Great potential and excitement for full game
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“So many things to do in just a prologue.”
Steam review · 14 h played ↗
Occupy Mars: Prologue (2020)
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Mostly Positive · 78%Mostly Positive · 78%▲ Pyramid Games2020Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Adventure
The verdict
A free, hardcore Mars survival demo with deep power, oxygen and repair systems, but clunky controls and a weak tutorial. Skip it if you want polish or hand-holding.
Great for
Patient players who enjoy figuring out complex survival and power-management systems on their own
Main risk
The tutorial skips food, water and oxygen basics, so you die repeatedly and feel lost
What players love
Realistic, challenging survival
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Ultra-realistic! Very smooth, a bit of a time crunch. It's either death by starvation, dehydration, oxygen depletion, or sleep deprivation if you're not careful or thinking clearly.”
Steam review · 15 h played ↗
Detailed systems: power, farming, mining, repair
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“There is electronics (circuit boards) that can be repaired: soldering chips and resistors.”
Steam review · translated · 2 h played ↗
Immersive atmosphere and visuals
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“a genuine realistic night sky from a Sol perspective”
Steam review · 7.3 h played ↗
Free demo with solid content
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“It's free to play, so you can't go wrong by trying it out.”
Steam review · 18.7 h played ↗
Wish for multiplayer co-op
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“This game would be more fun if it allows 4-6 friends to play together.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
What players complain about
Tutorial doesn't teach survival basics
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“The tutorial leaves out a LOT of critical information.”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗
Clunky, unresponsive controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“the controls, my god the controls are terrible. The controls just feel wrong.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
Bugs and broken systems
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“so buggy that you lose all your progress after a few hours of work. many items just stop working for no reason.”
Steam review · 12.8 h played ↗
Poor optimization and lag
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“my GPU is at 99% usage as soon as I start the game”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
Tedious, confusing power and oxygen management
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“It's tedious and ends up taking most of your time just finicking it to make sure you don't run out of battery halfway through the night”
Steam review · 4.3 h played ↗
Demo is outdated; full game never released to all
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“The full version of the game seems to have improved massively but the makers of the game haven't improved this demo of the game at all.”
Steam review · 6.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable15 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-6400 / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsRX 570 4GB VRAM / GeForce GTX 960 4GB VRAM
Storage15 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-6600K / AMD Ryzen 5 2600X or better
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 1070 8GB VRAM or better
Storage20 GB available space
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-6400 / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsRX 570 4GB VRAM / GeForce GTX 960 4GB VRAM
Storage15 GB available space
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