Red Planet Rescue

Demo

Bring everyone home

Fly a rescue shuttle through the canyons of Mars with up to three friends. Blast through the asteroid belt, land on narrow pads to pick up stranded astronauts, and dock with the drifting mothership.

Download the free demo

About the game

Fly a rescue shuttle through the canyons of Mars, land on narrow pads to pick up stranded astronauts, and dock with the drifting mothership. Shoot your way through the asteroid belt: big rocks split into smaller ones, and the belt keeps drifting back in. Friendly fire is on, so watch your aim near teammates and the people you came to save. Play solo, with up to four on one screen, or online with friends anywhere in the world.

Thrust-and-gravity arcade flight
Precision landings on canyon pads
Weapons that split asteroids, with friendly fire
Aim with the right stick; the turret pumps and heats up as you fire
Up to four players in split-screen, online, or both
Auto or manual docking with the mothership
Keyboard or gamepad, with rumble
macOS, Windows and Linux

Download the free demo

Free demo · Version 0.4.1 · released 2026-10-02

Download for macOS

62 MB · Universal (Apple silicon and Intel). Unzip, move Red Planet Rescue Demo to Applications and open it.

Download for Windows

40 MB · Unzip and run RedPlanetRescueDemo.exe. If SmartScreen appears, choose More info → Run anyway.

Download for Linux

31 MB · x86_64. Extract and run ./RedPlanetRescueDemo.x86_64.

Controls

Thrust: WASD / arrow keys / left stick
Fine thrust: Shift / left trigger
Tilt: Q / E / shoulder buttons
Fire: J / right trigger (hold to auto-fire)
Aim: Right stick
Dock (manual): Space / A (Cross) when the clamps chime
Feedback: F1
Pause: Esc / Options