Surviving Mars is a sci-fi city builder all about colonizing Mars and surviving the process. Choose a space agency for resources and financial support before determining a location for your colony. Build domes and infrastructure, research new possibilities and utilize drones to unlock more elaborate ways to shape and expand your settlement. Cultivate your own food, mine minerals or just relax by the bar after a hard day’s work. Most important of all, though, is keeping your colonists alive. Not an easy task on a strange new planet.
Best gaming PC for Surviving Mars in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Surviving Mars today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
£7991080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
£1,2991440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
£1,7991440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
£3,4994K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Paradox Interactive on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit | Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit |
| CPU | 4th Generation Intel i3 CPU or equivalent | 5th Generation Intel i5 CPU or equivalent |
| RAM | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| GPU | HD 4600/Geforce 620/Radeon 6450 or equivalent GPUs with 1 GB of video RAM | Geforce 750 Ti or equivalent with 4GB of video RAM |
| Storage | 6 GB | 6 GB |
| DirectX | — | — |
Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Surviving Mars?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to 5th Generation Intel i5 CPU and your GPU is at or above Geforce 750 Ti, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.