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Games like Waking Mars

An atmospheric single-player action-adventure set on Mars in 2097, where you use jetpack combat and ecosystem cultivation to survive a cave-in and decide the planet's fate over a ~13-hour campaign.

Low Oxygen
A compact single-player puzzle adventure exploring an abandoned alien facility with moderately challenging plant-based puzzles.
2023-03-16
- Adventure
- Indie

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System Purge

A challenging, atmospheric 2D platformer about infiltrating an ancient machine's buried facility to rescue a lost lover, with a short, narrative-driven playthrough.

2022-04-05

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Horror
Indie
Side view

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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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Exographer

A short, science-driven exploration and puzzle-platformer about uncovering an alien civilization's secrets with your camera.

2024-09-26

Action
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Side view

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The Planet Crafter: Prologue

A short, relaxing space survival prologue focused on terraforming a barren planet through base building and atmosphere management, with reviewers averaging 4-8 hours.

2021-12-19

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The Invincible

A philosophical hard sci-fi adventure about exploring an alien planet with atompunk tools and making choices that shape a branching story.

2023-11-06

Action
First person
Science fiction
Thriller
Adventure
Survival
Indie
Mystery

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Zombotron

A single-player indie action-shooter with tight gunplay and tense alien-planet survival, usually around 10 hours for reviewers.

2019-04-22

Shooter
Action
Science fiction
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)

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BE-A Walker

Pilot a huge mech on an alien planet in a choice-driven action adventure with two story paths and polished mech combat.

2020-05-07

Shooter
Action
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Simulator
Arcade

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Planet of the Eyes

An atmospheric single-player sci-fi puzzle-platformer in which a service robot explores a mysterious planet, blending puzzles and platforming, with a roughly 13-hour runtime.

2015-08-24

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Kids

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Utopia Colony

A chill, open-ended Mars mining sim about choosing a site and progressing at your own pace, with no combat and a roughly 10-hour single-player run.

2026-04-04

Adventure
Strategy
Third person
Indie
Simulator

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Lifeless Planet Premier Edition

A roughly five-hour adventure about an astronaut exploring an abandoned Russian town on an alien planet, featuring light platforming and a retro 3D look.

2014-06-06

Action
Science fiction
Puzzle
Adventure
Third person
Indie
Mystery

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Roah

A single-player action RPG about exploring a planet, encountering factions, and solving the mystery of its draining lifeforce, with a moderate-length campaign and some rough edges in controls and polish.

2019-11-28

Action
Platform
Adventure
Fighting
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)