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Surviving Ceres

Surviving Ceres

Explore a handcrafted survival game with an emphasis on crafting and base building. Export manufactured goods to earn funding, manage colonists, defend against hostile aliens, and work towards terraforming Ceres from a frozen ball of ice to a tropical paradise.

Released May 2, 2025 Developer Ryan Saunders Publisher One Man Media Platforms Windows SimulationSurvivalCraftingBuildingColony Sim
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-05-15)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

87.2%positive141 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“I really like the game <3 but it has crashed twice on me today and i saw game saved flash up a few times in the last 2 hours but it froze and crashed again and then i log back in and 2 hours worth of game play gone.... I just don't think i can continue the way it is atm which is…”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“I had a lot of fun with this game. Are the visuals a little basic? Yes, but they get the concepts across. Is the base layout game fun? Actually, yeah, for me it is. At first, my OCD was twitching because of the irregularity in the base piece sizes, but I let go and ended up…”

— a player, Steam review · 47 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“A nice enough survival builder. Doesn't have the polish or depth of a game like planet crafter, and is still a bit rough around the edges, but most of the bugs mentioned in earlier negative reviews are fixed, and the few bugs that remain are annoyances rather than game breaking…”

— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

40achievements
35.0%median completion
12.9%rarest: Mega City
66.6% of players 60.2% of players 58.2% of players 56.9% of players 56.1% of players 55.9% of players 54.0% of players 50.9% of players 50.0% of players 49.2% of players 48.9% of players 48.6% of players 48.3% of players 47.0% of players 44.8% of players 44.8% of players 42.9% of players 41.3% of players 38.6% of players 37.7% of players 35.0% of players 34.1% of players 31.8% of players 27.0% of players 24.3% of players 22.1% of players 20.5% of players 19.7% of players 19.4% of players 19.2% of players 18.0% of players 16.6% of players 16.4% of players 15.7% of players 15.7% of players 15.2% of players 14.8% of players 14.8% of players 14.4% of players 12.9% of players 66.6% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
66.6%I can Breathe — You can finally breathe fresh air in your base on Ceres
60.2%Liquid Gold — You have crafted water from ice on Ceres, drink up
58.2%Drilling Time — You have begun the first steps towards automation
Rarest badges of honor
12.9%Mega City — Have 12 living colonists
14.4%Expedition Pro — Clear expedition three
14.8%Pest Control — Clear all 6 alien nests with missiles

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Aug 14, 2026
My Next Game Has A Store Page

Greetings, Ceres fans. I have news about my next game for your consideration. It is called "Clone. Optimize. Sacrifice." Clone. Optimize. Sacrifice. is a fun/casual game with city building, a deep spr

Jan 26, 2026
Minor Update

Greetings Pilgrims; This small update fixes a few minor issues reported by the community. Fixes Changed the wording of the "Oxygen Unit" to make it more straightforward where you can place it. Changed

Dec 17, 2025
Tweaks and Fixes

Greetings Pilgrims; This minor update addresses issues reported by players. Some collision fixes, number tweaks, terrain tweaks, and a handful of optimizations for colonists, drones, and auto-machines

Nov 03, 2025
Fixes and Tweaks

Greetings Pilgrims; This minor update includes many fixes and tweaks to existing issues. There are a few bug fixes for minor issues, such as drill salvage containers spawning incorrectly when destroye

Sep 25, 2025
Update 1.5 Hotfixes

Greetings Pilgrims; Just a few quick hotfixes for minor issues found by the community. A huge thank you to everyone for the feedback, suggestions, and ideas. Fixed a few typos in some HUDs Fixed an is

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresIndie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsSimulation · Survival · Crafting · Building · Colony Sim · Open World · Base-Building · Management · RPG · Farming Sim · Exploration · Strategy (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Stats · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
Achievements40
Official sitehttp://www.gamesbyryan.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 (SP1) 64bit Processor: Intel Core i3-3225 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 650 Ti DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 3 GB available space Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system