StrategyFit check
Is Reshaping Mars worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Colony-simulation players who want to manage both infrastructure and residents
- Strategy players interested in transforming a planet after establishing a settlement
- Players who enjoy choosing a location based on terrain and mineral resources
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a short, self-contained objective may find the progression toward planetary transformation broad in scope.
- Players who prefer direct control over every character may find resident behavior less hands-on.
- Players looking for action-focused combat may find the described focus on building, production, and research a poor match.
Our take on Reshaping Mars
Rather than ending with a functioning colony, the game extends the building premise into planetary transformation: players work toward changing Mars’s atmosphere, temperature, oceans, and vegetation after establishing a self-sustaining base.
What is Reshaping Mars?
Reshaping Mars is a colony simulation in which players choose a landing site, gather minerals, and build a settlement.
The work includes mining, producing materials, setting up power and water networks, constructing homes and factories, recruiting residents, and researching technology. Engineering vehicles can be controlled directly, while residents act independently; wages, rents, market prices, and policies provide ways to influence their behavior. Terrain can be excavated or filled, changing the landscape and opening routes for construction. After establishing a self-sustaining colony, players can work on changing the Martian environment, including its atmosphere, magnetic field, temperature, oceans, and vegetation. The game also offers alternative story backgrounds with different settings for the planet’s transformation.
How Reshaping Mars plays
- 01Mars terrain data
- Landing locations can be considered alongside real Martian geography, elevation, and mineral distribution.
- 02Resident management
- Residents make their own choices, while wages, rent, market prices, and policy can influence their behavior.
- 03Terrain modification
- Excavated material can be used to alter the landscape, including removing hills and filling low areas.
- 04Planetary transformation
- Late-stage work includes altering the atmosphere, magnetic field, temperature, oceans, and plant life.
- 05Alternative backgrounds
- Different story settings provide distinct circumstances for a Mars transformation playthrough.
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Reshaping Mars: platforms & release
Is Reshaping Mars worth it?
It is worth it if: colony-simulation players who want to manage both infrastructure and residents. Skip it if: players seeking a short, self-contained objective may find the progression toward planetary transformation broad in scope.
Where can I download Reshaping Mars?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Reshaping Mars's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Reshaping Mars on?
Windows only.
