JCB Pioneer: Mars announced for release on Switch this month

Atomicom announced today that its Mars based survival sandbox game JCB Pioneer: Mars is heading to Switch. A release is planned for December 24.

Originally, JCB Pioneer: Mars debuted on Steam Early Access. The team has since addressed user feedback, added a bunch of updates and improvements “including a huge increase in performance, new and improved UI, new tools, refined gameplay and much more.” Designer Tamsyn Hastings adds: “We’ve made drastic improvements across the board; refining playability and in game experiences, implementing new explorable areas and mechanics which allow us to show more game depth than the original early access release.”

Here’s more on JCB Pioneer: Mars, including a trailer:

JCB Pioneer: Mars begins as the player awakes from a crash, surrounded by the wreckage of a Lander vehicle amidst falling debris and hurtling winds. Survival is the first goal – the location of oxygen and the founding of an outpost. As the player slowly begins to establish themselves on Mars, learning to combat the planets fierce and hostile weather patterns, they’ll begin a larger operation of colonisation. Life-support infrastructure is crucial but so to is the mining of natural resources, part of a broader mission to save an ailing Earth.

JCB Pioneer: Mars is a hardcore blend of survival and construction gameplay set on a hostile, alien planet. Meteor strikes, dust clouds and electrical storms all threaten the player’s survival and chances of a successful colonisation effort. Equipped with the futuristic, heavy-duty construction and mining vehicles specifically designed by JCB Engineers, every would-be astronaut has a chance of surviving and thriving in the face of extreme planetary challenges. Esteemed astrophysicist, Dr Maggie Lieu, provided advice to Atomicom during the development process, as well as making an in game cameo appearance.

Source: Atomicom PR