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Reshaping Mars

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2023

Should you play it?

「Reshaping Mars」is a colony simulation game on Mars, you will start by gathering resources, storing food, accepting immigrants, and building a better colony together. Develop powerful technologies for Mars Reshaping, make Mars great agai..sorry, just great. Don't forget to make the residents happy.

What works
  • Deep and complex resource and colony management
  • Realistic mars exploration and terraforming mechanics
  • Engaging narrative and event system
  • Good value for price
  • Active developer engagement and updates (historically)
Things to keep in mind
  • Performance issues and bugs especially late game
  • Ui and controls can be clunky and unintuitive
  • High micromanagement and grind in mid to late game
  • Graphics and audio are basic and sometimes annoying
  • Limited multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • IXION

  • The Universim

  • Per Aspera

  • One Military Camp

  • Children of the Nile: Enhanced Edition

  • Timberborn

  • Wildlife Park 2

  • Endzone - A World Apart

  • Sintopia

Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • The Final Earth 2

  • Coffee Shop Tycoon

  • Solargene

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Reshaping Mars: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Fantasy, Violence, Story, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Why this game works

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

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  • Experimenting

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  • Exploration

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  • Fantasy

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  • Leadership

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  • Progression

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  • Relaxation

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