Terraforming Mars

Name: Terraforming Mars
Price: 3.19 USD
Rating: 4.5 (7298 reviews)
Author: Twin Sails Interactive

The strategy game on Mars

$3.19 · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad

7.3K Ratings
Ages

13+
Years
Category

Board
Developer

Twin Sails Interactive
Language

EN
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Size

368.8
MB

CREATE LIFE ON MARS Lead a corporation and launch ambitious Mars terraforming projects. Direct massive construction works, manage and use your resources, create cities, forests and oceans, and set rewards and objectives to win the game! In Terraforming Mars, place your cards on the board and use them wisely: - Achieve a high Terraform Rating, by increasing the temperature and oxygen level or creating oceans... Make the planet habitable for future generations! - Get Victory Points by building cities, infrastructure and other ambitious projects. - But watch out! Rival corporations will try to slow you down... That's a nice forest you planted there... It'd be a shame if an asteroid crashed right on it. Will you be able to lead humanity into a new era? The terraforming race begins now! Features: • The official adaptation of Jacob Fryxelius' famous board game. • Mars for all: Play against the computer or challenge up to 5 players in multiplayer mode, online or offline. • Game variant: Try the rules of the Corporate Era for a more complex game. With the addition of new cards, including 2 new corporations, focused on economy and technology, you will discover one of the most strategic variants of the game! • Solo Challenge: Finish terraforming Mars before the end of generation 14. Try new rules and features in the most challenging Solo mode on the (red) planet. DLCs: • Speed up your game with the Prelude expansion, adding a new phase at the start of the game to specialize your corporation and boost your early game. It also introduces new cards, corporations and a new solo challenge. • Explore a new side of Mars with the Hellas & Elysium maps, each bringing a new set of twists, awards and milestones. From the Southern Wilds to the Other Face of Mars, the taming of the Red Planet continues. • Add the Venus board to your game, with a new Solar phase to hasten your games. Shake up Terraforming Mars with the Morning Star expansion, featuring new cards, corporations, and resources! • Spice up the game with 7 new cards from the Original Promo Pack: Includes everything from the microbe-oriented corporation Splice to the game-changing Self-Replication Robot project. * Try the Big Box Promo Pack and its 23 cards to raise the level even higher. Play as the expert-only Pharmacy Union or enjoy the more relaxed Astrodrill corporation with this DLC! * Establish outposts and trade with them in Colonies! Featuring 49 project cards, 5 corporations, and a whole new game system, Colonies is the most content-packed DLC to date! Languages available: French, English, German, Spanish, Italian, Swedish Having an issue? Looking for support? Please contact us: https://asmodee.helpshift.com/ Find all the latest news for Terraforming Mars on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TwinSailsInt Twitter: https://twitter.com/TwinSailsInt YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/twinsailsinteractive © Twin Sails Interactive 2019. © FryxGames 2016. Terraforming Mars™ is a trademark of FryxGames. Developed by Artefact Studio.

Ratings & Reviews

4.5

out of 5

7.3K Ratings

Great adaptation of the real thing
04/18/2020

Joe Nathan Scott
Hey devs, I hope you’re doing well and thanks for all your hard work on making my favorite board game available for my iOS devices. I’ve literally played this game hundreds of times irl and online and I would like to ask if it would be possible to let the user decide the time restraints based off of 15 min intervals. So if I wanted to set the game for 1 hour and 15 min it would be easy to do so. Also there have been plenty of games where I was just moments away from seeing the score and I timed out and I felt like 2 hours of my life were wasted. Would it be possible to allow your opponents to grant you more time when you’re going to time out? Especially in private games when I’m playing with my friends. And finally there have been public games were my opponent leaves mid game with over half an hour left on his timer. I then have to wait half an hour for his timer to run out before the AI takes over. Can you give players a 5 min window to make their move and if they don’t make it they forfeit their rounds for that generation?I also wanted you to know that I would be willing to pay extra to play with the expansions. Jonathan Gomez
Great adaptation of the real thing
04/18/2020

Joe Nathan Scott

Hey devs, I hope you’re doing well and thanks for all your hard work on making my favorite board game available for my iOS devices. I’ve literally played this game hundreds of times irl and online and I would like to ask if it would be possible to let the user decide the time restraints based off of 15 min intervals. So if I wanted to set the game for 1 hour and 15 min it would be easy to do so. Also there have been plenty of games where I was just moments away from seeing the score and I timed out and I felt like 2 hours of my life were wasted. Would it be possible to allow your opponents to grant you more time when you’re going to time out? Especially in private games when I’m playing with my friends. And finally there have been public games were my opponent leaves mid game with over half an hour left on his timer. I then have to wait half an hour for his timer to run out before the AI takes over. Can you give players a 5 min window to make their move and if they don’t make it they forfeit their rounds for that generation?I also wanted you to know that I would be willing to pay extra to play with the expansions. Jonathan Gomez
A good start
01/02/2021

RealColdSpicy
I’m a huge fan of the tabletop version of this game. I am by no means an expert on Terraforming Mars but I consider it among my favorite board games in my collection. Naturally, when I saw there was an iOS version of this game I jumped on it. I bought this game with the goal of having something to pick up from time to time when I have lulls in my free time and primarily play against AI opponents.All in all I really think they did the tabletop version of the game justice with this release. Unfortunately, the AI in this game appears to be rushed. I have played 10 games now on the the easiest AI setting and have yet to be able to come close to beating them. It seems despite being labeled as “Easy AI” the computer opponent knows exactly the right moves to make each round to maximize their TR and VP. In other words, the AI never makes any mistakes. When playing against multiple “Easy AI” if any of them manage to draw a card that strips production resources from an opponent, the target seemingly is always a human opponent and not another AI. It’s extremely frustrating and makes the game feel unbeatable. I’m fine with acknowledging that I’m just not that good at this game, but it makes me want to not come back to the game when I keep getting crushed by bots. I would encourage the developer to adjust the AI settings so that room for error is possible in their logic. Without the tangible physical cards in hand, being able to visualize card strategies is not as easy for a human as it is for an AI.
A good start
01/02/2021

RealColdSpicy

I’m a huge fan of the tabletop version of this game. I am by no means an expert on Terraforming Mars but I consider it among my favorite board games in my collection. Naturally, when I saw there was an iOS version of this game I jumped on it. I bought this game with the goal of having something to pick up from time to time when I have lulls in my free time and primarily play against AI opponents.All in all I really think they did the tabletop version of the game justice with this release. Unfortunately, the AI in this game appears to be rushed. I have played 10 games now on the the easiest AI setting and have yet to be able to come close to beating them. It seems despite being labeled as “Easy AI” the computer opponent knows exactly the right moves to make each round to maximize their TR and VP. In other words, the AI never makes any mistakes. When playing against multiple “Easy AI” if any of them manage to draw a card that strips production resources from an opponent, the target seemingly is always a human opponent and not another AI. It’s extremely frustrating and makes the game feel unbeatable. I’m fine with acknowledging that I’m just not that good at this game, but it makes me want to not come back to the game when I keep getting crushed by bots. I would encourage the developer to adjust the AI settings so that room for error is possible in their logic. Without the tangible physical cards in hand, being able to visualize card strategies is not as easy for a human as it is for an AI.
Good implementation needs a few things
03/22/2020

nmarra
First my brother and I have both played their actual board game so it was fairly easy for us to learn the digital version. As much as we loved it we couldn’t help but mention how difficult it’d be to learn the game because there were multiple things we had to search for in the Ui. However we were able to do everything we expected to through the game, it is a great digital version as it’s not lacking in any features we could find. My largest complaint is that it has no notification system so it is really only worthwhile to play if both players are going to play live. The online component gives the option to put time limits on turns but that doesn’t work great because you have to constantly go back into the game to check if it’s your turn. Even that wouldn’t be awful but it takes a good 15-30s to resume your game if you leave the app for ANY reason, even a switch to a respond or view a text message you have to sign back in and wait to reconnect. The game needs to implement notifications or have a way to see from the main menu whose turn it is. The only other flaw of the game is there is no undo, if you play a card or an action there is no way to back out of it even if it is still your turn. If those two issues were resolved it’d be a 5 star game

Developer Response
Hello, We've taken a note of your detailed review. We thank you for your feedback. Best regards,Asmodee Digital Support
Good implementation needs a few things
03/22/2020

nmarra

First my brother and I have both played their actual board game so it was fairly easy for us to learn the digital version. As much as we loved it we couldn’t help but mention how difficult it’d be to learn the game because there were multiple things we had to search for in the Ui. However we were able to do everything we expected to through the game, it is a great digital version as it’s not lacking in any features we could find. My largest complaint is that it has no notification system so it is really only worthwhile to play if both players are going to play live. The online component gives the option to put time limits on turns but that doesn’t work great because you have to constantly go back into the game to check if it’s your turn. Even that wouldn’t be awful but it takes a good 15-30s to resume your game if you leave the app for ANY reason, even a switch to a respond or view a text message you have to sign back in and wait to reconnect. The game needs to implement notifications or have a way to see from the main menu whose turn it is. The only other flaw of the game is there is no undo, if you play a card or an action there is no way to back out of it even if it is still your turn. If those two issues were resolved it’d be a 5 star game
Developer Response 03/23/2020
Hello, We've taken a note of your detailed review. We thank you for your feedback. Best regards,Asmodee Digital Support
Workable to Clunky
01/28/2023

J-Torrio
Come on now… A slew of new improvements for this release advertised in App Store convinced me it’s time to reinstall, only to finally update and find it less stable than my 6+ month outdated version. I play this regularly on the solo challenge, and this update downgraded an already just okay user interface. Please test your application before releasing updates. That multiplayer bug you list “fixed issue where first player in X map freezes” about says it all. That’s a pretty absurd error. I’m stuck on a solo, where it won’t let me place a greenery and is flat stuck. Can’t click anywhere. Never happened before in my 2-3 dozen games. Yikes, man…. Love this board game, enjoyed the app enough to play before, disappointed to the point of actually getting my lazy self to type out a review.Edit/Update: downgrading to 1 star, do not buy if you plan to play solo with current release. Just froze and failed on a different game, different map, different tile placement and cannot move past error. The game worked well enough prior to update but is now failing 1/3 matches. Not playing going forward until update - very poorly QA folks.
Workable to Clunky
01/28/2023

J-Torrio

Come on now… A slew of new improvements for this release advertised in App Store convinced me it’s time to reinstall, only to finally update and find it less stable than my 6+ month outdated version. I play this regularly on the solo challenge, and this update downgraded an already just okay user interface. Please test your application before releasing updates. That multiplayer bug you list “fixed issue where first player in X map freezes” about says it all. That’s a pretty absurd error. I’m stuck on a solo, where it won’t let me place a greenery and is flat stuck. Can’t click anywhere. Never happened before in my 2-3 dozen games. Yikes, man…. Love this board game, enjoyed the app enough to play before, disappointed to the point of actually getting my lazy self to type out a review.Edit/Update: downgrading to 1 star, do not buy if you plan to play solo with current release. Just froze and failed on a different game, different map, different tile placement and cannot move past error. The game worked well enough prior to update but is now failing 1/3 matches. Not playing going forward until update - very poorly QA folks.

FEATURE IMPROVEMENTS - New Solo Challenge optional rule: Extended Start. During setup, choose from 3 Corporations and 6 Preludes (if the Prelude DLC is active) instead of the normal 2 and 4. - Better feedback for online player search. BUG FIXES - Fixed a softlock case during Colonies solar phase if no Colonies can gain Trade level. - Fixed a softlock case in Solo mode, using Valley Trusts first action, by choosing Eccentric Sponsor #P11 on Earth Catapult #070. - Fixed a softlock case in Solo Mode with Solar Phase enabled. - Cleaned some UI elements during tutorial. - Fixed draft phase offering 5 cards with the same card. - Fixed UI displaying “Corp Name Displays Here” - Fixed the AND search function in the Compendium. - Fixed Sponsored Academies #247 causing opponents not receiving cards, and player receiving extra. - Fixed Venusian Plants #261 that couldn’t be played when there were no cards able to accept animals/microbes. - Fixed production icons display order on cards. - Fixed resources picked up during the final Plant conversion phase not appearing in the UI. - Fixed no tooltip displayed in final Plant conversion phase when hovering tiles to place greeneries. - Fixed Mars University #73 Discard button that could be clicked without selecting cards. - Fixed a Viron display issue. - Fixed the “Confirm” label that appeared briefly behind City/Greenery/Ocean icons.

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