Achievements

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.

Base game achievements

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

Space Race achievements

Name	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

Green Planet achievements

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

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

Game concepts