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Mars Survivor

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52%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding
52% User Score Based on 2,501 reviews

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About Mars Survivor

Mars Survivor is a single player survival shooter game with a science fiction theme. It was developed by Estoty and was released on February 14, 2025. It received neutral reviews from players.

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52%Audience ScoreBased on 2,501 reviews
story20 positive mentions
monetization907 negative mentions

  • Enjoyable and fun gameplay with a good concept of Mars survival and base building.
  • Good graphics and relaxing atmosphere with a mix of exploration and crafting.
  • Game has potential with engaging missions and upgrade paths, keeping players hooked for a while.
  • Excessive forced advertisements interrupt gameplay every few minutes, making it frustrating and sometimes unplayable.
  • Progression stalls around level 9 or 10 due to missing content or inability to upgrade tools, leaving the game incomplete.
  • Game frequently crashes or freezes, especially after ads, and requires internet connection for many features despite claims of offline play.
  • monetization

    925 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    1% positive mentions, 1% neutral mentions, 98% negative mentions

    The monetization heavily relies on frequent, intrusive forced ads occurring every 30 seconds to a few minutes, severely disrupting gameplay and frustrating players. Although optional ads for in-game bonuses exist, the overwhelming mandatory ads and high-priced ad removal (around $8-$14) are widely criticized as excessive and greed-driven, making the game nearly unplayable or unenjoyable without payment. Many users recommend reducing ad frequency, offering rewarded optional ads instead, or providing a fairer ad-free purchase option to improve the experience.

    • “Ads haven't been too bad, no ads during expeditions and that's mostly what you're doing after you've cleared the map of anything you can break.”
    • “I loved this game, I bought the no ads, x3 damage forever, and reduced timer perks.”
    • “Like that this game isn't in-app purchase based.”
    • “Forced ads left right and centre, need to watch ads to progress in the story, to try and avoid it by turning off wifi/data nope can't do, why?”
    • “You start out with forced ads every 45 seconds, some of which are 30+ seconds long, so you quickly accumulate more ad time than game time.”
    • “It is beyond excessive and makes the game effectively unplayable without paying $8 to get rid of the forced ads.”
  • story

    195 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    10% positive mentions, 87% neutral mentions, 3% negative mentions

    The story starts off engaging with a clear mission structure but quickly becomes repetitive and stalls after key milestones like fixing the scavenger robot or building turrets, leaving no further missions or progression. Players often encounter a steep progression wall tied to "combat power" requirements, causing lengthy grinding or pressure to spend money, which hinders narrative flow. Overall, the storyline is short, linear, and incomplete, with many users frustrated by the abrupt end and lack of updates extending the game’s plot.

    • “I am absolutely loving playing this game; I have completed most of the main missions and can't wait for the next update with more adventures. When can I expect the game to be updated?”
    • “Nice graphics and animations with a story that has good pace and balance with the resource collecting grind to start.”
    • “Good story, simple tasks, fun to watch everything unfold.”
    • “Game itself is pretty good, however, the thing that has really brought my rating down to a 2* is that since fixing the scavenger robot, there's no more missions or storyline to complete.”
    • “Pay wall comes in fast to make advancing quests difficult... starts out easy enough and semi entertaining but then you run into combat power requirements and without paying takes completing every expedition for a few days or paying and then you grind to get the combat power to complete the turrets and nothing it just ends no more story missions no big invasion... been out over a year and can't complete the story arc? ... but devs cash that ad revenue check.”
    • “The story just kinda stops, and you can't upgrade your tool enough to break everything, it's just grinding for no reason once you reach the scientist.”
  • gameplay

    85 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    20% positive mentions, 68% neutral mentions, 12% negative mentions

    The gameplay is generally considered decent and has potential, with some appreciating its mechanics and pacing. However, excessive and frequent forced ads severely disrupt the flow, making the experience frustrating and tedious, especially as progression becomes linear, grind-heavy, and stalled by long timers. Many users feel the game lacks depth and freedom, and glitches or lag further detract from enjoyment.

    • “This is a beautiful well made game both visually and mechanically.”
    • “Actual gameplay is good and I like the time taken for the quality of the game, like when destroying an item it has three stages of being crushed up.”
    • “Really like needing to replenish oxygen, nice mechanic that gives a sense of urgency.”
    • “Forced ads take longer to get through than the gameplay between the ad breaks.”
    • “After level 14 it is safe to delete this game; no gameplay or progress is possible without stupid grinding or paying, and even if you pay like for an AAA game, not sure it would be sufficient for a long time or some fun gameplay.”
    • “Too many ads interrupt the flow of gameplay, also froze a couple times, terrible lag.”
  • graphics

    30 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    70% positive mentions, 20% neutral mentions, 10% negative mentions

    The graphics are generally praised for being nice, cute, and visually appealing, with some users highlighting good animations and art style. However, a few mention choppy or simple graphics and occasional issues with clarity. Overall, the visual quality is a strong point despite some minor criticisms.

    • “Great graphics and concept in the smash up category.”
    • “Nice graphics and animations with a story that has good pace and balance with the resource collecting grind to start.”
    • “Cinematic sections are slightly choppy, but graphics are superb, as usual!”
    • “Game gives me art style of Astroneer but god is this terrible.”
    • “The worst game ever, the graphics are a bit chopped and cooked.”
    • “Online game or itni ghatiya graphics mat lo ye game.”
  • grinding

    26 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game becomes excessively grindy and repetitive after early levels, requiring players to perform the same resource collection and mission tasks repeatedly, often with long wait times or forced ad viewing. Progression slows drastically unless players spend money, making late-game advancement frustrating and tedious. Despite an engaging concept, the heavy grinding and lack of meaningful new content lead to a stagnant and unrewarding experience.

    • “It takes days of grinding to level up equipment enough to do a single expedition - then you have to grind again for days to do the next one.”
    • “After level 14 it is safe to delete this game; no gameplay or progress is possible without stupid grinding or paying, and even if you pay like for an AAA game, not sure it would be sufficient for a long time or some fun gameplay.”
    • “This game can be so good but without spending an exorbitant amount of money, I estimate somewhere in the 40 to 50 range, I can't even complete the steps for the mission I am on without grinding a week at a time just to complete 1/20 of the mission.”
  • stability

    22 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game suffers from frequent freezes, crashes—especially after ads—and various glitches that disrupt gameplay and progression. Excessive ads contribute to lag and forced app restarts, with players often losing rewards and experiencing unresolved bugs after updates. Overall, stability issues significantly hinder the play experience, making the game frustrating and sometimes unplayable.

    • “The game freezes frequently, sometimes crashes after ads and doesn't give credit for watching the ad. Also, no new tasks appear after level 9.”
    • “There are multiple glitches that make the game unplayable.”
    • “After the last update (2024/Jun/20), the game simply freezes at the loading screen (at 100%) and won't load the actual game.”
  • music

    14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    21% positive mentions, 58% neutral mentions, 21% negative mentions

    The game's music is generally praised for being enjoyable and fitting as background audio, but many users are frustrated by the non-functional controls for turning off music, sound, and haptic feedback. Additionally, some note the lack of music in unfinished final levels and express annoyance with repetitive tracks.

    • “Fun game, great music, but it's incomplete and there's not much to do but grind for supplies after a certain level.”
    • “Great background music, leveling up is accessible, reasonable amount of ads”
    • “Good time waster, but the switches to turn off sound and music don't work”
    • “If you're going to include a switch to turn off the music track and haptic feedback, make sure they work.”
    • “The settings to turn off the music don't work.”
    • “Good time waster, but the switches to turn off sound and music don't work.”
  • replayability

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Users feel the game's replayability is limited by restrictive progression and frequent ads, which hinder enjoyment. They suggest adding more challenging, strategy-based expeditions rather than power-gated missions to enhance replay value.

    • “The maximum level is currently 14, which is quite limiting; their other game (Idle Breaker) offers more replayability.”
    • “Game could have been more playable without the severity and frequency of the ads.”
    • “We need more expeditions and more playable expedition modes not bound to power levels. Introduce harder challenges that require strategy rather than preventing players from playing them.”
  • humor

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor in the game is widely criticized as forced and unfunny, with some users comparing it negatively to uninspired ad-driven games. Overall, it is seen as a failed attempt at humor that feels more like a marketing ploy than genuine comedy.

    • “It's funny”
  • atmosphere

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users appreciate the game's atmosphere for its engaging and cool, even scary, vibe, enhanced by appealing animation. However, some find the presence of ads during gameplay disrupts the immersive experience.

    • “I love the atmosphere of the game.”
    • “I like the animation and atmosphere.”
    • “The atmosphere of this game is scary but cool. I actually love it—very cool.”
  • optimization

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game suffers from poor optimization, including unresponsive touch controls with input lag and frequent joystick issues. Additionally, forced ads disrupt gameplay, and offline play is unavailable despite expectations. Overall, these factors significantly hinder the user experience.

    • “Joystick breaks all the time, forced ads and I mean forced a lot, badly optimized, can't play offline even though it definitely should be playable offline, kinda fun.”
    • “Needs optimization, touch controls are off, takes about two seconds to register inputs.”
    • “Bad optimization.”
  • emotional

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users report frustration with the game abruptly turning off on its own shortly after starting, which disrupts the emotional engagement and overall experience.

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Play Times

5h Median play time
5h Average play time
5-5h Spent by most gamers
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Mars Survivor is a survival shooter game with science fiction theme. Common tags for Mars Survivor include free to play, science, 3D, crafting, story rich and others.

Mars Survivor is available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, PC, Phone and others.

On average players spend around 5 hours playing Mars Survivor.

Mars Survivor was released on February 14, 2025.

Mars Survivor was developed by Estoty.

Mars Survivor has received neutral reviews from players. Most players liked Mars Survivor for its story but disliked it for its monetization.

Mars Survivor is a single player game.

Similar games include West Escape, Idle Breaker - Last Survival, Zombiepunk: Fight & Survive, Frost World, Raptor Evolution and others.