Single-player games like Mars or Die!
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Mars or Die!, 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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MarZ: Tactical Base Defense
Single-player alternative to Mars or Die! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mars or Die!.
Build your defense base to fight back the undead hordes of Mars and secure the future of the red planet. MarZ is a game of strategy and tactical defense where you must carefully manage your crew and resources as you try to uncover the terrible secrets of the undead.
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Surviving Mars
Single-player alternative to Mars or Die! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Mars or Die!.
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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Reshaping Mars
Single-player alternative to Mars or Die! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mars or Die!.
「Reshaping Mars」is a colony simulation game on Mars, you will start by gathering resources, storing food, accepting immigrants, and building a better colony together. Develop powerful technologies for Mars Reshaping, make Mars great agai..sorry, just great. Don't forget to make the residents happy.
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Dig or Die
Single-player alternative to Mars or Die! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Mars or Die!.
Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.
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The Riftbreaker
Single-player alternative to Mars or Die! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Mars or Die!.
The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.
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Farlanders
Single-player alternative to Mars or Die! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mars or Die!.
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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Oxygen Not Included
Single-player alternative to Mars or Die! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mars or Die!.
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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IDUN - Frontline Survival
Single-player alternative to Mars or Die! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Mars or Die!.
A defense RTS where you can move turrets at will. Extract resources, upgrade technology, and defend against enemy swarms in a gripping space campaign. Hold the line, set up your turrets, and brace for screen-filling hordes!
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Redout: Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to Mars or Die! — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Redout is a tribute to the old racing monsters such as F-Zero, WipeOut, Rollcage, and POD. It is designed to be an uncompromising, fast, tough and satisfying driving experience, soaked in that vertigo that stands at the core of the arcade racing genre.
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Redout 2
Single-player alternative to Mars or Die! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mars or Die!.
The fastest racing game in the universe. Redout 2 is a tribute to classic arcade racing games and the sequel to the critically acclaimed Redout. Reach impossible speeds in exhilarating futuristic races across an extensive single-player campaign and competitive multiplayer.
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Carmageddon: Rogue Shift
Single-player alternative to Mars or Die! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mars or Die!.
Carmageddon smashes back with brutal roguelite vehicular‑combat mayhem. Adapt, upgrade, and unleash destruction on post‑apocalyptic zombie hordes. The legacy lives on, reinvented and unforgiving.
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Hyperdrive Massacre
Single-player alternative to Mars or Die! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mars or Die!.
Hyperdrive Massacre is an 80s inspired arcade fragfest in Spacewar sauce designed around local multiplayer, focused on kinestetics, tactical and shooting skills at a frenzied pace.
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Super Inefficient Golf
Single-player alternative to Mars or Die! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mars or Die!.
Super Inefficient Golf builds on top of the most inefficient game ever conceived by making it even LESS efficient. Drop your silly golf stick and start using exploding mines to guide your ball! Place them, choose the right timing, and BOOM - Birdie!
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Redout: Space Assault
Single-player alternative to Mars or Die! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mars or Die!.
Redout: Space Assault is arcade space battle, coupling the trademark Redout adrenaline with the thrill of combat. Outsmart, outmaneuver, overpower, outclass your opponents in lightning-fast, adrenaline-inducing single-player space combat.