innovative free-to-play online turn-based fighting game where you’re able to design your own moves. Complete control over character's body, hundreds of game mods and bloody mess with full body dismemberment - you've never been able to annihilate your enemies like that before!

    2014ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Kingdom: Classic — Steam game cover

    Kingdom: Classic

    Free-to-play alternative to Race To Mars — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Race To Mars.

    Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.

    2015StrategyIndieSimulationFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    Learn to Fly 3 — Steam game cover

    Learn to Fly 3

    Free-to-play alternative to Race To Mars — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Race To Mars.

    Build your spaceship from scratch, earn funds and invest them into building a bigger, better spaceship as you try and fly your way up to space!

    2017ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →