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Is The Martian Job worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Interactive-fiction readers who want a long, choice-driven science-fiction story
- Players interested in heists, political factions, and relationship decisions
- Text-game fans who prefer written storytelling over graphics and sound
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking visual exploration, animated scenes, or sound-driven presentation will hit the wall at the entirely text-based format.
- Players wanting action-focused heist mechanics may find the experience limited to written choices and casino games.
- Readers uninterested in branching loyalties, romance, or political conflict may find the central decision structure repetitive.
Our take on The Martian Job
The bounce point arrives immediately for anyone expecting a conventional game presentation: there are no graphics or sound effects. Players who stay may still hit another wall at the choice-heavy structure, where the heist, relationships, politics, and casino play all unfold through text.
What is The Martian Job?
The Martian Job is a 155,000-word, text-only interactive novel about robbing Mars’s first casino.
Choose how to breach the vault, manage a team of thieves and con artists, and decide whether to support the government, rebels, corporation, or colonists. The story includes blackjack and roulette, relationship choices, romance, and multiple approaches to power and wealth. Players can choose non-binary, female, or male identities, along with ace/aro, monogamous, or poly relationships. Decisions can lead to loyalty, betrayal, revolution, corporate control, revenge, or a life tending bar on another planet. The game presents its setting and choices through written text without graphics or sound effects.
How The Martian Job plays
- 01Branching Heist Choices
- Approaches include hacking the vault, using force, or manipulating the locks.
- 02Casino Games
- The casino section includes blackjack and roulette.
- 03Relationship Options
- Character creation supports non-binary, female, or male identities and ace/aro, monogamous, or poly relationships.
- 04Political Alignments
- Choices can support, oppose, or cooperate with Martian rulers, rebels, and a corporation.
- 05Team Leadership
- Players can direct a group of expert thieves or betray its members for platinum.
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The Martian Job: platforms & release
Is The Martian Job worth it?
It is worth it if: interactive-fiction readers who want a long, choice-driven science-fiction story. Skip it if: players seeking visual exploration, animated scenes, or sound-driven presentation will hit the wall at the entirely text-based format.
Where can I download The Martian Job?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens The Martian Job's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is The Martian Job on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
