Comparison

Mars Future vs Stellar Assault

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

Head to head
About

Mars Future

Embark on a Martian adventure, exploring the planet, uncovering mysteries, and building a thriving city. Utilize unique resources and advanced robots to develop tourism and transform the landscape. Complete tasks, earn rewards, and expand your region in this offline colonization game.

Highlights
  • Explore Martian landscapes
  • Uncover mysteries and artifacts
  • Build and upgrade facilities
  • Develop interplanetary tourism
  • Transform the planet's terrain
  • Complete tasks and earn rewards
  • Offline gameplay
Features
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Become one of the Mars explorers! Experiments with gravity and atmosphere have already brought the first results. Animals and plants are starting to spread. In the nearest future a flight to Marks takes just a few hours - let's take ride! Explore the planet and find the things nobody has seen before! Solve mysteries. Find artifacts, abandoned bunkers, buried tunnels and other evidence that the earthlings were not the first ones to visit the planet. Or was it even inhabitated? Study the paranormal areas nobody has visited before, where something supernatural is going on. Be the first one! Build facilities. Use the unique natural resources of the planet and the most advanced robots! Develop tourism. Receive guests from all around the Galaxy and surprise them with service and entertainment, and they will bring you the skyrocket profit you can spend on development and research. Transform the planet. Use the objects available - glaciers, craters, Martian river beds - to create structures without equals on Earth. You have more than 50 buildings to choose from. Apart from those, you will receive the unique ones in reward for participating in events and competitions. The futuristic design of the buildings lets them perfectly match the bizarre landscape of the planet. Make progress! Complete interesting tasks, receive achievements and rewards, open new areas - explore and develop them. Let your region grow and thrive. Enter the world of outer space colonization, where you can follow your adventurous spirit and apply your talents of a pioneer, explorer, businessman and city planner. Play without the Internet connection in any place at any time!

About

Stellar Assault

Engage in a grand multiplayer space strategy game focused on colonizing planets, managing resources, and engaging in tactical warfare. Build your empire from a single planet, research advanced technologies, and command powerful fleets to conquer the galaxy.

Highlights
  • Planetary development and economy
  • Advanced scientific research
  • Fleet management and operations
  • Defense and war simulation
  • Moon and debris field harvesting
  • Alliances and social dominance
Features
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Welcome, Commander! Stellar Assault is a grand multiplayer (MMO) space strategy game centered on planetary colonization, deep resource management, and tactical cosmic warfare. Embark on your galactic journey with a single planet in a remote solar system, and expand your dominion through scientific progress, economic dominance, and unstoppable fleets! FEATURES: * PLANETARY DEVELOPMENT & ECONOMY Establish a robust economic base by upgrading Titanium Mines, Silicon Mines, and Tritium Synthesizers. Construct Solar Energy Collectors and Plasma Core Reactors to power your facilities and build massive Titanium, Silicon, and Tritium Silos to safeguard your resources. A strong economy is the cornerstone of any great empire. * ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Unlock state-of-the-art technologies in the Science Division Lab. Upgrade Thermal Propulsion, Kinetic Drives, and Warp Engines to boost your fleet's speed and range. Maximize Ballistics & Munitions, Ion Shielding, and Reinforced Alloys to dominate cosmic battles. * FLEET MANAGEMENT & OPERATIONS Coordinate and dispatch your starships from the tactical Fleet Command. Embark on diverse missions: - Attack: Breach enemy planetary defenses to seize valuable resources. - Transport: Securely transfer crucial materials between your colonies. - Deploy: Rebase your fleets permanently. - Spy: Dispatch Ghost Sentinels to scan targets and identify defensive vulnerabilities. - Colonize: Send a Horizon Founder to expand your empire. - Recycle: Harvest valuable Titanium and Silicon debris from orbital debris fields. - Expedition: Venture into deep space to discover resources, ships, and unknown anomalies. * DEFENSE & WAR SIMULATION Protect your home world from raiders using Viper Missiles, Photon Turrets, Lance Beams, and defensive Aegis Shields or Planetary Shields. Simulate various battle scenarios using the War Simulator before committing your forces, minimizing losses and optimizing tactics. * MOONS & DEBRIS FIELD HARVESTING Recover space debris left behind from epic battles, or spark the creation of a Moon to build sublunary outposts, Aegis Pulse Radars, and Event Horizon Gates for swift tactical redeployments. * ALLIANCES & SOCIAL DOMINANCE Form or join powerful alliances to coordinate joint attacks, share resources, and provide military defense. Engage in live chats on the galaxy map to coordinate strategies and establish dominion over the universe! The fate of the galaxy lies in your hands. Are you ready to lead your fleet to ultimate glory?

Screenshots

Mars Future4 screens
Stellar Assault4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Mars Future at 4.4 against Stellar Assault's 3.7. Mars Future also leads on ratings volume (16 vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.2). Stellar Assault's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Mars Future sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Stellar Assault asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mars Future holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mars Future has 16 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mars Future ships an update every 2 weeks, Stellar Assault weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Mars Future versus Stellar Assault: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMars FutureStellar Assault
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (16 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size280 MB132 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperSTM GAMES FZCOSelcuk KAYA

Customer experience

Mars Future

All ratings15 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%

Stellar Assault

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Mars Future

One-time11
  • 10,000 Coins$2.99
  • 150 Crystals$2.99
  • 40 Energy$2.99
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  • 100 Energy$5.99
  • 22,000 Coins$5.99
  • 52,000 Coins$10.99
  • 230 Energy$10.99
  • 525 Energy$20.99
  • 1,200 Energy$42.99
  • 10,000 Crystals$84.99
  • 2,600 Energy$84.99
None

Stellar Assault

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mars Future free?
Mars Future is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stellar Assault free?
Stellar Assault is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mars Future or Stellar Assault?
Mars Future is rated higher. Mars Future averages 4.4 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Stellar Assault averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Mars Future or Stellar Assault have ads?
Both Mars Future and Stellar Assault show ads.
Which is updated more often, Mars Future or Stellar Assault?
Mars Future ships an update every 2 weeks, and Stellar Assault weekly. Most recently, Mars Future was updated on October 24, 2026 and Stellar Assault on October 20, 2026.

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