Deliver Us Mars

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Deliver Us Mars is a serviceable narrative adventure game, telling an interesting and sometimes surprising story about humanity’s will to survive. But it can’t quiet match its ambition – featuring unrefined mechanics, technical issues, mediocre visuals, and rote puzzles.

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Critic Reviews: 42

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Deliver Us Mars is a serviceable narrative adventure game, telling an interesting and sometimes surprising story about humanity's will to survive. But it can't quiet match its ambition - featuring unrefined mechanics, technical issues, mediocre visuals, and rote puzzles.

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6/10

Leana Hafer (IGN)

A rousing mystery brought to life by a great voice cast and nuanced character writing can’t really save Deliver Us Mars from its shortcomings.

February 14, 2023 |

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Deliver Us Mars is another engaging science fiction tale with something to say about our modern world. This message is wrapped in a more personal story this time around, that’s bolder in how it tells it, and mixes it well with broader action and puzzling, so it’s just a shame that the game can’t match that ambition with some technical weaknesses even on the latest consoles.

February 2, 2023 |

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7/10

Stefan L (TheSixthAxis)

6/10

Ozzie Mejia (Shacknews)

Deliver Us Mars is a decent narrative adventure, even with a fairly unmemorable story and some dull characters. The puzzles were simple enough and the beautiful environments were enough to make me want to keep going. Some control quirks and unpleasant character models did bog the experience down slightly, however. This game isn’t bad to the point that I’d want to blast it into the sun, but it has enough quirks that it never fully reaches the stars like it should.

February 14, 2023 |

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Leana Hafer (IGN)

6/10 - (Read Review)

A rousing mystery brought to life by a great voice cast and nuanced character writing can’t really save Deliver Us Mars from its shortcomings.

Stefan L (TheSixthAxis)

7/10 - (Read Review)

Ozzie Mejia (Shacknews)

6/10 - (Read Review)

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Outlet	Author	Score	Date	Quote	Read
COGconnected	Mark Steighner	70 / 100	02-02-2023	After a rocky start, Deliver Us the Moon ended up being an adventure game success, and Deliver Us Mars will not disappoint fans of the first game. It tells an interesting and sometimes surprising story and delivers an awe-inspiring Red Planet. Some unrefined mechanics and gamified puzzles carry over from its predecessor, but overall Deliver Us Mars is a genuine step forward for the franchise.	Read review
Everyeye.it	Andrea Baiocco	7.5 / 10	03-03-2023	Deliver Us Mars is a strongly story-driven adventure, which places great emphasis on the touching narrative sector, able to make the player reflect continuously, and on the exploration of a planet full of mysteries: the climbs of the rocky walls of Mars work but it is the variety in terms of environmental puzzles that is missing.	Read review
Expansive	Sally Willington	Recommended	02-17-2023	Deliver Us Mars is a sequel that doesn’t quite hit all the highs of its predecessor and never really pushes the genre forward in any new ways. Mechnical gripes aside, though, it has a meaningful, memorable story with a good, relevant message, enjoyable dialogue and a beautiful soundtrack that all compliment each other very nicely.	Read review
Game Informer	Marcus Stewart	6.8 / 10	02-07-2023	Deliver Us Mars’ protagonists quickly cobble together a space shuttle that barely manages to get them to their destination. A similar story feels true of this game. A gripping narrative fuels gameplay that otherwise feels functional but underbaked, making my time on the planet a mixed bag. Deliver Us Mars shines best when it lets you absorb its story, but expect to stumble over several design craters along the way.	Read review
GameGrin	Jase Taylor	7.5 / 10	03-01-2023	I am pleased to say that Deliver Us Mars was very enjoyable, taking what feels like just the right amount of time to complete the story. I am hopeful that if there is a third entry in the series, it will overcome the technical limitations seen in the first two.	Read review
GAMES.CH	Benjamin Braun	73 / 100	02-02-2023	Deliver Us Mars proves, that its predecessor has not been just a flash in the pan. Developer KeokeN Interactive delivers a nice sequel with a twistful story, a pleasant heroine and a comparatively diversdye gameplay. At least, if you’re a fan of Deliver Us the Moon, you need to get the sequel as well.	Read review
GameSkinny	Peter Szpytek	8 / 10	02-02-2023	Shooting for the stars only gets you so far.	Read review
GameWatcher	Neil Bolt	8 / 10	02-02-2023	Deliver Us Mars offers a refreshing sci-fi adventure with an entertaining, emotional story at the forefront. It ups the scale from its predecessor and manages to reach for the stars relatively unscathed.	Read review
GamingBolt	Shubhankar Parijat	7 / 10	02-06-2023	Deliver Us Mars is an easy game to recommend to those looking for a captivating and well-told story, but at the same time it’s weighed down by significant gameplay and technical issues.	Read review
GamingTrend	Corvo Rohwer	85 / 100	02-02-2023	Deliver Us Mars explores what it means to struggle against extinction, and the hope of fixing a dying planet. It’s a story of fear, and how it manifests into hope within some, and wrath within others. It’s a short but certainly sweet narrative adventure into the stars with some casual yet amusing puzzles to help break up the flow of gameplay.	Read review
GBAtemp	Prans Dunn	5.8 / 10	03-03-2023	Far from delivering an out-of-this-world experience, Deliver Us Mars intensifies tedious and unintuitive mechanics from the first entry that even its compelling voice acting cannot save.	Read review
Generación Xbox	Alejandro Serrador	7.2 / 10	02-10-2023	Martian experience that transmits the anguish of being alone in the vastness of space.	Read review
God is a Geek	Mick Fraser	7 / 10	02-05-2023	Deliver Us Mars is heavily focused on story and exploration, both of which it does fairly well. It’s no thrill-a-minute blockbuster, but fans of the first game will find a lot to like here.	Read review
Hardcore Gamer	Fran Soto	2.5 / 5 stars	02-08-2023	Deliver Us Mars is a small studio’s notable attempt at bringing something new to their fledgling franchise.	Read review
Hobby Consolas	Alberto Lloret	79 / 100	02-02-2023	Deliver Us Mars is not a game that invents the wheel or surprises. If you played Deliver Us The Moon, its DNA remains intact. But between the new setting and the story, it is uncovered as an adventure that knows how to entertain and will catch you until the end, partly also because of its ability to recreate the atmosphere of the red planet with success.	Read review
IGN	Leana Hafer	6 / 10	02-14-2023	A rousing mystery brought to life by a great voice cast and nuanced character writing can’t really save Deliver Us Mars from its shortcomings.	Read review
IGN Spain	Rafa Del Río	6 / 10	02-06-2023	Deliver Us Mars goes beyond the moon in its intention to become a trilogy.	Read review
Impulsegamer	Tory Favro	2.7 / 5 stars	02-18-2023	Deliver us Mars is a highly ambitious game but simply does not provide a payoff. I would only recommend playing it if you feel sentimental towards its predecessor, and even then I think currently only frustration will be waiting for you. You might say having read this that I should not have given the game the score I did, however I can see what they wanted to do with it, but also I can see what they failed to.	Read review
New Game Network	Ben Thomas	61 / 100	02-10-2023	Deliver Us Mars comes crashing back down to Earth because of presentation failings, story missteps, and technical issues, despite a somewhat compelling personal tale involving the majesty of space travel and exploration of the red planet.	Read review
NoobFeed	Azfar Rayan	65 / 100	02-05-2023	Deliver Us Mars is meant to be a good game, with a good quantity of puzzles, a stunning vision of the future and a good narrative to unfold were all there, despite the grim subject matter. There was so much potential in the game, but KeokeN Interactive has failed to capitalize on it.	Read review
Oyungezer Online	M.İhsan Tatari	6 / 10	03-09-2023	While it retains the intriguing plot and robust space atmosphere of the first game, the lack of puzzle variety, poor face modeling, and monotonous gameplay that quickly becomes repetitive make Deliver Us Mars a weak game. Despite the additions, it feels more like a step back than a sequel.	Read review
PC Gamer	Phil Iwaniuk	75 / 100	02-07-2023	A serious display of sci-fi storytelling talent, even if the production falls short of space age.	Read review
PC Invasion	Andrew Farrell	7 / 10	02-05-2023	Deliver Us Mars is decent enough but lacks the focus and narrative strengths that made the last game such a joy.	Read review
PlayStation LifeStyle	Ryan Easby	6 / 10	02-21-2023	Deliver Us Mars is engaging enough, and flinging yourself around Mars with a pickaxe is a great deal of fun. However, its puzzle-solving becomes dull far too quickly, while its serviceable story is hurt by jarringly animated and voiced characters. This isn’t a game I’ll go back to in a hurry, but as a six-hour distraction, there are worse ways to spend a day.	Read review
PlayStation Universe	Timothy Nunes	7 / 10	02-02-2023	Deliver Us Mars, the latest Deetman brothers project, channels the same heart that started beating in Deliver Us The Moon, even if it takes a great deal more effort to get to it. You need to slog through some cumbersome and at times downright frustrating gameplay, but I promise you the premise and ending make it worth your while.	Read review
Push Square	Jenny Jones	7 / 10	02-02-2023	Deliver Us Mars has an entrancing sci-fi story that will keep you thinking long after the credits roll. There are a few little issues, such as a boring climbing mechanic and frame rate drops on Earth, but with some fantastic voice acting it’s easy to get really invested in the characters and the fate of humanity. The simple puzzles do a good job at giving your brain a little workout while never being so taxing that they slow down the pace of the action. Overall, this is a great follow-up that delivers a compelling sci-fi narrative.	Read review
Rapid Reviews UK	Jonathan Ober	5 / 5 stars	02-14-2023	Deliver Us Mars is the follow-up sequel to Deliver Us The Moon. I have yet to play Deliver Us The Moon. After playing Deliver Us Mars, though, I have queued it up in my backlog and look forward to seeing how the series got started. Deliver Us Mars continues the story ten years after the Fortuna mission, with Earth close to extinction. You play as Kathy Johanson, Earth’s youngest astronaut, ready to join her sister and two other crew mates after a distress call from Kathy’s father is received at mission control.	Read review
Rock, Paper, Shotgun	Katharine Castle	Recommended	02-02-2023	A thoughtful exploration of humanity’s will to survive, Deliver Us Mars marries big, planet-sized problems with gripping, interpersonal drama	Read review
SECTOR.sk	Oto Schultz	6.5 / 10	02-24-2023	Even after decades of research, handful of deep space probes and a bunch of scientific rovers, humanity is still fascinated with Mars. Immersive experience of Deliver Us Mars satisfies this very fascination by serving its junky gameplay and ridiculous animations on a way too ambitious plate, while a wonderfully grand, Interstellar like music coats the imperfectly glitchy background. This results in a seemingly spectacular story with enormous set pieces, which lacks the necessary polish, mostly due to obvious budget limitations.	Read review
Shacknews	Ozzie Mejia	6 / 10	02-14-2023	Deliver Us Mars is a decent narrative adventure, even with a fairly unmemorable story and some dull characters. The puzzles were simple enough and the beautiful environments were enough to make me want to keep going. Some control quirks and unpleasant character models did bog the experience down slightly, however. This game isn’t bad to the point that I’d want to blast it into the sun, but it has enough quirks that it never fully reaches the stars like it should.	Read review
Softpedia	Cosmin Vasile	7 / 10	02-12-2023	From many points of view Deliver Us Mars feels a step forward compared to the previous game, but it also feels like it was maybe a tad too ambitious for the development team. They managed to tell an interesting story, but often the immersion and the engagement are broken by weird choices. A gripping story doesn’t manage to elevate its status to “must play,” but it’s clearly a step up from the studio’s previous game.	Read review
SomHráč.sk	Vladimír Rusnák	70 / 100	02-13-2023	Deliver Us Mars is almost like a sci-fi blockbuster movie, but after a while, you’ll start to notice several huge imperfections that drag down the whole thing.	Read review
SpazioGames	Silvio Mazzitelli	6.8 / 10	02-08-2023	Deliver Us Mars tells an intriguing story, but its gameplay is lackluster and the experience on PS5 is plagued by some technical issues that prevent if from being way more enjoyable than it actually is.	Read review
TechRaptor	Robert N. Adams	8.5 / 10	02-07-2023	Deliver Us Mars improves on its predecessor Deliver Us the Moon in every way with a richer narrative, fun platforming, and challenging puzzles.	Read review
The Games Machine	Gabriele Barducci	7.2 / 10	02-11-2023	Deliver Us Mars is a sequel that follows in the wake of the previous title. Excellent narrative and environmental puzzles functional to the story, but it is a game without novelties and with absolutely mediocre cutscenes, animations and polygonal models.	Read review
TheSixthAxis	Stefan L	7 / 10	02-02-2023	Deliver Us Mars is another engaging science fiction tale with something to say about our modern world. This message is wrapped in a more personal story this time around, that’s bolder in how it tells it, and mixes it well with broader action and puzzling, so it’s just a shame that the game can’t match that ambition with some technical weaknesses even on the latest consoles.	Read review
Use a Potion	Unknown	7.5 / 10	02-09-2023	Deliver us Mars offers a gripping adventure across the Red Planet that’ll keep players hooked in thanks to its intriguing storytelling and beautiful setting. It’s clear that a lot more effort was made to make the story more engaging this time around thanks to its mixture of high-stakes exploration and Kathy’s personal issues with her father, whilst discovering the sights of both Mars and what remained of the colony always felt exciting.	Read review
VGChartz	Lee Mehr	6.5 / 10	03-07-2023	There’s more creative thrust in KeokeN’s sophomore effort	Read review
WayTooManyGames	Kyle Nicol	6 / 10	02-28-2023	It might have a compelling concept, but a good premise just isn’t enough to carry an adventure by itself. The game suffers from really lacklustre visuals and a gameplay loop that just left a lot to be desired by the end of its runtime. A bit disappointing, considering how solid its predecessor was.	Read review
Wccftech	Francesco De Meo	7.5 / 10	02-06-2023	With an excellent and mature story going over current themes, Deliver Us Mars is the game to get for those looking to be immersed in a believable and personal space opera. While the gameplay is a definite improvement over that of its predecessor, the simplicity of some puzzles (which often feel like a distraction from the story), the excessive linearity, and the many technical issues prevent the game by KeokeN Interactive from being a proper masterpiece.	Read review
Worth Playing	Tony “OUberLord” Mitera	8.4 / 10	03-08-2023	Overall, Deliver Us Mars is surprisingly compelling, with a story of a daughter searching for her wayward father despite his crimes	Read review
Xbox Achievements	Richard Walker	55 / 100	02-08-2023	If you’re expecting a Martian mission like Total Recall, then recalibrate those expectations. Deliver Us Mars is a rather slow affair with little variation in its puzzles and a languidly delivered narrative. In spite of its issues, however, this is a journey just about worth sticking with.	Read review

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Deliver Us Mars is an atmospheric sci-fi adventure taking you on a suspense-fuelled, high-stakes mission to recover the ARK colony ships stolen by the mysterious Outward.

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OS: Windows 10 64bit

Processor: Intel i5-4590 / AMD FX-8350

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 / AMD Radeon R9 390

DirectX: Version 11

Storage: 14 GB available space

Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

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OS: Windows 10/11 64bit

Processor: Intel i7-7700 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 / AMD RX 5600 XT

DirectX: Version 12

Storage: 14 GB available space

Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

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