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Surviving Mars

Surviving Mars overview

Haemimont Games, Abstraction | Mar 15, 2018 | game

Released

314players observed · 21 September 2026 - 21:19:40 UTC

SimulationStrategyColony SimCity BuilderSurvival

  • Latest observed players314 · 21 September 2026 - 21:19:40 UTC
  • SteamPulse tracked peak1,125
  • Units sold (VGI)813,000
  • Revenue (VGI)$12,200,000
  • Review score80% positive

Surviving Mars dated player observations, monthly player trends, reviews, and game metadata are tracked on SteamPulse.

  • Latest observed players314 · 21 September 2026 - 21:19:40 UTC
  • SteamPulse tracked peak1,125
  • Units sold (VGI)813,000
  • Revenue (VGI)$12,200,000
  • Review score80% positive
  • Total reviews28,732
  • Release dateMar 15, 2018
  • DeveloperHaemimont Games, Abstraction
  • PublisherParadox Interactive

Genres: Simulation, Strategy

Company pages: Developer: Haemimont Games, AbstractionPublisher: Paradox Interactive

No longer available on Steam Store. This app is no longer available for purchase on the Steam Store. SteamPulse keeps live player counts, media, metadata, and historical price snapshots where available.

Top Steam chartsTop 100 gamesGame directoryNo current Steam Store offer

Game overview

Overview

Surviving Mars comes from Haemimont Games, Abstraction and is published by Paradox Interactive. It arrived on Steam on Mar 15, 2018, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud, Remote Play on TV, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Surviving Mars's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 314 players at 21 September 2026 - 21:19:40 UTC, with a tracked peak near 1,125. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 80% positive across 28,732 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Surviving Mars is available in 9 languages including:

EnglishFrenchGermanSpanish - SpainPolishPortuguese - BrazilRussianSimplified ChineseTurkish languages with full audio support

4 regional rating boards including esrb, pegi, dejus, and steam germany

PlatformTypeOSProcessorMemoryGraphicsStorage
WindowsMinimumWindows® 10 Home 64 Bit4th Generation Intel i3 CPU or equivalent4 GB RAMHD 4600/Geforce 620/Radeon 6450 or equivalent GPUs with 1 GB of video RAM6 GB available space
WindowsRecommendedWindows® 10 Home 64 Bit5th Generation Intel i5 CPU or equivalent8 GB RAMGeforce 750 Ti or equivalent with 4GB of video RAM6 GB available space
macOSMinimumOSX 10.11 or newer4th Generation Intel i3 CPU or equivalent4 GB RAMOpenGL 4.1 (GeForce 600/AMD Radeon 5000 or higher) with 1GB of video RAM6 GB available space
macOSRecommendedOSX 10.11 or newerFast quad-core CPUs8 GB RAMGeForce 970-level GPU with 4GB of video RAM6 GB available space
LinuxMinimumUbuntu 16.04 x64 or newer4th Generation Intel i3 CPU or equivalent4 GB RAMOpenGL 4.5 (GeForce 600/AMD Radeon 7700 or higher) with 1GB of video RAM6 GB available space
LinuxRecommendedUbuntu 16.04 x64 or newerFast quad-core CPUs8 GB RAMGeForce 970-level GPU with 4GB of video RAM6 GB available space

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Surviving Mars has sold up to 813,000 units and has 17,249 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $12,200,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Detailed game overview

Surviving Mars overview details

Surviving Mars combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

The award-winning sci-fi city builder is back - get Surviving Mars: Relaunched! About the Game Colonize Mars and discover her secrets, with minimal casualties. Welcome Home! The time has come to stake your claim on the Red Planet and build the first functioning human colonies on Mars! All you need are supplies, oxygen, decades of training, experience with sandstorms, and a can-do attitude to discover the purpose of those weird black cubes that appeared out of nowhere. With a bit of sprucing up, this place is going to be awesome! Surviving Mars is a sci-fi city builder all about colonizing Mars and surviving the process. Choose a space agency for resources and financial support before determining a location for your colony. Build domes and infrastructure, research new possibilities and utilize drones to unlock more elaborate ways to shape and expand your settlement. Cultivate your own food, mine minerals or just relax by the bar after a hard day’s work. Most important of all, though, is keeping your colonists alive. Not an easy task on a strange new planet. 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. Main Features: Building on a planet not fit for human life challenges you to build a smart, functional colony. Bad planning isn’t about traffic jams, it’s about survival of your colonists. You really don’t want rolling blackouts in a city constructed in a place without oxygen. Each colonist is a unique individual with proble…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Surviving Mars is listed as a game with No longer available on Steam Store. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud, Remote Play on TV, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Simulation and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 314 players at 21 September 2026 - 21:19:40 UTC, a tracked peak of 1,125, and 80% positive reviews.

Overview facts

FieldValue
GameSurviving Mars
Steam App ID464920
Typegame
Release dateMar 15, 2018
DeveloperHaemimont Games, Abstraction
PublisherParadox Interactive
PriceNo longer available on Steam Store
PlatformsWindows, macOS, and Linux
GenresSimulation, Strategy
CategoriesSingle-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud, Remote Play on TV, Family Sharing
Supported languagesEnglish * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish * languages with full audio support
WebsiteNot available

Player and review overview

MetricValue
Latest observed players314 · 21 September 2026 - 21:19:40 UTC
SteamPulse tracked peak1,125
Positive reviews22,898
Negative reviews5,834
Total reviews28,732
Positive percent80%
Review typeMostly Positive
Recommendations17,249
Average playtime7,214 minutes

SteamPulse record freshness

FieldValue
Steam release dateMar 15, 2018
Official Steam feed update (UTC)10 September 2026 - 17:36:52 UTC
SteamPulse last record update (UTC)21 September 2026 - 21:19:40 UTC
Live player count updated (UTC)21 September 2026 - 21:19:40 UTC
Store metadata updated (UTC)21 September 2026 - 21:19:40 UTC

Highlighted achievements

AchievementDescription
CubismNo description
Space InvadersNo description
Mirror, mirror...No description
Swan SongNo description
Sentience 2.0No description
WhistleblowerNo description
The BeanstalkNo description
Snow GlobeNo description
It's Always Sunny on MarsNo description
Alpha ScientistNo description

Support and legal notes

FieldValue
Support emailNot available
Support URLSupport page
Legal notice© 2018 Paradox Interactive AB, SURVIVING MARS, and PARADOX INTERACTIVE are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Paradox Interactive AB in Europe, the U.S., and other countries. Developed by Haemimont Games. All other trademarks, logos, and copyrights are property of their respective owners.

References

Official and third-party reference links for checking this Steam app outside SteamPulse.

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SteamPulse canonicalhttps://steampulse.org/game/464920
Steam Communityhttps://steamcommunity.com/app/464920
PCGamingWiki search
IGDB searchSearch IGDB for Surviving Mars

Game FAQ

Real questions answered from SteamPulse data, including live players, monthly momentum, review sentiment, regional audience signals, Twitch activity, and current Steam pricing.

What is the latest observed Steam activity for Surviving Mars?

Surviving Mars's latest SteamPulse observation records 314 players at 21 September 2026 - 21:19:40 UTC, with a tracked peak of 1,125 concurrent players in the available SteamPulse record. SteamPulse also records about 120 hours of average lifetime playtime.

Is Surviving Mars growing or declining recently?

September 2026 is still in progress. The month-to-date average is 218 players; the highest observed daily value is 457 players. Available values are provisional and will continue changing until the UTC month closes. The completed comparison month is August 2026.

What country-level audience data is available for Surviving Mars?

In the observed sample of public reviewer profiles with a visible country, the leading shares are United States (32.7%), United Kingdom (10.2%), Canada (10.2%). The separate directional player-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (28.3%), United Kingdom (8.8%), Canada (8.7%). The directional follower-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (36.8%), United Kingdom (9.2%), Canada (9%). The directional wishlist-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (25.6%), United Kingdom (7.8%), Canada (7.4%). Only the reviewer view is based on observed public profile countries; the other percentages are modeled relative weights, not verified account locations or country-level user counts.

What does the Steam review footprint look like for Surviving Mars?

Surviving Mars currently sits at 80% positive across 28,732 Steam reviews tracked by SteamPulse, including 22,898 positive reviews and 5,834 negative reviews. Steam labels the current review summary as Mostly Positive.

How much follower and Twitch attention does Surviving Mars have?

Surviving Mars currently has about 148.3K tracked Steam followers as of 25 January 2026 - 00:00:00 UTC. On Twitch, SteamPulse is matching roughly 0 live viewers across 0 active streams for the game's category.

What is the current Steam price for Surviving Mars?

Surviving Mars is currently listed at $29.99 on Steam. SteamPulse uses the current store snapshot and historical price records to show whether the page is at full price or in a discounted window. Steam recommendations currently stand near 17,249, which helps add market context around that price.

Reviews, pricing, and metadata

Review summary

Mostly Positive

80% positive, 22,898 positive, 5,834 negative

Price and discount

No longer available on Steam Store

Platforms

Windows, Mac, Linux

Categories

Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud

Achievements

80

Platform releases
  • Steam 15 March 2018
  • Xbox 15 March 2018
  • PlayStation 14 March 2018

System requirements

Minimum requirements

Minimum: 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

Recommended requirements

Recommended: OS: Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit Processor: 5th Generation Intel i5 CPU or equivalent Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Geforce 750 Ti or equivalent with 4GB of video RAM Storage: 6 GB available space

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