Single-player games like Race To Mars
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Race To Mars, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Mars Horizon
Single-player alternative to Race To Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Race To Mars.
Lead a major space agency as you guide humanity to Mars in this strategy simulation game. Construct a base, design and build rockets, conduct missions throughout the Solar System, and write your own history of Space exploration. Created with support from the European Space Agency.
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Oxygen Not Included
Single-player alternative to Race To Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Race To Mars.
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
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Offworld Trading Company
Single-player alternative to Race To Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Race To Mars.
Mars has been colonized, and Earth's corporate titans fight to dominate this new market. Competition is fierce in this fast-paced economic RTS from Civilization IV Lead Designer, Soren Johnson.
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Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager
Single-player alternative to Race To Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Race To Mars.
Space Program Manager (SPM) is the ultimate game of space exploration. It is the mid 1950s and the race for dominance between the US and the Soviet Union is about to move into a new dimension: space.
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Surviving Mars
Single-player alternative to Race To Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Race To Mars.
There will be challenges to overcome. Execute your strategy and improve your colony’s chances of survival while unlocking the mysteries of this alien world. Are you ready? Mars is waiting for you.
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Farlanders
Single-player alternative to Race To Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Race To Mars.
Terraform, strategize, and construct a Martian colony in this retro-inspired turn-based city builder. Create a comfortable living for your citizens, research alien artifacts, and uncover the secrets of the Red Planet.
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Take On Mars
Single-player alternative to Race To Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Race To Mars.
Take On Mars places you right in the middle of mankind’s most exciting undertaking. Start out in the seat of a rover operator, finish as the first human to have ever set foot on the Red Planet.
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Tharsis
Single-player alternative to Race To Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Race To Mars.
Succeeding in Tharsis requires you to make the best of what you have, even if it happens to be a pair of snake eyes. Certain factors may be outside of your control, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be overcome. Tharsis is not a game about facing the odds. It’s a game about changing them.
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Space Company Simulator
Single-player alternative to Race To Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Race To Mars.
Take the position of a CEO of a space transport company and become a new major player in the industry. Space Company Simulator is a realistic management sim game that will challenge your planning skills as you strive to launch the first manned mission to Mars.
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Workshop Simulator
Single-player alternative to Race To Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Race To Mars.
Workshop Simulator allows you to repair and refurbish items using a range of restoration mechanics such as disassembling, cleaning, sanding and painting. The accompanying story will immerse you in the nostalgia of tinkering with your grandfather.