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Surviving Mars

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App ID 464920
App Type Game
Developer ,
Publisher Paradox Interactive
Franchise Surviving
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies HaemimontSol Engine
Last Changenumber 29970486
Last Record Update 9 July 2025 – 14:54:42 UTC ()
Release Date 15 March 2018 – 17:00:00 UTC ()
😎 82.99%
26k reviews
449
In-Game

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.

Additional Information

Developer Haemimont Games
metacritic_name Surviving Mars
controller_support full
metacritic_score 76
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/surviving-mars?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
workshop_visible Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Paradox Interactive
eulas
0 ↴
id464920_eula_0
nameSurviving Mars EULA
urlhttps://store.steampowered.com//eula/464920_eula_0
version1
Store Release Date 15 March 2018 – 17:00:00 UTC ()
osarch empty string
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://www.twitch.tv/paradoxinteractive
https://x.com/Surviving_PDX
https://www.youtube.com/paradoxinteractive/
Primary Genre Simulation (28)
Store Genres Simulation (28), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 15 March 2018 – 17:00:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 9 July 2025 – 14:54:24 UTC () (1752072864)
library_assets
library_capsuleen
library_heroen
library_logoen
library_headeren
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width_pct39
height_pct40
osextended macos64
review_score 8
review_percentage 84
Detected Technologies (?) HaemimontSol Engine, Lua SDK, NVIDIA_Texture_Tools SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Unsupported
  • steamos_compatibility: Unsupported
  • test_timestamp: 22 March 2023 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 8705308
  • configuration:
    supported_inputgamepad
    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke0
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_00
    non_deck_display_glyphs0
    small_text1
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimenative
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
First seen on SteamDB 21 April 2016 – 14:25:48 UTC (), in changelist #1906044

Supported Languages

9 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes
Turkish Yes

Tags

🛖 Colony Sim 🏙️ City Builder 💡 Strategy 🌲 Survival 🌠 Space 🏠 Base Building 🔴 Mars 🖥️ Simulation 🚀 Sci-fi 📊 Resource Management 👤 Singleplayer 🏠 Building 💼 Management 🧱 Sandbox 🚀 Space Sim 🌆 Futuristic 🌍 Open World 🌐 RTS 🎶 Great Soundtrack 🛠️ Moddable

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Workshop Steam Cloud Remote Play on TV Family Sharing Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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Assets
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timestamp9 July 2025 – 14:54:37 UTC
Trailers
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User File System

Key Value
quota 9.31 GiB (10000000000)
maxnumfiles 10000
savefiles
0 ↴
rootWinAppDataRoaming
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rootoverrides
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rootWinAppDataRoaming
osMacOS
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Save File Locations

Based on the configuration above, this is where we think the save files are located.

Read more about cloud saves in Steamworks documentation.

Platform Path Pattern
[All OSes] %USERPROFILE%/AppData/Roaming/Surviving Mars/{64BitSteamID} *
Linux (Override) $XDG_DATA_HOME/Surviving Mars/{64BitSteamID}
MacOS (Override) ~/Library/Application Support/Surviving Mars/{64BitSteamID}
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