'' Take On Mars '' is a simulation video game for Windows , developed by Bohemia Interactive . The game was announced at E3 2013 and released in its alpha version on 1 August of that year . It is the second installment in the '' Take On '' series after '' Take On Helicopters '' . The user assumes control of a rover or lander in order to explore Mars . The spacecraft can be equipped with scientific instruments by the player in order to study the Martian surface and complete objectives . The game includes seven destinations for the player to visit : Asteroid Belt , Deimos moon , Gale crater , Kaiser crater , Lyot crater , Ptolemaeus crater , and Victoria crater ; with Mars Yard located on earth as a testing ground . Each map is a perfect square ( four by four kilometers ) with an area of 16km2 ( '' 6.2 mi2 '' ) to be explored with various objectives . Not all locations however are encompassed in the bounding zone , since the craters on mars take up more than 16 km2 ( e.g. Gale and Kaiser crater )
E3 2013
E3 2013
Take On Mars