“Surviving Mars” is an elegant strategy game that challenges players to build a city on the Red Planet and you can get it for free this week at Epic Games.
The single-player Mars building game from Paradox Interactive and Haemimont Games is the latest free PC and Mac offer on the Epic Games Store, but the offer ends on March 18. So, if you’re looking to put your mark on the life of Mars, you’ll need to act fast.
Although Epic is offering the basic version of “Surviving Mars” for free (usually $ 29.99), there is a wide variety of expansion packs available (including a free Mystery Replenishment Pack) that you can consider to enhance your experience.
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These expansions range in price from $ 3.99 for the Stellaris Dome Set to $ 19.99 for the Green Planet add-on, with other players challenging to bring animals and compete with other countries for Red Planet. There’s even a MarsVision song Expansion of the contest to destroy Mars. You can book them all with a Season Pass offer for $ 34.99, which is worth considering, since the main game is free.
But even the basic game can be challenging.
As our own Chelsea Gohd wrote in 2018, her criticism: “You arrive equipped with a rocket full of raw materials, drones and some prefabricated structures. I quickly realized after landing that this game could be more difficult than I expected – and maybe, just maybe, I should have taken a look at the extensive tutorial, since Mars has seemingly endless ways to kill it. “
If you get “Surviving Mars” for free, here’s a piece of advice (also free): Don’t build your base on a plateau if your water sources are in a valley far below. At least not in the beginning. You will need to achieve these things easily if you want to survive on Mars.
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