Play Mars Colony

Choose your crater. Land. Build.

Free on iPhone in the Roam app. Android coming soon.

Before you build anything, you pick where to land. Site 1 of 5 is Jezero Crater, with a short description, a star rating and a warning tag for dust storms. Press LAND, bring your lander down and start building and managing a colony on the red plain. Mars Colony is a Mars colony game for players who like to plan, played free in the Roam app on iPhone.

Getting your colony started

Flip through the landing sites with the left and right arrows.
Read each site card: its description, stars and hazards such as dust storms.
Tap LAND to bring your lander down.
Build and manage your colony from that first landing spot.

Why the landing choice matters

Five landing sites, each with its own card and hazard tags
A detailed 3D lander on a hazy Martian plain
A builder game with a calm pace
Real Mars place names, starting with Jezero Crater

Next to games like Surviving Mars

Surviving Mars made the genre famous on PC and console: pick a site, land, and keep a colony alive. Mars Colony follows the same opening, down to choosing between sites with different hazards.

It is a phone-sized take, built around taps and menus instead of a mouse.

Picking your first site

Jezero Crater is the first site on the list, and it is a real place: NASA's Perseverance rover landed there in 2021. Its card flags dust storms, so read the tags before you commit.

Flip through all five sites before you press LAND. Each card is short, and comparing them takes only a few seconds.

What to expect from a Mars colony game on a phone

A Mars colony game is about planning more than reflexes. You choose a site, weigh the risks and build something that has to last. Mars Colony keeps that slow, thoughtful pace, which suits short sessions where you check in, make a few choices and leave.

It also suits space fans. The landing site names come from real Mars geography, starting with a crater NASA picked for its own rover.

Mars Colony FAQ

How much is Mars Colony?

It is free. Mars Colony runs in the Roam app on iPhone at no charge.

Is Mars Colony like Surviving Mars?

It starts the same way: choose a landing site, land and build. It is a smaller Mars colony game made for a phone.

How many landing sites are there?

Five. You switch between them with arrows, and each has its own description and hazards. Read them all before you land, because the choice is made before you build anything.

Is Jezero Crater a real place?

Yes. It is a crater on Mars where NASA's Perseverance rover landed in February 2021.

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Play Mars Colony free in the Roam app.