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 6,393 reviews of which 4,602 were positive and 1,791 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.0 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.

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.

Jan. 2025

Although I do recommend the game because of its fun gameplay and replay value, I do really wish that the other expansions would come out a bit quicker. As of this date: 7.1.2025, we have yet to see Colonies, Turmoil, Prelude 2 and the 4 other boards: Utopia, Cimmeria, Amazonis & Vastitas. I do understand that making DLC and etc takes time, but it should not take THAT long to come out with new expansions. And adding those expansions I already mentioned, would only add even MORE replay value to a great 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.

June 2024

This is a pretty robust digital version of the game, and the format enables the game to be played quite a bit more quickly, especially when making use of the timer system with strangers online. However, this game has some pretty annoying issues when it comes to online play. For one, the karma system seems good on paper: You earn points for completing entire games without leaving or forfeiting, you lose points for doing those things. Unfortunately, this game doesn't deal with players leaving very well, and sometimes mandates reconnecting due to bugs where the turn order doesn't advance for minutes at a time. I quickly dropped to 1 karma after leaving games where other players already chose to leave, not sure why you get docked for that. Sometimes a player will leave the lobby, you are then forced to wait out however long their timer is, and other players can get bored of waiting and leave in that time as well, forcing you to stay through THOSE timers too if you dont want a karma hit. All this breeds a really distrusting and negative experience for casual players.

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