Single-player games like Bots to Mars
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Bots 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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Miner Vidis
Single-player alternative to Bots to Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Bots to Mars.
Robot Miner Vidis. Return to Earth with a mysterious gemstone on Mars, where asteroids crashed. A classic color-based puzzle where simple rules, different strategies, and order matter.
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Mars Inc 98
Single-player alternative to Bots to Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Bots to Mars.
A retro Win98 styled incremental game about terraforming Mars. Manage power, build your systems, and clear the atmosphere to make the planet livable.
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Subject F-011
Single-player alternative to Bots to Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Bots to Mars.
Trapped in Area 51 on planet Earth, you must solve calculated puzzles to escape this strange planet. Puzzles consist of using enemies' mechanics to your advantage, moving objects to block enemies, and using items that alter parts of the rooms. A spiritual successor to Adventures of Lolo.
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Mrs.Cat In Mars
Single-player alternative to Bots to Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Bots to Mars.
Help Mrs.Cat to complete a mission: Explore Mars and collect the energy gems.In this 2d precision platformer, you'll have to memorize and face the invisible and visible deadly objects, running, jumping and meowing!
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Project Neon
Single-player alternative to Bots to Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Bots to Mars.
Blast through enemy defenses in this intense 16-bit shoot ‘em up (or shmup), dismantling interplanetary shields to bring humanity’s last hope back from Mars and save Earth from ecological collapse.
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Ash Battle
Single-player alternative to Bots to Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Bots to Mars.
Ash Battle is a Sci-Fi minimalist survival game with a Bullet Hell style. Ash is on an unknown planet and has found many enemies who didn't like his visit. Prepare yourself and be ready for battle, because they come in huge numbers.
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Idle Roboto
Single-player alternative to Bots to Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Bots to Mars.
Build levels to collect scrap metal. Unlock more blocks with different purposes! New robots with different reactions to them!
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CosmoOdyssey:Trip to Mars
Single-player alternative to Bots to Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Bots to Mars.
CosmoOdyssey: Trip to Mars is a first-person spaceship adventure with a special Ukrainian flavor.