The Best 21 Free MARS Alternatives

  • Civilization icon

    Civilization

    Civilization is a turn-based strategy game that comes to life in a beautifully detailed, living world. Civilization offers various ways to play and win, extensive modding capabilities, and intensely competitive multiplayer options.

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows Linux iPhone iPad

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    FreeCiv

    Freeciv is an open-source, turn-based strategy game based on Civilization II. Inspired by the history of human civilization, the game commences in prehistory and your mission is to lead your tribe from the stone age to the space age...

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD Web

  • Widelands icon

    Widelands

    Widelands is a free, open source real-time strategy game with singleplayer campaigns and a multiplayer mode.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • Total War icon

    Total War

    Total war is a turn based/ RTS strategy game, you play in different historical battles. Total War: Attila and Medieval II: Total War is also avariable for Linux.

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows Linux

    Free to play Battle simulation
  • FreeCol icon

    FreeCol

    FreeCol is a 4X video game, a clone of Sid Meier's Colonization. While remaining faithful to the original in terms of mechanics and gameplay, FreeCol sports a new set of redesigned graphics.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

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    Empire Earth

    Empire Earth, also known as EE, is a real-time strategy video game developed by Stainless Steel Studios and released on November 23, 2001. It is the first game in the Empire Earth series: Empire Earth, Empire Earth II, Empire Earth III.

    Commercial Windows Java Mobile

  • Unknown Horizons icon

    Unknown Horizons

    Unknown Horizons is a 2D real-time strategy simulation with an emphasis on economy and city building. Expand your small settlement to a strong and wealthy colony, collect taxes and supply your inhabitants with valuable goods.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

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    C-evo

    C-evo is a freeware empire building game for Windows With a time scope of several thousand years, it covers aspects of exploration and expansion, industry and agriculture, warfare and diplomacy, science and administration.

    Free Open Source Windows

  • TripleA icon

    TripleA

    TripleA is a free (under GPL) turn based strategy game based on Axis & Allies board game. A wide variety of map scenarios have been developed for TripleA (World War II, Punic Wars, Napoleonic wars, etc.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Java Mobile

  • Great Little War Game icon

    Great Little War Game

    Great Little War Game is a 3D turn based strategy game from Rubicon. Take charge of your army and defend your strongholds against enemy attack.

    Commercial Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad PlayBook

  • Europa Universalis icon

    Europa Universalis

    Europa Universalis IV gives you control of a nation to guide through the years in order to create a dominant global empire.

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows Linux Steam

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    Freeciv for Android

    Port of Freeciv to Android - similar to Civilization series.

    Free Open Source Android Android Tablet

  • Advanced Strategic Command icon

    Advanced Strategic Command

    Advanced Strategic Command is a free, turn based strategy game. It is designed in the tradition of the Battle Isle series from Bluebyte. ASC can be played both against...

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • Ikariam icon

    Ikariam

    Ikariam is a browser based massively multiplayer online game of the strategy genre produced and maintained by Gameforge AG. The game is set in the era of classical...

    Freemium Web

    Dark theme Multiplayer
  • Heroes of Might and Magic II icon

    Heroes of Might and Magic II

    Lord Ironfist is dead and the Kingdom is plunged into a vicious civil war by his feuding sons. At stake is the ultimate prize: control of the land and succession of the...

    Commercial Windows MS-DOS DOSBox

  • Ironfell icon

    Ironfell

    Ironfell is a time travel themed massive multi-player online real time strategy game. Travel back in time to plunder resources from the past, re-build your empire and...

    Free Mac OS X Windows Web

  • WebDiplomacy icon

    WebDiplomacy

    webDiplomacy is a multiplayer, online version of Diplomacy, the popular turn based strategy game in which you battle to control Europe; to win you must be diplomatic and...

    Free Open Source Web

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    Imperial Domination

    Imperial Domination II is a turn-based strategy game, set after the conquests of Alexander the Great and before the rise of the Romans. Expand your empire by trade...

    Free Windows