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Occupy Mars: The Game

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2026

Should you play it?

Survive and colonize Mars in a highly technical, open-world sandbox game. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, and fix broken parts.

What works

  • Immersive mars survival experience
  • Complex base building and resource management
  • Active developer support and frequent updates
  • Challenging and rewarding progression
  • Large explorable environment with ruins

Things to keep in mind

  • Early access bugs and performance issues
  • Tedious grinding and slow progression pacing
  • Clunky controls and animations
  • Limited guidance and tutorial clarity
  • Lack of multiplayer/co-op at present

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Star Shelter

  • Forever Skies

  • Subnautica

  • Nighthold: Number 1

  • Occupy Mars: Prologue (2020)

  • The Planet Crafter: Prologue

More violent

Games that feels like Occupy Mars: The Game but with more combat and destruction

  • System Shock

  • The Spotter: Dig or Die

  • ADACA

  • Plains of Pain

  • Cargo Hunters

  • Deadline Escape

Less social

Games that feels like Occupy Mars: The Game but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Blossom: The Seed of Life

  • Subnautica: Below Zero

  • Astrometica: Prologue

  • Breathedge

  • Space Trash Scavenger

  • AETHUS

More fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like Occupy Mars: The Game but with a stronger sense of community

  • ICARUS

  • Ocean World: Eden Crafters Prologue

  • Eden Crafters

  • ASTRONEER

  • Beyond Contact

  • Scrap Mechanic

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Occupy Mars: The Game: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026