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7 Best Survival Shows Like Alone That You Should Watch If You Like Alone
History’s Alone isn’t for the weak. The reality competition plops amateur survivalists all over the globe with one simple rule: don’t die! Whoever can not die the longest without saying, “Uncle” gets a huge bag of cash ($1 million in the current season!) and, better yet, bragging rights over everyone else who just spent the last week on the couch. The authentic ruggedness of the series has made Alone a hit, and the recent arrival of Season 6 on Netflix and the premiere of Season 7 on History has once again allowed fans to watch people hunt frogs and break their legs. How fun!
But once the contestants make it back to the safety of civilization, what do you watch next? I helicoptered into the remote fringes of the streamingverse for shows that are like Alone, whether they be harsh competitions featuring amateurs or educational survival shows hosted by trained professionals. Sharpen that pocketknife, tie that squirrel trap, and grab a handful of tasty moss, because we’ve got seven shows for fans of Alone.
Looking for more recommendations of what to watch next? We have a ton of them! We also have recommendations for the best reality competition shows on Netflix and best apocalypse shows to binge-watch.
Survivorman
Where to watch: Amazon, Hulu (Season 5 and 7)
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Les Stroud, Survivorman
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The granddaddy of survival shows is Survivorman, which ran on various networks from 2004 to 2015, and really kicked off the wave of people being dropped into certain-death situations for our entertainment. Survival expert Les Stroud is plopped into locations from Canada’s unforgiving snowscape to Australia’s skin-boiling outback in each episode, with a specific survival situation to get through. It was particularly notable for being one of the first shows in which the subject is also responsible for filming themselves — which Alone borrows from — really emphasizing true lone survival. Though a crew would follow him at a distance, he was essentially solo. Stroud would later turn Survivorman into a Bigfoot-hunting show for $ome rea$on, but the early seasons are still some of the best survival television out there.
Out of the Wild: Venezuela
Where to watch: Discovery (Season 3)
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Out of the Wild Venezuela
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A direct F.U. to the hit Survivor, Out of the Wild‘s third season took nine regular people with little or no survival experience and left them to fend for themselves in the rocky wilds of Venezuela. There were no staged challenges, no eliminations or immunity idols, and no host welcoming them to a tribal ceremony. Starting with very little, the team simply had to get from one point to another, with several checkpoints for supplies and camps in between. It just happened that those “points” were across remote rocky terrain or on steep cliffsides where one slip would mean a deadly fall. The inexperience of the participants provides more danger than other survival shows — turns out being an office manager doesn’t help much when you get hypothermia — and more than half of the original nine bounce before the final destination is reached nearly a month later. Season 3 is the only season readily streaming, but Season 2 is similar to Season 3 but set in Alaska, and Season 1 features four teams of 10.
Win the Wilderness
Where to watch: Netflix
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Duane and Rena Ores, Win the Wilderness
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While Alone focuses on a single person against the brutal elements that Ma Nature throws at them, 2020’s Win the Wilderness — the newest addition to survival TV — takes couples to the Alaskan wilderness where they compete against five other couples in survival challenges. It’s much more of a traditional reality competition series than Alone, but it has a cool prize: The winners will inherit a gorgeous three-story house, airstrip, guest cabin, and greenhouse that is 100 miles from the nearest road in Alaska. Current owners Duane and Rena Ose, the real stars of the show who built the hermetic property on their own but can no longer maintain it now that they’re in their 70s, will bequeath the place to whichever couple they deem is most deserving. One thing that differentiates Win the Wilderness from other shows is that you get to see various survival tactics in action, as each couple has their own strengths, weaknesses, and knowledge, but no one here is in real danger.
You vs. Wild
Where to watch: Netflix
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Bear Grylls, You vs. Wild
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