Surviving Mars
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…
Surviving Mars is a simulator developed by Haemimont Games, released 15 March 2018 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux and Mac. It currently starts at $9.89 at GOG.
What Surviving Mars is
Surviving Mars is a simulator game developed by Haemimont Games and released in 2018. It was published by Paradox Interactive. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on HaemimontSol.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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!
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 80 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Surviving Mars holds a critic score of 74 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 2,881 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 5 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 72, across 104 votes.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 4th Generation Intel i3 CPU or equivalent, 4 GB RAM and HD 4600/Geforce 620/Radeon 6450 or equivalent GPUs with 1 GB of video RAM. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 6GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $9.89 at GOG, 67% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Surviving Mars launched on 15 March 2018, within three weeks of Far Cry 5, Sea of Thieves, A Way Out and Into the Breach. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Far Cry 5, Sea of Thieves, A Way Out, Into the Breach.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Surviving Mars yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 3 videos →
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Surviving Mars: Mysteries Resupply Pack
Surviving Mars: Colony Design Set
Surviving Mars: Space Race
Surviving Mars: Marsvision Song Contest
Surviving Mars: Green Planet
Surviving Mars: Project Laika
Surviving Mars: In-Dome Buildings Pack
Surviving Mars: Below and Beyond
Surviving Mars: Future Contemporary Cosmetic Pack
Surviving Mars: Martian Express
Surviving Mars: Relaunched
Expansions
Quick answers
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