Take On Mars

Take On Mars

Bohemia Interactive · February 9, 2017 · Simulation, Space, Mars, Exploration, Survival

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Take On Mars price by region

Take On Mars costs €0.27 in Europe (EUR), £0.30 in the United Kingdom, $0.42 in the United States, $0.42 in Georgia (USD), zł1.96 in Poland, CA$2.59 in Canada, A$2.90 in Australia, NZ$2.95 in New Zealand and R$3.80 in Brazil right now.

Cheapest Take On Mars offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
Europe (EUR) €0.27 −86% €1.99 €0.27 5
United Kingdom £0.30 −83% £1.79 £0.30 4
United Statesyour region $0.42 −80% $1.99 $0.42 6
Georgia (USD) $0.42 −80% $1.99 $0.42 6
Poland zł1.96 −80% zł7.39 zł1.96 3
Canada CA$2.59 −80% CA$2.59 — 1
Australia A$2.90 −80% A$2.90 — 1
New Zealand NZ$2.95 −80% NZ$2.95 — 1
Brazil R$3.80 −80% R$4.99 R$3.80 2

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About Take On Mars

✦ AI summary

Command rovers and probes to explore Mars in a science-driven campaign, then survive as an astronaut stranded on the Red Planet in this realistic space exploration sim. Build habitats, extract resources, and colonize Mars solo or with friends in sandbox multiplayer, all featuring accurately simulated physics and terrain based on real Martian locations.

Explore the rocky terrain and sandy wastes of the Red Planet. Bohemia Interactive’s Take On Mars places you right in the middle of mankind’s most exciting undertaking. Start out in the seat of a rover operator, finish as the first human to have ever set foot on Mars. With a scientific arsenal at your disposal, you will pioneer the exploration, and colonization, of the Red Planet.

Key Features

  • Space Program Campaign Chapter 1: Robotics Campaign
    Explore the Red Planet from the perspective of a science-driven space agency. Command rovers, landers, or probes, over a distance of hundreds of millions of kilometers - and collect important scientific data about Mars. Research new technologies to gain new equipment.
  • Space Program Campaign Chapter 2: Manned Mission Story Campaign
    Take on the role of astronaut Mark Willis, one of the crew members in the first manned mission to Mars. When things go wrong during the descent into Mars’ atmosphere, and the connection with Earth is lost, the crew is declared missing in action. However, there’s one survivor: you. Relying on a background as a mechanical engineer, you will need to fight for survival and construct the machines needed for a chance to return home.
  • Sandbox Survival Multiplayer
    Invite your friends in drop-in/drop-out online multiplayer, and establish the foundations of a human colony on Mars. Work together to extract raw materials from Martian soil, refine them into real compounds, and use the 3D Printer to build your habitat panel by panel. Develop a power grid, pressurize living areas, utilize botany to grow crops, and operate various vehicles and machines to keep you and your crew alive.
  • Real Life Locations
    Travel across a vast, unforgiving Martian terrain with locations based on actual satellite data from famous locations such as Victoria, Gale, and Cydonia Crater. Be prepared for extreme weather and sandstorms, and watch out for radiation exposure from Mars’ solar events. Aside from the Red Planet, Take On Mars features various additional special locations and celestial bodies, including Mars’ moon Deimos, Earth orbit, Earth’s Moon (Apollo 17 Moon landing site), International Space Station (with full interior), Earth Training Centre, and Mars Yard.
  • Advanced Simulation
    Experience motion in locations with different gravity strength, including Zero-G. Break off cameras, robotic arms, or even individual struts and wheels - all affecting the way your vehicle handles. Each object, system, and instrument in Take On Mars is accurately simulated to offer a truly authentic experience.
  • Content Creation Tools & Modding Support
    Create your own scenarios in the 3D Editor and share them on the Steam Workshop. Dive into Take On Mars’ powerful Workbench editing suite to develop new terrains, add-ons, and total modifications.
  • And More
    Familiarize yourself with Take On Mars’ gameplay via 5 training missions. Play a variety of individual scenarios set across different locations. Discover interesting facts about the Red Planet with the in-game Mars Encyclopedia.

Take On Mars — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Player modes
Single-player, Co-op
Controller
Partial controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

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

✦ AI summary

Take On Mars offers an engaging Mars exploration experience with solid gameplay and graphics that appeals to players across age groups, but it suffers from persistent technical issues including crashes, physics simulation bugs, and quirky design decisions that frequently undermine the experience. Players appreciate the core concept and mechanics, though many note the game feels unpolished and incomplete despite its potential. Most reviewers suggest it's worth trying if you're interested in the premise, though the technical problems may frustrate some.

Recommended Apr 22, 2026
---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☑ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☑ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☑ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Ga…
6 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 2, 2026
i completely forgot to review this game when i first played it years ago, but its amazing. and hopefully if we manage to get the remaining Dev some funding, it could be improved and maybe even added to!
3 found this helpful
Not recommended May 10, 2026
I love the concept, I love the feel... they almost had it. The problem is, it's got the Bohemia Bugginess. There are a lot of decisions they made that are very questionable, such as the fact that canisters don't snap in place when you load them, they remain fully simulated and the physics sim will ruin you at times when it freaks out. It's just a lot of annoyances that through no fault of your own, things just blow up in your face.
2 found this helpful
Not recommended Apr 4, 2026
This game had so much potential. Still a broken mess with random crashes.
2 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 21, 2026
Old but Gold. Still some crashes. But a good a game and good mechanics.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Aug 20, 2026
great fun for hours

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