Terraformer Expedition to Mars

Update - The developer hasn't even been on Steam for a while, so it looks like there will be no bug fixes or improvements. I wouldn't recommend getting this, even at a major discount. There are space survival games that work much better. Original Review: The concept is great, but the game isn't ready and they really shouldn't be selling it yet. Basic mechanics such as digging work only sporadically making the game nearly unplayable.

Graphics: For a large voxel, i.e. minecraft type game, when smoothed, looks really good, when in construction mode, blocky, still looks fairly good. Sound: Monotnous. At the moment, I've only noticed one track playing which is very ambient. The breathing you get naturally is annoying, but can be tuned out. Options: There are no real options at the moment, other than resolution, windowed/fullscreen, texture, and anti-aliasing. Definitely a point that needs worked on. Gameplay: For 3 arks in this game, the first two are relatively quick, and the third part, is just waiting. Overall lack of depth. Bugs: It is still beta, but I would say it feels more like a late alpha. Lots of glitches to the game. Certain people get horrendous lag in certain areas. Dissapearing items, and such forth. Overall: I would recommend this game with one caveat, if you want a polished execution of a game, at this moment, this is not the game for you. But, if you want to have some fun, in an adult form of mi...

I really want to like this, but I can't recommend it without serious stability improvements. Constant CtDs and no autosave make this an exercise in frustration, and annoyingly if you're interested more in the terraforming aspect there's no way to avoid a fairly tedious dungeon crawl early on. Infrequent updates don't help - going months between patches is not acceptable when your game is this unstable. This could be a great game, but at the moment it's a bug ridden mess with a terrible UI. Given the apparent lack of developer attention I wouldn't risk money on this while it's in Early Access. Edit: retried after release. Crashed to desktop within 10 seconds of starting. Don't bother.

Needs SERIOUS WORK Also take off "mars" so you can add dlc like Titan IO etc

Worthless. This 'game' is horribly buggy and updates are extremely rare. Do Not Buy.

Unfinished and abandoned. Dev's been offline for a year. Nice concept, but completely unplayable.

If you are space/mars exploration enthusiast, this game will leave you sweating and gasping for air. You will come to appreciate the availability of oxygen, water, and food (which most of the time is just a spacesuit-not-needed-bus ride away). If you are not a space/mars exploration enthusiast, you will sweat and gasp even more (and possibly experience mental breakdown at some point), but even in your despair, something amazing will happen. You will discover a new kind of appreciation for your life on Earth (because you will realize how ****ty everything is millions of miles in every direction from Earth). Self-help taken to the next level.

Cannot recommend, classic game which was forced through EA and released in a very buggy and incomplete state.

ABANDONED!!

I bought this game back when it was in early access to support what sounded and looked like an amazing concept (along with several other survival/colonization games of the time). After years with no updates I had forgotten it was even in my Steam library. Imagine my surprise to find that not only are there still no updates, but the game is no longer in early access. What the heck, I'll install it again... Nope, looks just as bad as it did two years ago. Crashes 3x trying to play the first 30 seconds of the tutorial. So screw it, I'll try the real game - it can't be that hard to figure it out. OK here are some metal plates and rods, I'll make a....shovel? Surely that's the most important thing to craft when stranded on Mars... I now have a shovel, it's time to do some terraforming! So let's see, I'll click on the dirt? It's not doing anything but I can't stop shoveling....maybe I'll try to equip one of these steel rods instead, I can plant it upright and start building a shel...