Fit check
Is Dissent on Mars worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Strategy players who want to experiment with economic and political systems
- Simulation fans who prefer observing how rules affect a settlement
- Players interested in colony building with social consequences
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking direct combat or military strategy rather than social and economic management
- Players who prefer a fixed campaign structure instead of repeated experimentation with different societies
- Players looking for a character-focused RPG rather than a colony-level simulation
Our take on Dissent on Mars
The premise emphasizes creating radically different societies, but the listed activities center on configuring rules, developing a colony, and observing simulated consequences. The social revolution framing sets a dramatic tone, while the described play is primarily systems management and colony simulation.
What is Dissent on Mars?
Dissent on Mars is a science-fiction life simulation and strategy game about creating societies on Mars.
Players establish economic and governmental rules, decide who controls resources and income, and determine how decisions are made. They then develop a colony by placing natural resources, producing goods, and constructing buildings. Colonist personalities, interests, and willingness to work influence events and the colony’s direction. The economy generates prices from changing circumstances, while the society’s rules affect available actions. Different designs can pursue goals such as removing poverty and unemployment or automating production with machines. The game presents multiple social arrangements, with consequences and trade-offs emerging from each combination of rules, resources, and character traits.
How Dissent on Mars plays
- 01Society rule sets
- Economic and political choices determine resource control, income distribution, and participation in decisions.
- 02Colony construction
- Natural resources support product creation and the building of structures across the Martian settlement.
- 03Colonist personalities
- Selected traits, interests, and attitudes toward work influence situations and the colony’s development.
- 04Simulated economy
- Prices arise from current circumstances, while economic rules shape which actions are available.
- 05Society goals
- Objectives include reducing poverty and unemployment or creating machine-automated production.
Dissent on Mars compared to similar games
Dissent on Mars focuses on inventing social systems, managing a colony, and observing an economy shaped by player-set rules. Old World instead centers on leading a historical empire across generations, including political marriages, heirs, and long-term dynastic management.
Dissent on Mars: platforms & release
Is Dissent on Mars worth it?
It is worth it if: strategy players who want to experiment with economic and political systems. Skip it if: players seeking direct combat or military strategy rather than social and economic management.
Where can I download Dissent on Mars?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Dissent on Mars's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Dissent on Mars on?
Windows only.
