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2012PCSteam Deck playable89 % positive8.19 €

As a space explorer with a jetpack, you explore Martian caverns and build a working ecosystem out of strange alien life. Understanding how the organisms interact drives the puzzles and gradually reveals the planet's past.

Sci-fi setting
Puzzles and brain teasers
Lots to discover
Cosy, great for unwinding

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The closest matches for Waking Mars are Europa, Viewfinder and Mushroom 11. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Waking Mars special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Europa

86 %Match

2024PCNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified89 % positive14.79 €

As the android Zee you explore a painterly terraformed moon and the ruins of a fallen utopia. Gliding, flying and gentle puzzles carry a calm, atmospheric story about the last human alive.

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Viewfinder

Pure single-player experience

You snap photos with an instant camera and then place them in the world, turning the images into real paths, bridges and platforms. The result is a series of inventive perspective puzzles in a stylish sci-fi setting.

Mushroom 11

Pure single-player experience

You guide a shapeless organism by erasing its cells, and that is how you move through a ruined world. The unusual control scheme turns each puzzle into a creative experiment.

Saira

Sci-fi setting

A metroidvania-style puzzle platformer where photographer Saira, seemingly the last person in the galaxy, explores alien worlds. Its look is built from high-resolution photographs, giving it a mysterious atmosphere.

Scrap Garden

Sci-fi setting

A charming puzzle-platformer where you guide a small robot named Canny through an abandoned, frozen city, uncovering the mystery of why everything stopped.

Iconoclasts

Strong, story-driven narrative

As mechanic Robin you shoot, jump and wrench your way through a crumbling world. This pixel-art adventure stands out with tough boss fights and a personal story about faith and purpose.

Hiiro

Cosy, great for unwinding

Hiiro is a calm 2D platformer where you wander alone through forgotten ruins and solve environmental puzzles. Meditative music and a mysterious sense of solitude create a relaxed, contemplative mood.

Poncho

Sci-fi setting

A pixel-art platformer in which a small robot explores a world left behind by extinct humanity. Its signature twist is hopping between foreground and background layers to solve puzzles and reach new areas.

The Swapper

Sci-fi setting

An atmospheric puzzle platformer where you create clones of yourself and swap between them to solve puzzles on an abandoned space station. Its handcrafted, claustrophobic look and philosophical story about consciousness and identity set it apart.

SteamWorld Dig 2

Accessible and relaxed

A Metroidvania where you play a steambot digging through the earth, uncovering treasure and secrets while upgrading your gear. Digging, platforming and puzzles mesh smoothly, making exploration highly compelling.

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