Mars Tomorrow

free-to-play, with microtransactions (?)

Mars Tomorrow is a browser-based strategy and management game built around the long-term challenge of establishing a human settlement on Mars. Players develop infrastructure, manage resources, research technologies and work toward making an inhospitable planet slightly less interested in killing everybody. The emphasis is on gradual progression and planning, with different systems interacting as the colony expands. The science-fiction setting gives familiar browser-game mechanics a more ambitious context, while the persistent structure encourages players to return regularly and continue developing their settlement. Mars Tomorrow is therefore less about frantic action and more about building something sustainable in an environment where 'fresh air' is not exactly included in the starter package.

“Mars Tomorrow is a tycoon simulation that challenges you to establish a human colony and guarantee your population’s satisfaction and well-being. Before you know it, you will have created an earth-like atmosphere on Mars with the help of greenhouse gases. Sooner than later, there will even be clouds, rain, rivers, and lakes that will turn Mars into a habitable world. Naturally, this will pose even further problems to your colony. Your vehicles were made for a desert environment. You have to constantly produce more resources to rebuild your rovers and make them suitable for the new environment.” - Game Fabrik