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24 alternatives to The Martian
An astronaut stranded on Mars fights to survive
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Martian launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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About ingenuity, determination & being prepared for anything
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Help the stranded astronaut to find a way back home
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Ever wondered what Musk's SpaceX colony on Mars would...?
2017 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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An interactive adventure game with one goal…BRING HIM HOME
2015 · its alternatives →
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The women who propelled us, from missiles to the Moon > Mars
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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I built a desktop Mars colony survival game called Underhill, in homage to Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy. Land on Mars, build solar panels and greenhouses, and try not to pass out during dust storms. Eventually your colonists split into factions: Greens who want to terraform and Reds who want to preserve Mars. There’s Chill Mode for players that just want to build & hang, and Conflict Mode that introduces the Red v. Green factions. Reds sabotage, the terrain slowly turns green as the world gets more terraformed. Feedback welcome, especially on performance and gameplay!
Feb 2026 · underhillgame.com · its alternatives →
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Science + storytelling to explain the mysteries of survival
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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A man kidnaps an astronaut and demand answers
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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We talk about the book and movie.
2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Wheels Stop▲63The tragedies and triumphs of the space shuttle program
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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How will humanity survive?
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The past and the future of space exploration.
2015 · waitbutwhy.com · its alternatives →
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Human being raised on Mars returns to Earth
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Hadfield takes readers deep into his years of training
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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From colonizing Mars to "are we living in a simulation?"
2016 · rss.art19.com · its alternatives →
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Astronaut▲139You're an astronaut. Click to watch random videos in space.
2017 · astronaut.io · its alternatives →
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New take on interactive fiction from author of Robopocalypse
2015 · maydayapps.com · its alternatives →
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An astronaut on an alien planet, only a few minutes to live.
2015 · ko-opmode.com · its alternatives →
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