Action · May 10, 2023

Occupy Mars: The Game (2023)

trophy46 achievementsextension1 DLClocal_offer-37% current discountgroup100k–1M ownersrecommend2.3k recommendations
Occupy Mars is a complex open-world sandbox survival game for fans of the genre. Occupy Mars is a technical, open-world sandbox, survival game about Mars colonization inspired by the most promising technologies and companies that are working towards the goal of humanity becoming a multi-planet species. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, fix broken parts, and learn how to survive on Mars! Build greenhouses, oxygen tanks, fuel generators, connect all the pipes and cables, and remember about proper cable management. Grow your own food. Manage your energy production and build your electricity grid. Make sure that there is enough water, oxygen, power, and food to survive. Fix broken parts using realistic electronic components and tools. Learn the basics soldering, using hot air, measurement tools, and all the details necessary to fix your equipment. Explore different regions of Mars while searching for valuable resources, discover mining sites, and find the best place to build a city. Remember that you need to find a relatively leveled area with good access to underground water in a place where temperatures don't drop too much during the night. Experience an open-world sandbox game with a realistic day/night cycle and overcome real challenges that colonists face. Build solar arrays and batteries for energy storage, upgrade them, and find the optimal way to power your colony. Upgrade your vehicles and equipment in your garage. Organize your workshop and modify your rover. Change crane hydraulics, operate the robotic arm, dig for valuable resources, build mining rigs, and more... Occupying Mars is not always easy. Sometimes things will explode, break or not go exactly as planned. Learn to cope with 'Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly.” Sometimes you have to really act quickly before you run out of air, food, or energy. ...but most importantly HAVE FUN on Mars!

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Early Access · 222
  • Open World Survival Craft · 201
  • Open World · 195
  • Resource Management · 194
  • Sandbox · 190
  • Crafting · 185
  • Base-Building · 179
  • Simulation · 176
  • Space · 176
  • Survival · 173
  • Exploration · 167
  • Building · 157
  • Indie · 148
  • Mars · 142
  • Colony Sim · 140

Peer Action titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume2.4k Steam reviewsTop 89% in Action
Positive rating74% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 81%
Engagement hours29 h averageTop 15% for session depth among Action

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Polish
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Turkish
  • Portuguese - Portugal
  • Danish

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Ukrainian

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • Co-op
  • Online Co-op
  • Cross-Platform Multiplayer

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards

Accessibility

  • Captions available
  • Adjustable Difficulty
  • Playable without Timed Input

Input & Comfort

  • Camera Comfort
  • Custom Volume Controls

Other

  • Single-player

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

29h

moderate (15–40 hours)

2-week avg

14h

Current engagement

Achievements

46

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateMay 10, 2023
Developer▲ Pyramid Games
Publisher▲ Pyramid Games, PlayWay S.A.
Base price$18.89 -37%
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Support · [email protected]

Reception Metrics

Steam community

74%Mostly Positive · 2.4k reviews

1.8k positive · 632 negative

Curator recommendations

2.3k

Editions & Packages

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