Terraforming Mars

The taming of the Red Planet has begun! Corporations are competing to transform Mars into a habitable planet by spending vast resources and using innovative technology to raise temperature, create a breathable atmosphere, and make oceans of water.

Terraforming Mars is a strategy, board game and space game developed by Artefacts Studio and published by Twin Sails Interactive.
Released on October 17th 2018 is available on Windows and MacOS in 6 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain and Swedish.

It has received 6,344 reviews of which 4,553 were positive and 1,791 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.0 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 8.99€ on Steam and has a 55% discount.

The Steam community has classified Terraforming Mars into these genres:

Strategy Board Game Space Tabletop Turn-Based Mars Multiplayer Sci-fi Singleplayer Management Turn-Based Strategy Hex Grid Base-Building PvP Difficult Local Multiplayer Grand Strategy 2.5D Beautiful

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10
Processor: Dual Core 3.0 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 250 MB available space

MacOS

OS: OS X Moutain Lion
Processor: Intel Core i5
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD 4000
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 337 MB available space

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Nov. 2024

For the most part I loved it. Only minor issues. The AI players consistently play a similar strategy each time with a heavy emphasis on board presence. Haven't yet seen an A.I. player go for Jovian strategy or Science strategy.

Sept. 2024

Good implementation of the board game with some UI weirdness. The Prelude expansion is great, but the Venus Next DLC is super buggy. Avoid that DLC until it's fixed.

Aug. 2024

Outstanding adaptation. Takes away a lot of the pain from the tabletop version, especially my clumsy fingers knocking over all my little cubes. Basically all card options and mechanics work correctly, expansions slot in and out seamlessly, and your scores and options are calculated for you in ways that assist play. My single major gripe is that I'm always being torn away from looking at my cards whenever another player performs an action, which immediately closes whatever view you have open and forces you back to the game board. There's no setting to stop this! In this game, planning your next turn is essential for preventing the game dragging on too long, so it would be extremely helpful if the game didn't steal focus from you, and simply waited for you to close your hand view before catching you up on your opponents' actions.

Jan. 2024

Saw some negative reviews of the game, so I decided to add my two cents. I've played a lot of 3 player games online with friends. We've never had a problem finishing a game. Every once in a while, there was an odd bug or UI quirk. But overall the game has worked well for us. In general, the UI is slick and, imo, makes the experience worth the investment of buying the game again.

Dec. 2023

The board game itself is exceptional, because it strikes a very good balance between complexity, depth and accesibility. Also each round feels different and you can't wait to try different strategies. It is a game that rewards improvisation and perception. The digital version of the game has the same qualities, but everything around the game itself is a disaster. The user experience or the ui is absolutely terrible. There are so many weird quirks or unintuitive controls, which make it very irritating when you first start playing the game. On top of that the game still has bugs, mainly network issues, for example where a game just desyncs and breaks. I don't understand how that is even possible for a turn based card game... Still, I can't always meet up with friends to play the board game, so the digital version will still my hunger in the meantime.

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