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Achievements are unlocked for players after reaching certain milestones , achieving hidden goals, or unlocking certain items. There are currently 80 achievements for Surviving Mars .
See Global Gameplay Stats – Surviving Mars at Steam for a list of all achievements sorted by the percentage of players that managed to complete an achievement.
The ability to unlock achievements can be disabled by some game rules .
Name
Image
Description
A Better Planet
Have an Earthsick Colonist who decided to stay on Mars
A Shooting Star
Shoot down a meteorite
Alpha Scientist
Build the Omega Telescope
Aren't they Cute?
Play as SpaceY and control 200 Drones before Sol 100
Assisted Self-Improvement
Treat 50 Colonists in a Sanatorium
Because we Care
Play as Europe and research 5 Breakthrough Technologies before Sol 100
Bubble Wrap
Build a Dome
Building a Better Future
Play as Blue Sun Corporation and export 500 units of Rare Metals to Earth before Sol 100
Can't Stop the Signal
Scan all Sectors
Cast in Concrete
Build the Excavator
Cubism
Complete The Power of Three Mystery
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Have a Dome populated by at least 50 Biorobot Colonists
Dream of a Green Mars
Reach 200 Vegans
For the Benefit of All
Play as USA and research all technologies in the Engineering tech-tree before Sol 100
Gagarin's Legacy
Play as Russia and extract 10000 resource units from Deposits before Sol 100
Good News, Everyone!
Pass the Colony Approval stage
How Much is a Googol?
Reach $100,000 M
Immortality of a Kind
Have a citizen that was reconstructed by Project Phoenix
In the High Tower
Build a Dome Spire
In the Service of Humankind
Play as India and have 5 Domes before Sol 100
Interesting Times
Play as China and reach a population of 200 before Sol 100
It's Always Sunny on Mars
Build the Artificial Sun
Marsopolis
Reach 100 Colonists living in a single Dome
Marvin the Martian
First child on Mars
Mirror, mirror...
Complete the Spheres mystery
Multiplanet Species
Reach 1000 Colonists
Open the Pod Bay Doors
Build a Shuttle Hub
Perfect Moment
Have a Colonist with all four stats at maximum
Posthuman
Have a Colonist with 2 Rare traits
Sentience 2.0
Complete the Artificial Intelligence mystery
Snow Globe
Build the Geoscape Dome
Space Communism
Reach 250 Colonists
Space Invaders
Complete The Dredgers mystery
Spacey Food
Harvest Food on Mars
S.P.E.C.I.A.L.
Have a Colonist with 5 Perks
Swan Song
Complete the Inner Light mystery
The Beanstalk
Build the Space Elevator
The Boundaries of Knowledge
Research all non-Breakthrough Technologies
The Final Frontier
Deep scan all Sectors
The New Ark
Play as the Church of the New Ark and have 100 people born on Mars before Sol 100
The New Wonders of the World
Construct 5 different Wonders in a single playthrough
The Positronic Man
Have a Biorobot Colonist
The Rabbit Hole
Build the Mohole Mine
The Watney Challenge
Pass the Colony Approval stage with a single Founder
There and Back Again
Refuel a Rocket
What is Real?
Build Project Morpheus
Where No Man has Gone Before
Analyze an Anomaly
Whistleblower
Complete the Marsgate mystery
Wubba, lubba, dub, dub!
Build 1000 buildings
You can't take the Sky from Me!
Land 50 Rockets on Mars in a single playthrough
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Image
Description
Bushido
Play as Japan and train 200 specialists before Sol 100
Europa Universalis
Play as Europe and reach daily production of 10,000 Research before Sol 100
Gold Rush
Play as Brazil and convert 2000 Waste Rock to Rare Metals before Sol 100
No Pain, No Gain
Play as Russia and have 500 colonists on challenge rating 500% or higher
Space Capitalism
Play as Blue Sun Corporation and produce $100,000 M Funding before Sol 100
Space Shopping
Play as USA and have a Geoscape Dome with a Megamall before Sol 100
Tao
Play as China and have Tai-chi Gardens in 10 domes before Sol 100
The Garden of Eden
Play as Church of the new Ark and have 250 Colonists at 70+ Comfort before Sol 100
The Pace of Progress
Play as SpaceY and complete all Sponsor Goals on challenge rating 500% or higher
Waste Not, Want Not
Play as India and convert 3000 Waste Rock to useful materials before Sol 100
Name
Image
Description
Capital Achievement
Construct a Capital City
Creator of Worlds
Max all Terraforming Parameters
Detox
Endure the Toxic Rains
Fear my Botany Powers!
Plant a tree
Move this Mountain!
Have a RC Dozer complete a landscaping project
Now we need ducks
Have a lake with liquid water
Red Button
Nuke the Polar Caps
Seeds of Life
Harvest Seeds on Mars
Skies of Blue
Create blue skies by terraforming
Tears of Joy
Have water rain on Mars
Below and Beyond achievements [ edit | edit source ]
Name
Image
Description
Asteroid Hopping
Have a single Asteroid Lander visit 10 asteroids before returning to Mars
Into the Unknown
Go game over as your last colonists leaves Mars behind to take a trip into the great unknown
Job’s done
Fully develop all buried wonders in the underground, before sol 100
Mission Success
Successfully return from an asteroid
Multitasking
Visit 3 asteroids simultaneously
Mysteries of Mars
Fully develop a buried wonder to benefit your colony
The Perfect Run
Retrieve all resources from an asteroid and leave nothing behind
Space Dwarves
All your colonists live underground (at least 200 colonists)
Space Explorer
Complete all techs in the recon and expansion tech tree
Will they hold?
Prevent 100 Cave-ins in total from Underground Marsquakes