Surviving Mars

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

• macOS
• Linux

Genres

• simulation video game

• strategy video game

• city-building game

• construction and management simulation^*

• life simulation game^*

• vehicle simulation game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  E10+ - Everyone 10+^*

Localized titles

• Surviving Mars

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

Store genres

• Simulation^*
• Strategy^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Steam Achievements^*
• Full controller support^*
• Steam Trading Cards^*
• Steam Workshop^*
• Steam Cloud^*
• Remote Play on TV^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• French^*
• German^*
• Spanish - Spain^*
• Polish^*
• Portuguese - Brazil^*
• Russian^*
• Simplified Chinese^*
• Turkish^*

Audio languages

• English^*
• Turkish^*

Community tags · historical

• Colony Sim^*

  Votes · historical

  718^*

• City Builder^*

  Votes · historical

  698^*

• Strategy^*

  Votes · historical

  667^*

• Survival^*

  Votes · historical

  553^*

• Space^*

  Votes · historical

  553^*

• Base-Building^*

  Votes · historical

  500^*

• Mars^*

  Votes · historical

  462^*

• Simulation^*

  Votes · historical

  416^*

• Sci-fi^*

  Votes · historical

  370^*

• Resource Management^*

  Votes · historical

  339^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  292^*

• Building^*

  Votes · historical

  281^*

• Management^*

  Votes · historical

  263^*

• Sandbox^*

  Votes · historical

  186^*

• Space Sim^*

  Votes · historical

  181^*

• Futuristic^*

  Votes · historical

  168^*

• Open World^*

  Votes · historical

  108^*

• RTS^*

  Votes · historical

  95^*

• Great Soundtrack^*

  Votes · historical

  91^*

• Moddable^*

  Votes · historical

  40^*

System requirements

• macOS · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  OSX 10.11 or newer^*

  Processor alternatives

  4th Generation Intel i3 CPU or equivalent^*

  Memory

  4 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  OpenGL 4.1 (GeForce 600/AMD Radeon 5000 or higher) with 1GB of video RAM^*

  Storage

  6 GB available space^*

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit^*

  Processor alternatives

  4th Generation Intel i3 CPU or equivalent^*

  Memory

  4 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  HD 4600/Geforce 620/Radeon 6450 or equivalent GPUs with 1 GB of video RAM^*

  Storage

  6 GB available space^*

• Linux · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Ubuntu 16.04 x64 or newer^*

  Processor alternatives

  4th Generation Intel i3 CPU or equivalent^*

  Memory

  4 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  OpenGL 4.5 (GeForce 600/AMD Radeon 7700 or higher) with 1GB of video RAM^*

  Storage

  6 GB available space^*

• Windows · Recommended^*

  Graphics alternatives

  Geforce 750 Ti or equivalent with 4GB of video RAM^*

  Processor alternatives

  5th Generation Intel i5 CPU or equivalent^*

  Memory

  8 GB^*

• Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*

  Memory

  8 GB^*

  Video memory

  4 GB^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Unsupported^*

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Gold^*

  Reports

  72^*

  Community confidence

  strong^*

• Controller support · 2026-06-27^*

  Controller support

  Full^*

Developers

• Haemimont Games

• Abstraction^*

Publishers

• Paradox Interactive

• 2018-03-15

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2018-03-14 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2018-03-14^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Mar 15, 2018^*

Detailed specifications