Earth vs Mars is Now Steam Deck Verified✅

Earth vs Mars now delivers a fully playable handheld experience with optimized performance and intuitive controls across campaign, multiplayer, and all game modes. Today's update also includes three new Splice-O-Tron creatures, two new high-stakes game modes, and all-new Commander passive abilities. To celebrate, Earth vs Mars is available now with a 40% discount on Steam, our biggest discount to date!

Steam Deck Highlights

• Fully compatible controls and UI for handheld play

• Optimized performance for smooth turn-based gameplay

• Play the full campaign, multiplayer, and versus modes on the go

• Perfect for pick-up-and-play strategy sessions or longer tactical runs

New Creatures in the 1.2.0 Update

New Splice-O-Tron Creatures

Three new creatures expand the Splice-O-Tron roster, unlocking fresh hybrid unit combinations and expanding the creative and strategic depth of unit splicing!

• Red Panda – Cute, but ferocious, this creature strikes fear in its enemies

  • Ability: Ferocious Bellow – Let out a roar, pushing back all enemy units nearby

  • Passive Ability: Indefatigable - Attacking an enemy unit restores a small amount of health

• Scorpion – Defensive creature with snapping claws and a vicious sting

  • Ability: Pinning Attack – Strikes a single adjacent target, pinning them in place

  • Passive Ability: Acid Strike - Attacking a unit places an Acid Pool under the target, damaging enemy units that start their turn on the tile

• Beaver - An amphibious, defensive creature focused on terrain control and battlefield disruption.

  • Ability: Build Dam – Builds a dam, blocking movement through the target tile for 2 turns

  • Passive Ability: Wet Fur - Starting a turn on a water tile increases defense until the start of your next turn. Walks on water

New Commander Passives

Commanders gain access to nine new passive abilities, each encouraging distinct playstyles and long-term strategic planning across campaigns and modes.

• Annabel Corman

  • Regenerative Byproducts

    • Headquarters tiles restore +100% increased health

• Colonel Marcus Shaw

  • Terrain Boost

    • Hill/Forest/Mountain/City/Industry/Airport tiles provide increased defense

• Major Nia West

  • Field Requisitions

    • Capturing a city heals all nearby friendly units for 30 health

• Dr. Squance and Dr. Blevins

  • Vector Calculations

    • Friendly flying units move one tile further

• Eric the Mutant

  • Atomic Resonance

    • Spliced ability cooldowns reduced by 1 turn

• Gene Orson, CEO

  • Bounty Hunting

    • Gain Cash for every enemy defeated

• Kaz Smith

  • Dr. Chuckles

    • Gain bonus Commander Power at the start of your turn

• Sergeant Emi Takamoto

  • Priority Target

    • Enemy units already hit on a turn take +20% increased damage

• Emperor Zarb

  • Superior Technology

    • Air units are discounted by -15%

New Game Modes

These two new modes push Earth vs Mars into more punishing, high-tension territory.

• Permadeath Mode

  • When enabled, defeated spliced creatures are gone forever, raising the stakes of every battle

• Brutal Mode

  • Raises the difficulty across the entire campaign, where mission failure means the end of your run. Spliced creatures must also be wary of permadeath

Read the full patch notes here!

Download the update today, leave a review, and save the Earth on the go!