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A satirical, puzzle-heavy RTS about leading a robot communist uprising on Mars through short, reaction-focused missions.

Crustacean Nations
A free-to-play single-player RTS where you build sand castles and command crab armies in beach battles, mixing lighthearted strategy with occasionally confusing mechanics and a short ~3-4 hour runtime.
2022-08-19
- Action
- Strategy

Indie

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Red Planet Farming

A compact, addictive casual strategy game about growing food for Mars settlers.

2020-05-25

Strategy
Indie

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Star Stuff

A compact, cute programming puzzler about coding bots to repair a star factory, with clever levels and a playful tone.

2024-06-07

Science fiction
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Educational

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WAR RATS: The Rat em Up

A compact run-and-gun strategy game where you recruit troops, build structures, and upgrade gear to fight TechnoRat armies in a rat war.

2025-11-20

Action
Strategy

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Terraformers: First Steps on Mars

A free strategy/simulation prologue about leading Mars's first settlement, with a short ~2.5-hour campaign and mixed reviews about scripted constraints.

2021-10-23

Strategy
Simulator
Turn-based strategy (TBS)

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CrocoMars

A cheerful arthouse top-down shooter about reptilians colonizing Mars, with strategy/simulation elements and mostly positive early reviews.

2018-03-05

Action
Adventure
Strategy
Indie
Simulator

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Shrot

A bite-sized action RTS on a sandy planet with horses, tractors, and techno music, offering solo, co-op, and PvP in a rough but fun package.

2024-06-20

Action
Science fiction
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Real Time Strategy (RTS)

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MORSE

A short minimalist strategy game about using Morse code and timing to defeat an imperial fleet.

2025-11-11

Action
Warfare
Survival
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Historical
Stealth

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Iron Marines

A light single-player sci-fi RTS where you command soldiers, mechas, and aliens across hostile worlds, with a roughly 11-hour campaign.

2019-05-15

Action
Science fiction
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Real Time Strategy (RTS)

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Retro Commander

A polished post-apocalyptic RTS with PvP, co-op, and cross-play, offering around 17 hours of gameplay per reviewer reports.

2023-11-24

Science fiction
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Real Time Strategy (RTS)

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Earth vs Mars

A compact, casual turn-based strategy game where you create human-creature super soldiers to fight off a Martian invasion, with Advance Wars-style tactics and a roughly nine-hour experience.

2025-10-29

Warfare
Science fiction
Strategy
Tactical
Turn-based strategy (TBS)

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War of Dots

A free-to-play minimalistic RTS with PvP and co-op, easy to learn and generally stress-relieving, typically clocking in around four and a half hours among reviewers.

2026-01-16

Warfare
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Real Time Strategy (RTS)