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24 alternatives to Ready Player One
An endearing rags to riches story set in a dystopian future
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Ready Player One launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Armada▲94Brand new novel by Ernest Cline (author of Ready Player One)
2015 · penguinrandomhouse.com · its alternatives →
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Presence▲81Science fiction novel about the future of Virtual Reality
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Create a lookalike cyberpunk avatar from a selfie
2020 · its alternatives →
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A browser based, retro sandbox game that let
2021 · simulator.money · its alternatives →
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Some call it the "Hunger Games before Hunger Games"
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Once Human▲199Post-apocalyptic multiplayer open-world survival game
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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From the WTF? economy to the Next Economy
2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Build the world’s first sentient supercomputer
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Original science fiction inspired by Microsoft
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Game Changer▲91How augmented reality will transform the world of sports
2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Novelization of the Back to the Future film
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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A multi-agent world model you can play
May 2026 · agora.odyssey.ml · its alternatives →
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Technotopia▲96A book about how the future is going to be pretty awesome.
2015 · publishizer.com · its alternatives →
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