# Mars - the Arrival

> Scientific Mars settlement sim

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1458927524](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1458927524)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1458927524`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Stefan Nyul
- **Category:** Simulation
- **Rating:** 4.10 / 5 (26 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.6.3
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-29
- **First published:** 2020-04-21
- **Size:** 2.64 GB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-22
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mars-the-arrival/id1458927524)
- **Website:** [https://heiwa-games.com/](https://heiwa-games.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://heiwa-games.com/privacy-policy](https://heiwa-games.com/privacy-policy)

## Description

Settle on MARS in a mixture of game and scientific simulation. Take control over a tiny group of 10 settlers and choose a landing site on the barren Mars. Develop your venture from one single landing module into a thriving settlement with hundreds of specialized buildings and even more inhabitants. 

Research & development of new technologies as well as exploration of the Red Planet are key for establishing a permanent presence in this hostile environment.

And you are not alone. Other settlements, each one controlled by a real human somewhere on Earth, are starting to grow everywhere and a competition for being the most successful Mars colony has already begun.

Features:
- Scientific orientated building & simulation of a Mars settlement
- Background story in 6 phases with according phase goals
- Mars simulation in 30x real time (even running when app is not active)
- Choosing one of 7 Earth organizations providing (dis-)advantages
- Research & development of 152 individual technologies
- Construction, maintenance & repair of 51 individual building
- 35 individual building enhancements (no level 1,2,3...)
- Sending Mars exploration teams and analyzing found soil samples
- Production & dispatching of 23 different resource/module types
- Assignment of 5 settler types to all activities in the settlement
- Settler life cycle including children and elders
- 3D view of own settlement in authentic Mars topography
- Panning & zooming of the Mars surface in high resolution 3D 
- 100% usable without Internet connection 
- Optional online: ranking list & other settlements on Mars surface 
- Unlocking of advanced app functionalities step by step
- Tutorial explaining all app functionalities
- Contains some Ads but only after 15 Minutes of game and very decent 
- Contains In-App-Purchases but NO PAY TO WIN!
- This is a peaceful app! NO FIGHTING, NO KILLING, NO WAR!

## Rankings

- #234,793 — Overall

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