<s>
Surviving	B-Application
Mars	I-Application
is	O
a	O
city	B-Application
building	I-Application
survival	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
initially	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Bulgarian	O
studio	O
Haemimont	O
Games	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
by	O
Abstraction	O
Games	O
,	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Paradox	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
on	O
March	O
15	O
,	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
serves	O
as	O
an	O
overseer	O
who	O
must	O
build	O
a	O
colony	O
on	O
Mars	O
and	O
ensure	O
the	O
survival	B-Application
of	O
the	O
colonists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Surviving	B-Application
Mars	I-Application
is	O
a	O
city-building	B-Application
survival	B-Application
game	I-Application
that	O
takes	O
place	O
on	O
Mars	O
and	O
is	O
modeled	O
after	O
real	O
Martian	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Haemimont	O
Games	O
,	O
the	O
developer	O
of	O
the	O
Tropico	B-Application
series	O
,	O
initially	O
led	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
aesthetics	O
were	O
inspired	O
by	O
The	B-Application
Jetsons	I-Application
and	O
Futurama	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Describing	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
hardcore	O
survival	B-Application
city-builder	B-Application
"	O
,	O
publisher	O
Paradox	O
Interactive	O
announced	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
May	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
on	O
March	O
15	O
,	O
2018	O
with	O
mod	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2021	O
,	O
Paradox	O
revealed	O
that	O
development	O
of	O
Surviving	B-Application
Mars	I-Application
has	O
moved	O
from	O
Haemimont	O
Games	O
to	O
Abstraction	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Surviving	B-Application
Mars	I-Application
has	O
several	O
DLCs	B-Protocol
,	O
available	O
either	O
separately	O
or	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
digital	O
season	O
pass	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
"	O
First	O
Colony	O
Edition	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2021	O
,	O
Dutch	O
studio	O
Abstraction	O
Games	O
took	O
over	O
the	O
development	O
from	O
Haemimont	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
a	O
free	O
update	O
adding	O
space	O
tourism	O
features	O
;	O
a	O
full	O
paid	O
DLC	B-Protocol
expansion	O
was	O
announced	O
for	O
later	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
city-builder	B-Application
game	O
Cities	B-Application
:	I-Application
Skylines	I-Application
,	O
also	O
published	O
by	O
Paradox	O
,	O
received	O
a	O
free	O
update	O
themed	O
around	O
Surviving	B-Application
Mars	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
,	O
scoring	O
80%	O
on	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
,	O
and	O
78/100	O
on	O
IGN	O
.	O
</s>
