Surviving Mars: Relaunched (2025)

Developer: Haemimont Games
Publisher: Paradox Interactive
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Simulation, Strategy
Rating: 2.7 of 5, 2,065 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 27 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

A remastered city-building experience where every decision for Martian colonization feels deliberate, tense, and rewarding.

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What players say

Players returning from the original Surviving Mars overwhelmingly call Relaunched a reskin with reused bugs, no new maps, and a rushed diplomacy system. Buyers who never played the original find it a solid colony sim, and some praise the improved performance and DLC integration, but discontent over the lack of meaningful new content dominates the conversation.

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