Surviving Mars: Relaunched
Surviving Mars: Relaunched launches on November 10, 2025 for PC (Steam). It is developed by Haemimont Games and published by Paradox Interactive. This refreshed edition folds in the original colony builder with all expansions and a new Martian Assembly update, pairing upgraded visuals and UI with deeper politics as your settlement pushes for independence.
Ultimate Edition — what’s included
- The original Surviving Mars base game
- All prior expansions, radio packs, and cosmetics
- The new Martian Assembly update and UI/visual upgrades
Review

Haemimont’s city builder remains a strong mix of logistics, risk, and quiet victories. The relaunched pass modernizes the interface, snappier panels and better graphs that make choke points easier to spot. Early play is familiar, hunting deposits, plotting life support, threading cables across dust storms. The political layer kicks in as milestones stack, pulling you from pure infrastructure into policy, edicts, and faction moods. It gives midgame texture, decisions that ripple across research, immigration, and funding.
Performance is steady in early hours, and visual clean‑up helps dense bases read at a glance. The 4X style tech push still creates satisfying breakpoints, domes chaining into districts and late‑game projects that change the map. It is a big bundle, and onboarding is heavier than city builders with softer curves. Some DLC scenarios remain fiddly, with resource bottlenecks that feel punitive rather than clever. Even so, the overall package hits a sweet spot between planning and discovery.
Verdict
A definitive take on Surviving Mars, smarter interface, broader systems, and plenty to tinker with.
PC System Requirements
| Component | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10 64‑bit | Windows 10 64‑bit or Windows 11 |
| CPU | Intel Core i5‑2500K or AMD Ryzen 3 1300X | Intel Core i7‑4790K or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X |
| Memory | 8 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Graphics | GeForce GTX 970 or Radeon RX 470 or Intel Arc A380 | GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB or Radeon RX Vega 56 or Intel Arc A770 |
| Storage | 10 GB available space | 10 GB available space |




