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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.

Surviving Mars is a colony sim, city builder and strategy game developed by Haemimont Games and Abstraction and published by Paradox Interactive.
Released on March 15th 2018 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 9 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Turkish.

It has received 26,570 reviews of which 22,472 were positive and 4,098 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. 😎

The game is not available on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Surviving Mars into these genres:

Colony Sim City Builder Strategy Survival Space Base-Building Mars Simulation Sci-fi Resource Management Singleplayer Building Management Sandbox Space Sim Futuristic Open World RTS Great Soundtrack Moddable

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS: Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit
Processor: 4th Generation Intel i3 CPU or equivalent
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: HD 4600/Geforce 620/Radeon 6450 or equivalent GPUs with 1 GB of video RAM
Storage: 6 GB available space

MacOS

OS: OSX 10.11 or newer
Processor: 4th Generation Intel i3 CPU or equivalent
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL 4.1 (GeForce 600/AMD Radeon 5000 or higher) with 1GB of video RAM
Storage: 6 GB available space

Linux

OS: Ubuntu 16.04 x64 or newer
Processor: 4th Generation Intel i3 CPU or equivalent
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: OpenGL 4.5 (GeForce 600/AMD Radeon 7700 or higher) with 1GB of video RAM
Storage: 6 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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March 2026

Every now and then when I'm feeling low, this game really helps out, in a way no other game I've found can. It's gonna be hard, guys. Really hard. Keep it up.

Nov. 2025

The game itself was fun, but expecting us to pay another $40 for the same game with patches is crazy. "Relaunched" = give us money you stupid consumers.

Nov. 2025

Surviving Mars: Relaunch: re-purchase the same game again. PASS. Spend US$40 for an updated game from Paradox? PASS. I can't seem to create a review on the relaunched store page because I don't own it. I don't own it because I won't pay for it. This original "is no longer available on the Steam store" - PARADOX, why must you be the worst? I'll keep my buggy (?) one (honestly, i don't think I witnessed any bugs, it is a sim that you need to keep massive numbers of colonists busy and happy, I see no problems). It doesn't really matter recommended yes or no; the original this review is being left under is a YES (that cannot be purchased any more), the relaunched is a hard NO.

Aug. 2025

Why are the reviews for this game so poor? It's actually really cool/fun - you build a Mars colony over time and then teraform the planet! Like.

June 2025

A chill game that frustrates you when you least expect. Regardless you get addicted to expand your colony and play through the story. When you get tired of the game mechanics, you can always change difficulty and other settings for your next colony, making the game dynamics completely different. So you need to adapt fast and pick the best strategy. There is still one annoying bug that isnt fixed besides being reported for some years... "Tourists overstaying" without any reason.... like per 100 tourists, only like 10 leave the colony. Its very anying and sadly, using tourists as a strategy is not worth it....

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Frequently Asked Questions

Surviving Mars is not available on Steam.

Surviving Mars is not available on Steam yet.

Surviving Mars received 22,472 positive votes out of a total of 26,570 achieving a rating of 8.30.

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Surviving Mars was developed by Haemimont Games and Abstraction and published by Paradox Interactive.

Surviving Mars is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Surviving Mars is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Surviving Mars is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Surviving Mars is a single-player game.

Surviving Mars does not currently offer any DLC.

Surviving Mars is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.

Surviving Mars supports Remote Play on TV. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

Surviving Mars is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Surviving Mars.

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