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Games like Wild Mars

If Wild Mars is your kind of game, the closest matches are Surviving Mars, Odyssée Stellaire and HAS Galactics — 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 Wild Mars: A management simulator in which you must produce fuel from dangerous bacteria and algae in a laboratory on Mars. The bacteria can kill you. You have a few days to leave Mars, as a storm is coming. Manage the fuel that also powers the elevator and energy generators.

IndieSimulationCasualWindowsby ArtOfLevelDesign
Wild Mars — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Wild 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. Surviving Mars

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Wild Mars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Wild 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.

    2018StrategySimulationSteam ↗
  2. Odyssée Stellaire

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Wild Mars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wild Mars.

    Board your ship and push the boundaries of space exploration in this contemplative space incremental. Gather resources, develop your technology, and travel from the Moon to the edge of the solar system to answer a mysterious signal from the stars.

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  3. HAS Galactics

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Wild Mars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wild Mars.

    HAS Galactics is a top-down factory builder. Design your own rocket, automate your production lines, balance your reputation between the Galactic Factions and complete daring missions. Start from a humble beginning… to a thriving galactic mega-factory!

    2025ActionStrategyIndie11.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Ares Inception

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Wild Mars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Wild Mars.

    You are the eyes and ears of mission control for the ambitious exploration of Mars. Built under the advisement of real astronauts, engineers & planetary scientists, you will choose your mission, design your hab, and manage your crew. Monitor feeds, issue orders, and react when things go sideways.

    2027StrategySimulationSteam ↗
  5. Belt Colony

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Wild Mars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wild Mars.

    The year is 2040. You, an ex-sergeant, have signed a contract with a large mining corporation in the Belt. Mine ore, build out your outpost, travel to nearby asteroids and collaborate with other belters.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Wild Mars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wild Mars.

    Stellar Settlers is a chill space base/city builder and colony sim game. With unique vertical and horizontal base-building gameplay, settle on 10 hostile alien planets and build your own thriving colony. Get enough materials to build a physics-based Spaceship and try to escape from disasters.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation4.79 USDSteam ↗
  7. ECHIDNA

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Wild Mars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wild Mars.

    A dead god drifts in the dark. Build a salvage fleet that carves it apart cell by cell, and watch a colossal carcass melt into a storm of flying debris and climbing numbers. Strip it to the bone then evolve and start again on something bigger.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  8. Return to Planet Zoveka

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Wild Mars fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wild Mars.

    Return to Planet Zoveka is an incremental, physics-driven space-mining and resource-management game. Herd and merge cosmic dust, upgrade a family mining ship, build automation in space, and turn your growing operation into visible healing for a damaged homeworld.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Wild Mars.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wild Mars.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wild Mars.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Wild 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 ↗
  6. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Wild Mars.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wild Mars.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Wild Mars.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Wild Mars

What games are most similar to Wild Mars?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Wild Mars are Surviving Mars, Odyssée Stellaire, HAS Galactics.
Who developed Wild Mars?
Wild Mars was developed by ArtOfLevelDesign.

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 Wild Mars.

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