Building Cities on the Red Planet
With the right resources, it's possible to build even more advanced structures, such as farms and polymer factories.

Surviving Mars
Colonizing Mars is in our future, but why wait?
Pros: Engrossing beginning keeps the player busy with many buildings and tasks to attend to.
Cons: Once the initial base is set up, the middle part of the game is a slog, and the game expects the player to want to play multiple times!
Bottom Line: Lots of potential and perhaps much better in a year or so of updates; use this in a class about space exploration and the harsh realities of colonization.
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