Terraformers: First Steps on Mars

Terraformers: First Steps on Mars

Steam Deck · unrated

Asteroid Lab · Strategy · Oct 23, 2021

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's free to play.

89%
Very Positive
701 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 21 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 20 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 6 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 701 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
80% of themes are praise20% are divided0% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Replayability is high.
21 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Pretty cool overall, with the graphics and sound engagingly casual but there is a lot of replay value with this as a single decision is not necessarily catastrophic and encourages you plan effectively.
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The characters in that game were interresting and strangly a lot more attractive.
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Linux compatibility
Players who bring up Linux compatibility mostly praise it.
Interesting theme, the graphics are simple but cool, the music is nice, it does run on GNU/Linux, but after eight hours of repetitive play, I wouldn't call this a civ strategy kind of game, but more like a deck building card game, with lots of randomness, which gets you nowhere.
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Gameplay21 reviews
Graphics20 reviews
Story and characters6 reviews
Linux compatibility6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty9 reviews
67%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 4 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
89%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
3
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.

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