PC (Microsoft Windows)2026

Occupy Mars: The Game

Survive and colonize Mars in a highly technical, open-world sandbox game. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, and fix broken parts.

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99 total

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Steam User 7504STEAMNot recommended

This game is not ready for release. It has too many problems.

Mar 17, 2026·24h·Verified

Steam User 1330STEAMNot recommended

Después de haberlo jugado y rejugado varias veces (llevo como más de 100h jugadas), el juego al principio me ha parecido bueno, pero a medida que vas avanzando las cosas se van torciendo y se van viendo más inverosímiles, para empezar, la cocina te pide agua, pero luego necesitas añadir agua embotellada a las recetas haciendo que tengas que estar hacíéndolas una a una, perdiendo un montón de tiempo.

Pero eso no es lo peor, eso aún se puede sostener, a medida que avanzas y llegas al final donde has de armar el cohete para irte de Marte, ahí es donde la cosa se hace imposible y ya no hablo de que sea un bug. Teniendo recursos almacenados como el metano, oxígeno, agua a galones, te piden una cantidad ingente de materiales los cuales has de hacer a mano 1 a 1, sintetizando metano, teniendo un tanque lleno, con botellas de agua y CO2, pero eso no es lo peor, para poder hacer otra de las piezas, necesitas como más de 800 de residuos orgánicos, los cuales sólo puedes ir sacando de 1 en 1 de la compostadora.

Esto son cosas que mucha gente denuncia y que a día de hoy no han cambiado, el juego se nota que los desarrolladores no lo han probado, me resulta demencial que tengas que chino farmear tanto al final, el juego deja de ser divertido.

Si esto fuera opcional cambiaría la nota, pero estamos hablando de pasarte o no el juego, es algo que si quieres ver el final lo has de hacer y, francamente, me parece una cagada monumental.

Mar 17, 2026·116h·Verified

Steam User 8035STEAMNot recommended

Even thou it is a 1.0 releas ther are tons of buggs and stuff that needs to be fixed. if you whant a bugged game buy it otherwise wait

Mar 16, 2026·130h·Verified

Steam User 1052STEAMNot recommended

Chyby a podivnosti tuto hru postupně přesouvají z jéé to by mohl být jednou fajn survival na Marsu do uff to je divný, to nefunguje a proč to sakra dělá tohle. Do verze 1.0 ok, přimhouřilo se oko. Ale už je to plná verze. Příběhová úkolová linie většině hráčů zmrzne někde po startu hry, protože něco udělají jinak, než někdo zamýšlel a bez záloh se to často nedá řešit (no dá, wipe). Postup hrou stále obsahuje chyby a podivnosti. Chybějící plánky (chápej neexistující), části základny se občas nedají opravit, občas na sebe nejdou napojit, nelze je zarovnat na nerovný terén, díky pár pixelům co ani nevidíte. Štve mě pes, těžební stanice, ovládání křídel, animace pádu postavy, hangár co je k ničemu, marstruck a motorka nedovolují jíst a číst mapu (tzn vylézt z kabiny a venku použít mapu ??)pomalé rozebírání špatně postavené budovy. Do verze 1.0 to šlo tolerovat, teď už ne. Věřím, že to časem bude opravené, ale to už je pozdě.

Mar 16, 2026·241h·Verified

Steam User 7284STEAMNot recommended

Це якийсь жах, а не гра... Кампанія настільки незрозуміла , або забагована що одну з перших місій немождиво пройти , разів 5 пробував почати грати в це з того часу як купив ....

Mar 14, 2026·4h·Verified

Steam User 0908STEAMRecommended

I got it for $15 on sale, and I played at least 90+ hours.
That's $0.16 per hour for entertainment of good quality.
Haven't finished the main story yet.
It's very playable on an older machine with 30 FPS.
Conking out is rare, but does happen,
Beyond this, very little problems.
They could make it harder yet.
I float within a day of gameplay playing single life.
(that means all available, food+water+air+temp+power)
It's fun for survival players, and it gives the feeling
or truly being out there alone and doing your thing
to survive, after it feels like breaking down of everything.
Medium to good mechanics, could even be excellent, if not
for the awkwardness of the camera during driving vehicles.
That should be locked forward and freelook on key or such.
Good physics, doing the lower gravity well, except ofc
jumping, which is lousy like in most games or climbing.
Even someone who's a lousy jumper could easily jump
1m upwards to even 1.5 straight up on Mars. But...
It's not a requirement, and I still like the game.
Tech tree is well done.

Back to the game, writing this on a whim.

Mar 12, 2026·98h·Verified

Steam User 8247STEAMNot recommended

The Game constantly crashes.

Mar 11, 2026·160h·Verified

Steam User 1452STEAMRecommended

марс интересная планета

Mar 11, 2026·18h·Verified

Steam User 2995STEAMRecommended

Mostly enjoyable if a bit slow and pensive. The ending is a bit of a disappointment (you go through all that trouble, and then it just suddenly cuts out in a manner not unlike if you died!)

Mar 10, 2026·450h·Verified

Steam User 4285STEAMRecommended

my riview for the game i like what it is just with 2 small problems 1 we have all this high tek in space but a propper map was not able to be done ore a good compas the problem with the map is that you barly cant see ware you going in less ur so far are zoomed in then you no longer can see ware you wanted to go then there is the dead if your on a quat your dead box will be stuck under it if you have a long way to run back to it and it runs out of battery yhea good luck collecting stuff so you can make a deem solor panel to move this tiny thing witch you should be able to basicly kick aside but other then that fun game

Mar 10, 2026·222h·Verified

Steam User 9953STEAMNot recommended

Cannot wait for the Actual 1.0 Release, because this ain't it. It still feels like a 0.3 Build, it's buggy, it's aggravating, and the progression is so slow it makes me want to perish. Rumors are the devs are spiteful on their community, I cannot attest to that, but the final rocket building feels like it is just that. It's insane. Multiplayer is buggy, mostly around the player joining or disconnecting, so there's that. If the devs learn asynchronous programming, maybe that can be improved on later, I am glad it has multiplayer at all though.

The concept is great. The style is great. The performance is awful. The progression is awful, illogical, and simply annoying. There doesn't need to be so many research benches. Personally, I would love to see them get rid of the random rockets with thumb drives, and random satellite dishes scattered around for something more fun. The weather events literally FOLLOW YOU within the starting radius of the weather event. Tornado? Strait for ya buddy, god wants you gone. Meteors? You're getting that meteor toilet seat to the face bud. It's just, saddening.

I will revisit this when the game hopefully reaches 2.0, because this 1.0 is trash. I'm sorry, cannot recommend.

Mar 9, 2026·96h·5·Verified

Steam User 9513STEAMRecommended

Игра очень затягивает..! И.. успокаивает.

Mar 9, 2026·14h·Verified

Steam User 9777STEAMNot recommended

mediocre game at best, and very lacking in every way when compered to outher game like this one,
No idea if they wasted the developer time on ideas that did not work out or what happened.

Mar 9, 2026·31h·1·Verified

Steam User 7831STEAMRecommended

It's nice, a little rough but there's a lot there to be done for those who enjoy micromanagement. As long as your rig supports it you could make a rather large base.

Mar 9, 2026·87h·Verified

Steam User 2278STEAMRecommended

Mar 8, 2026·13h·Verified

Steam User 3616STEAMNot recommended

лагает

Mar 7, 2026·92h·Verified

Steam User 7965STEAMRecommended

I would recommand if you like this genre of game. base building and survival, roal playing game. there are a few issues with the game, the physics are not good and the progression is a bit strange at time.
but overall, this game has a lot of great potential. I think it might has gone full version a bit to early though. they couls have fixed a few issues first.

Mar 7, 2026·321h·Verified

Steam User 2239STEAMRecommended

Honestly I love surviving games, but mainly strategic ones. Nevertheless, I gave Occupy Mars a chance and started to love the game. Plase be aware, that the game is really a hard core survival game. It is possible to survive, but the challenge is, that you must make every day some hard decistions. This is what I love on the game, what is challening me and therefore I can't understand the comments and bad ratings, because the game is hard. Also you should make the tutorial. If you understand how the tools are working, the game is simple. But without the tutorial you can struggle e.g. with electricity. So there is a short starting period before you will fully enjoy the game.

If you are interested into be challenged by making hard decision and love the mars, this game may be the perfect match. Also big thanks to the Devs. They are taking all the feedback very serious, are sticking to their timlines and are fixing fast bugs.

Mar 7, 2026·116h·Verified

Steam User 7703STEAMRecommended

tot

Mar 7, 2026·50h·Verified

Steam User 2683STEAMNot recommended

51-es hibakoddal elhalálozás van midjárt kezdetekkor köszönhető a legutobbi javitásnak, hurrá!

Mar 7, 2026·331h·Verified

Steam User 5557STEAMRecommended

Самая крутая игра для интровертов )))

Mar 6, 2026·87h·Verified

Steam User 2749STEAMNot recommended

Bug,Bug,Bug

Mar 6, 2026·100h·Verified

Steam User 3633STEAMRecommended

Je vous recommande de jouer en Difficile pour une meilleur immersion. quoi que les alertes météo son un peu trop répété et lourde à la longue. La campagne est trop facile a faire je trouve c'est par la que j'ai commencé pour me faire au jeu mais lassantes car trop facile

Mar 5, 2026·91h·Verified

Steam User 2875STEAMRecommended

(I haven't played the released version yet, this review is for EA version just before release)

I enjoyed playing the game for more than a hundred hours, just relaxing and meditating alone - grinding, building, growing food... The game is clunky, really clunky (yes, I'm looking at you, tree-grabbing and manual missile assembly), needs a lot of polish, but it's still worth it.

I didn't play Campaign or Co-Op mode as those are direct opposites of what I want from the game.

What sets this game apart from other similar games:
1) Food growing. You need to plant a seed, wait for it to grow a bit, then replant it into hydroponics, wait for it mature, and then plant it into a field, and THEN plant it into a dome (not always, depends on the plant type).
2) Vehicle operation. For a car, you can put rocks in its trunk, drive to a grinder and unload. And, for a rover, you can operate its crane to mine, load and build!
3) Dangerous weather. Yes, it strands you inside and you might start feeling bored, but the first few times you actually feel scared to come out, hearing the wind outside...

Also, the in-game help actually helps quite a lot, as some of the game's mechanics are not intuitive.

Mar 5, 2026·113h·Verified

Steam User 2350STEAMNot recommended

Welcome to the 1.0 release! Where they haven't finished the campaign, and that caused a problem they only recently fixed which locked you out of 2 of the techs. It's "full release" but still very much feels like it's early access, so if you're going to buy do so with that in mind.

Mar 4, 2026·50h·5·Verified

Steam User 7553STEAMRecommended

I think the game is great and very addicting with lots to do but I feel it could use better optimisation and bug fixes hope the devs continiue their development and dont abandon the game

Mar 4, 2026·167h·Verified

Steam User 0118STEAMNot recommended

What a joke, can't even join their discord and there is no support for the game but LOTS of bugs.

Good game in spite of bugs but eventually I came across a showstopper bug and thats it.

Mar 3, 2026·67h·Verified

Steam User 1113STEAMNot recommended

Not a pleasant game. First and major complaint about it is: no captions. In today’s day and age not having accessibility features is just ridiculous.

Also… just needs to be polished. It feels cheap and unfinished. The movement is wonky…. Just… not a good one.

Mar 3, 2026·1h·3·Verified

Steam User 0700STEAMRecommended

画风写实，玩法硬核真实，在意了很多别的同题材游戏没有在意的细节，比如需要两个气闸门来形成一个气闸舱，还有电路板的维修，对比刚发售时，版本更新之后对过程进行了简化，应该是为了游戏性做出了牺牲。但游戏的优化太差了，对于使用中低端电脑的玩家不友好，游戏中还有很多不合理的设定，比如陨石，采集了之后只有铀矿石，但铀可以在采矿的时候获取，建议改成采集陨石之后用实验室做研究分析来提升材料和化工科技点，还有最重要的，可玩性太低了，感觉制作组没有把这个游戏内容完全利用起来，在优化好程序和游戏玩法的前提下完全可以增加内容，比如先完善故事模式，然后增加自由模式的内容，增加科技树的内容，完善化工科技树，地图中残骸的重复性太高了，完全可以多做几个新手教程里那样的大型基地残骸，然后可以根据在基地被摧毁前这个基地的作用来获取不同科技树的特殊蓝图，比如大型采矿基地，就加机械学或者化学的特殊蓝图，发射基地就加机械学和材料学，大型种植基地就加植物学和化学这种

Mar 2, 2026·107h·Verified

Steam User 1941STEAMRecommended

Довольно интересный выживач. Залип на пару дней

Mar 2, 2026·53h·Verified

Steam User 1177STEAMRecommended

ich spiele es über 100 h und kann sagen das es sehr gut ist trotz älteren Rrechner läuft alles super auf max grafik einstellungen das einzige was bissel länger dauert sind die ladezeiten wenn man das savegame startet

Mar 2, 2026·115h·Verified

Steam User 3905STEAMNot recommended

cant even change graphic setting... not game friendly on a 32:9 monitor.

Mar 2, 2026·3h·Verified

Steam User 0555STEAMNot recommended

I refuse to call this a game, its merely a school project. I felt dread the very first minute I played this and I am not a harsh person in general. Don't buy it, don't play it, you could probably make such a game with free assets.

Mar 1, 2026·5h·1·Verified

Steam User 7212STEAMRecommended

TRES BON JEUX MES ENCORE DES BEUGS TRES GENANT

Mar 1, 2026·121h·Verified

Steam User 5231STEAMNot recommended

это полный ужас ))117ч игры .сделайте что нибудь с марсоходом грузовиком )))совсем ехать не хочит)))если найдешь уран то поставить майнер нельзя .так как поверхность сильно кривая)))это ужас какойто.определили уран в горах)))).почему нельзя поставить на площядку 2 трасформатора ?как так если не поспал то умер )))это где такое видели разрабы))просто что то новое)вообще не советую эту игру ))купил и пожалел)не ст олько деньги сколько свое время)))

Mar 1, 2026·117h·3·Verified

Steam User 9868STEAMNot recommended

4090 RTX 65 Fps. Отвратительная оптимизация не рекомендую

Mar 1, 2026·1h·3·Verified

Steam User 5107STEAMNot recommended

BROKEN GAME

Feb 28, 2026·26h·1·Verified

Steam User 1778STEAMNot recommended

Most of the 'challenge' in this game is pointless grief from the devs. The controls are clunky and annoying. The game regularly hitches. If you want a better space base building experience I'd recommend Stationeers or Space Engineers over Occupy Mars. This game aint worth it.

Feb 28, 2026·9h·2·Verified

Steam User 5735STEAMRecommended

Ich habe Occupy Mars (OM) sehr früh als Early Access Version gekauft.
OM hatte für mich einen gewissen Reiz, gerade die Kombi Überleben und der Mars hörte sich für mich sehr interessant an. Als ich anfing es zu spielen war es meiner Meinung nach, trotz Early Access, ein sehr gutes Spiel, das viel Potenzial besitzt. Das Überleben, Erforschen, Bauen und Erkunden macht Laune. Man kann viele Stunden damit verbringen. Alles in allem ein gutes Spiel.
Ja es hat noch einige schwächen, deshalb schließe ich mich einigen Rezensionen an und sage auch das es derzeit noch kein wirklicher Release-Stand ist.
Die Grafik ist sicherlich verbesserungswürdig, aber sie ist ok.
Aber gerade was das Koop-Speil betrifft frage ich mich, warum ist beschneidet man hier den Forschungsbaum?
Im Einzelspieler Modus kann ich alles erforschen, im Koop-Modus fehlen im Forschungsbaum z.B. der Hanger, der Scannermodus womit man Einrichtungsgegenstände scannen kann, Abwehrraketen und Antennen und noch ein paar andere Dinge. Das finde ich persönlich sehr unschön, da es meiner Meinung nach Dinge sind die das Spiel ausmachen, insbesondere der Scanmodus.
Vielleicht wird das noch geändert, was ich begrüßen würde.
Alles in allem kann ich sagen , wenn man Überlebensspiele und den Mars mag dann kann man hier Spaß haben und viel Entdecken.
Von daher kann ich das Spiel empfehlen, auch wenn es noch nicht ganz Release ist.

Feb 27, 2026·234h·Verified

Steam User 2832STEAMRecommended

super jeu , je recommande
après encore des petit soucis , le chargement de l'environnement quand on conduit , bug de texture, des choses à revoir mais bien abouti. un excellent jeu de survie , construction de base et encore plein d'autres choses , à faire absolument . bravo aux développeurs de ce jeu .

Feb 27, 2026·52h·Verified

Steam User 7435STEAMNot recommended

Some decent ideas and a lot of potential. Game is pretty buggy, some systems feel half assed or incomplete. Don't bother with the campaign, it adds very little story and has breaking bugs. Since release it blocks players from progressing due to quest issues.

The dev team is there, not super responsive, and not fast to get fixes out.

It has some value, so if you can get it on the cheap it could be worth it. I can't recommend it though.

Feb 27, 2026·68h·2·Verified

Steam User 6038STEAMRecommended

★★★☆☆ Occupy Mars: The Game — 120 Hours Played
After spending 120 real hours in Occupy Mars: The Game, I can say it’s a decent survival experience with a lot of potential, but also a long list of issues that really hold it back.

What works
The atmosphere is great and the early game feels promising. Building your base, setting up power, oxygen, water, and watching everything slowly come together is genuinely satisfying. The Greenhouse and Dome are well-made and probably the best parts of the game.

What doesn’t
The biggest problem is resource mining. It’s repetitive, slow, and honestly painful after a few dozen hours. Since the entire game revolves around mining, this becomes a serious flaw. There’s no real progression in mining tech, no automation, nothing that makes the process more interesting over time.

Base building is also extremely limited. You get a few workbenches, a bed, storage… and that’s basically it. Yes, there are more structures, but most of them feel unnecessary or don’t add meaningful gameplay. Everything ends up feeling like it’s “the same thing in a different shape.”

The game desperately needs more engineering, more mechanics, more physics, more chemistry, and generally more depth in its systems. Right now, it’s mostly just mining → processing → building → repeat.

The ending
The final mission was the biggest disappointment. Building the landing pad and the shuttle took me 10 real hours, and after all that effort I expected an actual launch sequence or at least a cutscene. Instead, the game just throws a plain “Mission complete” message at you. That moment really killed the excitement.

Verdict
There is a good survival game here, but it feels unfinished. The core loop is too shallow, the mining is exhausting, and the ending is anticlimactic. With more content, more machines, more science, and more variety, this could become something great. But right now, it needs a lot of improvement and proper completion.

Feb 26, 2026·128h·1·Verified

Steam User 3299STEAMRecommended

Feb 26, 2026·181h·Verified

Steam User 6728STEAMRecommended

Je to ta nejúžasnější hra , kterou jsem kdy hrál. Škoda jen že tato hra není v českém jazyce. Snad se toho jednou dočkají i lidé z ČR kteří neumí anglicky jako já. Pro mně je složité hrát hru které nerozumím ale formou pokus omyl to jde. Ale jak píšu, hra v češtině by byl mnohem lepší herní zážitek.

Feb 26, 2026·272h·Verified

Steam User 9623STEAMRecommended

plutot une bonne surprise, la gestion est plutot bien fait et comprehensible.
a part quelque lag pdt le deplacement en quad j'ai pas trop vu de bug.
pour moi c'est un bon jeu

Feb 26, 2026·115h·Verified

Steam User 0326STEAMRecommended

Nun meine Erfahrungen sind eher gemischt.
Es ist ein tolles Spiel. Dieses allerdings als "RELEASE" zu verkaufen ist ein wenig frech. Die Release-version ist noch voller Bugs und Performance-Problemen.
Zudem finde ich persönlich die Minigames ein wenig nervig. Ein beispiel:
In der Welt gibt es Verschiedene Antennen, die man hacken kann um die wertvollen Pen-Drives (Futurisierte USB-Sticks), die zur Forschung benötigt werden, zu bekommen. Im Aktuellen Stand ist die Chance auf Erfolg bei ca. 70:30. Ich (persönlich) bin sowieso kein Fan von Minigames. Eine Option zum Ausschalten dieser ist weder vorhanden noch (ich behaupte das jetzt mal) geplant. Alterativen sind weder angedacht noch in der Roadmap zu lesen.

Zum Aktuellen Stand:

Im Late-Game läuft das Spiel (Abhängig von platzierten Dekorationen und gefüllten Tanks) mit knapp 50 FPS. Für eine Release-Version ist das schon sehr traurig. Die "neuen" Funktionen vom Begleiter sind mehr oder weniger nutzlos und machen diesen eigentlich total überflüssig. Nice to have aber kein Muss.
Fahrzeugmechaniken des Schweren Rovers sind auch nur wenn man ihn selber steuert funktionell. Die Fernbedienung für diesen ist also auch Nice to have aber total überflüssig.
Ein "Fortsetzen" Knopf (mit dem man das letzte gespeicherte Spiel startet) wäre eine Super Idee für das Hauptmenü. QOL- Feature!
Speaking of QOL: Es ist eine Qual zu ernten. Vor allem im SP-Modus ist man (im Late Game) gut und gerne eine Stunde damit beschäftigt alles zu ernten und noch einmal eine gute halbe Stunde um alles zu verarbeiten. Könnte eine gute Option für den Begleiter sein. Allerdings darf dieser zur Zeit nicht in die Basis.

Ich finde das Spiel dennoch klasse. Die Mechaniken sind einzigartig und das Ressourcen-Management macht viel Spaß und fordert ein bisschen Köpfchen.

Empfehlung:

Wenn jemand plant, dieses Spiel zu kaufen, Empfehle ich auf einen Sale zu warten. Man sollte mit einigen Bugs und (derzeit) mehr oder weniger nutzlosen Features leben können. Es braucht noch einige Entwicklung und es als Release zu verkaufen ist ein wenig übertieben. Im Aktuellen Stand kauft man zwar die 1.0 aber es fühlt sich mehr an wie eine späte Beta-Version. Es Wird aktiv daran gearbeitet und ich denke, dass mit Hilfe der Community ein Sehr gutes Spiel dabei heraus kommt.

Happy Survival
Euer Blackyy

Feb 26, 2026·158h·6·Verified

Steam User 2024STEAMRecommended

I LOVE IT. im locking forword to the final produkt. a few bugs, but its not problems yust go inn and aut of the game and it solved,

Feb 26, 2026·124h·Verified

Steam User 1123STEAMNot recommended

глюки прут из каждой щели. баги возникают даже там где все работало. максимально не удобный процесс строительства, из-за малого обзора, пристыковать одно строение к другому целый квест. в виде от третьего лица полностью пропадает интерфейс перса.

Feb 26, 2026·90h·3·Verified

Steam User 8016STEAMRecommended

I'm really enjoying this game, its complexity makes it challenging and the sandbox style allows one to create a multitude of setups. However, it is still early days and there are some bugs and holes in the development. So, it's crucial that the developer keeps the updates coming while it's hot.

Feb 25, 2026·259h·Verified

Steam User 9763STEAMNot recommended

Game has gotten way worse that when it started out. the physics are way messed up. the truck and atv bounce all over the place like your driving on the moon. The map is horrible, you can see where you have been as if you forgot to turn the tracking on your little pda. If we can go to Mars than we should at least be able to have a map that can remember where you've been. I really wanted to like this game, I love the idea and love survival crafting. but not being able to have simple things that make other game great to play is a real killer. Also making you drive all over the place in the start of the game is a horrible idea. you spend about 20 minutes just driving around wasting resources. You dont have the option to make storage so keeping the stuff that you get in the start very hard. It does give you a good about of starting stuff which is great just no way to take it with you. I really hope that changes soon. I would really like to like this game.

Feb 25, 2026·34h·Verified

Steam User 6216STEAMNot recommended

Jeu à fuir, j'ai la flemme d'expliquer pourquoi tellement il m'a énervé mais deux exemple quand même:
-Il faut faire caca plus de 800 fois pour récupérer sa crotte pour construire des nanotubes de carbones afin de construire la fusée...
-Pour ceux qui s'attende à l'end-game, de pouvoir monté dans la fusée et de pouvoir décoller avec au moins une cinématique ou quelque chose... Là rien! Nada!

J'en ai jouer à des jeux. Des bon, des moins bon... mais alors là c'est la première fois que je subis le jeu, quasiment devenu une corvée pour pouvoir voir la fin du jeu!

Feb 24, 2026·61h·Verified

Steam User 7625STEAMRecommended

The game has some rough edges but is already very enjoyable.

You can start with nearly nothing and you have to get to the point where you are self sustainable. That is the most fun part. After you are basically able to survive indefinitely the next thing you might want to do is finish the tech trees. After that you really need to start making your own ideas for fun in the game.

Some points I hope the devs will address as they continue to improve the game.

1: Currently it is impossible to finish two of the tech trees. Kilopower and heavy suit blueprints are missing.

2: The story has you on the ground and in a base but then after the very beginning you end up having to land in a landing pod. It doesn't make sense.

3: The message you get at Olympus Mons is too fast. There are three audio tracks but the second one starts playing before the first has finished and then the third starts before the second has finished.

4: It seems to be the case that it is impossible to circumnavigate the entire planet. Maybe it is a limitation of the engine. Apparently if you get too far from the actual playable area things start floating off the ground and the game can't keep track of where you are. So there is a limit to how far you can go. It's a pretty big limit but you can't actually go all the way around the planet.

5: The cowboy slide guitar music gets old.

6: The workbench currently can not repair circuit boards. This previously worked so I hope it will get fixed.

7: The timescale for the game is too fast. Because the timescale is so fast the speed the vehicles display such as 22 KM per Hour is not accurate. In one game hour it is impossible to cover 22 kilometers. It takes something like 90 real life minutes to cover 22 kilometers, which is more than an entire day cycle in the game.

Feb 24, 2026·294h·2·Verified

Steam User 5991STEAMRecommended

Molto coinvolgente. A parte un paio di bug che spero sistemino a breve con la stessa velocità con cui sono comparsi. Promette di migliorare. Magari qualche spiegazione in più. Certo qualche video su youtube chiarifica tutto.

Feb 24, 2026·108h·1·Verified

Steam User 1168STEAMNot recommended

No, just no. Waited V1.0 before submitting a review as I wanted to give them a chance since it was Early Access. They obviously didn't deserve it. Sorry guys.
* Since V1.0 I can no longer repair circuit boards as the hot air tool and soldering iron now refuse to work. I have not tried the work around, I am done trying to like this bug-riddled-pre-alpha-clunky-stuttering mess.
* The whole thing is extremely clunky. Simple things such as plugging a cable is a pure PITA. You have to move your character around until you find the proper angle and you have to aim slightly off your target for it to work. Or not. Absolutely everything you do is unreliable. And it's only to earn those useless animations over and over again to waste even more of your time. It seems like everything you can do has been designed to be some kind of punition. Go for it only if you are some kind of masochist.
* The game suffers constant stuttering even on a 8-core 4.8ghz CPU with a 12gb video card. Yes my computer is up to date with the latest drivers available.
* Don't drive too fast with your vehicle. See that pebble on the ground you missed just because the game was stuttering so badly? That was actually a launching ramp. For the sake of "realism" you are dead. Hope you had fun!
* In order to store your things, you need a storage box that needs power. Mars engineers have not come with a way of designing a simple locker or storage box yet. They've been hard at work inventing a magical gun that can create whole structures out of pure void. But a locker? Nah. Not realistic / too complicated.
* I understand a fridge needs constant power. But why should an idle worktable, an idle printer or an idle food processor require constant power? Well it's just another way to make the game more frustrating and artificially difficult for no apparent reason but lousiness from the developers. While you can play with the fuse box every time you need an appliance, there is absolutely no fun doing so. Just build a gazillion solar panels and be done with it. Just remember to save-scum or run 2km away from your base when the "bad weather" warning appears and be ready to waste several in game hours or even a whole day and for abosolutely zero enjoyment.

I hate to speak badly against developers but in this particular case, I fail to understand all the bad design choices. It's like they've been hard at work voluntarily crippling their own game in order to make it more difficult while turning everything into a chore. I may try again in 2 or 3 years to see if they have come to their senses, but for now I am uninstalling. Absolutely not worth the asking price.

Feb 23, 2026·87h·6·Verified

Steam User 0767STEAMNot recommended

В первые часы было интересно, вроде и багов немного, но по мере прохождения - все хуже и хуже: база может менять показатели температуры произвольно - может быть ситуация, когда на улице +1, а внутри герметичного здания с достаточным запасом энергии и кислорода от -14 до -16. Причем показатели энергии и температуры могут быть разными в соседних смежных помещениях. После перезахода все приходит в норму, но перезаходить каждый игровой день - такое себе удовольствие.
Физика движения транспорта - рандом без учета условий тяготения Марса.
А вишенкой стал урезанный набор технологий в кооп.режиме: в материалах после большой дробилки обрыв - ангара нет и других технологий в этой ветке. Да и технологии робота-собаки в коопе тоже почему-то нет, зонды не падают, при взломе антенн продолжают выпадать флешки по химии, хотя все рецепты уже выполнены на хим.столе.
Может и будет когда нибудь играбельно, если допилят эти баги. За две недели после выхода "полного" релиза выпустили уже пять хотфиксов ))
Сейчас думаю покупать и играть еще рановато - нервов не хватит.

Feb 23, 2026·57h·4·Verified

Steam User 0003STEAMNot recommended

clunky, garbage tutorial and holy hell let's just blow the base and tell you to get out but not mention you can crouch or do anything to get past obstacles so you face slam against failure a dozen times before you can get past the start of the game and that's AFTER doing the tutorial. what a waste

Feb 23, 2026·1h·1·Verified

Steam User 5875STEAMRecommended

В игре мне понравился реализм, разветвленное дерево технологий, и большинство игровых механик выглядят интересными. Из минусов я бы отметил мелкие баги, которые иногда мешают, и справка не достаточно подробно объясняет некоторые моменты. В целом рекомендую игру.

Feb 23, 2026·102h·Verified

Steam User 0738STEAMNot recommended

Bug halmaz, messze nem 1.0 még ez. Az időjárás túltolva, (többjátékos módban nem állítható), aminek egyenes következménye, hogy a játéra szánt időd java részét egy kapszulában ücsörögve a hideg, vagy viharok miatt, a monitort unatkozva bámulva töltöd. Így már az előtt unalmassá válik az egész, hogy valójában igazán játszottál volna. Egyéniben egész jó kis játék, az időjárás korlátozásával, csak rengeteg buggal. Nem ajánlom, mert nem éri meg az árat, amit kérnek érte.

Feb 23, 2026·385h·Verified

Steam User 3374STEAMNot recommended

Too many bugs that aren't getting fixed.

Feb 22, 2026·32h·3·Verified

Steam User 6870STEAMNot recommended

Гра дуже сира навіть для дочасного доступу.

Feb 22, 2026·54h·Verified

Steam User 6456STEAMRecommended

A very good game. I started in early access and with each major update I restarted it from the beginning.
A complex game: survival, construction, unlimited exploration, 5 research areas... over 300 hours of play and still playing.
No fighting, no zombies, no post-apocalyptic scenarios. A game that tends towards reality and makes you think (or look for tutorials :P).
I recommend the game.

Feb 22, 2026·325h·2·Verified

Steam User 5061STEAMRecommended

Классная крафтилка!!)) Время занять..

Feb 22, 2026·42h·Verified

Steam User 3862STEAMNot recommended

pity its not letting me repair circuit boards , thus halting my progress......10 hrs wasted

Feb 22, 2026·30h·2·Verified

Steam User 9322STEAMNot recommended

Das Spiel ist schlicht weg nicht fertig, einer 1.0 Version nicht würdig. Im EarlyAcess könnte man sagen, dass da noch viel passieren wird/muss. Viele Dinge fehlen, manche Dinge funktionieren nicht und sehr schnell wiederholen sich die Spielabläufe, wodurch es nach wenigen Tagen langweilig wird. Nicht einmal die Kampagne ist spielbar, ohne dass man Gefahr läuft, dass sich der komplette Handlungsablauf aufhängt und man nicht mehr weiterkommt. Ich hoffe da passiert noch was, wohl aber nicht wirklich. Das Spiel ist ja fertig – angeblich.

Feb 22, 2026·110h·2·Verified

Steam User 8774STEAMNot recommended

К сожалению , забагованная , нудная игра . Хотя в начале я был почти в восторге . Тяжёлый и долгий , бесконечный крафт . Пустые базы . Сюжета почти нет . Уроки выживание , попробуй догадайся как надо , что то сделать .

Feb 21, 2026·58h·5·Verified

Steam User 4780STEAMNot recommended

Game is horribly buggy and slow.
It is basically still in an EA state. Main parts of the game not or just barely working due to bugs. And you still run into things where you have the feeling it is still WIP.

On top (on my system) it struggles to get 60FPS (with drops as low as 10FPS and sometimes freezes for over a second), while the CPU is at 10%, GPU at 20%, RAM at 50%, and VRAM at 40%. There is no excuse.

Feb 21, 2026·710h·3·Verified

Steam User 8383STEAMNot recommended

The game has some nice ideas like spots on rocks that increase mining speed and some mini games.
Though, there are also game-breaking bugs in the release version like falling through the ground when being hit by a meteorite. The devs have introduced new bugs with recent hotfixes and some Steam Achievements are not working...

Better not invest your time on this one.

Feb 21, 2026·113h·1·Verified

Steam User 8412STEAMNot recommended

I was playing Early Access in 2023. The game has great potential and I was happy to discover that it has now been fully released as version 1.0. I immediately got back into the game and put another 100+ hours into it. Sadly, the 1.0 release was rushed. Even as at version 1.0.12, it still has many show stopping / game breaking bugs.

Mission tasks sometimes will not complete (after having performed them), blocking the path to subsequent missions, which are never offered since the dependant mission is incomplete. (See Below... I recovered the Mars Truck, Installing the battery, clearing the debris, and driving it home, but the mission is still stuck at "Clear debris and install battery"). I DROVE it - obviously those are complete!!

There apprears to be no way to assemble Spotty the robot. Ive found the parts in an abandoned base, and Ive got the blueprint to print my own parts, but cannot for the life of me see how I am supposed to assemble those parts into a working robot. Yes, Ive checked the tutorials - there is no mention of assembly anywhere in the tutorials. The "Assemble" option on the workbench is for Meteor Defense rockets, and will not assemble Spotty, Ive even tried assembling it on the ground, with no luck.

I found the Vehicle Teleportation blueprint, and unlocked it in the tree, yet I can see no way to actually teleport a vehicle in the game's UI, or at various consoles. My understanding is that it is not a true Teleport, but rather allows stranded vehicles to be returned to the hanger. Neihter of to two consoles in the Hanger have a Teleport option, nor does the Vehicle tab on the suit interface. Because of the mission progression bug, As mentioned above, the Marstruck mission got stuck, so I was never offered a Rover Recovery mission, but I noticed the Heavy Rover in my vehicles tab, so using its location, I drove the ATV 6km and traded it for the rover, with no way to recover the ATV... Not even Vehicle Teleport, apparently.

... And finally, after exploring many many bases, the Abandoned tablets finally stopped giving me blueprints. However, accoring to the Tech Tree, I am still missing TWO blueprints. There should only be ONE counter for blueprints - you either have it or you dont. Clearly the Tech Tree and Tablets disagree on which blueprints I have. That shouldn't be possible. I need the Kilowatt blueprint in order to complete the Electricity tech tree, so that I can spend my 20+ remaining electric tech points on the infinite options at the end, but opening tablets, does nothing. The simply close again because they have no blueprints to offer. I have quite a stack of unusable tablets in my storage, since in this condition, they do not self-delete after use. I forget the name of the other missing blueprint in my game, but that is a similar story in another part of the tech tree.

Bottom line: In my opinion, the game was not ready to be released when it was. There are game breaking bugs still in existence, and parts of the game (assembling spotty / teleportation) dont seem to be implemented yet. In other words, the game was incomplete when released.

I have no doubt that eventually Pyramid Games will put these issues right, but that probably wont save my 100+ hour Campaign save file that I have built since 1.0 was released. I will evenually have to start again. Basically I paid for this game, only to be made an involuntry QA tester. The testing should have been completed BEFORE release. You don't want to know my hourly QA Test rate. :p

Ive left comments open, so that if anyone knows how to build Spotty, or Teleport vehicles, they can add it below. Its possible I may have missed something, but with the amount of time Ive spent looking, and with experimentation, I think those features are missing.

For now, I dont recommend the game. There is little value in being a forced QA tester. Eventually when PG fix these issues, Im sure I would highly recommend it - but not today.

Feb 21, 2026·191h·28·Verified

Steam User 2864STEAMRecommended

Dobrý deň, mám otázku: Kúpil som si hru Occupy Mars: The Game, ale mám problém s jej menu. Spustím hru a menu sa zobrazí, ale keď hru spustím, akcia sa nevykoná — po stlačení tlačidla „Štart“ sa nič nestane. Čo mám robiť? Tiež som hru preinštaloval a stále je to isté.

Feb 21, 2026·5h·Verified

Steam User 8262STEAMNot recommended

Es muy entretenido Occupy Mars, con todas las mecánicas, exploración y temas de gestión de recursos. Como un juego survival "realista" en el espacio esta genial pero con tantas actualizaciones y parches a lo largo del tiempo, mis partidas fueron borradas, tuve que iniciar nuevas (No me molesta porque lo hago siempre) y la verdad es que se vuelve muy repetitivo y cansado tener que volver a desbloquear todas las recetas de la tecnología. Además tener la suerte de desbloquearlas en el orden justo para avanzar en el gameplay, sino, cómo me pasó a mi me quede atrapada en un loop de 8hs aprox, en donde no pude avanzar practicamente nada, antes el sistema de subida de tecnología era random pero más fácil, ahora se complejizó y es más grindeo. Antes era un poco más fácil y disfrutable, ahora es más difícil, complejo, menos disfrutable y para mí con más bugs que antes, bugs básicos cómo poder RELLENAR MI PUTA BOMBONA DE AIRE SIN BUGEARSE. Metieron más sistemas complejos que no terminas de entender para que sirven y tampoco el tuto esta actualizado. Me encanta el juego, por eso le dedique tantas horas a lo largo de los años, desde que empezó en Early Access, pero como está actualmente NO lo recomiendo. OJO, es disfrutable? Si, ahora si te trabas en alguna parte no hay quien te ayude, excepto el grindeo extremo y aburrido. Teniendo en cuenta que ya tengo experiencia en el juego, no es para nada divertido estar atrapada 8Hs reales en la base sin hacer nada, sin poder avanzar o progresar, quedandome sin agua y luz por la noche repetidas veces. Espero sirva, bendiciones.

Feb 21, 2026·198h·Verified

Steam User 6548STEAMNot recommended

Constatons sur cette 1.0;

-une volonté d'être original et authentique dans le choix du moteur graphique en en prenant un qui rappelle le taillage de silex au coin d'un feu dans une grotte rupestre (mais néanmoins cosy)
-des bugs qui perdurent a travers les versions (comme les peintures de lascaux a travers les âges....)
- une austérité sonore et physique digne de la planete rouge dans ses moments les plus timide !!!

Regrettons: de ne pas voir un dinosaure faire une roulade devant notre capsule de survie. Car au moins ça aurait fait une animation entre nos tentatives inutiles de réparer ce circuit imprimé dont le minijeu est buggé depuis une semaine sans reaction des équipes de développement.... (Merde, esperons que le systeme de survie ne bug pas sous peu car on es mal.....)

Conschions ce jeu à 25€ correspondant normalement à quelque chose de bonne qualité pour un jeu indé...(Au moins on a pas dû trop engraissé Ellon Musk....)

Serieusement, il ne vaut pas ses 25€.... Peut être dans 1-2 ans histoire que les bugs soient corrigés et que soit enfin accessible le contenu... En esperant que celui ci les vaillent....

Feb 20, 2026·40h·Verified

Steam User 4255STEAMRecommended

needs work but fun

Feb 20, 2026·90h·1·Verified

Steam User 1751STEAMRecommended

its a good game

Feb 20, 2026·213h·1·Verified

Steam User 4149STEAMRecommended

awesome

Feb 20, 2026·83h·1·Verified

Steam User 3095STEAMRecommended

The game is challenging.

Feb 19, 2026·182h·2·Verified

Steam User 8463STEAMRecommended

Zábavná hra na přežití...

Feb 19, 2026·96h·1·Verified

Steam User 5004STEAMNot recommended

This game is initially fun, it is...

the solder process is confusing and not properly implemented though, it was better in the beta...

Also the weather is annoying... its not challenging... it makes you lose a day... its just boring... if youre early in the game you dont even have enough power to do inside things not that its any fun to stay inside... dont get this... companies need to learn that this isnt good enough

Feb 19, 2026·17h·1·Verified

Steam User 1522STEAMNot recommended

When I returned to the game last week seeing it was Release 1 i expected a finished game with not much bugs... was I in for a surprise! The ending (no spoilers) was just a message that says you're done! :-( So many times I had to restart the game beacuse the rover arm would freeze, those air drop contianers hanging in mid air out of reach, and lots more... They should have not release 1 yet!

Feb 19, 2026·283h·2·Verified

Steam User 9070STEAMRecommended

Constructive Criticism for Occupy Mars
I like the game — but if I’m honest, I don’t really know why.
The disparity between the trailer and the actual game is absolute: the habitat is built as a single module, not by placing walls as shown in the trailer. This is not a minor detail, since it indicates that —just like the character’s body— it is treated as a single entity. Therefore, there is no localized damage to a wall or limb. This was common in very old games, but it is not what one expects from a title that aims to be a simulator.
The Bathroom
The bathroom is a perfect synthesis of everything wrong with Occupy Mars. It highlights the inability to interact with the suit (we can only put on or take off the helmet) and the extremely rudimentary vital system.
Inside the bathroom we find four elements: a sink, a shower, a toilet, and a washing machine.
- The sink is used as a water supply. Yes, don’t ask: apparently on Mars, to fill water flasks —the most precious resource on the planet— we do it in the most rustic way, by placing the flask under the sink.
- The shower is questionable, since I doubt it would be used on a planet where water is so scarce, especially if we cannot remove the suit to stand under it. Showering provides no benefit to the character.
- The toilet looks like one from a public restroom. We use it, but again without removing the suit, and there is no indication of urgency. From it we obtain fertilizer for plants, but directly from the toilet, without any treatment or intermediate machine —almost as if we were defecating directly onto the plant we later eat.
- The washing machine is the ultimate absurdity: a completely inert entity (which makes sense, since we cannot remove the suit). It should instead be a machine to wash and polish the helmet, the only piece of equipment we could realistically place inside.

Simulation
I don’t know if the developers are familiar with the game Metro, but in it —despite not being a simulator— the experience of wearing a mask or helmet is conveyed intensely: we see dirt accumulating on the glass, feel the difficulty of breathing, the claustrophobia it generates, and even the desire to remove it. That interaction constantly reminds us we are in a hostile environment.
In Occupy Mars, by contrast, interaction with the suit is minimal. Our only action is putting on or removing the helmet, and the worst part is that the button seems designed more to cause a fatal mistake than to add immersion: if pressed outside the base, the character simply removes it and dies instantly.
Suit upgrades don’t help either. They don’t feel like physical or mechanical improvements —we don’t add parts or equip a better helmet—, we simply press a button and suddenly the helmet gains new functions. One of them even allows breathing external air, eliminating the need to remove the helmet. The result is that we stop interacting with the suit and gradually forget we are on Mars.

Vital System
Another game the developers should look at is SCUM and its vital system. In a Mars simulator, the vital system should be the most detailed and complete possible. In SCUM, for example, the player must attend to basic needs such as urination and defecation —yes, those functions exist— and doing so requires lowering pants, not sitting on a toilet while wearing a spacesuit.
The game also requires dietary variation: it’s not enough to eat anything, you must balance proteins and nutrients. Digestion is simulated too: after eating, you must wait for the process to complete before gaining benefits. This level of detail adds realism and depth. I recommend the developers of Occupy Mars play SCUM to understand what a well-implemented vital system looks like.
I would even add more layers to SCUM’s system: sleep and depression. Imagine that if you are on the Martian surface and accidentally press the helmet removal button, the character refuses to do it —as would be logical. But if you accumulate heavy fatigue or stress, then he might remove it without thinking, adding risk and tension. These factors could also influence other mechanics: frequent blinking, falling asleep, making mistakes like crashing the bike, etc.
Finally, I believe the third-person view should be eliminated from Occupy Mars, as it reduces immersion and breaks the feeling of truly being inside the suit in a hostile environment.

Terrain
In many modern games, terrain can be terraformed —excavated and reshaped with soil or sand. In a Mars simulator, this should be fundamental. Mars is a dead planet, without rivers, fauna, or natural elements to add appeal. Therefore, the ability to dig and create mounds becomes essential to generate interest in the landscape.
The absence of this in Occupy Mars is perhaps its greatest flaw. The terrain only varies in texture and undulation, without the possibility of modification or discovery. Being able to build mounds to deflect wind and protect installations and vehicles, or dig trenches to bury ducts and cables, would add much richer and more realistic interaction with the environment.
Introducing vehicles and tools dedicated to these tasks would open new gameplay dynamics, reinforcing immersion and giving the player the sensation of truly adapting to a hostile planet.
All of Mars invites you to play with sand. Since there are no rains, rivers, or lakes, why not replace them with zones of loose sand? Sandstorms already exist in the game, but they should have realistic effects: burying structures and vehicles, as happens in reality.
There could also be rivers and lakes of loose sand, where vehicles get stuck or trapped when trying to cross. Currently, vehicles in Occupy Mars climb dunes and drive over rocky or sandy terrain with no difference. The need to dig dunes or place sheets over soft areas to create paths would provide authentic challenges and enhance the adventure of simulating the Martian environment.
It could even be possible to bury entire habitats to protect them from solar radiation and storms, adding a strategic survival layer. These mechanics would make the terrain a living, dynamic element, rather than just a static texture.

Dust
Beyond the threat of Mars’ atmosphere, dust is a crucial factor that should be considered and could become an engaging survival mechanic. Martian dust is toxic, and if inhaled it would make us sick; therefore, keeping it out of the habitat should be a constant task. Cleaning it could resemble Viscera Cleanup Detail, but without water.
Dust can clog filters, corrode circuits, and contaminate food. To defend against it, we would need special doors, cleaning tools, and maintenance systems. Even the circuit repair table —already an interesting mechanic— could also be used to clean accumulated dust.
It’s fine that solar panels get covered in dust after sandstorms, but this should go much further: blocked filters, damaged chips, overturned vehicles, or buried structures. Dust should infiltrate where it doesn’t belong, creating constant problems for the player to solve.
Doors on Mars cannot be like those on Earth. Even if aesthetically different, opening and closing them is far too easy, when in reality they should be critical points: each entry or exit implies gas loss and dust intrusion. At first this could be inevitable, but with technological progress better doors should appear, such as those with air-blowing systems to remove dust from suits before entering.
Later, suits could be designed to dock directly to the habitat wall, allowing entry and exit through the backpack. This way, the suit always remains outside, preventing dust from entering and enhancing the realism of surviving in a hostile environment.

Feb 19, 2026·103h·1·Verified

Steam User 5750STEAMNot recommended

I'm very disappointed.
1. It says the game is a full version—a release. Actually, two technologies aren't available yet. But the most important thing is that when you build the rocket and go up to the command center, all the game tells you is "Mission Complete." Is that it? Are you serious? No cutscenes for returning home or any more problems to solve before takeoff. This is disregard for players. Why even release it then???
2. The world isn't seamless. Therefore, there are loading times between titles (chunks). Why add high-speed vehicles (jetpacks, turboovers) that can cause a crash if the problem of freezing between chunk preloads isn't solved? In other games, either make the world completely seamless or add fast travel points without high-speed gadgets that can kill you. I tried lowering the graphics settings to the minimum. The problem isn't solved.
3. Uranium rods periodically disappear from centrifuges. This happens if you exit the game and trash your save file. And haven't removed the rods before.
4. The unload button on the heavy Mars rover sometimes disappears. I noticed this most often after filling the truck bed, using a miner. It's fixed by saving and loading.
5. It says this is a sandbox game. Oh, how risky. The main problem with all sandboxes. What do you do after? When everything has already been discovered and explored. In this game, there's not much to do halfway through. There's no point in cutting up abandoned colonies. You don't really need a miner. Everything is mined using a large crusher with a printer. And by breaking rocks in the area. It's faster and easier. I don't know how the developers will solve this problem. I would make Earth-based counter-terrorism, for example. After the main character builds a rocket, he receives a new mission from Earth and a promotion to chief engineer of the planet. Your task is to extract and deliver valuable resources to Earth. And simultaneously, build a colony city for future colonists. You can also add alien biology. Fossilized eggs exist, so you can include that in the contract, too. And a super task. Prepare for initial terraforming. Level the ogre plot with a bulldozer. Build huge drills to release gas into the atmosphere. Oxygen-generating domes, create rain, algae, etc. This is just an example. To retain players. You can also add an online leaderboard for mining, terraforming, or something else. By season. And give exclusive rewards for this: costumes, badges, winner's cups, etc.
6. Some games successfully mix genres. For example, a first-person game and the events switch to an orthographic projection like in an RTS. This can be done here too. For example, resource extraction and base management are in first person. And the colony city construction and automation are already like an RTS, like Factorio.
I really hope the developers have something to surprise us with and make us play it constantly, as befits the sandbox genre. Instead of finishing it in 80 hours and putting it on the shelf.

Feb 19, 2026·86h·4·Verified

Steam User 6232STEAMNot recommended

Очень разочарован. Скучно, контента мало, механики очень простые и многие из них никак не влияют на геймплей. Долгожданная химия реализована абы как. В целом, ощущение хреново допиленной беты.

Feb 18, 2026·77h·4·Verified

Steam User 7214STEAMNot recommended

bug za bugom

Feb 18, 2026·259h·2·Verified

Steam User 9618STEAMRecommended

nice challenging and super immersive space game!

Feb 18, 2026·96h·Verified

Steam User 4604STEAMRecommended

Good game

Feb 18, 2026·31h·Verified

Steam User 7102STEAMRecommended

Took me a while to workout the best things to unlock to best setup my base, but well worth getting. Graphics are good and gameplay is pretty awesome. Remember to use the workbench to upgrade your tools once you have it up and running.

Feb 17, 2026·65h·Verified

Steam User 1401STEAMRecommended

Nach Release habe ich zunächst versucht, die Kampagne zu spielen, musste sie aber wegen Bugs abbrechen (bei mir gab es keine Station, an der ich den Rover hätte holen können). Also nahm ich mir das freie Spiel im normalen Schwierigkeitsgrad vor.

Durch eine Spielereihe, die bekannt dafür ist, anfangs unter Bugs zu leiden, bin ich einiges gewohnt. Trotzdem muss ich zugeben, dass es Momente gab, in denen ich Occupy Mars am liebsten deinstalliert hätte.

Vieles wurde inzwischen behoben, etwa im Bezug auf den schweren Rover.

Nach Sol 143 war ich schließlich mit dem Bau der Rakete fertig und wollte einsteigen, gespannt darauf, mein Werk auch einmal von innen zu sehen.

Leider war das Spiel mit der Benutzung des Aufzugs der Startrampe sofort zu Ende. Das war nach all der Mühe wirklich enttäuschend.

Trotz allem kann ich Occupy Mars empfehlen – vorausgesetzt, man ist bereit, sich mit eventuellen Bugs auseinanderzusetzen. Pyramid Games arbeitet merklich daran, und ich bin überzeugt, dass die meisten Probleme früher oder später behoben werden.

Feb 17, 2026·97h·Verified

Steam User 0691STEAMRecommended

good game which has its flaws but the Devs are working on this so looking forward to it getting even better

Feb 17, 2026·148h·Verified

Steam User 8586STEAMRecommended

I started playing this game in alpha a long time ago and for me it scratches a lot of itches. Since release of 1.0 I have started playing again (78 hrs. last two weeks) loving it , last bug fix fixed not having messages show when you come back in to continue game..(i had a work around by reloading autosaved game once back in game but nice not to have to do that) loving the game! Have not played live play yet but will. Not sure what or if I paid for game when it was in alpha but did not get charged when game went live so happy about that. Don't say anything but i would pay again to play the game! This is the kind of game, when you start getting into it, you do the clock check and see 5 hours have passed when you thought it was only 10 minutes ..... :) cheers

Feb 17, 2026·304h·2·Verified

Steam User 6685STEAMNot recommended

this game is so broken ive tried for like 6 hours to repair 1 circuit board and i cant get it to prompt me to solder or use the hot air over the red dots at all for 6 hours no way thats user error that is a bug i even tried exiting game reloading and restarting a new game nothing same issue

other than this issue if you can find all the circuit boards you need till you can make them the game is pretty good the info and tutorials need to be more indepth i thought it was a user error so i opened the campain and ran threw the entire tutorial and it never shows how to do that i also ran threw google looking for videos on how to to make sure i wasnt doing somethiing wrong but it seems like its just broken for me. there are a few other issues but that is the main one i found in the game in 20 hours of game play so far

Feb 17, 2026·91h·2·Verified

Steam User 1525STEAMNot recommended

Overall, it's a good game. It gave me many hours of entertainment for my money, so that is good. But right now it has game breaking bugs, and needs some serious polish on a few areas. For example, I can't "finish" the game because the Heavy Suit and Kilo reactor blueprints aren't available. Apparently that's a known bug and hopefully they will fix it in a future patch.

Once it's all fixed up and they get a few patches out, I will reevaluate my review.

Feb 16, 2026·87h·Verified

Steam User 0844STEAMRecommended

Very involved and fun game. The beginning of the campaign is a little lengthy and boring but after you get to the survival part, it's a lot of fun. Takes a while to figure out the mechanics because it's so in depth.

Feb 16, 2026·41h·Verified

Steam User 8030STEAMRecommended

yes

Feb 16, 2026·168h·Verified

Steam User 5590STEAMRecommended

Wenn euch Technik/Geschichte/Survival zusammen interessiert? ist das spiel richtig für sie.
Technik als Beispiel: Versuche den Tagesstrom Produktion mit Nachts Strom Produktion und dem Speicher und verbrauchsmenge stabilen Balance zu behalten ohne stromausfall im Nacht wegen leeren Speicher stand. wie berechnest du den Balance? kannst du viel daraus selber lernen. Ab und zu Anfang von einer Spiel kann sehr Schwer und auswendig sein. ich selber habe schon xmals das spiel neu begonnen um besser voran zu kommen. Auf den Boden fallen um lernen wieder aufzustehen.

Feb 16, 2026·353h·Verified

Steam User 9178STEAMRecommended

Je to dobré.

Feb 16, 2026·20h·Verified

Steam User 6134STEAMRecommended

Spelet har så många lager av problemlösning och jag bara älskar hela upplägget. Det är fortfarande en del irriterande buggar som att prylar man letar efter ligger under marken eller att metaller man behöver fastnar i luften men hittills löser det sig oftast med en omladdning av spelet. Jag rekommenderar varmt detta spel!

Feb 16, 2026·107h·Verified

Steam User 7020STEAMRecommended

Difficile e a mio parere ben concepito, grafica suggestiva, ambiente ed effetti atmosferici ben fatti, un gestionale diverso e piacevole, le esplorazioni con mezzi scarsi all'inizio sono sempre un impresa... epica!

Feb 16, 2026·132h·Verified

Steam User 5053STEAMRecommended

I WOULD RECOMEND THIS GAME FOR THE CONCEPT, HOWEVER IT DOES NOT COME ACROSS COMPLETED , OR READY FOR 1.0 RELEASE, MORE LIKE AN EARLY ACCESS GAME AT THE TIME THIS WAS WRITTEN. THE BUGS CAN BE ANNOYING.

Feb 16, 2026·210h·Verified

Steam User 4128STEAMNot recommended

Tem simplesmente demasiados bugs. A campanha não funciona, o progresso para e deixamos de conseguir progredir, passando naquele momento a um sandbox game, o tutorial tem bugs o primeiro bug acontece nos primeiros passos do tutorial, fazemos uma tarefa e o tutorial não reconhece que completamos a tarefa. Em sandbox game, é que começamos a ver que os bugs são imensos, controlo remote do rover não funciona, ideias começadas e não terminadas(puppy), para terminar o jogo temos de fazer uma tarefa mais de 800 vezes, 2h em frente a uma maquina e a repetir o mesmo movimento durante 2h. O jogo tem a possibilidade de termos minas a recolher recursos passivamente, encontrar a localização para as colocar é um trabalho estupido, é simplesmente sorte, é andar com um aparelho na mão que esta constantemente a apontar para as sources de agua e nem permite escolher que recurso queremos encontrar, e de repente diz que temos um recurso que não é agua debaixo dos pés e que podemos minar, no final do jogo aparece simplesmente um ecrã a perguntar se queremos ir para o menu ou se queremos continuar a jogar, nem se deram ao trabalho de por um ecrã a dizer qualquer coisa e apresentar quem fez o jogo. Existem coisas boas no jogo, o modo de construção é facil e intuitivo, a exploração tem surpresas interessantes. Resumindo, a versão do jogo atualmente é a 1.0.7, e esta longe de estar completo, os bugs são realmente frustantes, existem coisas no jogo que não servem para nada são simplesmente perda de tempo, e eu duvido que alguma vez seja um jogo que queiramos voltar a jogar novamente. A minha avaliação é atualmente 4/10 e mesmo que eles corrigam tudo e o jogo fique sem bugs não passara de 5/10.

Feb 16, 2026·163h·Verified

Steam User 1339STEAMRecommended

Tach Marsianer oder welche die es noch werden wollen.

Als erstes man muss auf diese Art Games stehen. Ums überleben kämpfen (ohne gefährliche Flora und Fauna).

Es gibt Momente:
In denen es einfach gut läuft. Du hast deine Stromproduktion ausgefeilt, Nahrungsmittel wachsen und gedeihen. Forschung läuft, alles wunderbar.
Sodass du losziehen möchtest, um neue Baupläne zu finden. Denkst dir, ach noch schnell das Quad vom Truck abladen, klappst die Heckklappe auf, setzt dich aufs Quad und bist auf einmal 5-6 Km von deiner Base entfernt. Und dein Char war noch nicht vorbereitet um loszuziehen.
Sauerstoff (30%)
Wasser (50%.... usw..

Verdammt... Checken letzter Ladepunkt über 25 Minuten her... Solaranlagen umbau Pflanzen umpflanzen, Chemie Station... Alles umsonst.
Wenn ihr das Spiel zocken und genießen wollt.... SETZT SPEICHERPUNKTE!!!

Ohne Mist für mich ist das Game richtig Gut, es macht mir richtig Laune, aber diese Ständigen Fehler. Fühlen sich für einen Full Realease mal wieder wie heute normal sehr EA an.

Schade, aber ich werde es trotzdem weiter zocken und genießen, es hat natürlich auch seine guten Seiten. Allerdings das Quad ist nicht mehr runter zu bekommen xD Fahrzeug zurücksetzen Button, dann ist der Truck mit weg, und wegflexen geht leider auch nicht dann ist der Truck Geschichte.

Egal es macht einfach bock das management der Base und Co.

Feb 16, 2026·38h·Verified