Per Aspera similar games & best alternatives

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Per Aspera

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2020

Should you play it?

Make Mars your own! Take control of the world’s most sophisticated AI (AMI) and terraform the surface of the Red Planet for a city-building experience on a planetary scale. Transform this barren world into a lush paradise and explore the surface for any ancient secrets that may be waiting.

What works

  • Compelling sci-fi story with multiple endings
  • Immersive mars terraforming and colony building
  • Atmospheric visuals and sound design
  • Accessible yet strategic gameplay
  • Continuous developer support and dlc

Things to keep in mind

  • Slow pacing and repetitive late game
  • Logistics ai and resource transport issues
  • Limited tutorial and ui quality of life features
  • Minimal combat and multiplayer depth
  • Some narrative interruptions and pacing flaws

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Mercury Fallen

  • Reshaping Mars

  • The Universim

  • Vanguard Galaxy

  • Space Architect

  • Synergy

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Per Aspera but with less leadership over others

  • Farlanders

  • Creeper World: Anniversary Edition

  • Duskers

  • Plan B: Terraform

  • Farlanders: Prologue

  • Lyca

Less idle-friendly

Games that feels like Per Aspera but with less of an idle filler feel

  • Terraformers

  • Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal

  • Slipways

  • NITE Team 4 - Military Hacking Division

  • Odd Realm

  • After Inc: Revival

More competitive

Games that feels like Per Aspera but with more competition against others

  • Terra Invicta

  • Polaris Sector

  • Imagine Earth

  • The Last Starship

  • Making History: The Great War

  • Terraforming Mars

More violent

Games that feels like Per Aspera but with more combat and destruction

  • Particle Fleet: Emergence

  • RimWorld

  • Command: Modern Operations

  • Age of History 2: Definitive Edition

  • Infection Free Zone

  • Shortest Trip to Earth

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Per Aspera: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Fantasy, Thrill, Story. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Leadership, Cooperation.

Last update: 21/08/2026