Life on Mars Remake

Life on Mars Remake is a 2D exploration game with RPG elements, remaking an 8-bit MSX2 game with a 16-bit look. You explore a Martian colony, investigate what happened there, find suit improvements and weapons, upgrade weapons in workshops, and fight mutants. Earth has lost contact with its only Martian colony, a scientific outpost researching the possibility of life in Mars’s frozen waters. You are sent to restore contact and discover what happened.

Explore the colony

A basic map shows your location and can help you find secret areas. You can revisit any part of the colony, using newly acquired weapons and abilities to reach previously inaccessible rooms and areas that may contain power-ups or weapons. Later in the game, you can complete several objectives in any order.

Weapons and abilities

You start with a rifle and can find a grenade launcher, flamethrower, machine gun and plastic explosives. Suit abilities include a double jump and the ability to run. Modules let you increase your maximum shield or the maximum energy available to weapons and abilities.

Energy and upgrades

Weapons and abilities use an energy bar instead of ammunition. The bar recharges automatically over time. You can find energy cells around the map or get them by defeating enemies, then spend them at workshops across the colony to upgrade some weapons or your energy generator, which makes the bar refill faster. You can revisit previous areas to gather more cells, and the upgrade system has no limit.

Choose your difficulty

There are four difficulty levels. The easier modes can be played as run-and-gun games, while Normal and especially the hardest level call for a survival approach where every hit counts.

Explosions and combos

Explosions feature chain reactions, friendly fire and an elaborate combo system. Learning how they work early can help you use them effectively.