The WhatsNext verdict
For City-builder fans who enjoy planning infrastructure and keeping a settlement alive on a hostile world.: Every dome, pipeline, and farm has to keep colonists breathing, fed, and safe, so each build decision carries weight. Tradeoff: Tight resources and costly failures can feel punishing to players who want a relaxed building sandbox.
What it does best
simulator
strategy
science fiction
survival
The setup
What you are walking into
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.
Where it lives
Genre
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