Waking Mars
Tiger Style · 2012 · Sci-fi, Adventure, Indie, Exploration, Platformer
PC
Very Positive90% · 65179Metacritic
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About Waking Mars
✦ AI summary
Jetpack through Mars' underground caverns discovering alien lifeforms and uncovering the planet's secrets while trapped by a cave-in. Master the ecosystem's creature behaviors to build and cultivate your own interconnected biomes, where survival depends on understanding how each alien species interacts with one another.
<p>In 2097, life is discovered on Mars. When your mission of first contact becomes trapped by a cave-in, you must master the alien ecosystem to survive. Soon you stumble upon more than anyone expected, and with time running out, you will make a decision that determines the fate of a lost planet.
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<p>Waking Mars is a one-of-a-kind adventure in which you jetpack through subterranean Mars encountering a host of extraordinary alien lifeforms that operate as a living, breathing ecosystem. Learn and master the behaviors of these creatures to create ecosystems of your own design if you are to survive and discover the secrets of Mars’ past.
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<h2>Key Features</h2>
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<li> Explore an open-ended network of exotic caverns.
<li> Decode mysterious signals and discover long lost ruins.
<li> Survive an unearthly world of strange creatures and hazardous terrain.
<li> Grow a vibrant, interconnected ecosystem of exotic plants and alien creatures.
<li> Cultivate one species to feed another, eliminate unwanted infestations, and research unique behaviors.
<li> 2012 IGF Nominee: Excellence in Audio. Features nearly two hours of critically acclaimed original music.
<li> A fully PC native control scheme, designed for both mouse+keyboard and for gamepads.
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<p>Waking Mars is a one-of-a-kind adventure in which you jetpack through subterranean Mars encountering a host of extraordinary alien lifeforms that operate as a living, breathing ecosystem. Learn and master the behaviors of these creatures to create ecosystems of your own design if you are to survive and discover the secrets of Mars’ past.
</p>
<h2>Key Features</h2>
<ul>
<li> Explore an open-ended network of exotic caverns.
<li> Decode mysterious signals and discover long lost ruins.
<li> Survive an unearthly world of strange creatures and hazardous terrain.
<li> Grow a vibrant, interconnected ecosystem of exotic plants and alien creatures.
<li> Cultivate one species to feed another, eliminate unwanted infestations, and research unique behaviors.
<li> 2012 IGF Nominee: Excellence in Audio. Features nearly two hours of critically acclaimed original music.
<li> A fully PC native control scheme, designed for both mouse+keyboard and for gamepads.
</ul>
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What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
[h2]When is waking up a planet a good idea?[/h2] Waking Mars was actually an interesting indie. It's a fun little action platformer where you fly around with a jetpack and shoot aliens. The level design is pretty good, but some of the character art during the dialogue... I don't mean to be mean, but looking back at it now it reminds me of weird AI art, even though AI art wasn't really a thing when this game came out. The story, however, didn't stick with me one bit. Does it even have one? Take that with a grain of salt, as some psychopaths like to say. I don't really want to replay it to find out. I'm pretty much like that with all games anyways. Being a psychopath, that is. [h2]7/10[/h2] [h3][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45905648-Gork%2527s-Game-Grind/]Check out my curated list of games[/url][/h3]2 found this helpful
On paper there's a lot to like about Waking Mars, but it never really felt like it was able to transfer out of "early 2010's iPad game" for me. Going from room to room doing similar tasks didn't grab me, and the stiff and unnatural protagonist kept the story ever feeling engaging. Maybe 10 years ago I would have been able to appreciate Waking Mars for what it is, but for now, it was too much of a relic for me.1 found this helpful
A fun and occasionally-challenging exploration game that focuses on building life, not destroying it, with a cool storyline about alien plants and ecosystems on Mars! I purchased this game originally about 12-13 years ago and found it again on Steam. Definitely worth replaying and the auto-save means I can just stop wherever and pick up later.1 found this helpful
played this game growing up it was fun for what it is now excuse me while i tend to my phyta zoa like they are my babies which they are my beautiful, unapologeticly suicidal babies1 found this helpful
I played this a long time ago. Fantastic game. No combat, the game is about exploration and creating life.
Lovely mash up of visual novel, metroidvania, puzzle and farming sim. Story was enjoyable, going hand in hand with the exploration. Great cast and voice acting.
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