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Mars First Logistics

Shape Shop · 2025-09-25

Steam

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jun 22, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Build physically simulated rovers to transport awkwardly shaped cargo across the rugged terrain of Mars. Earn funds, unlock new parts, and use your ingenuity to help the Martians establish a new home. Playable solo or in online co-op!

Mars First Logistics is an Indie and Simulation game released in 2025, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (95% of 3776 reviews).

39
playing now
95%
positive of 3.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
25h
to beat · rushed 15h · completionist 58h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

39 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Mars First Logistics is an indie transport simulation video game developed by Melbourne, Australia-based studio Shape Shop and published by Shape Shop and Outersloth. The game was released in early access in June 2023 for Windows, and saw a full release on September 25, 2025. The game, which includes single-player and up to 3-player cooperative multiplayer, takes place in a future, science fiction setting, and revolves around building rovers and other forms of vehicles to transport various unusual items across Mars and aid in its colonization. It was positively received by critics, who cited its gameplay as unique and enjoyable.

Trailer

Mars First Logistics trailer thumbnail

Mars First Logistics 1.0 Release Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 39 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 674 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~84/week).
  • · Review velocity down 61% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 76k–170k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,776 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2026-03-04) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
84384320232026Week of 2023-06-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 843 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 392 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

86152026-09-15 00:00 — 35 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 20 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 27 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 42 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 22 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 33 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 30 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 19 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 34 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 45 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 34 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 44 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 36 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 35 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 58 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 86 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 49 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 43 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 57 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 50 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 46 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 46 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 33 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 39 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
80012Jun 2023Aug 2026Jun 2023 — avg 231 · peak 460Jul 2023 — avg 71 · peak 280Aug 2023 — avg 31 · peak 92Sep 2023 — avg 19 · peak 83Oct 2023 — avg 19 · peak 49Nov 2023 — avg 31 · peak 126Dec 2023 — avg 30 · peak 90Jan 2024 — avg 30 · peak 74Feb 2024 — avg 17 · peak 52Mar 2024 — avg 23 · peak 77Apr 2024 — avg 19 · peak 50May 2024 — avg 20 · peak 54Jun 2024 — avg 20 · peak 51Jul 2024 — avg 23 · peak 61Aug 2024 — avg 15 · peak 48Sep 2024 — avg 28 · peak 96Oct 2024 — avg 21 · peak 60Nov 2024 — avg 18 · peak 49Dec 2024 — avg 50 · peak 109Jan 2025 — avg 32 · peak 104Feb 2025 — avg 19 · peak 64Mar 2025 — avg 15 · peak 40Apr 2025 — avg 17 · peak 48May 2025 — avg 12 · peak 29Jun 2025 — avg 58 · peak 170Jul 2025 — avg 28 · peak 64Aug 2025 — avg 20 · peak 54Sep 2025 — avg 229 · peak 1,898Oct 2025 — avg 800 · peak 2,455Nov 2025 — avg 235 · peak 433Dec 2025 — avg 156 · peak 340Jan 2026 — avg 124 · peak 292Feb 2026 — avg 73 · peak 200Mar 2026 — avg 104 · peak 235Apr 2026 — avg 88 · peak 221May 2026 — avg 52 · peak 124Jun 2026 — avg 53 · peak 123Jul 2026 — avg 57 · peak 122Aug 2026 — avg 41 · peak 99
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$9.992023-06-222026-07-272023-06-22 — best price $17.992023-07-31 — best price $15.992023-09-21 — best price $15.992023-10-30 — best price $14.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-01-22 — best price $19.992024-03-04 — best price $19.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-04-15 — best price $19.992024-06-02 — best price $19.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-08-04 — best price $19.992024-09-23 — best price $19.992024-11-06 — best price $19.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992024-12-15 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-02-05 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-04-14 — best price $19.992025-06-22 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-08-07 — best price $19.992025-10-09 — best price $19.992025-12-04 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-02-02 — best price $19.992026-03-18 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-04-28 — best price $19.992026-06-13 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-07-27 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5832026-05-16 — 9 pageviews2026-05-20 — 7 pageviews2026-05-24 — 12 pageviews2026-05-28 — 6 pageviews2026-06-01 — 7 pageviews2026-06-05 — 17 pageviews2026-06-09 — 11 pageviews2026-06-13 — 6 pageviews2026-06-17 — 10 pageviews2026-06-21 — 10 pageviews2026-06-25 — 7 pageviews2026-06-29 — 14 pageviews2026-07-03 — 12 pageviews2026-07-07 — 14 pageviews2026-07-11 — 6 pageviews2026-07-15 — 6 pageviews2026-07-19 — 13 pageviews2026-07-23 — 13 pageviews2026-07-27 — 5 pageviews2026-07-31 — 7 pageviews2026-08-04 — 17 pageviews2026-08-08 — 9 pageviews2026-08-12 — 11 pageviews2026-08-16 — 5 pageviews2026-08-20 — 10 pageviews2026-08-24 — 58 pageviews2026-08-28 — 9 pageviews2026-09-01 — 10 pageviews2026-09-05 — 10 pageviews2026-09-09 — 8 pageviews2026-09-13 — 12 pageviews2026-09-17 — 3 pageviews2026-09-21 — 6 pageviews2026-09-25 — 12 pageviews2026-09-29 — 4 pageviews2026-10-03 — 11 pageviews2026-10-07 — 4 pageviews2026-10-11 — 7 pageviews2026-10-12 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
97%
earned "First Day"
17.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume Controls1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, German, Dutch, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Spanish - Latin America

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-06-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,2393%17

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DMarsCo-opFunnyPuzzleRobotsPhysicsSandboxScienceBuilding

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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