Giovanna De Ita
The Nerd StashThe Nerd Stash Surviving Mars Review
Published 11/7/2025
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PS4 / Linux / PC / Mac / XONE - 3/15/2018
Surviving Mars
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.
- Developer
- Haemimont Games
- Publisher
- Paradox Interactive
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Critic avg
78
24 scored reviews
Total coverage
24
All coverage currently scored
Score range
65–90
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Signal shape
Mixed response
Score range is 21–30 points
Critic landscape
The critic average is 78 across 24 scored reviews, with a 25-point spread. That suggests a mixed critic response rather than a single clear read.
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Most scored reviews currently sit in the 80–89 band.
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24 included scored reviews
90–1003 reviews · 13%
80–8912 reviews · 50%
70–798 reviews · 33%
Below 701 review · 4%
Showing 1-10 of 24 matching critic reviews. 24 total critic reviews. Page 1 of 3.
Fran Soto
Worth PlayingPS4 Review - 'Surviving Mars'
Published 8/24/2018
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70
-8 vs critic avg
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Read originalEric Hauter
Gaming NexusSurviving Mars Review - Gaming Nexus
Published 4/10/2018
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65
-13 vs critic avg
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Read originalGabriel Jones
Cubed3Surviving Mars (Xbox One) Review
Published 3/28/2018
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80
+2 vs critic avg
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Read originalNathan O’Grady
Invision CommunitySurviving Mars Review
Published 3/22/2018
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90
+12 vs critic avg
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Metro GameCentralSurviving Mars review – Elon Musk simulator
Published 3/21/2018
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70
-8 vs critic avg
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Read originalSteve Wright
StevivorSurviving Mars Review: Surviving your own mistakes
Published 3/20/2018
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80
+2 vs critic avg
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Read originalPaul Sullivan
COGconnectedSurviving Mars Review – Almost Ready For Liftoff
Published 3/20/2018
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70
-8 vs critic avg
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Read originalChristian Donlan
EurogamerSurviving Mars review - offworld, things are just itching to go awry
Published 3/19/2018
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80
+2 vs critic avg
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Read originalPaulmichael Contreras
PlayStation LifeStyleSurviving Mars Review – Stack Supplies Sanely (PS4)
Published 3/16/2018
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+2 vs critic avg
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