'Martian Isolation' is an upcoming sci-fi survival horror game that looks like 'The Martian' and 'Event Horizon' had a horrific child
"Martian Isolation" is an upcoming single-player, first-person survival horror game that's just been revealed with a suitably creepy launch trailer.
Key points
- There's no release date scheduled at this time, with the 'Martian Isolation' Steam page simply listing it as "coming soon," though the YouTube trailer description does say it "will be available on Steam in 2027".
- There seems to be a pronounced split between the survival and horror elements of the game along the day/night cycle.
- As Mama always said, you can't have any Martian horror until you finish your lunar horror first.
That comparison to Andy Weir's sci-fi masterpiece does fall away as you get further into the trailer, though, when the horror part of the game's description comes into play: Flickering lights, creepy figures stalking the halls of your Martian habitat, and blood dripping from the walls.
Additional details
- You can't pre-order yet, but if this looks like your jam, you can add it to your wishlist.
- It's giving " Event Horizon ", and that's always getting a thumbs-up from me.
- And yes, it does look an awful lot like " The Martian," doesn't it?
- Daytime sees you exploring the Martian surface, smashing rocks, cleaning solar panels, and doing sick jumps on a quad bike.
- The psychological torment only begins once the sun goes down (they mostly come out at night … mostly), as your character starts encountering cosmic horrors and weird naked zombie men.
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