Games like Desktop Mars

78%Game Brain Score

story, gameplay

grinding, optimization

76% User Score Based on 3,372 reviews

Critic Score 83%Based on 11 reviews

Per Aspera is a narrative-driven strategy game with the goal of overcoming the challenge of terraforming Mars. Explore the planet, gather resources, and make strategic decisions as you live the fantasy of scientifically-based interplanetary expansion. Hardship awaits.

75%Game Brain Score

graphics, optimization

grinding, story

75% User Score Based on 416 reviews

Relaxing game where you can build your farm on your desktop. Your farm will be your interactive live wallpaper. Perfect to play in the background doing other things.

77%Game Brain Score

graphics, gameplay

monetization, stability

77% User Score Based on 10,000 reviews

Build cities and develop planets with real NASA science in this space simulator

82%Game Brain Score

graphics, gameplay

optimization, grinding

82% User Score Based on 393 reviews

Conduct analysis of the plants and other natural elements of the region and flesh out your Knowledge Book. This newly-acquired knowledge will provide you with an essential guide to obtaining resources, ensuring the safety of your citizens and optimizing your city, thus promoting survival and prosperity through a sustainable approach in harmony with the surrounding natural environment. Assi…

67%Game Brain Score

gameplay, graphics

story, grinding

67% User Score Based on 297 reviews

Sol 0 is a real time strategy game where you establish the first Martian colony. From the first human footprints on Martian soil to a thriving and self-sustaining colony, Sol 0 imagines a near future using technology that could be available within the next few decades. Make use of minerals and resources across the Martian surface to expand from the first exploratory rover to an independent frontie…

93%Game Brain Score

graphics, gameplay

grinding, story

93% User Score Based on 4,788 reviews

Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities. Ostriv aims to raise the bar of city-building experience by adding a huge amount of possibilities and removing annoying limitations. It allows for truly organic town layouts without the grid and angle restrictions on a three-dimension…

74%Game Brain Score

gameplay, graphics

story, optimization

74% User Score Based on 1,692 reviews

Patron is a survival city builder with a unique social dynamics system. Gather and produce resources, build your fledgling village into a prosperous city and navigate the intricate social tensions before they reach boiling point.

83%Game Brain Score

graphics, gameplay

stability, optimization

83% User Score Based on 1,400 reviews

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82%Game Brain Score

story, gameplay

monetization, stability

82% User Score Based on 3,690 reviews

Build your space agency, launch rockets, explore planets and colonize the Moon

81%Game Brain Score

gameplay, graphics

stability, grinding

81% User Score Based on 9,076 reviews

The Universim aims to revive the glory days of the god-game genre and bring it into the next generation with fresh ideas and ambitious gameplay. With the powers of a god, you are unleashed upon the universe to begin forging your galactic empire in the stars. From dust to the cosmos beyond, your civilization will rise through the ages under your guidance. Yet this is not the same static world you m…