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24 alternatives to The Three-Body Problem

A secret military project sends signals into space

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Three-Body Problem launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   The Dark Forest▲71

   Part to of the acclaimed Three-Body Problem

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   I built an interactive 3D three-body problem simulator in the browser▲60

   Mar 2026 · structuredlabs.github.io · its alternatives →

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   Third Circle Theory▲62

   Purpose Through Observation

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Dark Territory▲69

   The Secret History of Cyber War

   2016 · fredkaplan.info · its alternatives →

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   Space Age▲137

   A wonderful, kooky, and mysterious space adventure

   2014 · spaceageapp.com · its alternatives →

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   Ancillary Justice▲60

   An AI space opera with surprising emotional depth

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Odyssey 3▲159

   A world model that simulates physics in real time

   19d ago · odyssey.systems · its alternatives →

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   PixelSpace▲68

   A tediously accurate scale model of the solar system

   2014 · joshworth.com · its alternatives →

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   Space Age▲59

   A Game of Cosmic Adventure

   2015 · spaceageapp.com · its alternatives →

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    The Quest▲62

    Energy, security, and the remaking of the modern world

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Seven Brief Lessons on Physics▲61

    Lean and lucid descriptions of modern physics

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Infinifactory▲56

    A 3D Sandbox Assembly Line Puzzle Game by the Space Chem guy

    2015 · zachtronics.com · its alternatives →

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    Interplanetary▲53

    Turn-based space exploration sweetness

    2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →

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    Mayday! Deep Space▲103

    New take on interactive fiction from author of Robopocalypse

    2015 · maydayapps.com · its alternatives →

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    Ender's Game▲93

    The enemy's gate is down

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Curious Minds - Stuxnet: a 3-Parts Series▲55

    In-depth exploration of the first cyber-weapon

    2016 · cmpod.net · its alternatives →

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    Astrojump▲67

    A game about gravity and asteroids

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Superintelligence▲69

    Paths, Dangers, Strategies of Superintelligence

    2015 · amazon.fr · its alternatives →

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    I also made a three-body simulation▲12

    Somewhat inspired by a recent post here, I also made a three-body simulation on a whim, meaning to try out macroquad[0] (verdict: really nice!). Thanks to the engine I could trivially target wasm as well, so others can get mesmerized too. The source is available here: https://github.com/sulami/three-bodies [0]: https://docs.rs/macroquad/latest/macroquad

    2024 · three-bodies.sulami.xyz · its alternatives →

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    0RBITALIS▲60

    An abstract gravitational puzzler

    2015 · 0rbitalis.com · its alternatives →

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    The Fabric of Reality: The Science of Parallel Universes▲53

    Evolution, Theoretical Physics and Computer Science

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    America's Forgotten Mars Mission▲91

    A visual essay, from Hardbound

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Six Not So Easy Pieces▲24

    Einstein’s relativity, symmetry, and space-time

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Predictably Irrational▲96

    The hidden forces that shape our decisions

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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