Terraforming Mars

Terraforming Mars: Colonize the Red Planet!

Terraforming Mars is an expert hand-management and engine-building game designed by Jacob Fryxelius and published by Intrafin in 2016. Players take on the role of megacorporations looking to make the most of terraforming Mars. As soon as it was published, the game was an instant hit and has been a classic ever since. Complex and deep, each round offers a number of dilemmas when it comes to the combinations to be built, for an infinite number of possible strategies!

In Terraforming Mars, you play as corporations striving to increase the planet's temperature, oxygen levels and water content, while becoming rich and influential.

Each round is made up of numerous choices, where you have to create combinations of projects to multiply your sources of resources and money. There are many strategies to choose from, in a race to reach your goals where management comes into its own.

To find out more about the rules, strategies and different versions of Terraforming Mars, check out our Terraforming Mars Guide.

Extensions: Mars from every angle

Terraforming Mars has undergone numerous expansions. Some slightly modify the rules or increase content, others add radically new mechanics. Special packs allow you to change the face of the Mars you conquer, turning your habits upside down. Enough to play for centuries without playing the same game twice!

The Terraforming Mars universe: New challenges

Terraforming Mars is renowned for its complexity, but slightly lighter versions have been developed for faster play. 

• Expedition Ares and its extensions offer a totally new challenge, where you have to juggle the 5 phases of each turn. 
• Terraforming Mars, the Dice Game simplifies the resource mechanics of Terraforming Mars to dice rolls!