Comparison

Tabletopia vs Terraforming Mars

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

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About

Tabletopia

Play board games digitally with friends or solo. This platform offers a virtual table experience where players manually enforce rules, just like in real life. Explore a growing library of popular board games or create and share your own.

Highlights
  • Play board games digitally
  • Solo, hotseat, and online multiplayer
  • Create and share your own board games
  • Vast library of popular board games
  • Virtual table experience
Features
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Tabletopia is a digital online platform for playing board games just like in real life. There is no AI to enforce the rules. Read the rulebook, choose a seat at the virtual table, and let the game begin! Features: • Solo, Hotseat and Online Multiplayer modes • Create digital versions of your own board games to promote, playtest, and demonstrate them! • 80+ games are already available, such as: Champions of Midgard A hit worker placement game about Viking clans waging war against mythological Norse beasts by Grey Fox Games The Shipwreck Arcana Very clever cooperative deduction game by Meromorph Games Hansa Teutonica One of the best competitive eurogames about creating trade network in medieval Germany by Argentum Verlag Sub Terra Cooperative survival horror board game by Inside the Box Burgle Bros Cooperative stealth game about daring robbery by Fowers Games Tuscany New edition of very popular worker placement game about managing your own winery by Stonemaier Games. Explore our Featured catalog to find even more different games. We are constantly working on adapting more games from our extensive web catalog into mobile format.

About

Terraforming Mars

Lead a corporation to terraform Mars by building cities, forests, and oceans. Manage resources, complete objectives, and increase your Terraform Rating to make the planet habitable. Compete against rivals and lead humanity into a new era.

Highlights
  • Official board game adaptation
  • Play against AI or up to 5 players
  • Online and offline multiplayer
  • Corporate Era variant
  • Solo challenge mode
  • Expansions available for new content
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Tabletopia4 screens
Terraforming Mars4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tabletopia at Free against Terraforming Mars's $8.99. Tabletopia also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6). Terraforming Mars's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 2.6) and ratings volume (7.6K vs 109). On 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

Tabletopia is free to download; Terraforming Mars costs $8.99 up front. Terraforming Mars sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Tabletopia asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Terraforming Mars holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Terraforming Mars has 7.6K ratings behind it against 109, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of Tabletopia's written reviews are positive against 45% of Terraforming Mars's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tabletopia ships an update every 3 months, Terraforming Mars every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Tabletopia versus Terraforming Mars: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTabletopiaTerraforming Mars
PriceFree — better$8.99
Rating2.6 (109 ratings)4.5 (7.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews24.5% of reviews45.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1097.6K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#41 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size123 MB353 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperTableTopia, Inc.Twin Sails Interactive

Customer experience

Tabletopia

All ratings104 ratings
Positive35.6%
Neutral13.5%
Negative51.0%
Written reviews139 reviews
Positive24.5%
Neutral12.9%
Negative62.6%

Terraforming Mars

All ratings7,460 ratings
Positive87.7%
Neutral3.9%
Negative8.4%
Written reviews902 reviews
Positive45.0%
Neutral15.9%
Negative39.1%

User reviews

Tabletopia

From 109 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Good app
  • 🚀 Smooth gameplay
  • 💡 Variety of games
  • 🎮 Great simulator

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes frequently
  • 🔌 Connectivity issues
  • 🤯 Unintuitive controls
  • 💸 Expensive subscription

Terraforming Mars

From 7.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Faithful adaptation of board game
  • 👍 Great UI and animations
  • 🕹️ Smooth solo gameplay
  • 💰 Good value for money

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 🕹️ Unreliable multiplayer experience
  • 🕰️ Long load times to resume games
  • 🤯 Confusing multiplayer features
  • 🤖 Weak AI opponents

Bugs and requests

Tabletopia

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Infinite update loop
  • Game progress loss
  • Rules crash the app
  • Login and sync problems

Requested features

4 requests
  • Offline save state
  • Game filters and search
  • Multilingual support
  • Cross-platform play

Terraforming Mars

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Science tags not counted properly
  • Power infrastructure card not functioning
  • Inability to place tiles in some cases
  • Saved games not loading properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Undo button for actions
  • Ability to see final game metrics
  • Notifications for turn updates
  • Ability to track win/loss records
  • More expansion content

In-app purchases

None

Tabletopia

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Terraforming Mars

One-time6
  • Original Promo Pack$2.99
  • Terraforming Mars - Prelude$3.99
  • Hellas & Elysium$3.99
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  • Venus Next$3.99
  • Colonies$3.99
  • Big Box Promo Pack$4.99

Questions

Is Tabletopia free?
Tabletopia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Terraforming Mars free?
Terraforming Mars costs $8.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tabletopia or Terraforming Mars?
Terraforming Mars is rated higher. Tabletopia averages 2.6 out of 5 from 109 ratings, while Terraforming Mars averages 4.5 from 7.6K ratings.
Do Tabletopia or Terraforming Mars have ads?
Neither Tabletopia nor Terraforming Mars shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tabletopia or Terraforming Mars?
Tabletopia ships an update every 3 months, and Terraforming Mars every 3 weeks. Most recently, Tabletopia was updated on October 21, 2026 and Terraforming Mars on October 26, 2026.

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