Terraforming Mars

Buy71%

Mostly Positive · 7k player reviews · High confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Verified
  • Windows
  • macOS

Artefacts Studio · Strategy · Oct 17, 2018

Player review score
71%
Mostly Positive
Price
$6.99−65%
Lowest ever
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
40
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
6
Full audio0 of 6
Subtitles0 of 6

Should I buy Terraforming Mars?

Buy it if you like
  • Co-op: 39 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 34 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 12 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 74 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Multiplayer: 36 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 30 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 7k player reviews · updated

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
33% of themes are praise17% are divided50% are complaints
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
39 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Shared and split-screen functionality, online PvP, Remote Play Together, and Steam Turn Notifications provide several ways to approach multiplayer sessions.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
34 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Single-player options provide a useful environment for learning the mechanics and experimenting with strategies, while competitive multiplayer reveals the design at its strongest.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The graphics are good for a board game, it plays snappy and well, and you can employ tons of strategies.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
11 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Its presentation is modest and its complexity can initially feel intimidating, but beneath that learning curve is an impressively interconnected system where economic development, card combinations, planetary transformation, map control, and scoring all influence one another.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Co-op39 reviews
Gameplay34 reviews
Graphics12 reviews
Difficulty11 reviews
Divided opinion
Controls
67% still recommend
Story
100% still recommend
Players complain
Bugs
28% still recommend
Multiplayer
53% still recommend
Interface
30% still recommend
Servers and matchmaking
9% still recommend
Crashes
27% still recommend
Monetization
11% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Multi-player
  • Online PvP
  • PvP
  • Shared/Split Screen PvP
  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play Together
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Turn Notifications

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded
$6.99$19.99−65%

That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

7 points recordedtoday · $6.99

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