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Surviving Mars: Relaunched
The award-winning sci-fi city builder is back - remastered, expanded and even more stunning. Colonize Mars and survive the process, from exploration and infrastructure to welcoming colonists and achieving long-term stability. Are you ready? Mars is waiting.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“The game had a rough start because the returning devs (Haemimont) bundled the DLCs that were hacked together for the original by a 3rd party studio and had negative reviews. It took a year to mostly clean them up for this relaunch. Trains are finally useful and with the latest…”
— a player, Steam review · 155 hrs played“This game is an amazing colony builder/survival. It has very simple concept but is deep enough that you can lose if you don't plan well. My favorite game of the genre. I highly recomended it at full price. If you are wondering why the reviews aren't very positive it is because…”
— a player, Steam review · 35 hrs played“To be a parrot, it's a scammy cash grab. Stick with the OG if you have it, if not, this is the exact same thing with more bugs, worse content, and no mods.”
— a player, Steam review · 58 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.
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.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Patch 1.1.1 - Patch Notes
Check out the full patch notes below: Balance changes Changed the behavior of grids when there is not enough supply to cover the demand. Instead of turning the whole grid off, buildings will be disabl
📸 Screenshot Contest - Surviving Mars: Relaunched
It’s time to bring your cameras to Mars and show us your best screenshots from the game. 📸 Join the Screenshot Contest , and show us your finest shots of the Red Planet for a chance to be one of three
Feeding the Future is Out Now!
Hello Commanders, Dinner is now served! Feeding the Future , the first DLC for Surviving Mars: Relaunched , is available now. Your colonists are hungry for more than survival! Feeding the Future adds
Services & Science Patch Notes - Version 1.1.0
The legacy research system was replaced with a new tech tree. Research now accumulates toward generating Tech Points . Tech Points are used to instantly unlock Technologies. All Technologies cost 1 Te
Surviving Mars: Relaunched - What's New Since Release
When Surviving Mars: Relaunched went live last November, we mentioned that it was the launch pad for a new era of Surviving Mars, with more to explore down the line. Tomorrow, we drop a free update th
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Simulation · Strategy · Colony Sim · City Builder · Exploration · Immersive Sim · Realistic · Top-Down · Space · Mars · Economy · Building (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Workshop · Camera Comfort · Color Alternatives · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 65 |
| Official site | https://www.paradoxinteractive.com/games/surviving-mars-relaunched |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 (64-bit) Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K | AMD Ryzen 3 1300X Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | AMD Radeon RX 470 | Intel Arc A380 Storage: 10 GB available space