M.A.R.S.

M.A.R.S.

YingPei Games · October 28, 2021 · Third-Person Shooter, PvE, PvP, Competitive, Shooter

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About M.A.R.S.

✦ AI summary

Battle across a three-way war between humanity, rogue AI insects, and biomodified soldiers in this sci-fi shooter packed with PvP modes, wave-based survival, and co-op campaigns. Upgrade your arsenal through missions, tackle escalating difficulty tiers from Nightmare Challenges to punishing Quantum Trials, and experience your heroic journey through fully voice-acted cinematics spanning multiple timelines.

It's the year 20XX; military conflict between the League of Nations and UNITA run rampant across the globe, prompting small scale wars to break out in various regions. In order to combat UNITA's biochemical modification of humans, the League of Nations secretly developed the NRC: Insectoid Robots with frightening intelligence and a brimming consciousness, which sooner than not went rogue and became its own faction in this now-three-way war. The human world is now at stake, and a battle for survival and supremacy is being waged.
From classic PvP modes such as Team Deathmatch, Domination, and Search & Destroy, to some more exotic modes such as Headhunter; where the player's head will grow with every successive kill! There's something for everyone amidst the many modes MARS has to offer! And fear not, those who enjoy a little PvE gameplay; MARS has dozens of those too! Fighting off aliens, dinosaurs, and robots in Wave based Survival modes, to pushing through UNITA's compound in challenging mini-campaigns with up to 4 players! There's no lack of things to do.
Every weapon in MARS comes with both a Level, and a Grade; each higher tier adding bonuses in terms of stats and abilities to your items! Complete missions to be awarded upgrade materials, and use those materials to upgrade your weapons; ...simple! Many weapons can even simply be bought from the armory with currency gained from completing missions and challenges; you'll have your own fully stocked arsenal in no time!

From 4 basic difficulty levels, coupled ontop of advanced challenge modes and unique settings; no thrillseeker or daredevil will ever be wanting more after trying out Nightmare Challenges! ...Or if you're feeling extra daring, give the Quantum Trials a go. Gather 3 of your friends and push through the floors! You'll be lucky to beat floor 1.
Saving the world is no easy feat, but fret not! Your epic achievements and glorious accolades will be chronicled throughout fully voice-acted cutscenes and cinematics.
Travel through time amidst your efforts to save the world! Fighting dinosaurs, mummies, robots and sorts of creatures from ancient history and the future... as well as some timelines that never happened!

M.A.R.S. — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Player modes
Online PvP, Online co-op
PC Game Pass
Not included

DLC & expansions

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

M.A.R.S. receives mixed feedback highlighting both technical and design issues. Players criticize inconsistent controls, repetitive missions, shallow gameplay, and unstable online performance, with some reporting server connectivity problems and account linking requirements that frustrate new players. The game appears to suffer from balance issues and feels unfinished to many, leading most reviewers to suggest avoiding it at current pricing.

Not recommended Feb 28, 2026
My name is Private BigZungus. I arrived on M.A.R.S. "DAMN" I said, "Lets go lets go" my commander said precisely every two minutes. I shoot the enemy, I reload, I intentionally fail the active reload every time "OHHHHhhhh NAGHTT AHGEN" I say quitely to myself with a burnt out voice. ENEMY ESCAPED repeats on the center of the screen 40 times in a row. I have 10 silver bullets, I go to the bathroom, I return and what the hell is this mech and drone business. First log in I get the "Gun that will kill you" for 24 hours. I am retribution, blacklight retribution, and I will Hawken all over the enemies. I'LL TAKE THAT This game plays like an instagram reel, and I expect nothing less from ZMR. But I am no simple fourteen year old looking for free crack on steam.
2 found this helpful
Not recommended Aug 16, 2026
I miss you ZMR
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Apr 9, 2026
Please link your suba account into steam. I don't own suba account and I don't care, bye bye game.
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Sep 24, 2026
Controls feel inconsistent, enemy AI is dumb, and missions get repetitive fast. Too short and shallow for the price, and online matches are unstable. Feels unfinished and poorly balanced.
Not recommended Sep 7, 2026
Is this game dead? i see updates but i can't log in. I hope i didn't get ban sniped, i broke no rule : /
Not recommended Jun 8, 2026
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