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Terraformers
Developer Asteroid Lab
Terraform Mars in this turn-based colony builder and resource management game with roguelike elements. Explore the planet, develop spectacular cities, spread life and turn the Red Planet into a green one! From the Steam store page
219 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
89
LovedLoved
166 positive · 21 negative
95% range 83–93%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 166 | 21 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 8 | 0 | 11 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Mastodon * | 2 | 0 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
1,873 of 2,107 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
89% recommend · 162 yes, 20 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 182 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (3,329 of 3,769 positive).
Players praise the game's relaxing atmosphere and engaging card-based mechanics. [1][2][3] Some find the game becomes repetitive after many hours due to limited variety. [4][5][6] A few reviewers criticize the lack of a true simulation feel and rushed endgame. [7][6][8]
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- [6]
I would have thought a "terraform Mars" game such as this would a relaxing experience, and at the end of the day you can finally marvel upon your handiwork and see the fully settled and terraformed Mars. Nope, there's no such luck. Every single game mode is rush rush rush hurry hurry hurry. Go faster. Do it under x-turns. Etc. Then when you complete the objective(s) the game abruptly ends, and you've barely settled …
- [1]
One of the best colony builders i've ever played. So much replayability, plus challenging missions, managing scarce resources and card-driven projects is really engaging and fun. Music and ambient sounds never get boring.
- [2]
I keep coming back to this one. It's a relaxing Sunday evening game for me. The hopeful sci-fi vibe and chill music give it a nice atmosphere. I always feel like I have tough choices to make, but nothing feels overly stressful. And uber props for including a pdf of an honest to gob INSTRUCTION MANUAL with the game. + Relaxing atmosphere + ton of difficulty options + clean, easy to use interface + simple, easy to …
- [13]
This is a Euro-style (planning and resource allocation) board game adaptation. If you like this kind of games you'll love it. The game feels very well balanced so truly a long sequence of interesting choices. Feels great when a long term plan comes together and you see the engine you've been building in action. If you've never played such board games, you'll complain about the "RNG of the card based rogue like …
- [5]
Terraformers offers a calm, strategic take on Mars colonization with clear systems, a good pace, and a pleasant presentation. The soundtrack and atmosphere work well, and the theme is engaging. After around 27 hours, I found the gameplay enjoyable but somewhat repetitive once the core loop becomes familiar. The graphics are solid for this type of game, though a more detailed city or colony view would add a lot to …
Summarised from 34 of the 218 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 12, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
89% of the 182 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Terraformers. The complaint that keeps coming up: endgame arrives too quickly, limiting late-game content. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
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60 of 219 · most liked firstTurn-based Strategy Games: 4X (Civilization, Endless Space etc) and much more (Terraformers, Rebuild etc.).... [email protected] Discussions, reviews, videos about 4X games like Civilization and other strategy games, both purely turn-based and ones with hybrid systems. I regularly contributed to [email protected], but since it was pretty small, I decided to open a new community on Piefed.
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neutral · AI labelView post →I find the "simulation" tag - the one that's listed first - so incredibly misplaced. This has nothing to do with a classic simulation game. And it's not atmospheric either. There is no story, no breathtaking graphics, no character to advance, nothing to really be invested in, nothing that makes you feel anything. And this game is also not what you would typically expect when you hear the title "terraformers". The most prominent tags on this game should be - in that order - Roguelike, Card…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I would have thought a "terraform Mars" game such as this would a relaxing experience, and at the end of the day you can finally marvel upon your handiwork and see the fully settled and terraformed Mars. Nope, there's no such luck. Every single game mode is rush rush rush hurry hurry hurry. Go faster. Do it under x-turns. Etc. Then when you complete the objective(s) the game abruptly ends, and you've barely settled 1/4 the planet. The extensive cards seemingly held so much promise and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the best colony builders i've ever played. So much replayability, plus challenging missions, managing scarce resources and card-driven projects is really engaging and fun. Music and ambient sounds never get boring.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice, relaxing game, at least in my 15 h of gameplay. Honestly, I have only 3 eh gripes with it. I would love to see how bacteria change the landscape. I would love to see animals. Because I win too fast. I won probably 5 games on very high difficulty and always won before getting an animal. This sounds like the whole point of a game. Is that Melania in the game? That lost explorer that can become a leader? She is from my country, but I do not appreciate seeing Trump's propaganda in my games,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love this game. I think at this point I seen most of what it has to offer, but that was a lot. I am excited to see what this developer does next.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fanatical Prestige Bundle Includes Deathloop, Elder Scrolls Online, And More. ``` Deathloop (Steam Deck Verified) River City Girls 2 (Steam Deck Playable) The Elder Scrolls Online Collection: High Isle Shantae and the Seven Sirens (Steam Deck Verified) The Mortuary Assistant (Steam Deck Verified) Blacktail (Steam Deck Verified) RWBY: Arrowfell Inkulinati (Steam Deck Verified) One Lonely Outpost (Steam Deck Playable) Deadlink (Steam Deck Playable)…
neutral · AI labelView post →A fun domino idea but mid to late game lack of polish. You need to pull tiles and combine them to achieve objectives that can be completely irrelevant to terraforming. For example, in one of game modes you get max score for stacking resources (stack mines). In another game mode primarily your housing score matter (stack houses). It is fun idea but I have to rate it down, because mid to late game it lack polish. For example, the game can suggest me "bee colony" projects while my planet has no…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I keep coming back to this one. It's a relaxing Sunday evening game for me. The hopeful sci-fi vibe and chill music give it a nice atmosphere. I always feel like I have tough choices to make, but nothing feels overly stressful. And uber props for including a pdf of an honest to gob INSTRUCTION MANUAL with the game. + Relaxing atmosphere + ton of difficulty options + clean, easy to use interface + simple, easy to manage turn loop that still allows for tough choices + instruction…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Terraformers, the "single-player 4X" about colonizing Mars, releases their Megastructures DLC.
neutral · AI labelView post →Buy. This. Game. I've recommended this game to people in person, and I can honestly say it is one of my favourite games.. These are game developers worth supporting, IMO of course, and its cost is low compared to the amount of joy (and at times, frustration) I've gotten from playing it. You can learn much from playing this game. You build intuition through an iterative process where yes, some starts are doomed to fail and it isn't worth seeing it to its end, but other times the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →can play this multiple times over and try to repeat the same process and never get the same result, great variety of play through
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is the 28th already! Just a few days left, and today's prize is a copy of the game "Terraformers "as a Steam global key. To enter, all you have to do is like this post by December 31st 09:00 PHT
neutral · AI labelView post →[Fanatical] Platinum Collection - Build your own Bundle - April 2025. Buy 3-4 games for $3.33 ea | 5-6 games for $3.00 ea | 7+ games for $2.85 ea - Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure - Bramble: The Mountain King - Bravery and Greed - Dance of Cards - Death Trick: Double Blind - DreadHaunt - King Of The Castle - Koboo: The Tree Spirit - Moons Of Darsalon - My Lovely Daughter + Reborn DLC Double Pack - Parkasaurus - SteamWorld Build - Tales from Candleforth - Terraformers - The Lord…
neutral · AI labelView post →So, I think my main problem with this game is that after every session I play, I hate myself. ...let's dig into that. It's not a terrible game concept and I can see it having a niche where people enjoy it. It's an optimization puzzle with the feel of a 4x game, so if you want to play something that looks like a civilization game, but are typically too burned out to deal with that many interlocking systems, or just want a different way to feel like you’re steadily extending your control…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you like one-more-turn strategy and euro-style board games this game is a masterpiece.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This would be a great 5 dollar game. A single run is couple hours. Do 1-3 and you've seen 90%+ of the game. It just doesn't have enough content/depth to justify its price. All the game modes/objectives play the same. The only difficulty scale is the "support" mechanic which is unengaging. There is no resource consumption (except playing cards), no production chains, no real tech tree... The teraforming is also way too simple. Build a couple teraforming buildings, wait 20/30 turns done. Again…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is fantastic. Later scenarios can be sooooo hard, but it's always fun, if you crack the code and win. It's incredibly rewarding to win. I love this game, and for what it costs, you'll get hours of fun out of it. I'd definitely recommend it, and I also recommend - if you really want to get it - go for the bundle with all DLC, it is SO worth it. Very unlike other games, losing never feels like the RNG just took a dump on you. Yes, you can get very unlucky, but it always seems to balance out…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Let’s try something different here: I’m live on Twitch. I’m playing a very chill turn based game called Terraformers. www.twitch.tv/raytings maybe I’ll help you fall asleep while you dream of colonizing mars.
neutral · AI labelView post →A game this simple should not have bugs, but this one has at least a couple of significant glitches. After beating the first scenario, I decided to continue my game to complete the terraforming process to see how that ended. The first problem arose when I'd select a base, only to find I couldn't zoom out to the planet view again with my keyboard as I'd been doing. I had to click on an unrelated UI element to bounce back out again. Then, the worst issue came when I exited the game. It had…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Kinda boring. Most of the game is locked behind benchmarks you have to hit. It makes you play the game repeatedly until you score enough "points" to unlock higher stuff, then rinse/repeat. Its an ok game until you have to start playing games ad naseum, just to unlock more of it. No real replayability since its all the same thing.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good Game for a casual gamer. Due to the turn based character, there is no time pressure for every turn. It has limited, but reasonal undo functionality during a turn. For me it provides enough choices and possibilities to continue gaming. Don't expect action but a game with sufficient depth variations for many gaming sessions. Steam Deck verified without problems is not true, since there a city maps which don't let you reach the building spot in the rear left. Those maps have been introduced…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Me too! I've been using Steam on Linux for a while, but thanks to American fuckery, I've had to experiment with leveraging Proton in Heroic to play GOG games. It's pretty smooth though. I installed Disco Elysium this morning and it Just Worked™. I then went ahead and bought a bunch of indie games: Dorfromantik, Frostpunk, and Terraformers in GOG's own Sumner sale. Not Canadian games mind you, but also not American ;-)
neutral · AI labelView post →What you see, if what you get, a sort of boardgame planing simulation the pricing is fair on a good sale, I did however get the base game from a random bundle somewhere a few years ago so I only had to pick up the DLC still trying to find some time to actually finish the game but it's pretty solid. Most bugs and issues are fixed, there really are no complains from me.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →OVERALL RATING: 9/10 I found this game surprisingly addictive. If you want a casual game that you can play at your own pace or you are into city/base building, like Frustpunk, where your choices matter, then this game is for you. Luckily, regardless if you don't make the right choices in your first play through, you will continue to unlock new technologies that make each successive playthrough more enjoyable and exciting. I highly recommend this game - it's one of my favorites when I simply…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's not a bad game by any means, I'd rather post a natural review if had an option, it's pretty well-polished and it has an original concept but it just feels limited. There's a single metric that you need to care about: public support. No matter what winning condition you choose there's no real variety in the strategic approach. Not much is going on during the game, a couple of random events and the support modifier deteriorating with time. I went through hard and insane levels and both were…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →new DLC dropped, so I'm playing some TERRAFORMERS. I don't take terraforming seriously as an idea, but as a super hi-tech future lark like this game? that's fine. very relaxing & low key.. up until your support vanishes, anyway! 😅 lovely music. #GameSky 🎮
positive · AI labelView post →I gave this little game 67.5 hours of my life so far. And that's without DLC's. If you like resource management, and the theme, buy it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It’s a great short and quick strategy game that offers interesting and nail-biting decisions on every turn. The mechanics are very boardgame-esque and tight. Higher difficulties offer some actual challenge which is refreshing to see because it has become so rare these days. Make no mistake as this is not a base builder but a quick race to the finish to complete your mission before everything falls apart.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Early levels are just hard enough to keep you interested, but difficulty goes up very fast in mid-levels. The challenge is more than a bit adictive. Highly reccomend joining the community threads for thoughtful tips.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a Euro-style (planning and resource allocation) board game adaptation. If you like this kind of games you'll love it. The game feels very well balanced so truly a long sequence of interesting choices. Feels great when a long term plan comes together and you see the engine you've been building in action. If you've never played such board games, you'll complain about the "RNG of the card based rogue like whatever" nonsense. In this type of board games, you have a lot of options every…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For the first 15-20h game is GREAT It's a card-based economic game and it's great because it introduces randomness into each game, but... the longer you play, the more cards you unlock and the more administrators you have. So after 20 hours you can start the game at -3 Celsius, you get administrators who give you animals (which you can't use) and cards to build things. You have no materials ;( . Other card games let you set a DECK sadly you cant do that in this game so you have to re-roll…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →how can you possibly design ui this unappealing
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I enjoyed this game. Completed 3 scenarios + tutorial. While it is opening more content the more you play, it feels like it is the same again after the first few. Time to move onto another in the long backlog of games
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Some cool SD verified games nobody mentioned yet: - Hades - Cult of the Lamb - Potion Craft (really great gamepad support) - Against the Storm (though the controls take a while to get used to) - Griftlands - Terraformers
neutral · AI labelView post →Terraformers - Teaser Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games. A Turn-based Colony Sim. Going to keep an eye on it.
neutral · AI labelView post →This is a good game, well-polished and -designed. It is just not my type of game. What I expect is a civilization-like 4X colonization game, but it is not. it is more like a card game with puzzle solving. Each scenario represents a puzzle, you manage the resources and choose carefully each step (ability, explore and building cards) to reach the final victory. It is certainly fun for a certain type of players.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A good time-killer, doesn't require too much attention
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Terraformers is basically a complex Avalon Hill style board game. At least that is what it would look like if the computer would not make that complexity bearable, that forced AV to put an ungodly number of small cardboard pieces into some of their games. Even without its three DLCs the game already shows an enormous depth as so many factors can be utilized to pave the path to a victory. However, the game is even playable on normal difficulty if the player is not really willing to go into this…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a real gem for fans of roguelikes. I'd describe it as a roguelike 3x game. Like a mix of Frostpunk and Civ 6. Like all great games in this genre, there is a ramping effect that that you need to stay ahead of. You need to make calculated short term tactical decisions to take advantage of - or mitigate - the effects of randomness. There are multiple viable strategies to guide your short-term decisions. I know I'm just describing what a roguelike is at this point, but that is what…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →better than civ
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In my second game of Terraformers, I had gotten so lost in the sauce that my Steam Deck shut off on me. While reading the lore and quality of life improvements you can offer your Martian folk, I somehow ignored all the low battery warnings. Your only enemy in this game is natural disasters and you being bad at governance. The way things should be. Terraformers gives you all the chill explore, expand, exploit parts of CIvilization, without exterminate and a card-based building system. It's…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly it's just kind of boring. It's like playing a civilization game but without all the fun mechanics like research and diplomacy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is the right level of challenging and one of the best resource management games I've played recently.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am going to nuke Mars's Poles for the sake of humanity again
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →very interesting game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I made mars look like San Fransico, but without the homeless people. 10 / 10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun 4X rougelite deck builder... in spaaace! Lot of mechanics may be inspired by titles such as: Slipways (2021) - instead of managing resources between different planets, here it's only Mars' climate zones and later its moons. Civilization: Beyond Earth (2014) - I may be wrong but a lot of UI icons and music give simillar vibes. Those were arguably the best elements of that divisive entry in the Civilization series. Terra Nil (2023) - both games were in development for several overlapping…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The UI made me cry. Edit: also, 2 years later, the devs never bothered to resupply the keys that they oversold during the HB April 2024 monthly. Yet they keep providing keys for other bundles and even AWA GAs.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Quite surprised by this one. Feels like a 4x roguelike. Its a simple concept, but with a ton of depth and a lot of replayability. Easily worth the price and enough content to get quite a few hours out of it. I did pick up the megastructures DLC and think it adds another good layer and would recommend that one too.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice, short session length strategy game with enough depth and theme to stay compelling
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Terraformers offers a calm, strategic take on Mars colonization with clear systems, a good pace, and a pleasant presentation. The soundtrack and atmosphere work well, and the theme is engaging. After around 27 hours, I found the gameplay enjoyable but somewhat repetitive once the core loop becomes familiar. The graphics are solid for this type of game, though a more detailed city or colony view would add a lot to immersion. Overall, it’s a well-made strategy game with a relaxing flow, even…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very beautiful and interesting terraforming game revolving around using cards to build up colonies, combining adjacencies to get massive resource production boosts. Trading excess resources to complete missions giving you one-time upgrades or terraforming progress or in to get other resources to build special, higher-tier buildings to improve your resource generation. Eventually, once you progress your terraforming process far enough via importing water from other planets, or increasing the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Players and Terraformers... 💻 Minecraft Players: Open issues with features you’d love to see. 🌐 Terraform Users: Go sling some HCL! Test the provider and create modules for epic in-game architectures.
neutral · AI labelView post →The overpowered expectation mechanic, which is evidently luck-based, ruins a game which could otherwise have been fantastic. The graphics are good, the music isn't bad, the baseline premise is interesting, and it's all ruined by a simply ridiculous decision to RNG a core mechanic. I got this game at a major discount during a sale - and I still paid too much.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Days 21 & 22 of #100DaysOfGaming was more Terraformers. I'm trying to make smaller colonies on other planets for the latest scenario. I'm playing an 1 hr of gaming for 100 days leading up to #ExtraLife Game Day in Nov. Support me to #changekidshealth: www.extra-life.org/participant/...
neutral · AI labelView post →As I keep playing and playing Timberborn, I realize why I enjoyed @annaleen.bsky.social's Terraformers so much. If I could just get a Terraforming game with Flying Sentient Mooses, I would be set. Also, too, a new Terraformers novel.
neutral · AI labelView post →Dawnmaker is a crunchy roguelite board game. The game is quick to learn and has some real depth. It's no pushover either; it gets challenging fast. There's a meta loop here so you always feel like you're progressing. If you liked Terraformers, you'll love this. store.steampowered.com/app/2749100/...
neutral · AI labelView post →It's time to try out a new game tonight, this time Terraformers! I love stories about humanity going to Mars, and board games, so I think this'll be really fun. twitch.tv/arraxis #VTuber #ENVtuber #ShrineRunners
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