Mars - the Arrival
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Mars - the Arrival

Developed by Stefan Nyul
4.1/5 · 26 ratings

Settle and expand a Mars colony with research, buildings, and competition with others.

Settle on MARS in a mixture of game and scientific simulation. Take control over a tiny group of 10 settlers and choose a landing site on the barren Mars. Develop your venture from one single landing module into a thriving settlement with hundreds of specialized buildings and even more inhabitants.

Research & development of new technologies as well as exploration of the Red Planet are key for establishing a permanent presence in this hostile environment.

And you are not alone. Other settlements, each one controlled by a real human somewhere on Earth, are starting to grow everywhere and a competition for being the most successful Mars colony has already begun.

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Features:

- Scientific orientated building & simulation of a Mars settlement

- Background story in 6 phases with according phase goals

- Mars simulation in 30x real time (even running when app is not active)

- Choosing one of 7 Earth organizations providing (dis-)advantages

- Research & development of 152 individual technologies

- Construction, maintenance & repair of 51 individual building

- 35 individual building enhancements (no level 1,2,3...)

- Sending Mars exploration teams and analyzing found soil samples

- Production & dispatching of 23 different resource/module types

- Assignment of 5 settler types to all activities in the settlement

- Settler life cycle including children and elders

- 3D view of own settlement in authentic Mars topography

- Panning & zooming of the Mars surface in high resolution 3D

- 100% usable without Internet connection

- Optional online: ranking list & other settlements on Mars surface

- Unlocking of advanced app functionalities step by step

- Tutorial explaining all app functionalities

- Contains some Ads but only after 15 Minutes of game and very decent

- Contains In-App-Purchases but NO PAY TO WIN!

- This is a peaceful app! NO FIGHTING, NO KILLING, NO WAR!

Ratings

4.126 ratings
5★16
4★2
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1★2
★★★★★Great game and support
I really enjoy the game and its dynamics. When I had an issue with the purchase the developers were quick to respond and resolve my issue which is rare these days.
Cyleaf13 on the App Store · May 2025
★★★★★Great Potential, but…
The fact you get nonstop increases in colonists with no way to reject them and it feels impossible to actually stay ahead of habitat needs cause you run out of…
willbosquez on the App Store · May 2024
★★★★★App crashes if your colony gets too big
Loved playing this game, but eventually my colony got too large causing the app to crash crash while loading - on launch I get the “loading height maps…” progress bar,…
CSCTiscali on the App Store · Mar 2023
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Stefan Nyul

1 game · Reads like a solo developer
Appears in Offline games for flights Games like Fallout Shelter Cozy games to wind down with City builders & town planners

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