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Survive alone or in co-op on Mars by exploring, mining, repairing machinery, and building a powered, life-supporting base.
Released 30 Jan 2026
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Survive and colonize Mars alone or in online co-op. Build and upgrade your base, craft equipment, mine resources, produce water, oxygen and food, explore an open world, and repair complex machinery in a technical survival sandbox.
Developed by ▲ Pyramid Games · Published by ▲ Pyramid Games, PlayWay S.A.
You play as a colonist trying to survive and establish a foothold on Mars, either alone or with other players. Explore the open world to look for resources, mining sites, and places to build.
Construct and upgrade a base with connected pipes and cables, then manage its power and life-support systems. Produce water and oxygen, grow food in greenhouses, and keep essential supplies available as you work to stay alive.
Mine and process materials, craft equipment, and improve vehicles in your garage. Repair machinery using electronic components and tools, and develop your capabilities through research and discovered blueprints.
Players who enjoy the game often praise its grounded Mars-survival premise and the challenge of managing power, oxygen, water, and food while building a functioning base. Reviews also highlight exploration, hands-on repairs, and the satisfaction of getting systems running; some find co-op enjoyable when players divide tasks. Many reviewers, however, report bugs—especially with campaign progression—as well as clunky controls, resource grind, and unclear onboarding.
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.
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.
Build and upgrade your base, craft equipment, mine resources, produce water, oxygen and food, explore an open world, and repair complex machinery in a technical survival sandbox.
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.
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...
Build greenhouses, oxygen tanks, fuel generators, connect all the pipes and cables, and remember about proper cable management. Grow your own food.
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.
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!
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 46 |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
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| Website | Official website |
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