Surviving Mars: Relaunched FAQ: Current Systems Surviving Mars: Relaunched Game Walkthrough Wiki

1. Is Relaunched just the original game with better graphics?

The store describes the original game and its earlier expansion catalogue alongside revised systems and the new Martian Assembly. Later updates make further changes, including the released Services & Science overhaul. Identify which edition and patch a guide covers before using it. Familiar building names can remain even when their research access or service behavior has changed. The US regular base price is $39.99 at this check; compare the actual package and region before purchasing.

Sources: Current Steam listing / Released Services & Science rules

2. Does Feeding the Future own the new research system?

The developer publishes Services & Science 1.1.0 as an update alongside the optional Feeding the Future release. The new research grid and service rules belong to the update; the food expansion adds its own content. Keep those scopes separate when reading a guide that includes a new food building. Installing the current patch and purchasing every optional building are different actions. Check your owned content before planning a colony around an expansion-specific facility.

Sources: Released Services & Science rules / Released optional food content

3. Where did the old research queue go?

Research now generates Tech Points, and each point unlocks one technology on the hex-based grid. Ordinary choices must be adjacent to researched nodes. The Wishlist replaces the old queue and automatically researches entries once the necessary points and connections are available. A selected distant technology is therefore not a promise that it will unlock next. Read its path and current requirements before treating the Wishlist as an unrestricted list of purchases.

Sources: Released Services & Science rules / Research-system design explanation

4. Must a colonist visit a service to receive its main benefit?

The new system aggregates available service effects across the dome. Applicable colonists receive those effects based on service capacity and performance, rather than needing an individual visit for the main stat contribution. Visits still matter for resource consumption, law counters and per-visit effects. This distinction explains why watching one character enter a building does not fully describe service coverage. Use the dome Services breakdown to inspect the capacity and categories actually available.

Sources: Released Services & Science rules / Service-system design explanation

5. Why are Comfort and Morale not instantly changing?

Both now have target values affected by services and other modifiers. The actual stat moves gradually toward its target during rest. Inspect the target and its sources before repeatedly adding buildings because the current value has not jumped immediately. Workplaces, residences and traits can make colonists differ even when they share service coverage. A building benefit is only one part of the explanation, and the update does not guarantee an identical final stat for every resident.

Sources: Released Services & Science rules / Service-system design explanation

6. Does a resource shortage turn off the entire grid?

The original 1.1.0 notes changed shortage behavior, but 1.1.1 revises it again. The current rule disables low-priority consumers first, then medium-priority consumers if needed, and finally everything if the remaining supply is still insufficient. Read the later correction rather than following the earlier all-at-once description. Priority can change how a shortage unfolds, but it cannot create missing supply. Inspect generation, consumption and connections while you restore the resource balance.

Sources: Released 1.1.1 corrections

7. Can stockpiled food stay forever?

Version 1.1.0 adds decay: at the end of each Sol, 4% of stockpiled Food disappears. Delicacies from the optional expansion also receive decay. Plan production and consumption rather than assuming a huge reserve is lossless. This is a documented storage effect, not a claim that every food building has the same output or every colony needs one fixed reserve target. Use the current stock and consumption information for the colony you actually have.

Sources: Released Services & Science rules

8. What should Linux players check after a crash?

The September 30 Steam-only patch addresses the most common reported Linux crash. The notice also explicitly says Linux is not a supported system and the team may not be able to investigate Linux-specific problems. An earlier June patch corrects a crash when access to Braze fails, including on Steam Deck. Update and record the platform and failure circumstances before assuming either specific fix explains your case. These notices do not establish full Linux support or guarantee that every setup is now crash-free.

Sources: September Linux stability notice / June Linux crash correction

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Sources checked October 14, 2026. Published facts are linked beside their explanations. Planning and practice suggestions are editorial advice rather than verified optimal builds.