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Farlanders

2023

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Addictive and thoughtful gameplay
  • Unique turn-based colony builder with puzzle elements
  • Good value for price with many hours of content
  • Relaxing pacing with strategic depth
  • Well balanced resource and terraforming mechanics

Things to keep in mind

  • Story considered weak or cringy by some players
  • Random map generation can cause frustrating difficulty spikes
  • Limited replayability beyond campaign for some
  • User interface and quality of life features could improve
  • Morale system can be confusing and challenging late game

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Farlanders: Prologue

  • Nebuchadnezzar

  • Plan B: Terraform

  • Another Farm Roguelike: Rebirth

  • Oxygen

  • Nova Lands

More leadership-focused

Games that feels like Farlanders but with more leadership over others

  • Songs of Syx

  • First Feudal

  • Thriving City: Song

  • Odd Realm

  • Rise to Ruins

  • dotAGE

More violent

Games that feels like Farlanders but with more combat and destruction

  • From Glory To Goo

  • Oh My Gore!

  • Dungeon Warfare

  • Super Fantasy Kingdom

  • Creeper World: Anniversary Edition

  • Dungeon Warfare 3

More idle-friendly

Games that feels like Farlanders but with a stronger idle, pick-up-and-play feel

  • Mini Settlers

  • Green Project

  • Forager

  • Reshaping Mars

  • Mercury Fallen

  • Miniland Adventure: Prologue

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Farlanders: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Fantasy, Thrill, Story. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival, Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Idle.

Last update: 21/08/2026