Terraforming Mars vs Cascadia Digital
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Cascadia Digital
A relaxing and strategic tile-laying board game set in the Pacific Northwest. Players explore habitats, discover wildlife, and cultivate the most perfect ecosystem. Offers solo, online, family, and pass-and-play modes.
- Tile-laying gameplay
- Ecosystem cultivation
- Wildlife and habitat discovery
- Solo play
- Online multiplayer
- Family mode
- Pass and play
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Winner of the prestigious Spiel des Jahres board game award, Cascadia is a relaxing and strategic tile-laying game where wildlife and nature exist in beautiful balance. A Breathtaking Journey Embark upon a breathtaking journey through the Pacific Northwest. Explore new habitats and discover the animals who live there as you compete to cultivate the most perfect ecosystem! Wild Strategy Cascadia offers many ways to play and explore the game's strategy, including: Solo & Online Play - Head out into the world to find your opponents, or go it alone! Family Mode - Hone your skills in Family Mode with simpler scoring objectives! Pass and Play - Share your field research with local pass-and-play! 15 Solo Scenarios - Explore new approaches in unique scenarios! 14 Challenges - Push yourself to complete tricky Challenges! Daily Trek - A new objective every day pushes your strategic abilities!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cascadia Digital at 89% against Terraforming Mars's 45%. Cascadia Digital also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and rating (4.9 vs 4.5). Terraforming Mars's advantage is ratings volume (7.6K vs 1.2K) and price ($8.99 vs $9.99). On ads, chart position, device support and iOS requirement 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
Terraforming Mars costs $8.99 and Cascadia Digital $9.99 up front. Terraforming Mars sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Cascadia Digital asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cascadia Digital holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Terraforming Mars has 7.6K ratings behind it against 1.2K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Terraforming Mars's written reviews are positive against 89% of Cascadia Digital's.
Terraforming Mars ships an update every 3 weeks, Cascadia Digital every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Terraforming Mars | Cascadia Digital |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $8.99 — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (7.6K ratings) | 4.9 (1.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.1% of reviews | 88.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7.6K — better | 1.2K |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #43 | #33 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 353 MB | 707 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Twin Sails Interactive | Dire Wolf Digital |
Customer experience
Terraforming Mars
Cascadia Digital
User reviews
Terraforming Mars
From 7.6K App Store ratingsWhat 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
Cascadia Digital
From 1.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth gameplay
- 👍 Great adaptation of board game
- 👍 Variety of solo challenges
- 👍 Stable performance
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and online issues
- 🔋 High battery drain
- 👎 Suboptimal screen formatting
Bugs and requests
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
Cascadia Digital
Reported bugs
2 issues- Unexpected player disconnections
- Notifications not working properly
Requested features
3 requests- Full screen support
- Improved cross-device sync
- Better in-game scoring review
In-app purchases
Terraforming Mars
- 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
Cascadia Digital
No in-app purchases
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