The Martian VR Experience

The Martian VR Experience

The Third Floor, Inc · November 15, 2016 · Simulation, Adventure, Casual, VR

Buy The Martian VR Experience from Steam at $4.99 — the cheapest of 1 store we compare.

PC
Mostly Negative27% · 52
Best price
$4.99
lowest tracked $3.99
Steam Buy at Steam

Prices last checked

More games under $5 →More Steam deals →

Where to buy The Martian VR Experience — official stores

Steam
Steam
Standard Edition · Steam
$4.99
Buy

The Martian VR Experience price by region

The Martian VR Experience costs $3.29 in Georgia (USD), £3.99 in the United Kingdom, $4.99 in the United States, €4.99 in Europe (EUR), CA$5.69 in Canada, NZ$6.29 in New Zealand, R$10.89 in Brazil and zł17.99 in Poland right now.

Cheapest The Martian VR Experience offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
Georgia (USD) $3.29 $3.29 — 1
United Kingdom £3.99 £3.99 — 1
United Statesyour region $4.99 $4.99 — 1
Europe (EUR) €4.99 €4.99 — 1
Canada CA$5.69 CA$5.69 — 1
New Zealand NZ$6.29 NZ$6.29 — 1
Brazil R$10.89 R$10.89 — 1
Poland zł17.99 zł17.99 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

Screenshots

About The Martian VR Experience

The Martian VR Experience is an interactive, immersive adventure from the perspective of astronaut Mark Watney. Participants perform tasks for Watney’s survival, fly onto the surface of Mars, steer at zero gravity through space, drive a rover, and experience key scenes from the hit film in an interactive virtual reality environment.

The Martian VR Experience — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Players largely agree this game falls short of expectations, delivering only about 20 minutes of content that functions more as a cheap movie advertisement than a standalone experience, with most time spent watching 2D film footage rather than engaging gameplay. Common complaints include poor performance requiring excessive RAM, janky mechanics, and an overall sense that the product should be free rather than paid, though a few players appreciated brief moments of visual effort and the rover driving segment. The core frustration is the massive missed potential given the beloved source material

Not recommended Jun 12, 2020
Doesn't really do what it says on the tin. There are 20 minutes of this. Most of that time is spent watching film footage in 2d.
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Apr 23, 2020
This is basicly an interactive trailer for the movie. Im a big fan of the movie and an even bigger fan of the book and i gotta tell you this is just horrid. it so cheap and short it should be free
1 found this helpful
Recommended May 11, 2025
I beat the whole game 10/10
Not recommended Oct 21, 2023
2 fps EDIT: this review was made with 16gb of ram, I have since upgraded to 64 gigs and the FPS goes up to 90-120. This game is hogging as much ram as it can, so that's why everybody has low frames, am I going to recommend it? No, it should be free, mechanics are jank, the only part I liked was driving the rover, and it should not take 64 gigs of ram to get a good framerate.
Not recommended Dec 27, 2020
Too bad... This is probably my favorite BOOK of all time. The movie was ok but poor casting and pacing made it underwhelming. The book is just a different animal - its a light hearted techno thriller vs the action movie Hollywood tried to produce. And this "experience" is nothing but a 10 minute advertisement / summary of the movie. Basically its a handful of key moments of the story with 2D clips and 4 (give or take based on definition of game) interactive mini games in between. That being said, you feel mostly disappointed because of the potential this could have had. The visuals clearly had some effort go into them and, for a few seconds (literally), in a few key spots it actually does enhance the overall book if you are a fan. The opening walking to the door is neat, first mini game (sorting) is terrible but the room itself was well done, crane mini game was ok, driving was actually kind of fun, ship thing was ok and the space part was pretty fun. All very restricted and all very, very short. But the designing of the rooms / environments were good enough that i just wondered why bother when they really did nothing with it. I typically don't mind spending a few do…
Not recommended Apr 16, 2020
NO!!

Community reviews

—

0 reviews

Sign in to write a review.

No reviews yet. Be the first to review this game.

More like The Martian VR Experience

News

All news →
Games like Undertale that remember what you didPC

Games like Undertale that remember what you did

Undertale's own listing calls it the RPG where you don't have to destroy anyone. Games like Undertale that keep that idea: permanent choices, fights you can talk past, worlds that notice.

Nov 14, 2026
Games like Slay the Spire that keep the branching climbPC

Games like Slay the Spire that keep the branching climb

Most games like Slay the Spire copy the cards and lose the map. These keep the risky-or-safe choice, from a three-floor train to a deck made of poker hands.

Nov 14, 2026
Bodycam game price: what the zombie update changes about buyingPC

Bodycam game price: what the zombie update changes about buying

The Dead & Damned put Bodycam's zombies back on 13 November. What our dated record says about the Bodycam game price, and why the store's end date matters more than the sticker.

Nov 14, 2026
SilkMU is our new partner: MU Online Season 6 in a browser tabBlog

SilkMU is our new partner: MU Online Season 6 in a browser tab

SilkMU, a MU Online Season 6 server that runs in a browser tab or as an app, opened on 6 November 2026 and is now our partner. What it offers, what is free and what costs WCoin.

Nov 13, 2026
Games like Dying Light, where nightfall changes the rulesPC

Games like Dying Light, where nightfall changes the rules

Games like Dying Light are easy to find if you only want parkour or only want zombies. These eight keep the part that matters: a city that becomes a different place after dark.

Nov 13, 2026
Games like Portal 2, where one idea carries the whole gamePC

Games like Portal 2, where one idea carries the whole game

Games like Portal 2 all share one habit: teach a single impossible trick, then spend a campaign breaking it. From rewinding objects through time to Escher geometry that loops back on itself.

Nov 13, 2026
Planet Coaster DLC: skip the collection, buy the packsBundles

Planet Coaster DLC: skip the collection, buy the packs

The Planet Coaster DLC catalogue closed in 2019, so there is no curve left to wait out. Our record shows the collection bundle costs far more than assembling the same packs one by one.

Nov 13, 2026
Toxic Commando Game Pass: subscribe, or buy the key?Xbox

Toxic Commando Game Pass: subscribe, or buy the key?

The Toxic Commando Game Pass add landed on 12 November. Our price record since late September shows the key route barely moved, which changes what a subscription is worth.

Nov 13, 2026

Top games right now

All rankings →
  1. 1Counter-Strike 2Free
  2. 2Dota 2Free
  3. 3PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDSFree
  4. 4Grand Theft Auto V Legacy—
  5. 5Terraria$2.11
  6. 6Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six SiegeFree
  7. 7Rust$20.19
  8. 8Garry's Mod$6.19
  9. 9Team Fortress 2Free
  10. 10Black Myth: Wukong$35.72
  11. 11HELLDIVERS™ 2$23.99
  12. 12ELDEN RING$38.88
  13. 13Apex Legends™Free
  14. 14Left 4 Dead 2$9.99
  15. 15Stardew Valley$12.11
  16. 16Wallpaper Engine$3.99
  17. 17Cyberpunk 2077$17.99
  18. 18Euro Truck Simulator 2$4.99
  19. 19Dead by Daylight$6.81
  20. 20Red Dead Redemption 2$12.97
  21. 21The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt$9.77
  22. 22Baldur's Gate 3$53.53
  23. 23Phasmophobia$15.60
  24. 24War ThunderFree