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• Patch Notes·23 Sept 2026Official

  Patch 1.1.1 - Patch Notes

  Hello Commander, Our first patch since Feeding the Future is here! We’ve improved how grids handle shortages, reduced Small Farm maintenance costs, and made it easier for Colonists to change trains at Large Stations. The update also includes several more bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements. Check out the full patch notes below:Balance changesChanged the behavior of grids when there is not enough supply to cover the demand. Instead of turning the whole grid off, buildings will be disabled in stages depending on their priority - first, all low priority buildings will shut down; if there is still not enough resource to cover the remaining buildings, the medium priority ones will shut down; finally, if there is still not enough for the remaining buildings, everything will shut downReduced the maintenance cost of the Small FarmSmall Farms are now affected by the same things that affect the conventional FarmsThe Mineral Treatments upgrade is now available for Hospitals. It still does not apply to the Medical Center spireBug fixes Buildings Fixed an issue where refabbing a building destroyed the resources stored inside itFixed an issue where Faction Likes/Dislikes related to shifts were triggered for buildings with automated shiftsFixed an issue where extractors that were turned off and back on could immediately put surrounding buildings into needing maintenanceFixed an issue with doubled icons for selected recipe in the Replicator spireFixed an issue where a wrong warning message was displayed for Open Farms during Toxic RainsFixed an issue where Trains would get deleted when demolishing their Train Station; they are now returned as prefabsFixed an issue where destroyed Universal Tunnels became useable again by saving and reloading the savegamePassage entry points can now be built on Capital City edge hexesIndoor and outdoor vacant work slots are now listed separately in Domes' info panelsBuildings that can be constructed only once, such as Wonders, no longer show ...
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• Community & Events·11 Sept 2026Official

  📸 Screenshot Contest - Surviving Mars: Relaunched

  Hello Commander,It’s time to bring your cameras to Mars and show us your best screenshots from the game. 📸 Join the Screenshot Contest, and show us your finest shots of the Red Planet for a chance to be one of three winners! From sweeping Martian landscapes and bustling colonies to striking details and unexpected moments, capture what makes life on Mars unforgettable! How to participateTo take part, you must join the Surviving Mars Community Discord, where all submissions will be collected and judged.🗓️ Contest PeriodThe Contest starts at 3:00 PM CEST on Friday, September 11, 2026, and ends at 4:00 PM CEST on Thursday, September 24, 2026. 👉 Join the Discord here: https://discord.gg/2gskUMXNgd📜Please make sure to read the full Terms and Conditions here: Terms and Conditions Inside the Discord, you’ll find:Submission instructionsDeadlines and judging detailsContest updates and announcementsPrepare your screenshots, find your perfect angle, and show us the Red Planet through your eyes.
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• Announcements·8 Sept 2026Official

  Feeding the Future is Out Now!

  Hello Commanders, Dinner is now served! Feeding the Future, the first DLC for Surviving Mars: Relaunched, is available now. Your colonists are hungry for more than survival! Feeding the Future adds new depth to food and production systems, with expanded management options, fresh ingredients, and a variety of meals that hopefully will make even the pickiest foodie comforted and sane. Build a successful food network, satisfy your colony’s needs, and overcome the unique challenges of fine dining on the Red Planet. It’s time to put Martian cuisine on the menu!New Key FeaturesFarming on MarsExpand your agricultural production with new crops, animals, and ways to grow ingredients. Buildings such as the Small Farm and Insect Farm open new possibilities, while different farming opportunities on the Surface and Underground encourage you to adapt your strategy. Serve Up Martian Delicacies  Give your colonists something more exciting than basic rations. Transform home-grown ingredients into eight newly introduced delicacies that influence comfort, morale, health, and sanity. Sugar, spices, bread, and cheese, what more could a martian wish for? Create a Colony with Taste A range of new culinary buildings are introduced. Bake fresh loaves at the Bakery, keep busy districts fed with Fast Food Restaurants, or offer colonists an elevated dining experience at the Gourmet Restaurant. Coffee Makes the Colony Go RoundGive colonists a welcome boost with Coffee Vending Machines and Barista Cafes. As the only delicacy that affects sanity, coffee could prove essential when life on Mars starts taking its toll. New food-related traits also introduce individual tastes and preferences, rewarding colonies that keep a varied menu on offer.  Define the Future of Food on Mars Use new food-focused laws and Commander Profiles to shape how your colony produces, processes, and serves its meals. Develop a food system that goes beyond survival and helps turn the Red Planet into a true home. Free Update ...
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• Patch Notes·8 Sept 2026Official

  Services & Science Patch Notes - Version 1.1.0

  Research Redesign The legacy research system was replaced with a new tech tree. Research now accumulates toward generating Tech Points.Tech Points are used to instantly unlock Technologies.All Technologies cost 1 Tech Point.Each new Tech Point requires more Research than the last, creating implicit long-term scaling.Technologies are placed on a spatial, hex-based research grid.Tech Points can be spent only on adjacent Technologies to already researched nodes.Wonder Technologies sit far from the origin and require sustained, focused commitment.Breakthrough Technologies and Mystery/Story Technologies are discovered separately and are not bound to the main research grid.Initiatives are additional entry points to different sections of the board that you can uplock by completing certain goals. Anomalies and exploration can unlock off-path Technologies within a capped radius of current progress.Added ~50 new Technologies.Added a Search function. Replaced the old research queue with a new Wishlist. Wishlisted Technologies will be auto-researched when the needed Tech Points and connections become available. The amount of wishlisted Technologies is not capped, but they cannot be freely rearranged in the queue - there are controls to remove Technologies from the Wishlist, to move a selected Technology to the top of the Wishlist, and to clear the whole Wishlist.Exchange Technology with Rival Colonies is now Exchange Research and works by offering a Technology that the player has unlocked and the Rival hasn't. In exchange, the Rival provides Research. The amount of Research received in this exchange is based on the Rival’s Research per Sol.Unlocking all the available technologies is possible but extremely hard. Find out more about Research redesign and the design intent behind it in the "Lab Leaks" Dev Diary.Services Redesign The legacy Services system that relied on visits was replaced with a new system with an aggregated approach.The Stats (Health, Sanity, Comfort, Morale) of...
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• Announcements·7 Sept 2026Official

  Surviving Mars: Relaunched - What's New Since Release

  Hello Commanders,When Surviving Mars: Relaunched went live last November, we mentioned that it was the launch pad for a new era of Surviving Mars, with more to explore down the line. Tomorrow, we drop a free update that rebuilds two of the systems sitting closest to the heart of the game, alongside the first part of our Prime Mission - the content pack Feeding the Future. Before we get to what's coming, it's worth taking a note of what's already here. If you last visited Mars around launch, the colony you'd land in today is a noticeably different place, and a lot of that is down to the reports, saves, and forum threads you've sent our way. Below are some highlights of what’s happened in the last few months, and if you want to get into the nitty-gritty details, check out the full patch notes log here: Complete Changlog for patch 1.0.1 to 1.0.7 - Asteroids - Asteroids no longer expire. No timer, no scramble to evacuate before a rock slips out of orbit, access is something you build toward instead. They have more buildable ground and better-distributed deposits, and Micro-G extractors now come in dedicated Metals, Rare Metals, and Exotic Minerals variants. Rockets can now fly directly between Earth, Mars, and asteroids in any combination with auto-depart logic, and Exotic Minerals are exportable to Earth. Under the hood, changes have been made to make them behave more consistently, and modders can now do considerably more with them. - The Underground - At launch, we got feedback that the Underground still felt like a separate game, and today it’s much more intertwined. The Elevator is no longer a resource-transfer puzzle - it's a Universal Storage existing on both maps at once, with per-resource controls telling drones which side to spend on. More importantly, a connected surface and underground share one power and life support grid instead of two trying to balance each other out. And special underground domes are gone: every regular dome can be built down there. - Tra...
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