The Game Census
Mars or Die! cover art

Mars or Die!

34BigThings srl · 2018-07-13

Steam

ActionIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jul 13, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 18, 2019 (Nintendo Switch)

Control two characters simultaneously! Survive, gather, collect upgrades, fight all sizes of one-eyed Martians, build defensible outposts and conquer Mars, in this glorious mix between roguelite and tower defense.

Mars or Die! is a 2018 Action, Indie, Strategy game priced at $4.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (53% of 72 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

54%
positive of 71 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (16 reviews).
  • · Top 45% of 27,782 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.8k–4.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 71 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.09 at Fanatical (2025-06-20) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 17 of 27 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320182025Week of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$3.292018-06-122026-08-222018-06-12 — best price $17.992018-08-31 — best price $19.992018-11-21 — best price $5.992019-03-08 — best price $7.992019-06-01 — best price $19.992019-08-08 — best price $19.992019-11-27 — best price $7.992020-03-10 — best price $5.992020-05-11 — best price $5.992020-06-25 — best price $3.992020-08-22 — best price $17.882020-09-24 — best price $19.992020-10-22 — best price $17.882020-11-25 — best price $5.392021-01-06 — best price $14.692021-02-01 — best price $19.992021-02-26 — best price $19.992021-03-20 — best price $16.882021-04-18 — best price $19.992021-05-11 — best price $16.882021-06-29 — best price $14.692021-10-05 — best price $16.882021-12-11 — best price $19.992022-03-01 — best price $19.992022-06-10 — best price $6.002022-09-03 — best price $19.992022-12-17 — best price $14.692023-03-06 — best price $4.992023-06-05 — best price $19.992023-09-30 — best price $14.692023-12-21 — best price $4.992024-04-29 — best price $19.992024-10-08 — best price $15.892024-12-16 — best price $4.992025-04-14 — best price $3.292025-07-11 — best price $15.892025-11-21 — best price $5.002026-04-13 — best price $19.992026-08-22 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish

Player tags

MarsFunnyIndieSpaceActionSci-fiBuildingStrategySurvivalFuturistic

Census log

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

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