Steam News14 September 20259mo ago

Just ONE MORE DAY Before Mars Attracts Launches!

Mars Attracts will be hitting Early Access in less than 24 hours, and we can’t wait! Why Early Access? One question we get asked a lot is why we are making use of Early Access on Steam for our game.

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addedWhy Early Access?As we progress through Early Access we’ll be adding new content – we still have a number of maps and human enclosure types that we’re fine tuning and we’ll be rolling those out as we go.

changedWhy Early Access?There will be more missions, buildings, characters, and a much deeper story that really dives into the twisted world that really only gets hinted at in the original Mars Attacks cards.

addedWhy Early Access?We’ll also be adding depth to just about all of the gameplay systems, allowing the player to unlock even more control of every aspect of their parks.

changedWhy Early Access?For our first game This Means Warp a lot of the ideas that improved the game actually came from player feedback.

addedWhy Early Access?Early Access lets more players have their say earlier in the development cycle. As a result we have much more time to actually use this feedback to shape the game’s fundamentals, instead of focussing on fixes and add-ons to an essentially finished product.

changedWhy Early Access?You can join us on Discord , where you’ll have the chance to chat directly to the dev team, pitch your own wacky ideas, or simply just complain about the latest bugs we’ve missed.

Mars Attracts changes

addedAs we progress through Early Access we’ll be adding new content – we still have a number of maps and human enclosure types that we’re fine tuning and we’ll be rolling those out as we go.

changedThere will be more missions, buildings, characters, and a much deeper story that really dives into the twisted world that really only gets hinted at in the original Mars Attacks cards.

addedWe’ll also be adding depth to just about all of the gameplay systems, allowing the player to unlock even more control of every aspect of their parks.

changedFor our first game This Means Warp a lot of the ideas that improved the game actually came from player feedback.

addedEarly Access lets more players have their say earlier in the development cycle. As a result we have much more time to actually use this feedback to shape the game’s fundamentals, instead of focussing on fixes and add-ons to an essentially finished product.

Mars Attracts will be hitting Early Access in less than 24 hours, and we can’t wait!

Why Early Access?

One question we get asked a lot is why we are making use of Early Access on Steam for our game. And what will Early Access look like for Mars Attracts?

As we progress through Early Access we’ll be adding new content – we still have a number of maps and human enclosure types that we’re fine tuning and we’ll be rolling those out as we go.

There will be more missions, buildings, characters, and a much deeper story that really dives into the twisted world that really only gets hinted at in the original Mars Attacks cards.

We’ll also be adding depth to just about all of the gameplay systems, allowing the player to unlock even more control of every aspect of their parks.

But in truth – when it comes to changes like these, even I don’t know what we’re doing yet! And that’s the main reason we’re doing Early Access.

For our first game This Means Warp a lot of the ideas that improved the game actually came from player feedback.

So we like to keep our roadmap super flexible in order to better integrate this kind of feedback as we go.

Early Access lets more players have their say earlier in the development cycle. As a result we have much more time to actually use this feedback to shape the game’s fundamentals, instead of focussing on fixes and add-ons to an essentially finished product.

And if you’re interested in the game we’re making, we hope you’ll join us on this journey.

You can join us on Discord, where you’ll have the chance to chat directly to the dev team, pitch your own wacky ideas, or simply just complain about the latest bugs we’ve missed.

We're super excited to hear what you think!

Love,

Bernard & the Outlier team

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Steam News / 14 September 2025

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