- Phasing out Occupy Mars: Prologue - 24 July 2025
Dear Martians, We have an important announcement regarding Occupy Mars: Prologue. The Prologue, first released in 2020, has been a fantastic introduction to the world of Occupy Mars. We are incredibly grateful for the community that has grown around it and for all the valuable feedback we have received. As we continue to focus our development efforts on the Full version of Occupy Mars: The Game, we have decided to retire the Prologue. This means it will no longer be available for new players to download from the Steam store. This change is necessary as we are a small team and we want to pour all of our resources into making the main game the best possible Martian survival experience. For those of you who already have the Prologue in your Steam library, don't worry! The game will remain in your library and you will still be able to download, install, and play the Prologue whenever you wi…
- Exploration Update! - 28 August 2023
Fellow space explorers! We're thrilled to unveil the latest chapter in your journey - a brand-new update for "Occupy Mars: The Game!" 👩🚀 Get ready to dive into an array of exciting content that's landed straight from the stars.🤩 Check out all the cool new content in the infographic below: And if you're eager for more details, there's a full devlog waiting for you at the link. https://steamcommunity.com/games/758690/announcements/detail/3678931743363828117 Picture this: upgraded bases, sleek vehicles, and cutting-edge tech that'll make your Martian experience even more immersive. It's all here, waiting for you in this stellar update. And guess what? Below this message, you'll find a sneak peek trailer that's bound to fire up your curiosity to explore the Red Planet: Whether you're a seasoned Mars veteran or gearing up for your inaugural Martian adventure, this update is for you. So,…
- Occupy Mars Today! - 10 May 2023
Martians! The day has come! Occupy Mars: The Game is now available for all of you to play in Early Access! See the Launch Trailer: It's truly indescribable how amazing it feels to finally reach this day of launch after years of hard work! This incredible journey began more than 10 years ago when we conceived the idea for this game during our time at university. The development of the game itself started in 2017, and now we have reached the significant milestone of Early Access Launch. Our dream game has reached a point where we are thrilled to share it with you! This is just the beginning of a much longer journey, as we have an ambitious roadmap ahead of us. But for now, let's focus on playing! For those diving right into the game - please keep in mind that the following known issues in the current build v0.119.1: - loading abandoned bases - procedural outposts can sometimes relocate af…
- DevLog #65: How NOT to die on Mars: Part 5 - 10 May 2023
Greetings, Martians! Today is the day! 🚀 However, there are still 2 hours left until Early Access launch of Occupy Mars: The Game. Fear not because we have plenty of ideas for you as to how you can spend this time! First, we have the final “How NOT to die on Mars" video for you. There are plenty of useful tips that will come in handy during your stay on Mars, so it’s worth checking out! But what about the remaining time? We’d like to invite you to spend it with us during our celebratory stream starting now on Twitch channel! https://twitch.tv/pyramid_games Our team will be happy to talk with you and answer questions you have about the game. Last but not least, we just want to have fun together, so even if you’re just looking forward to the launch and don’t have any questions for us, please consider joining us! 😊 We hope to see you there! Occupy Mars Team
- DevLog #64: How NOT to die on Mars: Part 4 - 9 May 2023
Hello, Martians! We’re only 1 day away from the Early Access release of Occupy Mars: The Game! The time to occupy Mars is drawing near and there are still so many things to tell you before you depart! Today, we’d like to give you some tips on survival. On the Red Planet, you may find yourself in extremely dangerous situations. At these times, you have to think and act quickly. That’s why we’d like to tell you about some of such scenarios: Keep these tips in mind when you place your first steps on Mars on May 10th. These may be lifesavers! P.S. If you’re already itching for some Mars survival, you can already play Occupy Mars: Colony Builder, which is available on iOS and Android devices. See you tomorrow! Pyramid Games Team
- How NOT to die on Mars (Part 3) - 8 May 2023
Hello, Martians! We hope you had a good weekend! We know it’s not easy to start the week anew, but with Saturday and Sunday past us, we find ourselves only 2 days away from the Early Access release of Occupy Mars: The Game! That’s why today we’d like to resume our lessons on survival on Mars. During the last one, we covered Oxygen. Today, we’d like to focus on a related topic – CO2 Scrubber and Sabatier upgrade! Water, Oxygen and CO2 management are some of the most urgent matters you have to attend to once you arrive on Mars, so we hope that these videos will help you feel more confident about your upcoming trip. Get plenty of rest and May 10th will come in no time at all! See you soon! Occupy Mars Team
- How NOT to die on Mars (Part 2) - 7 May 2023
Hello again, Martians! How are your preparations? Are you ready to face the harsh life on the Red Planet? There are only 3 days left until the Early Access release of Occupy Mars: The Game! The best way to stay up to date with the launch time is to observe the timer on the game’s official page: occupymarsgame.com That said, we understand that in the heat of preparation for your Mars adventure one might not be able to keep track of time. 😉 That’s why we've prepared this graphic for you, which lists the launch time as it should appear in various corners of the world. Remember about differences in time zones! In our time (CEST), release time is 6 PM, but this may not necessarily be the case for you. We're also preparing a series of introductory videos called "How NOT to die on Mars". You can watch Part 1 - Water and Part 2 - Oxygen below: There is a lot to cover, so make yourself comforta…
- DevLog #60: Community Challenge - 5 May 2023
Dear Martians! May 10th is still 5 days away, but we have plenty of things to show you until then! Today we’d like to tell you about Occupy Mars: The Game Community Challenge! If you’re not familiar with those, the idea is simple – we ask you to follow Occupy Mars: The Game here on Steam and by doing so, you increase the discount which will be applied to the game at launch! All it takes is 2 clicks! The Challenge will last until the very moment the game launches at 6 PM CEST on May 10th. Remember you can find a countdown timer on the game’s website: occupymarsgame.com How NOT to die on Mars? We’re preparing a series of tutorial movies, which will help you prepare for your upcoming trip to Mars. Take a look – today’s topic is water! Film That’s all we have for you today. We’ll be back soon, and in the meantime, we’re back to counting down the days until May 10th! Take care, Occupy Mars T…
- DevLog #59: Content at Launch - 4 May 2023
Dear Martians! We’re getting ready for May 10th and we’d like to share a few more details with you. All our Kickstarter Backers who supported the project and who had Early Access key listed as one of the rewards for their pledge will be happy to know that we’re currently sending out keys! Please check your e-mail inboxes! Keep in mind that even though you receive them a little ahead of release time, keys will become active at the moment of Early Access release on May 10th. You can follow the countdown clock on our official website: occupymarsgame.com We’d like to thank our 12,000 Beta testers for their contribution to the Beta Playtest phase. Thanks to you, we’ve received plenty of invaluable feedback and managed to greatly improve overall game experience. Beta Playtest version will be available until May 8th so this is the last weekend to play it. On Monday this particular version will…
- DevLog #58: Release Date Announcement Trailer - 27 April 2023
Hello again, Martians! Yesterday we announced the long awaited release date of Occupy Mars: The Game and today, we bring you a brand new game trailer! See what is waiting for you on Mars! trailer Occupy Mars: The Game is coming to Steam in Early Access on May 10th 2023! In only two weeks, you'll get to explore the Red Planet! In the last devlog, we mentioned working on the final list of features that will be available in the Early Access release. We can't share it with you yet, but we will do so in the next devlog. We hope you're all looking forward to May 10th like we do! Best regards, Occupy Mars Team
- DevLog #57: Release Date Announcement - 26 April 2023
Greetings, fellow Martians! We wanted to share some exciting news about our upcoming game release and what we've been working on lately. As many of you may have noticed, we've been updating our Steam Page and other official pages with more screenshots and information. We had to temporarily change the visible release date from April to Q2 (because Steam requires a concrete day announced at least 2 weeks before the end of the month and we didn't have that confirmed yet), but we can now happily confirm the official Early Access release date. The game will be launching simultaneously on Steam, EPIC, and GOG platforms on May 10th, 2023! We are in contact with the publishing teams of these platforms to ensure a smooth launch. We have also released the Colonist FAQ thread, which answers many gameplay-related questions (beware of spoilers!). We hope it will be helpful once you get your hands on…
- DevLog #56: Kickstarter Summary, Early Access Progress & Tight Beam from Mars - 27 February 2023
Dear Martians! Welcome to another DevLog - this time we have plenty of topics to discuss. 1. Kickstarter Summary As you might know, our Kickstarter Campaign ended on February 17th after 31 days and it was a great success! Over 2662 Martians backed our project and we crossed the magical 400% Funded mark. In total 13 Stretch Goals were unlocked with the last one: Automated Excavation being unlocked during the last few hours of the campaign!🥳 In the last few Kickstarter Updates you can read about: The final list of all unlocked stretch goals (which will also serve as our roadmap for post-release development) Automated Excavation plan Kickstarter Reward Highlights and more... 2. Kickstarter Rewards Now that Kickstarter had ended, we're preparing to send rewards to our amazing backers. According to plan: most of the digital rewards should be sent in March, and the Physical Collector's Editi…
- DevLog #53: Beta status & 10th Kickstarter goal unlocked - 31 January 2023
Dear Martians! Beta Status Update As the recent build v0.99.9.3 was met with positive reception and our playtesters have noted a vast improvement over the previous build, we’re moving this build from the public_testing branch to the default branch on Steam. To whoever has yet to update the Beta to the latest version, we recommend starting a new game as saves from the previous versions might not work properly after the update. We thank all of you who participated in Beta for all the feedback and bug reports we have received from you so far. Occupy Mars: The Game has come a long way since we first started Beta and it’s all thanks to you. We now have a much better understanding regarding what requires our attention. That’s why we’d like to let you know that this update is the final update for Beta. Any more days spent on improving the Beta would delay the long awaited Early Access. That’s…
- Occupy Mars The Game campaign is 100% funded! - 18 January 2023
Dear Martians, Are we there yet? Yes, we are! Thanks to all our amazing backers, Occupy Mars: The Game Kickstarter campaign has been funded in less than a day! Polished Early Access stretch goal has been unlocked! Thank you so much, we’re overwhelmed with all the support we have received! The funds gathered so far will help us cover costs of promoting the game prior to its Early Access release and make it possible to give you an even better game on the launch day! Currently, there are over 650 Mars enthusiasts supporting our project! We thank you all from the bottom of our hearts. We’re now sending out Beta keys to all backers who have “Instant Steam Access to Occupy Mars Beta” included among their pledge rewards. We are still improving the Beta and the next Beta build update should be ready in a few days, it will be automatically updated on Steam. Let’s keep going! Can we reach the nex…
- Devlog #51: Occupy Mars Kickstarter Campaign is now live! - 17 January 2023
Dear Martians! We’re excited to announce that today – 17 January – we’re launching a Kickstarter campaign for Occupy Mars: The Game! Click here to go to Kickstarter page Kickstarter staff has recognized our love and effort poured into the project and awarded the campaign with Project We Love badge! ❤️ As you know, we’ve been working on the game for a long time. The last few months have been particularly intense as we launched the Beta and our amazing community has been helping us with finding and squashing bugs – all to bring you the most polished Early Access version possible! :) Now that this stage of development is nearing its completion, we need to make sure the game reaches as many players and aspiring Martians as possible. This is the main purpose of our Kickstarter and the funds we gather from this campaign will be used for promoting the game prior to its release in Early Access.…
- Devlog #50: Beta Update & Kickstarter Status - 28 December 2022
Here is the previous devlog that has been published last month on Occupy Mars: The Game page: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/758690/view/3480747995742366774 It includes the roadmap, Kickstarter announcement and answers many of the questions we received from our community. Hello, Martians! Welcome to our 50th Monthly Devlog! We have just released the long-awaited Beta Update v0.99.2 which includes big changes such as: New Interaction System An important rework of the interaction system has been completed and playtesters can now check it out. It was a very important milestone on our roadmap to Early Access, which should address one of the most frequently reported issues - to make the controls more responsive and more user friendly. The most important thing you should know about the New Interaction System is that now: * pressing 1x LMB = picks up an item to your hand, and then: --…
- DevLog #49: Transparency Update - 28 December 2022
Dear Martians! In case you missed the devlog #49 published back in November on Occupy Mars: The Game page, we're reposting this devlog here. The latest devlog is #50 and you can find it here: https://steamcommunity.com/games/758690/announcements/detail/3644005452181833481 In this post we want to lay all our cards on the table with the hopes that it will clear up any confusion or misconceptions that may have arisen over time. Also we want to show you our plans and what's ahead. Our goal was always to make this game with the community and for the community and this goal hasn't changed since the beginning, however the road to get to this point was long and bumpy, and we weren't aware of many challenges related to building such a complex game when we first announced it. Yes, the game was announced way too early. Yes, we made mistakes in communicating with players. Yes, the development took…
- Vote for Occupy Mars: Prologue in the Steam Awards 2022! - 22 November 2022
Dear Martians! The Occupy Mars universe has been in the development process since 2017, and from the very beginning this project has been our tough and very demanding love. Your feedback has made this game much better, but thanks to it we also know better what you expect from the full version of Occupy Mars: The Game, which will be released soon. Thank you! If you feel the deck of feelings contained in this project please vote for the Occupy Mars: Prologue in Labour of Love category. P.S. Remember to follow the full game as important announcements are coming!
- Devlog #48: Progress & Mars Society Convention - 20 October 2022
Hello, Martians! It’s time for us to report on our development progress since our last devlog. https://steamcommunity.com/games/758690/announcements/detail/3258938103877676844 If you’re watching our streams on Twitch, you might be familiar with some of these features. Nevertheless, we hope this devlog will give a better picture of the game’s current state. FOUNDATIONS We have implemented foundations into the building system. They come in various shapes. In the future, the system will be improved to allow building on those foundations. UI CHANGES Pop-up notifications have been added to many options in Main Menu and in tablet UI, with one of the most important ones being an additional window “Do you want to leave the game?” requiring final confirmation from the player. Moreover, with new features and new panels added to tablet UI, interface’s overall design has been polished to make sure…
- Devlog #46: Survival Fest & Development Progress - 8 August 2022
Hello, Martians! Today is the last day of the Survival Festival. Now that more players have tried out Occupy Mars: Beta and Prologue, let’s talk about development progress of the upcoming Early Access release! We’d like to show you a few things we’ve been working on. Updated UI We mentioned a few times in the past that we were reworking the UI, adding new interfaces for many new features that weren’t in the game before and polishing the existing ones. In the previous devlog and during our streams, you could see the new Sleeping panel. This time, we’d like to show you: New Messages Panel https://i.imgur.com/uMdLOto.gif New Inventory And last but not least, menu of one of the more complex features in the game… Tech Tree – work in progress https://i.imgur.com/o4GnPD6.gif More options and customization Now, you have even more options to adjust the game to your needs! To be more specific, th…
