Comparison

First Martians vs SpaceCorp

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

First Martians

This companion app enhances a board game experience by immersing players in the story of the first Martians. It offers hundreds of events and adventures, presenting challenges and obstacles through text and sound to create a compelling narrative.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of events and adventures
  • Text and sound narrative
  • Story-driven challenges
  • Campaign mode
  • Open world exploration
Features
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This is a First Martians board game free companion app. You need it to play the game. It features hundreds of events and adventures for great replayability. Through text and sound, the app tells you the story of first Martians and challenges you with tasks and obstacles. Immerse yourself in the presented world. Built on the core of the award-winning Robinson Crusoe: Adventure on the cursed island, First Martians: Adventures on the red planet pits players against the hostile Martian environment and a whole host of new adventures and challenges. The immersion experience is further enhanced with an integrated app that maintains the balance and challenge throughout . Players have the option of taking on the design as a series of separate games, in custom campaign mode in which each successive game builds on the last, or even an open world mode in which they are free to roam about the Martian surface and explore for as long as they can survive. WARNING: In order not to spoil your experience, do not explore the app if you do not intend to actually play the game.

About

SpaceCorp

Lead humanity's expansion into space, building bases, mining resources, and exploring distant star systems. This turn-based strategy game offers a complete sci-fi experience playable in under an hour, featuring a card-driven system and various game modes.

Highlights
  • Build bases on Moon and Mars
  • Survey Saturn's rings
  • Explore Europa's oceans
  • Send generational colony ships
  • Card-driven hand management
  • Multiple game modes
  • Three distinct eras of play
Features
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Lead mankind's exploration into outer space! Build bases on the Moon and Mars, survey the rings of Saturn, explore the vast oceans of Europa, and send generational Colony ships to Alpha Centauri and beyond, all in one sitting! SpaceCorp: 2025-2300 AD is a fast-playing, turn-based, sci-fi strategy game, playable in 60 minutes or less! Using a clever card-driven, hand-management system, SpaceCorp plays in under 60 minutes, and has many exciting game modes, from playing against aggressive AI's to playing against a devious, hand-crafted, card-driven automa. It also includes optional era situation cards to add additional variety. Do you have what it takes to lead mankind into the future? ------------------------------- In SpaceCorp, the player explores and develops outer space over three eras. The player controls an Earth-based enterprise seeking profit by driving the expansion of humanity into the Solar System and nearby stars. In SpaceCorp you can … - Assemble a spaceport at a Lagrange Point. - Launch an exploration mission to Mars. - Mine asteroids. - Earn profit from exotic resources discovered on the Jovian moons. - Discover microbial life in the subsurface oceans of Charon. - Decode exo-DNA to develop radiation resistant human pioneers. - Undertake a mission to Alpha Centauri in a generation ship. - Break through technological barriers to achieve faster-than-light travel. - Establish a colony in the Tau Ceti star system. - Each of the three eras is played on a different map: - The first era, Mariners, covers exploration and development out to Mars. - In Planeteers, players settle the outer solar system. - In Starfarers, players send missions to nearby star systems and establish interstellar colonies. ------------------------------- SpaceCorp: 2025-2300 AD is a digital adaptation of the award-winning board game by the same name released in 2018 by John Butterfield and GMT Games. It was nominated for the "2018 Golden Elephant Award" on Board Game Geek, along with Root and Brass: Birmingham. Other award winners on Board Game Geek include Terraforming Mars, Twilight Imperium, Star Wars: Rebellion, and Dune: Imperium. As a fast-playing, tight strategy game, SpaceCorp is perfect for players looking to get their strategy game fix in short time frames. ------------------------------- SpaceCorp: Ventures is an expansion for SpaceCorp under development, and planned for release in Fall of 2025. In SpaceCorp: Ventures, players will be able to play as any one of 14 different rival corporations, each with their own powers, abilities, and motivations, leading to very dynamic games and ever changing strategies.

Screenshots

First Martians4 screens
SpaceCorp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: First Martians at Free against SpaceCorp's $6.99. First Martians also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.6). SpaceCorp's advantage is rating (4.1 vs 3.3) and review sentiment (72% vs 33%). On ratings volume, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

First Martians is free to download; SpaceCorp costs $6.99 up front. SpaceCorp sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. First Martians asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SpaceCorp holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 23 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of First Martians's written reviews are positive against 72% of SpaceCorp's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

First Martians ships an update every 2 weeks, SpaceCorp weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
First Martians versus SpaceCorp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFirst MartiansSpaceCorp
PriceFree — better$6.99
Rating3.3 (11 ratings)4.1 (23 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews72.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1123 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size216 MB341 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPortal GamesLogix Interactive LLC

Customer experience

First Martians

All ratings11 ratings
Positive45.5%
Neutral18.2%
Negative36.4%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral25.0%
Negative41.7%

SpaceCorp

All ratings23 ratings
Positive82.6%
Neutral4.3%
Negative13.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive72.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative24.0%

Bugs and requests

First Martians

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

SpaceCorp

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes when starting the game
  • Tutorial doesn't work consistently

Requested features

2 requests
  • Online multiplayer
  • Improved tutorial experience

In-app purchases

None

First Martians

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

SpaceCorp

One-time1
  • Ventures Expansion$4.99

Questions

Is First Martians free?
First Martians is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SpaceCorp free?
SpaceCorp costs $6.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, First Martians or SpaceCorp?
SpaceCorp is rated higher. First Martians averages 3.3 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while SpaceCorp averages 4.1 from 23 ratings.
Do First Martians or SpaceCorp have ads?
Neither First Martians nor SpaceCorp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, First Martians or SpaceCorp?
First Martians ships an update every 2 weeks, and SpaceCorp weekly. Most recently, First Martians was updated on October 8, 2026 and SpaceCorp on October 14, 2026.

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