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Surviving Mars

Science fiction

Survival

Simulator

Strategy

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.

3.6

External Ratings

102 ratings
Release Date:

15 Mar, 2018

Last Updated:

21 Jun, 2026

About this game

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 ...

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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!

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platform

Platforms:

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 4

release date

Release Date:

15 Mar, 2018

mode

Modes:

Single player

theme

Themes:

Science fiction, Survival

genre

Genres:

Simulator, Strategy

perspective

Player Perspectives:

Bird view / Isometric

IGDB

IGDB Website:

Surviving Mars

IGDB Rating

3.5 ;
IGDB User Rating

3.5

User Rating

IGDB User Rating Count

95

User Rating Count

IGDB User Rating

70%

Rating %

Critics Rating

3.6 ;
IGDB User Rating

3.6

Critics Rating

IGDB User Rating Count

102

Critics Rating Count

IGDB User Rating

72%

Critics Rating %

Main Developers

Haemimont Games

Supporting Developers

-

Publishers

Paradox Interactive

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