Games like Tharsis
If Tharsis is your kind of game, the closest matches are Space Grunts, Trials of Fire and Steam Marines — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its soundtrack enhances atmosphere, tactical positioning matters and writing quality is exceptional. 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.
Get personalized picks →Tharsis is a turn-based dice survival game set on a voyage to Mars. Players manage a crew using dice-rolling mechanics with procedural generation, where risk management determines survival. The game combines strategy and survival-horror elements in a sci-fi setting. Released in 2016 by Choice Provisions, it offers a difficult medium-length experience designed for short-burst play sessions. The Steam Deck Verified title costs $14.99 USD and supports only single-player mode. Players describe the experience as stressful and tense, and reviewers highlight how the soundtrack enhances the atmosphere while tactical positioning matters throughout each run. The game holds a 72% positive rating based on over 1,200 Steam reviews.
About Tharsis: 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.
Players who liked Tharsis also play
Steam players who put hours into Tharsis 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.
Space Grunts
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Top pick for Tharsis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tharsis.
A turn-based game on a planet outpost - with no waiting between turns! Play it at the speed of an arcade game, or take your time and think about your next step.. no matter how fast you take your turn, it might be your last!
Trials of Fire
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation with Tharsis.
Second-strongest match for Tharsis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tharsis.
A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!
Steam Marines
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Tharsis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tharsis.
Steam Marines is a squad based Roguelike set on a steampunk spaceship. It features tactical play focused on positioning and careful use of resources. Built to keep you on your toes as you progress through the decks of your besieged ship while clearing enemies and trying to reach each level's elevator.
Terraformers
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Tharsis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Tharsis.
Terraform Mars in this turn-based colony builder and resource management game with roguelike elements. Explore the planet, develop spectacular cities, spread life and turn the Red Planet into a green one!
Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Tharsis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tharsis.
Legend of Keepers is the perfect mix between Dungeon Defender and Roguelite. You have been hired as a dungeon manager by the Dungeons Company. Your job is simple: protect their dungeons!
WazHack
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Ranked #6 for Tharsis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tharsis.
Time moves forward only when you do in the dungeons of WazHack. Think your way out of problems instead of just spamming 'attack' and 'drink healing potion'.
Heroes of Steel RPG
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Tharsis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tharsis.
Heroes of Steel is a tactical RPG set in a grim post-apocalyptic fantasy world. Coordinate your party of four heroes in turn-based combat and navigate a engaging world and story.
Planetiles
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Tharsis fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tharsis.
Dive into Planetiles, where strategy and creativity converge. Build and transform barren planets into flourishing worlds. Outwit natural disasters, develop vibrant habitats, and navigate complex challenges. Embrace a boardgame-like depth with thoughtful planning and strategic decision-making.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Tharsis at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Tharsis on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Tharsis.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Tharsis on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Tharsis.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Tharsis on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tharsis.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Tharsis on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Tharsis.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation with Tharsis.
Priced ~58% under Tharsis on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tharsis.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Tharsis on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tharsis.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Tharsis on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tharsis.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Tharsis on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Tharsis.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tharsis.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tharsis.
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.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Tharsis.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tharsis.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Tharsis.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Landfall Archives
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tharsis.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
SuchArt: Creative Space
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tharsis.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
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More from Choice Provisions
Other recommendable Steam games by Choice Provisions, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Hextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story™
WHY THIS
Another title from Choice Provisions, the studio behind Tharsis. Shares Indie with Tharsis.
In this fast-paced rhythm runner, every action has an explosive reaction and no amount of mayhem is too much. Take on the role of Hexplosives expert Ziggs as you rampage through the neighborhoods of Piltover!
BIT.TRIP RUNNER
WHY THIS
Another title from Choice Provisions, the studio behind Tharsis. Shares Indie with Tharsis.
Experience the rhythmic thrill of BIT.TRIP RUNNER! With its retro charm, simple controls, and award-winning visuals, this classic sets the standard for rhythm gaming. Don't miss the game that started it all in the acclaimed runner series.
BIT.TRIP RERUNNER
WHY THIS
Another title from Choice Provisions, the studio behind Tharsis. Shares Indie with Tharsis.
The classic rhythm platformer is back as BIT.TRIP RERUNNER + RUNNER MAKER! The fun of the original now sports fresh mechanics, art, and soundtrack – plus RUNNER MAKER, which allows you to create custom levels. A must-play for rhythm newbies, experts, and everyone in between.
Runner3
WHY THIS
Another title from Choice Provisions, the studio behind Tharsis. Shares Indie with Tharsis.
CommanderVideo returns in Runner3's heart-pounding saga! Conquer villainous villains, drive wild vehicles, and navigate thrilling environments. Meet quirky characters and face retro challenges for an adrenaline-soaked rhythm-music platformer adventure!
Laserlife
WHY THIS
Another title from Choice Provisions, the studio behind Tharsis. Shares Indie with Tharsis.
Remember what it means to be a human in this interactive biography of a dead astronaut found in deep space by future intelligences who have no concept of humankind.
Bubsy: Paws on Fire!
WHY THIS
Another title from Choice Provisions, the studio behind Tharsis.
From the developers of the BIT.TRIP series comes Bubsy: Paws on Fire!, the latest and greatest in bobcat-based gaming.
Word Warrior: Zombie Typocalypse
WHY THIS
Another title from Choice Provisions, the studio behind Tharsis. Shares Indie and Casual with Tharsis.
Defeat zombies with creativity! "Word Warrior: Zombie Typocalypse" is a wacky word-based rail shooter. Type anything you can think of to fight off the zombies and top the global leaderboard. Replay for bigger rewards but face deadlier zombies!
Breakout Beyond
WHY THIS
Another title from Choice Provisions, the studio behind Tharsis. Shares Indie with Tharsis.
Breakout is back! In this neon-drenched take on the classic, you’ll need to literally break through each puzzle by clearing bricks to breach the final goal. Rack up a combo and create spectacular light shows alone or with a friend.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Trials of Fire
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation with Tharsis.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tharsis.
A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!
Terraformers
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Tharsis.
Terraform Mars in this turn-based colony builder and resource management game with roguelike elements. Explore the planet, develop spectacular cities, spread life and turn the Red Planet into a green one!
Planetiles
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tharsis.
Dive into Planetiles, where strategy and creativity converge. Build and transform barren planets into flourishing worlds. Outwit natural disasters, develop vibrant habitats, and navigate complex challenges. Embrace a boardgame-like depth with thoughtful planning and strategic decision-making.
Frequently asked about Tharsis
- Is Tharsis verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Tharsis is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Tharsis cost?
- Tharsis is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Tharsis?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Tharsis are Space Grunts, Trials of Fire, Steam Marines.
- Who developed Tharsis?
- Tharsis was developed by Choice Provisions.
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 Tharsis.
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