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Mars First Logistics cover art

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!

56
playing now
95%
positive of 3.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
25h
to beat · rushed 15h · completionist 58h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

56 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 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.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 56 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 11% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 75k–168k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,736 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 10 of 20 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

64182026-08-11 19:00 — 47 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 28 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 42 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 44 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 30 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 32 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 43 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 36 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 42 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 45 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 23 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 37 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 34 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 18 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 36 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 47 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 25 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 44 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 56 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 24 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 33 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 33 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 26 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 40 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 42 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 42 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 59 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 64 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 56 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

3312026-05-16 — 9 pageviews2026-05-19 — 6 pageviews2026-05-22 — 7 pageviews2026-05-25 — 9 pageviews2026-05-28 — 6 pageviews2026-05-31 — 9 pageviews2026-06-03 — 6 pageviews2026-06-06 — 33 pageviews2026-06-09 — 11 pageviews2026-06-12 — 6 pageviews2026-06-15 — 11 pageviews2026-06-18 — 5 pageviews2026-06-21 — 10 pageviews2026-06-24 — 7 pageviews2026-06-27 — 10 pageviews2026-06-30 — 17 pageviews2026-07-03 — 12 pageviews2026-07-06 — 5 pageviews2026-07-09 — 9 pageviews2026-07-12 — 8 pageviews2026-07-15 — 6 pageviews2026-07-18 — 9 pageviews2026-07-21 — 9 pageviews2026-07-24 — 8 pageviews2026-07-27 — 5 pageviews2026-07-30 — 4 pageviews2026-08-02 — 11 pageviews2026-08-05 — 8 pageviews2026-08-08 — 9 pageviews2026-08-11 — 12 pageviews2026-08-14 — 7 pageviews2026-08-17 — 10 pageviews2026-08-20 — 10 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

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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