The Escapist was more positive, noting that "Whatever it was, it's clear that the development team had a very fun time making the game, and filling it with as many Soviet clichés as possible." and "The presentation can be funny, and it's so absurd at times that you really have to experience it for the sheer audacity of it, but. Rock, Paper, Shotgun called the game "rubbish" but admitted: "there’s certainly car-crash value, especially if you tie yourself in theoretical knots deciding exactly how much of the game is satire". Resolution, awarding the game 35%, warned readers not to purchase the game, but conceded that it is occasionally "incredibly amusing". IGN, which rated the game a 2/10, noted the game's total lack of any RTS-related elements and asked whether it was 'made in 1994 and sealed into a vault until 2009' given how dated the visuals looked. The site also named it 2009's Flat-Out Worst Game. GameSpot awarded the game 1.5/10, calling it "perhaps the worst RTS game ever created". It has an average score of 23.41% on GameRankings as well as 25% on Metacritic.
Martians received scathing reviews from critics. This game uses the same updated version of the Enigma Engine as Blitzkrieg 2.
Martians would soon be released, however the game was never made available again, neither in original or upgraded version. The official website claimed that an upgraded version of Stalin vs. The July following the game's release, it became no longer available to be purchased, for unknown reasons. In some interviews the lead designer of the game compares Stalin vs. Martians is "obviously a parody, which sometimes gets close to being a satire" and is "halfway to becoming a trash icon of gaming industry for years". Described as "trashy and over-the-top" by its creators, the game mocks World War II strategy games and utilizes pythonesque humor. Martians is a parody real-time strategy video game developed by Black Wing Foundation, Dreamlore and N-Game, released on April 29, 2009.
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