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Surviving Mars

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3.6/5

( 158 Reviews )

3.6

158 Reviews

English & 7 more
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Surviving Mars
Description
Colonize Mars and discover her secrets, with minimal casualties. Welcome Home! The time has come to stake your claim on the Red Planet and build the first functioning human colonies on Mars! All you need are supplies, oxygen, decades of training, experience with sandstorms, and a can-do attitude to...
Genre:
Simulation - Strategy - Sci-fi
Tags:
Strategy, Sci-fi, Simulation, Science, Survival, show 2 more... Resource Management, City builder
Critics reviews
64 %
Recommend
PC Gamer
80/100
GameSpot
8/10
Metro GameCentral
7/10
User reviews

3.6/5

( 158 Reviews )

3.6

158 Reviews

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Product details
2018, Haemimont Games, ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+...
System requirements
Windows 7 64-bit or newer, 4th Generation Intel i3 CPU or equivalent, 4 GB RAM, HD 4600/Geforce 620/...
DLCs
Surviving Mars - Martian Express, Surviving Mars - Stellaris Dome Set, Surviving Mars - Digital Delu...
Time to beat
22 hMain
46 h Main + Sides
190 h Completionist
40 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Description
Colonize Mars and discover her secrets, with minimal casualties.

Welcome Home! The time has come to stake your claim on the Red Planet and build the first functioning human colonies on Mars! All you need are supplies, oxygen, decades of training, experience with sandstorms, and a can-do attitude to discover the purpose of those weird black cubes that appeared out of nowhere. With a bit of sprucing up, this place is going to be awesome!

Surviving Mars is a sci-fi city builder all about colonizing Mars and surviving the process. Choose a space agency for resources and financial support before determining a location for your colony. Build domes and infrastructure, research new possibilities and utilize drones to unlock more elaborate ways to shape and expand your settlement. Cultivate your own food, mine minerals or just relax by the bar after a hard day’s work. Most important of all, though, is keeping your colonists alive. Not an easy task on a strange new planet.

There will be challenges to overcome. Execute your strategy and improve your colony’s chances of survival while unlocking the mysteries of this alien world. Are you ready? Mars is waiting for you.

  • Building a sustainable colony in space - Building on a planet not fit for human life challenges you to build a smart, functional colony. Bad planning isn’t about traffic jams, it’s about survival of your colonists. You really don’t want rolling blackouts in a city constructed in a place without oxygen.
  • Individually simulated colonists - Each colonist is a unique individual with problems and strengths that influence the needs and behavior of the other colonists. Things can get really interesting if your chief scientists develops alcoholism after one too many long nights in the lab.
  • Futuristic Space Dome construction - Retro-futuristic super structures housing colonists, factories and commercial buildings with their own “neighborhood personality.” Create colonies that value science over everything else, while tired workers drink their pay away at a local bar, or attempt a utopia among the stars.
  • Exploration of Mars’ secrets - Inspired by the classic sci-fi of Asimov and Clarke, Surviving Mars holds many secrets. During each playthrough players may encounter one of Mars’ individually crafted mysteries. Uncovering these secrets might bring your colony great fortune, or terrible ruin. What is that sphere that manifested itself outside colony HUB B, and is it friendly?
  • Randomized research tree - Combine static and random research through experimentation, which allows for a different experience for each journey through the game. Attain new scientific breakthroughs by exploring the uncharted terrain of Mars's surface.
  • Unique retro-futuristic aesthetic - A sleek, modern take on the bright futurism of the 1960s. A time of exploration and adventure.
  • Expansive mod support - Craft your own fantastic buildings, parks or even a mystery to share through Surviving Mars’s extensive and convenient modding tools. Share your finest creations with the community to build the perfect society.

© 2018 Paradox Interactive AB, SURVIVING MARS, and PARADOX INTERACTIVE are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Paradox Interactive AB in Europe, the U.S., and other countries. Developed by Haemimont Games. All other trademarks, logos, and copyrights are property of their respective owners.

Popular achievements
Where No Man has Gone Before
Analyze an Anomaly
common  ·  49.49%
Marvin the Martian
First child on Mars
common  ·  38.22%
Bubble Wrap
Build a Dome
common  ·  46.71%
In the High Tower
Build a Dome Spire
common  ·  32.14%
Spacey Food
Harvest Food on Mars
common  ·  42.35%
There and Back Again
Refuel a Rocket
common  ·  45.88%
Open the Pod Bay Doors
Build a Shuttle Hub
common  ·  30.49%
Good News, Everyone!
Pass the Colony Approval stage
common  ·  40.26%
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Contents
Standard Edition
Digital Deluxe Edition
artbook
wallpapers
System requirements
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Please Note: Modding tools are currently available only on Windows

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Please Note: Modding tools are currently available only on Windows

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DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
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Time to beat
22 hMain
46 h Main + Sides
190 h Completionist
40 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Game details
Genre:
Simulation - Strategy - Sci-fi
Tags:
Strategy, Sci-fi, Simulation, Science, Survival, show 2 more... Resource Management, City builder
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11), Linux (Ubuntu 18.04), Mac OS X (10.9+)
Release date:
{{'2018-03-15T00:00:00+02:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0200 ' }}
Company:
Haemimont Games / Paradox Interactive
Size:
6.2 GB
Links:
Forum discussion
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+ (Fantasy Violence, Mild Language, Alcohol Reference)
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Achievements
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Single-player
Languages
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français
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polski
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Português do Brasil
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русский
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中文(简体)
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DLCs
Surviving Mars - Martian Express
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Critics reviews
77
Top Critic Average
64 %
Critics Recommend
OpenCritic Rating
PC Gamerby Fraser Brown
80/100
Surviving Mars is a lot of hard work, but managing a burgeoning colony never stops being compelling.
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GameSpotby Daniel Starkey
8/10
Surviving Mars tasks you with leading humanity's first colonies on the Red Planet. But Mars is hardly forgiving, and it will fight you every step of the way.
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Metro GameCentralby GameCentral
7/10
An enjoyable twist on the usual city building formula, that simulates the dangers of planetary colonisation impressively well – although it could have done with a slightly lighter touch.
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Posted on: October 25, 2024

Ausgeflippt

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Games: 108 Reviews: 1

Great game!

Love this game. The music in game is great, the little stories it tells, and of course the base building. Strongly recommend!

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Posted on: November 1, 2024

ikeman60

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good game

wish there was more

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Posted on: December 8, 2024

gogpollox

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Games: 36 Reviews: 1

Game does not work

Game is complaining about missing libraries (libcurl-gnutls.so.4) ... seems to be a recurring problem ... for years!

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Posted on: December 13, 2024

balanceattubas

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Games: 57 Reviews: 1

Fun but some display bugs.

Fun game, still some annoying Mac bugs.

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Posted on: June 11, 2025

Wicclo

Games: 88 Reviews: 6

Exelent Citybuilder

This is a really good game with many hours of playtime. A good and bad thing is the normal paradox dlc flood. Sure some of them are great but if you want to own it all it will cost you.

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