Terraforming Mars vs Take Out!
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.
Take Out!
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Take Out! is a fast, chaotic strategy game with three ways to play — solo against BOB, head-to-head on one device, or online against players worldwide. Drop coloured chips into a 9×7 grid and be the first to line up five in a row — horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. Simple to learn, brutal to master. Power-Ups change everything. Hidden across the board, six surprise power-ups flip the game on its head when triggered: • Remove! — Yank one of your opponent's chips right off the board. • Double! — Drop a bonus chip anywhere on the same turn. • Cascade! — Knock out the bottom chip of a column — everything above falls down. • Steal! — Swap one of your opponent's chips for your own. • Anchor! — Place a chip anywhere, ignoring gravity. • Freeze! — Lock one of your opponent's columns for a full turn. Three ways to play. • 1 Player — Take on BOB across three difficulty levels. • 2 Players — Pass-and-play on a single device. • Online — Sign in with Game Center and get matched against another player in seconds. Match play. Choose first to 1, 3, or 5 round wins. Momentum builds, scores escalate, and every round matters. Global leaderboard. Climb the worldwide rankings by winning online matches. Your stats follow you — total wins, win streaks, and head-to-head records against everyone you've played. Make it yours. Eight neon colour options — Pink, Blue, Gold, Cyan, Purple, Lime, Red, and Orange — let each player pick their own look before every match. Designed for landscape play on iPhone and iPad. No ads. No purchases. Just you, the board, and the chaos.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Take Out! at Free against Terraforming Mars's $8.99. Take Out! also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6). Terraforming Mars's advantage is chart position (#31 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, 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
Take Out! is free to download; Terraforming Mars costs $8.99 up front. Terraforming Mars sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Take Out! asks for nothing beyond the download.
Terraforming Mars ships an update every 3 weeks, Take Out! monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Terraforming Mars | Take Out! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $8.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (7.6K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 45.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7.6K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #31 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 353 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Twin Sails Interactive | Michael Fafalios |
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
Take Out!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
Take Out!
No in-app purchases









