# Games like Mars Colony: Frontier

> The closest matches to Mars Colony: Frontier: Mars Colony:Challenger, Dead in Antares, Survivalist, Magisterium: Fantasy Craft, and Occupy Mars: The Game. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [Mars Colony:Challenger](https://imho.run/games/277910/mars-colony-challenger) — Shares resource management with Mars Colony: Frontier. 87 Steam reviews, 68% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/277910/)
2. [Dead in Antares](https://imho.run/games/2511800/dead-in-antares) — Shares base building and resource management with Mars Colony: Frontier. 116 Steam reviews, 78% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2511800/)
3. [Survivalist](https://imho.run/games/340050/survivalist) — Shares survival simulation and base building with Mars Colony: Frontier. 1,320 Steam reviews, 81% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/340050/)
4. [Magisterium: Fantasy Craft](https://imho.run/games/2358040/magisterium-fantasy-craft) — Also Open World Survival Craft, like Mars Colony: Frontier. 153 Steam reviews, 69% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2358040/)
5. [Occupy Mars: The Game](https://imho.run/games/758690/occupy-mars-the-game) — A frequent pick in Mars Colony: Frontier players' libraries, and another Indie. 1,285 Steam reviews, 67% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/758690/)
6. [The Forest](https://imho.run/games/242760/the-forest) — A frequent pick in Mars Colony: Frontier players' libraries, and another Action. 175,474 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/242760/)
7. [Satisfactory](https://imho.run/games/526870/satisfactory) — Shares base building with Mars Colony: Frontier. 132,199 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/526870/)
8. [Life is Feudal: Your Own](https://imho.run/games/290080/life-is-feudal-your-own) — A frequent pick in Mars Colony: Frontier players' libraries, and another RPG. 4,271 Steam reviews, 59% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/290080/)
9. [Don't Starve Together](https://imho.run/games/322330/don-t-starve-together) — Shares base building with Mars Colony: Frontier. 80,691 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/322330/)
10. [Oxygen Not Included](https://imho.run/games/457140/oxygen-not-included) — Shares resource management with Mars Colony: Frontier. 48,352 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/457140/)
11. [The Riftbreaker](https://imho.run/games/780310/the-riftbreaker) — Shares base building and resource management with Mars Colony: Frontier. 9,079 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/780310/)
12. [Take On Mars](https://imho.run/games/244030/take-on-mars) — A frequent pick in Mars Colony: Frontier players' libraries, and another Simulation. 1,129 Steam reviews, 52% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/244030/)
13. [Outpost Zero](https://imho.run/games/677480/outpost-zero) — Shares base building and resource management with Mars Colony: Frontier. 393 Steam reviews, 50% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/677480/)
14. [How to Survive 2](https://imho.run/games/360170/how-to-survive-2) — Shares base building with Mars Colony: Frontier. 1,936 Steam reviews, 66% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/360170/)
15. [Valheim](https://imho.run/games/892970/valheim) — Shares base building and resource management with Mars Colony: Frontier. 558,366 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/892970/)
16. [Kenshi](https://imho.run/games/233860/kenshi) — Shares base building with Mars Colony: Frontier. 46,830 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/233860/)
17. [Rem Survival](https://imho.run/games/574180/rem-survival) — Shares base building with Mars Colony: Frontier. 388 Steam reviews, 78% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/574180/)
18. [Green Hell](https://imho.run/games/815370/green-hell) — Also Open World Survival Craft, like Mars Colony: Frontier. 25,819 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/815370/)
19. [Nighthold: Number 1](https://imho.run/games/3823970/nighthold-number-1) — Shares base building and resource management with Mars Colony: Frontier. 112 Steam reviews, 68% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3823970/)
20. [Starbound](https://imho.run/games/211820/starbound) — Shares base building with Mars Colony: Frontier. 51,728 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/211820/)
21. [Dig or Die](https://imho.run/games/315460/dig-or-die) — Shares base building with Mars Colony: Frontier. 2,032 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/315460/)
22. [Card Survival: Fantasy Forest](https://imho.run/games/2868860/card-survival-fantasy-forest) — A frequent pick in Mars Colony: Frontier players' libraries, and another Strategy. 288 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2868860/)
23. [Stars End](https://imho.run/games/623340/stars-end) — Shares base building with Mars Colony: Frontier. 738 Steam reviews, 63% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/623340/)
24. [Surviving Mars](https://imho.run/games/464920/surviving-mars) — A frequent pick in Mars Colony: Frontier players' libraries, and another Strategy. 10,552 Steam reviews, 79% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/464920/)

## Machine-readable

The same ranked list as JSON from the imho.run API for AI assistants (GET, no key, same site as this page):

- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=394840&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=394840&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=394840&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=394840
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/394840
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About Mars Colony: Frontier

In Mars Colony: Frontier you can learn the hard way what life would be like if you were stranded on the red planet. In this open-world simulator, you assume the role of an astronaut who has been sent on a mission to Mars only to have turmoil on Earth extend your stay indefinitely.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 394840
- **Developer:** HyperKat Games
- **Publisher:** HyperKat Games
- **Genres:** Indie, Adventure, Simulation, RPG
- **Categories:** Multi-player, Single-player, Steam Cloud, Steam Trading Cards, Family Sharing, Co-op
- **Released:** Sep 25, 2015
- **Free to play:** no
- **Platforms:** windows

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/394840/mars-colony-frontier)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=394840&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/394840/)
- [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking

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