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MarZ: Tactical Base Defense

Giant Grey · 2019-04-04

SteamGOG

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 26, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Build your defense base to fight back the undead hordes of Mars and secure the future of the red planet. MarZ is a game of strategy and tactical defense where you must carefully manage your crew and resources as you try to uncover the terrible secrets of the undead.

1
playing now
78%
positive of 888 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$21.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 27% of 18,269 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 22k–53k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 888 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.49-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.49-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.49 at GOG (2020-12-16) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $21.99 · on sale 31 of 52 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

502026-08-11 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$21.99$5.492017-09-272026-08-302017-09-27 — best price $14.992018-01-04 — best price $14.992019-04-10 — best price $21.992019-08-29 — best price $16.492019-11-28 — best price $16.492020-04-30 — best price $7.472020-06-25 — best price $10.992020-12-22 — best price $5.492021-04-05 — best price $21.992021-06-25 — best price $5.492021-11-24 — best price $5.492022-01-05 — best price $21.992022-05-17 — best price $21.992022-08-22 — best price $5.492022-11-15 — best price $5.492023-01-23 — best price $5.492023-04-27 — best price $5.492023-08-21 — best price $5.492023-11-21 — best price $5.492024-01-05 — best price $21.992024-03-08 — best price $21.992024-04-25 — best price $5.492024-06-27 — best price $5.492024-08-09 — best price $21.992024-10-08 — best price $21.992024-11-13 — best price $5.492025-01-02 — best price $21.992025-01-27 — best price $21.992025-04-14 — best price $21.992025-07-17 — best price $5.492025-09-15 — best price $5.492025-10-08 — best price $21.992025-11-17 — best price $5.492026-01-08 — best price $5.492026-02-28 — best price $5.492026-03-19 — best price $5.492026-05-01 — best price $5.492026-07-09 — best price $21.992026-08-28 — best price $5.492026-08-30 — best price $5.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
91.4%
earned "FIRST KILL"
30.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Polish, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,0996%35

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

Player tags

RTSGoreMarsIndieSci-fiZombiesBuildingStrategyTacticalDifficult

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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