Surviving Mars (2018)
- Developer
- Haemimont Games, Abstraction
- Publisher
- Paradox Interactive
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Genres
- Simulation, Strategy
- Rating
- 4.0 of 5, 28,630 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 40 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
A deliberate, tense colony sim where careful resource planning battles the hostile Mars environment, balanced by a dryly optimistic tone and moments of discovery.
colony buildingsurvivalresource managementstrategictenseatmosphericmethodicalmoderate difficulty
What players say
Players mostly praise the colony sim gameplay but are furious at Paradox for delisting the original game and its DLC, then releasing a buggy relaunched version requiring a full repurchase with no upgrade path for existing owners.
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