Surviving Mars
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.
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DeveloperHaemimont Games, Abstraction
PublisherParadox Interactive
Released15 Mar 2018
ReviewsMostly Positive (78% of 29,293)
Steam DeckUnsupported
Playing now273
Achievements 0 of 80 unlocked
Cubism
Complete The Power of Three Mystery
6.1% of players · Rare
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Space Invaders
Complete the Dredgers mystery
4.4% of players · Very rare
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Mirror, mirror...
Complete the Spheres mystery
3.3% of players · Very rare
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Swan Song
Complete the Inner Light mystery
3.4% of players · Very rare
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Sentience 2.0
Complete the Artificial Intelligence mystery
3.4% of players · Very rare
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Whistleblower
Complete the Marsgate mystery
3.9% of players · Very rare
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The Beanstalk
Build the Space Elevator
12% of players · Rare
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Snow Globe
Build the Geoscape Dome
10% of players · Rare
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It's Always Sunny on Mars
Build the Artificial Sun
11% of players · Rare
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Alpha Scientist
Build the Omega Telescope
12% of players · Rare
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The Rabbit Hole
Build the Mohole Mine
13% of players · Rare
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Cast in Concrete
Build the Excavator
11% of players · Rare
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What is Real?
Build Project Morpheus
10% of players · Rare
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Bubble Wrap
Build a Dome
44% of players · Uncommon
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There and Back Again
Refuel a Rocket
42% of players · Uncommon
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Spacey Food
Harvest Food on Mars
38% of players · Uncommon
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Where No Man has Gone Before
Analyze an Anomaly
47% of players · Uncommon
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Marvin the Martian
First child on Mars
33% of players · Uncommon
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Good News, Everyone!
Pass the Colony Approval stage
36% of players · Uncommon
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Space Communism
Reach 250 Colonists
16% of players · Rare
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Multiplanet Species
Reach 1000 Colonists
9.2% of players · Rare
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The Boundaries of Knowledge
Research all non-Breakthrough Technologies
10% of players · Rare
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Can't Stop the Signal
Scan all Sectors
18% of players · Rare
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The Final Frontier
Deep scan all Sectors
14% of players · Rare
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How Much is a Googol?
Reach $100,000 M
8.7% of players · Rare
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Wubba, lubba, dub, dub!
Build 1000 buildings
7% of players · Rare
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You can't take the Sky from Me!
Land 50 Rockets on Mars in a single playthrough
17% of players · Rare
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In the High Tower
Build a Dome Spire
28% of players · Uncommon
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Open the Pod Bay Doors
Build a Shuttle Hub
26% of players · Uncommon
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A Shooting Star
Shoot down a meteorite
13% of players · Rare
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Dream of a Green Mars
Reach 200 Vegans
3.1% of players · Very rare
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Marsopolis
Reach 100 Colonists living in a single Dome
16% of players · Rare
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Assisted Self-Improvement
Treat 50 Colonists in a Sanatorium
10% of players · Rare
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For the Benefit of All
Play as USA and research all technologies in the Engineering tech-tree before Sol 100
1.9% of players · Very rare
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Building a Better Future
Play as Blue Sun Corporation and export 500 units of Rare Metals to Earth before Sol 100
2.5% of players · Very rare
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Interesting Times
Play as China and reach a population of 200 before Sol 100
2.3% of players · Very rare
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In the Service of Humankind
Play as India and have 5 Domes before Sol 100
2.2% of players · Very rare
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Because we Care
Play as Europe and research 5 Breakthrough Technologies before Sol 100
4.5% of players · Very rare
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Aren't they Cute?
Play as SpaceY and control 200 Drones before Sol 100
1.8% of players · Very rare
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Gagarin's Legacy
Play as Russia and extract 10000 resource units from Deposits before Sol 100
2.5% of players · Very rare
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The New Ark
Play as the Church of the New Ark and have 100 people born on Mars before Sol 100
2% of players · Very rare
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Perfect Moment
Have a Colonist with all four stats at maximum
19% of players · Rare
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A Better Planet
Have an Earthsick Colonist who decided to stay on Mars
13% of players · Rare
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Posthuman
Have a Colonist with 2 Rare traits
8.3% of players · Rare
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The Watney Challenge
Pass the Colony Approval stage with a single Founder
2.1% of players · Very rare
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S.P.E.C.I.A.L.
Have a Colonist with 5 Perks
17% of players · Rare
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The New Wonders of the World
Construct 5 different Wonders in a single playthrough
10% of players · Rare
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The Positronic Man
Have a Biorobot Colonist
6.2% of players · Rare
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Have a Dome populated by at least 50 Biorobot Colonists
2.7% of players · Very rare
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Immortality of a Kind
Have a citizen that was reconstructed by Project Phoenix
7% of players · Rare
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Space Shopping
Play as USA and have a Geoscape Dome with a Megamall before Sol 100
1.5% of players · Very rare
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Tao
Play as China and have Tai-chi Gardens in 10 Domes before Sol 100
1.5% of players · Very rare
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Space Capitalism
Play as Blue Sun Corporation and produce $100,000 M Funding before Sol 100
1.4% of players · Very rare
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Europa Universalis
Play as Europe and reach daily production of 10,000 Research before Sol 100
1.6% of players · Very rare
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Waste Not, Want Not
Play as India and convert 3000 Waste Rock to useful materials before Sol 100
1.4% of players · Very rare
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The Pace of Progress
Play as SpaceY and complete all Sponsor Goals on challenge rating 500% or higher
1.2% of players · Very rare
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No Pain, No Gain
Play as Russia and have 500 colonists on challenge rating 500% or higher
1.2% of players · Very rare
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The Garden of Eden
Play as Church of the new Ark and have 250 Colonists at 70+ Comfort before Sol 100
1.2% of players · Very rare
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Bushido
Play as Japan and train 200 specialists before Sol 100
1.2% of players · Very rare
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Gold Rush
Play as Brazil and convert 2000 Waste Rock to Rare Metals before Sol 100
2.4% of players · Very rare
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Move this Mountain!
Have a RC Dozer complete a landscaping project
9.4% of players · Rare
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Seeds of Life
Harvest Seeds on Mars
11% of players · Rare
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Red Button
Nuke the Polar Caps
7.1% of players · Rare
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Tears of Joy
Have water rain on Mars
7.9% of players · Rare
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Fear my Botany Powers!
Plant a tree
7.8% of players · Rare
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Now we need ducks
Have a lake with liquid water
9.4% of players · Rare
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Detox
Endure the Toxic Rains
7.3% of players · Rare
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Skies of Blue
Create blue skies by terraforming
7.9% of players · Rare
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Creator of Worlds
Max all Terraforming Parameters
4.6% of players · Very rare
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Capital Achievement
Construct a Capital City
6% of players · Rare
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Asteroid Hopping
Have a single Asteroid Lander visit 10 asteroids before returning to Mars
0.7% of players · Ultra rare
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Into the Unknown
Go game over as your last colonists leaves Mars behind to take a trip into the great unknown
0.7% of players · Ultra rare
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Job’s done
Fully develop all buried wonders in the underground, before sol 100
0.7% of players · Ultra rare
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Mission Success
Successfully return from an asteroid
2.4% of players · Very rare
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Multitasking
Visit 3 asteroids simultaneously
1.1% of players · Very rare
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Mysteries of Mars
Fully develop a buried wonder to benefit your colony
1.2% of players · Very rare
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The Perfect Run
Retrieve all resources from an asteroid & leave nothing behind
0.8% of players · Ultra rare
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Space Dwarves
All your colonists live underground (at least 200 colonists)
0.7% of players · Ultra rare
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Space Explorer
Complete all techs in the recon & expansion tech tree
1.9% of players · Very rare
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Will they hold?
Prevent 100 Cave-ins in total from Underground Marsquakes
0.8% of players · Ultra rare
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Paradox Games and Haemimont Games recently released Surviving Mars Relaunched to largely middling Steam reviews, maintaining a worrying trend of titles from the publishing giant behind many of the best strategy games not quite hitting like they used to. Worse yet, the release of this remaster treads another fine line - scrubbing the original version of a product in favor of a new edition that some... Read more