Underplayed Gems

Surviving Mars: First Colony Edition (2018)

Surviving Mars: First Colony Edition cover
Platforms
Xbox One
Genres
Simulator, Strategy
Where to get it
Xbox
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How it feels

You carefully manage resources, expand domes, and solve environmental challenges to build a functioning Martian colony.

strategicmanagementsurvivalresourcefulmethodicalsci-fibuilding

About

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. The First Colony Edition of Surviving Mars provides ambitious colonists with a variety of new ways to customize their new homes and domes. Included with this edition are is the Season Pass, which will add two full expansions and two content packs to Surviving Mars in the months following launch. In addition, this edition includes new in-game features at launch: The “Metropolis” Building Set: Add some chrome to your dome with a shiny new visual upgrade to your infrastructure, providing you with chromatic skins for Oxygen Tanks, Water Towers, Fuel Refineries, and more. Radio Station: An additional in-game radio station, with new music and chatter, comes exclusively with this Edition. New Housing Styles: Three alternative skins for residential housing structures allow you to add different flair and design to your colonies.

Screenshots

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