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The game is dead, don't buy it. It falls way short of its potential and will sadly never improve either.

*A Gripping Marian Odyssey*

"Surviving Mars" is a captivating city-builder that challenges you to establish a thriving colony on the unforgiving Martian terrain. With it's engaging gameplay, stunning visuals, and immersive soundtrack, the game is a must-play for fans of strategy and simulation.

As you navigate the harsh Martian environment, you'll encounter unexpected obstacles and surprises that'll test your resource management, engineering skills, and ability to adapt. The game's addictive loop of gathering resources, expanding your colony, and researching new technologies will keep you hooked for hours on end.

The game's visuals are stunning, with beautifully rendered Martian landscapes and intricately designed building and robots. The soundtrack perfectly compliments the game's atmosphere, with a haunting and inspiring score that'll leave you feeling like a true space explorer.

With it's steep learning curve and punishing difficulty, "Surviving Mars" may not be for the faint of heart. However, the sense of accomplishment you'll feel when your colony finally takes off is incredibly satisfying.

Overall, "Surviving Mars" is a gripping and rewarding experience that'll keep you coming back for more. If you're a fan of strategy, simulation, or science fiction, do yourself a favour and embark on the Martian adventure!

*Rating:* 9.5/10

*Recommendation:* If you enjoy games like SimCity, Cities: Skylines, or Frostpunk, you'll love "Surviving Mars".

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make number go up simulator.

I'm sorry I can't really recommend this game - purely for design resigns not anything else. It has good art, music, VO, everything is fine, it's just miserable to play. I'm not saying I hated it, I want to believe in it, but I can't recommend it either.

There are 3 main things killing the gameplay:
1) Every production facility depends on another in a circular fashion AND in cascade fashion. If one fails, both fail, and if both fail, your ENTIRE system grinds to a halt and you have very, very limited and inconsistent tools to combat this with. This creates a doom mechanic that is nearly impossible to recover from - and it's a slow miserable death as you claw in vain for some way out of certain death.
2) You have no actual control over where people work. Let's say you need polymers very badly, or metals, or rare metals, or machine parts, or food - and you have the buildings, they just aren't producing. Why aren't they producing? Because nobody is working in them. Can you force people to work in them? Nope. You are very much at the mercy of where the AI decides to allocate workers (which is itself based on a deep trait system). I just want to point at something and say "do that", and have it ACTUALLY get done. (Yes, you can restrict slots, which forces people out of working in places, but that does NOT equal going to work where you want them to). At one point I had 2 polymer facilities going full bore with 3 shifts each and in the same 2 domes 3 farms sitting without a single worker. It was like that until everyone died because there was no food. That's how ridiculous it can get. I was screaming for SOMEBODY to just go f****** farm!!! You aren't fighting for survival, for industry, for business - the only thing you are fighting is your own workforce for not doing their work.
3) It's endless. There's no goal, no finish line. So you hit a plateau and just keep going until you've had enough. Maybe that's what some people want, but I'd rather finish, enjoy a victory, and start a new scenario instead.

I'm not saying don't play it, I'm just saying you will probably have a bad time. You just don't have enough tools to deal with the problems that come up. My best tip for your first playing experience is to VERY carefully analyze the 3-4 screens you get before you launch, and turn off ALL difficulty and maybe add a few perks. On the easiest settings, you can reasonably reach the 'end game' without cascade failure. If that sounds enticing as a challenge, it's not, because to rise to a challenge you need tools to wield.

30 hour tutorial later... ♥♥♥♥ this ♥♥♥♥.

This game has a great sandbox. I LOVE that I can choose my difficulty level. I, also, LOVE to watch the planet get more green!

best game ever