Terraforming Mars
The taming of the Red Planet has begun! Corporations are competing to transform Mars into a habitable planet by spending vast resources and using innovative technology to raise temperature, create a breathable atmosphere, and make oceans of water. As terraforming progresses, more and more people will immigrate from Earth to live on the Red Planet.
What it feels like
The game treats the ambitious goal of terraforming with sincere, unironic commitment rather than irony.
What it's about
The game is set entirely on Mars with technology-driven terraforming as its core narrative and mechanical premise. The setting is a near-future version of Mars with plausible technology extrapolated from present-day science.
How it plays
Spending vast resources and budgeting them across competing terraforming priorities is the foundational gameplay loop. Corporations expand infrastructure, exploit resources, and develop technology across a planetary map in pursuit of dominance. Reshaping Mars's environment—raising temperature, creating atmosphere, forming oceans—is the literal central mechanic.
How it's structured
The game has a defined end state where Mars becomes fully terraformed, providing a bounded narrative arc. Corporations compete directly against each other to achieve terraforming milestones and dominate resource acquisition. Games require multiple hours to complete a full terraforming campaign, indicating substantial scope per session.
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