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Haemimont Games · 2025 · Windows

Steam: 57 % positive of 2,350 reviews, as of Oct 28

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.

24 games that play like Surviving Mars: Relaunched and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Surviving Mars, Reshaping Mars and Oxygen Not Included.

Player tags

  • Simulation
  • Strategy
  • Colony Sim
  • City Builder
  • Exploration
  • Immersive Sim
  • Realistic
  • Top-Down
Map region: Factories & City Builders
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Steam reviews

What players say

Mixed: a polished, deep colony builder whose bugs and the paid relaunch of a game many already owned split players.

Many players enjoy the deep colony-building loop: keeping colonists alive, managing domes and drones, and slowly terraforming Mars. Several say the relaunch works better than the original, with bundled DLC that now functions, reworked research tree, trains and underground gameplay that feel more useful, and an optional political system. Many complaints concern bugs: crashes, freezes in late game, colonists dying in stuck transport, and asteroid landers that did not work at launch. Some players, especially owners of the original, feel the relaunch is mostly the same game sold again at a high price, with a discount that is too small and little new content. Recent reviews are more positive about the patched state and the Feeding the Future expansion, but still report bugs and a few report repetitive late game.

Praised

  • Deep colony management

    Players like the tension of keeping colonists alive, balancing resources and expanding domes while the planet slowly becomes habitable.

    Many players
  • Working bundled DLC

    Players note that the expansions from the original now run properly out of the box, with trains and underground play feeling more useful.

    Many players
  • Reworked research and visuals

    Players welcome the revised tech tree and a cleaner UI, though some find the visual changes modest.

    Some players
  • Improved stability after patches

    Players say the game is far more stable after updates than at launch and runs better than the original.

    Some players

Criticised

  • Bugs and crashes

    Players report crashes, freezes in late game, broken missions and unreliable asteroid landers, especially around launch.

    Many players
  • Paid relaunch of same game

    Owners of the original feel they are paying again for mostly the same content, with a discount they consider too small.

    Many players
  • Little new content

    Players say the relaunch adds few features beyond the politics system and visual tweaks, and that future expansions are the real selling point.

    Some players
  • Repetitive late game

    Players find the late game a waiting game for terraforming and the learning curve unrewarding.

    A few players
Who it suits
Suits players who like patient colony and terraforming sims and do not mind a learning curve, especially newcomers to the genre.
Who should skip it
Skip it if you already own the original and dislike paying again, or if you want a bug-free experience at launch.

Short vs. long playtime: Players with over 200 hours report more late-game crashes, a faulty political system and recent changes they dislike, while newcomers praise the depth.

Summarised by AI from 60 Steam reviews (English, helpful and recent), as of Oct 28, 2026.

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At a glance

What games like Surviving Mars: Relaunched have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Surviving Mars: Relaunched: Simulation (21 of 24), Strategy (20) and Colony Sim (18).
  • They came out between 2015 and 2026, 2 of them after Surviving Mars: Relaunched (2025).
  • Best rated by Steam players: RimWorld (97 % positive of 210,869).

How these matches work

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