Terraforming Mars App Reviews

Love the mobile app version’s features. It so fast, simple, and thorough compared to the tabletop version. I’ve relearned rules and actions to this game that I have completely missed playing it with others in person. I’m grateful for what this app has taught me, but the app does glitch at times where the only course is to forfeit the match or leave the app. Once they fix it this will be the perfect way to learn TFM. Thanks developers!

This is probably the best adaptation from the board game to an app that I’ve played. It’s excellent and very easy to pick up if you already know the rules. You’ll enjoy it.

Update: hey developers - card tags are not being calculated properly which is negatively impacting the experience. Could you please try to fix?? 🙏🏼 The game itself is very well done. The AI is awful though. Frequently makes suboptimal decisions. Even on the highest difficulty its easy to win by 30+ points without thinking much. This would be an easy 5 stars with better single player competition

I wish after the points were scored you could go back to the board. It would be a nice app addition to be able to do a post-game analysis so you could learn from your mistakes and actually see where and how the scoring was tabulated.

Super awesome job with lots of updates with bug fixes. Well done, Asmodee! For me, the speed of the interface (opening the app, resuming the game, making my move) is still slow/clunky, but the rest is nice and getting better.

I own the physical copy of the games and all the current expansions. I love being able to play this on a mobile device and I’ve sunk many hours into it. But I’m really dying for the expansions. At the time of this review only preludes + the two additional boards are available.

Parts of the game are good, but there needs to be higher rated AI and the blue expansion map has bugs around the southern polar caps (see interactions with cards which must be near greeneries)

Mobile app makes the game very easy to play

I wish after the points were scored you could go back to the board. I’m not completely convinced the scoring is always accurate. It would be a nice addition to be able to do a post-game analysis so you could learn from your mistakes and actually see where and how the scoring was tabulated . Plus like I said I think the app may be flawed in its scoring at the end.

There’s a bug with the Regolith Eaters card. I always only have 1 resource on it and can never use two to increase oxygen. Please fix!

This app has all the workings of a good game, decent matchmaking and wonderful graphics/cards. BUT IT CRASHES ALL THE TIME… It seems to freeze the most right after drafting cards for a round. At the end of the game with 5 minutes left it will freeze and you will run out of time. Once the developers can stop the crashing/freezing it deserves 5/5 stars. Until then, it gets a 3.

It’s a really fun strategy game, I hope they you guys will continue to add more corporations and other content.

The screen of screen display freezes… have to restart…

This game is really complex, but love playing with a friend or two online - if you like deep board games give this a try, it took me many games to get the hang of it but especially fun with the expansions

Good implementation but if I leave a local game unfinished and it needs to be “resumed”, I’m unable to do so. Finish your games in a single sitting or you might not be able to finish.

Sound does not work with speakers. It works with head phones. The speakers work with all other applications except this one.

The game itself is very well done. The AI is awful though. Frequently makes suboptimal decisions. Even on the highest difficulty its easy to win by 30+ points without thinking much. This would be an easy 5 stars with better single player competition

All other app devs should take note - this is how you make a video game port of a board game.

This app is a faithful representation of the amazing board game Terraforming Mars. The animations transitioning between play actions and states are a bit slow and cut down on the otherwise solid feel of the app.

This is a great game and very faithful to the board game. Takes a little time to digest but if you’ve played the board game you should make a quick transition. Only flaw is it needs an undo button.

The app works quite well and the thriving online community is quite competitive. Highly recommended.

Terraforming Mars is an addicting game once you figure it out. Expansion is 100% worth it and I’d love more! I wish the AI was stronger. I can’t lose, even on Hard

The game runs and functions great, but the notch on the top of the iPhone covers the left side of the screen and obscures some UI and text.

Great game, great app. The only thing missing is more expansion packs.

Easy to lose hours lost in this game. A bit of a learning curve but well worth your time. Works great solo and online. Awesome!

I played this game off and on overtime, and I never get tired of playing it. It’s very creative and each game is different enough to keep me coming back.

At the end of solo mode it shows the score instead of progress. It should probably show the progress in the three key categories. It would be ok to show the score too but I especially don’t care about my score if I didn’t win.

Great implementation, but where are the expansions? Even just prelude and the extra maps would be huge. I’d pay more for those.

This is an awesome game. I play it 3-4 times a day. The prelude expansion is really cool. Any chance that the Hellas and Elysium expansion can be released anytime soon? I really like that one. Other than that, LOVE this game.

More expansions. Otherwise, great game!

Designed by the man himself Elon designed this game to benefit off of the common man’s strategic ingenuity. This comment has been certified by the Coloradoin times.

You end up wasting a lot of time bc the bugs won’t let you play or create a time out

Turmoil, colonies, Elysian and Hellas would all be awesome expansions. For now- really fun, but crashes all the time.

I enjoy playing it but there have been times during playing the game closes. When I go back in the app and try to continue the game the app suddenly closes and basically the game is lost. Quite annoying when playing for 35 minutes

Would give it 5 stars if it was not for the crashes . Wish there were more solo options. Would be nice to be able to pick specific corporations in solo mode.

Mostly good. Solo needs some work because it crashes pretty consistently.

When playing online it keeps kicking me from game and even after setting all the stuff to not lose time I continue to lose lots of time and I keep getting booted

Having issues of game booting itself out and when I re-launch it boots out again. Seems to only happen when I’m winning against AI’s.

The game has some bugs that I wrote the support site about, but never got a reply and now it’s just abruptly closing in the middle of a game. It’s too bad, I really enjoy this game but playing it is becoming impossible.

The A.I will hopefully get better.

Why did the game change to where everybody starts with one production of everything that is not how the game plays and that’s not how it used to play why the change it ruins the game

I love this game! Unfortunately, lately I’ll be in the middle of a play & the game shuts down on me! Incredibly frustrating! Why?

Internet issuesCause games to stall or even end abruptly. And app signs you out randomly alot its so annoying.

There are some bugs. Sometimes it just hangs up. Other times there are bugs in recurring actions and milestones that don’t allow you to progress. Still, it’s addicting amd fun to play.

It was short. There is some replay value in the events or if you try to complete earlier. Overall I enjoyed seeing my mind is turn green and fill with oceans.