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Mars Power Industries Deluxe

PC (Microsoft Windows), Linux, Mac, Xbox One • 2019

Should you play it?

Mysterious puzzle inspired by 2001:Space Odyssey. Manage resources, solve challenging puzzles and uncover what lies beneath the surface! Year after year, strange happenings plague our tiny colony, darkness devours Mars. Your job as an Electrician? Bring light where darkness reigns!

What works
  • Relaxing and accessible puzzle gameplay
  • Well-designed progressive mechanics
  • Pleasant pixel art and music
  • Good value for price
  • Ample content with bonus levels and collectibles
Things to keep in mind
  • Minimal and unclear story
  • Ui and controls sometimes clunky
  • Some puzzles rely on trial and error
  • Short overall playtime
  • Lack of replay value after completion

What to play next

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Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • CrossCells

  • Tales of the Orient: The Rising Sun

  • Tiny Room Stories: Town Mystery

  • Escape From Mystwood Mansion

  • Alice's Patchwork

  • Logiart Grimoire

  • Feed All Monsters

  • Glass Masquerade 2: Illusions

  • Linelith
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Tales of the Orient: The Rising Sun

  • Alice's Patchwork

  • Logiart Grimoire
If you liked…

Recommendations by what you enjoyed most

  • Autonomy

    Hyper Chess
  • Relaxation

    Voxelgram
  • Value

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Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

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

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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