Surviving Ceres
Survival base builder with terraforming and hostile alien attacks
Ryan Saunders · Published by One Man Media · Released May 2, 2025
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 87% of 141
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 0
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 7 months ago
- Jan 26, 2026
Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.
What is Surviving Ceres?
A single-player survival and colony-building game set on Ceres, where you arrive alone to establish a human settlement. Gather materials, craft supplies, build a modular base and farms, and use drills to automate mining. As the colony grows, you bring in settlers, terraform the landscape, and defend against alien creatures.
For you if...
- +you enjoy planning bases and managing a growing colony
- +you like crafting progression and gradual terraforming
Not for you if...
- −you want to build a colony with friends
- −you want a survival builder without alien combat
What players say
87% of 141 reviews are positive
Players praise the base building and crafting progression, saying there is usually another task to tackle. They criticize the rough visuals, and some report crashes or freezes that cost them progress, though a later player review says most earlier bugs have been fixed.
Screenshots and trailer
Surviving Ceres system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 (SP1) 64bit
- Processor
- Intel Core i3-3225
- Graphics
- Nvidia GTX 650 Ti
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 3 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Notes
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 6 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Notes
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 40
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Tags
- Simulation
- Survival
- Crafting
- Building
- Colony Sim
- Open World
- Base Building
- Management
- Farming Sim
- RPG
- Exploration
- Strategy
- Sci-fi
- First-Person
- Immersive Sim
- 3D
Recent updates
- Jan 26, 2026 · Minor Update
- Dec 17, 2025 · Tweaks and Fixes
- Nov 3, 2025 · Fixes and Tweaks
- Sep 25, 2025 · Update 1.5 Hotfixes
- Sep 22, 2025 · Customization Update 1.5
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