Surviving Mars: Relaunched research mods

• RRx - RxResearch Agencyby DashNew Building: Rx Automated Factory A fully robotic industrial facility capable of producing one resource at a time: Polymers, Machine Parts, or Electronics. It works outside domes and provides stable automated production, balanced by high power consumption and maintenance. The player can switch t...10.3k downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
• RRx - Automated Extractorsby DashNew buildings: Automated Metals Extractor Automated Precious Metals Extractor Both extractors are fully robotic and operate without any workers. They provide constant production but consume a large amount of power and generate Waste Rock and dust around them. Available upgrades: • Fueled Extracto...7.5k downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
• RRx - Solar Generatorby DashNew building: Solar Generator — Produces electricity (8.5 Power) during daytime. Shuts down during Dust Storms and is protected from dust while turned off. Available upgrade: Improved Photovoltaics (+100% output). New tech: Solar Generator (unlocks the building). PayPal If you like my work, you c...6.2k downloadsupdated 12 mo ago
• RRx - Thermal Reactorby DashNew building: Thermal Reactor — Generates high amounts of Power using Fuel, while also releasing heat to support terraforming. Operates outside domes and requires no water, as it’s fully recycled in the process. Output can be manually adjusted by the player (variable power slider). Main stats: Po...6.0k downloadsupdated 11 mo ago
• RRx - Geothermal Plantby DashNew building: Geothermal Plant — Power: 30 output, Water: 1 consumption. Outside-only. No colonists required. Upgrades: Thermal Stabilizers (+33% output; +1 Water). New tech: Martian Geothermal. PayPal If you like my work, you could offer me a coffee! Documentation Documentation about my mods.5.8k downloadsupdated 12 mo ago
• RRx - Fuel Factory Spireby DashNew building: Fuel Refinery Spire — Industrial spire that produces Fuel from Water (3/s), with a daily output of about 52 units. Works inside domes, occupying the Spire slot. Upgrades: Amplify (+25% output; +20 Power). Factory AI (+25% output). Automation (reduces workplaces by 2). New tech: Adva...5.1k downloadsupdated 12 mo ago
• RRx - Automated Factoryby DashNew Building: Rx Automated Factory A fully robotic industrial facility capable of producing one resource at a time: Polymers, Machine Parts, or Electronics. It works outside domes and provides stable automated production, balanced by high power consumption and maintenance. The player can switch t...4.0k downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
• MMore Breakthrough Optionsby James187More Breakthrough Options More Breakthrough Options expands the breakthrough selection popup, giving you more control over what appears when a breakthrough anomaly is completed. My other mods I focus on enhancing gameplay by increasing player agency and choice. This mod is part of my Surviving Ma...3.3k downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
• OOmega Telescope Unlocks all Breakthroughsby LolerThe Omega Telescope will unlock all breakthroughs. Configure how it will do that in the mod Options.2.5k downloadsupdated 1 mo ago
• EExotic Minerals Expandedby James187Exotic Minerals Expanded. Exotic Minerals Expanded adds meaningful, balanced, late-game surface applications for Exotic Minerals. Exotic Mineral powered building upgrades deliver significant advantages to your colony. My other mods I focus on enhancing gameplay by increasing player agency and cho...1.7k downloadsupdated 1 mo ago
• TTG Technology Packby Tymewizard🌐 TG Technology Pack Expand Mars with 32 new technologies across every research field The TG Technology Pack is a large-scale expansion for Surviving Mars: Relaunched that adds 45 carefully designed technologies to deepen progression, enhance terraforming, and reward long-term colony planning. Bu...1.4k downloadsupdated 10 mo ago
• AAuto Researchby ZavichijAuto Research Automates the usage of tech points. Unless you premarked a tech, it will simply use the tech point to unlock a research on random.917 downloadsupdated 1 mo ago
• AAlien Imprints is Configurableby James187Alien Imprints – Configurable Artifact Spawns Gain full control over how many Alien Artifacts anomalies are created when the Alien Imprints breakthrough is researched. In the vanilla game, Alien Imprints spawns a random number of anomalies between 3 and 10. This mod allows you to define your own...811 downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
• TTech Mex Delightby ZavichijTech Mex Delight Updated for Feeding the Future, if you find it not working, please tell! This massive package consists of: 96 Techs 40 Buildings with a separate tech tree 1 Game Rule for Chaos Theory that always unlock Micromachines. Changed so when this mod uses the new Tech Tree Rebalanced mod...796 downloadsupdated 20 d ago
• MMeteor Discoveriesby James187Meteor Discoveries Bring unexpected discoveries to the chaos of meteor impacts. Rare meteor impacts can reveal Vistas or Research Sites across Mars. Normally, when a meteor lands on open ground in Surviving Mars, it may leave behind resources such as Metals, Polymers, or Anomalies. This mod adds...749 downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
• TTech Anomaly Unlocks Are Configurableby James187Tech Anomaly Unlocks Are Configurable This mod allows you to configure how many technologies are unlocked when an Explorer Rover analyses a Tech Anomaly. Configurable Behaviour You can set a minimum and maximum number of technologies to unlock when a Tech Anomaly is analysed. Each anomaly will th...662 downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
• RRed Horizon - Coreby DashAbout Red Horizon was originally a personal mod where I improved several aspects of the game and added new content, with limited mod compatibility. It is now split into several independent mods, with improved compatibility. All Red Horizon mods depend on this Core module. It includes: Quality of...581 downloadsupdated 8 mo ago
• GGromby GromGorMod languages: English, Russian<br> Языки мода: Английский, Русский<br> ---------------MOD FEATURES-----------<br> AUTOMATION. Added auto mode for valves, switches, stirling generators, drone hubs, drone factories, tradepads. You can enable automatic sector exploration in the mod options. <br> SP...476 downloadsupdated 29 d ago
• AAutoMatic Research Repeaterby essellAutomatically Repeats Research if the last item was repeatable, and the queue is empty.473 downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
• RRed Horizon - ResearchUIby DashThis mod improves the technology tree interface. Features Visual improvements to the UI Adds missing information: Boost effects per tech field and per technology Estimated time for the current research Indicator for repeatable technologies Automatically queues a repeatable technology when no othe...452 downloadsupdated 7 mo ago
• OOmega Telescope Random Breakthrough Unlocks (Content Mods)by Aurarix*** Verified to work with game version 1.1.0. *** This mod causes the Omega Telescope to have a small chance to unlock a new breakthrough each hour (when it is active and powered). Unlike other similar mods, the chance of an unlock with this mod is constantly randomized and unpredictable - hopefu...424 downloadsupdated 1 mo ago
• SSuperior Superconducting Computingby ClearwaterSuperconducting Computing has always been quite weak and does not effectively delay colonists if you have enough income. This mod aims to make it more viable. The base SCC gives 1.5 RP per electricity up to 500, then 0.375 (1/4th of the original) beyond 500 excess power. The mod now has a mod con...410 downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
• TTerra Formarsby ZavichijTerra Formars 1 Techs 4 Buildings for Terraforming Mars A simple mod that gives you 1 new early game Terraforming technology, that comes with a prefab of each new terraforming building. Each building to help you get started earlier with terraforming. At sol 100 you will have at least 20% of each...328 downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
• SStart with Service Botsby SalazarWindriverAdds a game rule to give the player the Service Bots breakthrough and sets the upgrade requirements to zero. Cause why worry about what is serving you that burger.324 downloadsupdated 7 mo ago
• EEarly Underground Relaunchedby Mar EeRead first! Make sure not to activate this mod while playing an old save game, as it will irreversibly change parameters of that save that cannot be undone. Likewise, if you start a new game with this mod and then turn it off, the save will not behave correctly. The mod This is a port of Funky Bi...305 downloadsupdated 10 mo ago
• WWeak Breakthrough Improvementsby Commisar Jon FuklawBasic Info Improves some of the weaker Breakthrough technologies. Compatibility Obviously, this is incompatible with mods that change the techs listed below. Save game compatible so long as the techs have not already been researched or, in the case of Superfungus, the relevant upgrade hasn't been...234 downloadsupdated 11 mo ago
• GGlobal Support For Allby AlasdairAdds Global Support as a researchable breakthrough when Initiative Earth-Mars is researched. Acts as an additional breakthrough not counting towards limit. Since it's code, it should be fully compatible with any other mod and language. It should work on current games (if Initiative Earth-Mars is...195 downloadsupdated 5 mo ago
• MMore Breakthrough Choicesby AlasdairAllows to choose between 4 options (instead of 3) when discovering a breakthrough through ground and planetary anomalies. Since it's code, it should be compatible with any other mod and language. It should work on current games on anomalies not yet fully scanned. Breakthrough shuffle does change...192 downloadsupdated 5 mo ago
• CCha0s Engineerby ZavichijCha0s Engineer Wanted to make a commander profile for when playing with the Chaos Theory rule, so that you don't have to restart all the time because some tech is on the other side of the tech tree that is vital for survival. Start with: 150RP / Sol Research buildings automated at 35% efficiency...110 downloadsupdated 2 mo ago
• LLock Red Horizon Core Buildings Behind Tech (Challenge Pack)by AurarixThis mod for the Surviving Mars Relaunched Challenge Pack by Aurarix is a supplement to the excellent Red Horizon mods by Dash. Several new buildings are added by the Red Horizon - Core mod. These are all enabled by default from the start of the game. What this supplemental mod does is to disable...101 downloadsupdated 5 mo ago
• SSlower Research (Challenge Pack)by Aurarix*** Updated to work with game version 1.1.1. *** This Slower Research mod for the Surviving Mars Relaunched Challenge Pack by Aurarix makes research take place more slowly. It can be enabled or disabled on a per-game basis using the game rule selection screen when starting a new colony. The diffi...68 downloadsupdated 26 d ago

31 research mods, most downloaded first. Each one has its own page here with what it needs to run and where its author publishes it; the files themselves stay with the author and are never re-hosted on this site.