Choose Surviving Mars
Choose Surviving Mars if you want a Strategy experience. 10,552 Steam reviews back the pick.
Surviving Mars vs Surviving Mars: Pioneer
Surviving Mars and Surviving Mars: Pioneer both land in Simulation on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both are Simulation games on Steam. Surviving Mars (2018) is 7 years older than Surviving Mars: Pioneer (2025). Both sit near 79% positive on Steam (Surviving Mars: 10,552 reviews, Surviving Mars: Pioneer: 51). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Surviving Mars: Pioneer
Choose Surviving Mars: Pioneer if you want an Action, Adventure, and Casual game with Tracked Controller Support and VR Only. On Steam, it's the newer release (2025) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Surviving Mars: Pioneer launched in 2025.
Both Surviving Mars and Surviving Mars: Pioneer sit in Simulation on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (79% vs 78.4% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Surviving Mars |  Surviving Mars: Pioneer | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2018 | 2025 |
| Genres | Strategy, Simulation | Action, Adventure, Simulation, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | Price unknown | 24.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 79% positive (10,552 reviews) | 78.4% positive (51 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Haemimont Games, Abstraction | Bolverk Games |
Side by side
- Both are Simulation games on Steam.
- Surviving Mars (2018) is 7 years older than Surviving Mars: Pioneer (2025).
- Both sit near 79% positive on Steam (Surviving Mars: 10,552 reviews, Surviving Mars: Pioneer: 51).
- Both are Deck Unsupported.
Surviving Mars vs Surviving Mars: Pioneer — FAQ
- Should I play Surviving Mars or Surviving Mars: Pioneer first?
- If you want chronology, Surviving Mars (2018) came out before Surviving Mars: Pioneer (2025). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Surviving Mars and Surviving Mars: Pioneer similar?
- They overlap on Simulation on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.