Can I Run Surviving Mars?
Released in 2025, Surviving Mars is a simulation strategy game built by Haemimont Games. Publishing duties went to Paradox Interactive. It offers a single player campaign. Completionists have 65 achievements to work through. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. Because it hooks into the Steam Workshop, what a player installs on top can matter more for performance than the official figures. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. The game ships for Windows alone. With more than 2 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Steam lists support for 9 languages. It is a recent release, so its requirements reflect current hardware rather than a previous generation.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-2500K | AMD Ryzen 3 1300X |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | AMD Radeon RX 470 | Intel Arc A380 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 10 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 (64-bit) |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-4790K | AMD Ryzen 5 1500X |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB | AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 | Intel Arc A770 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 10 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 (64-bit) or Windows 11 |
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Setting and environment
Surviving Mars places its action in space and the vessels that cross it, and the player works through a settlement the player grows. Simulation heavy building games lean harder on the processor as the map fills, so late game performance rarely matches the opening hours. It is played from a top down view. 9 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Surviving Mars is demanding
Demand in Surviving Mars is ordinary. The publisher has NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 in mind, which our tables place around the RTX 3060. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Surviving Mars at the floor and Surviving Mars at the recommended tier are not the same experience. Surviving Mars needs only 8 GB of RAM. Windows 11 appears in the requirements, which is worth checking before buying Surviving Mars. Surviving Mars takes about 10 GB of disk space.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Surviving Mars?
Surviving Mars is light on hardware. Its minimum, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | AMD Radeon RX 470 | Intel Arc A380, 8 GB RAM, about 10 GB free, sits below what an entry-level PC ships with today, so nearly any modern machine, and many older ones, will run it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 1.7x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 0.96x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.43x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs well |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs well |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Surviving Mars's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run Surviving Mars?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Surviving Mars?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K | AMD Ryzen 3 1300X; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | AMD Radeon RX 470 | Intel Arc A380; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 (64-bit).
How much storage does Surviving Mars need?
Surviving Mars needs about 10 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Surviving Mars?
The RTX 3060 runs Surviving Mars comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Surviving Mars?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Surviving Mars is the GPU.