Games like Waking Mars
Looking for games like Waking Mars? indielist surfaces 12 similar indie games by shared genre and Steam tags, ranked by review count. Waking Mars is a action game from 2012; the closest matches share its tags and audience. The top match by reviews is Terraria with 1,248,833 Steam reviews. Each game links to a white-box sales estimate you can audit. Matches are computed from tracked Steam data, not editorial opinion.
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Terraria
2011 · Action
1,248,833 reviews · 97% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into open world survival craft.
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Rust
2018 · Action
1,177,744 reviews · 87% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into survival.
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Phasmophobia
2020 · Action
686,365 reviews · 94% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into horror.
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Geometry Dash
2014 · Action
610,676 reviews · 93% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into difficult.
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ARK: Survival Evolved
2017 · Action
588,806 reviews · 83% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into open world survival craft.
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The Forest
2018 · Action
584,276 reviews · 96% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into open world survival craft.
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Hollow Knight
2017 · Action
507,684 reviews · 97% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into metroidvania.
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Valheim
2026 · Action
476,008 reviews · 93% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into open world survival craft.
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Palworld
2026 · Action
417,193 reviews · 95% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into open world.
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Lethal Company
2023 · Action
412,094 reviews · 97% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into online co-op.
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The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
2014 · Action
393,010 reviews · 97% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: leans more into action roguelike.
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Hollow Knight: Silksong
2025 · Action
390,725 reviews · 90% positive
Same: same action focus. Different: a 2025 take.
Frequently asked questions
- What games are like Waking Mars?
- indielist matches 12 indie games to Waking Mars by shared genre and Steam tags, led by Terraria (1,248,833 reviews). The list is ranked by review count.
- How are "games like Waking Mars" chosen?
- By overlap of Steam tags and primary genre with Waking Mars, weighted by review count as a popularity signal. It is computed from tracked data, not hand-picked, and updates as the catalog grows.