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This list of previously released Alien(s) related games was started by Willie Goldman.
If anyone has any additions, feel free to add them and we'll update this list accordingly.
Where possible release date, platform (PC, game console, etc.) will be added. Emulator information may be added if an older game is not readily available for purchase.
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Space Invaders
Publisher/Developer: Bally
Platform: Coin Operated Arcade, Pinball
Year: 1980
Notes: While it doesn't "officially" have an Alien name, the cabinet, playfield and backbox art were all designed by Alien designer, H.R. Geiger, and the lineage to the first Alien film is pretty obvious.
Alien
Publisher: Fox Video Games
Developer:
Platform: Atari 2600
Year: 1982
Notes: Pac Man style maze game where you run around destroying Alien eggs.
Aliens
Publisher: Activision, Mastertronic (republished)
Developer:
Platform: Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Apple IIe, Amstrad CPC
Year: 1986
Notes: "Side scrolling" (although you could move in many directions freely) action adventure game where you play as Ripley during the course of the film scenarios, ending with a Powerloader fight with the Alien Queen.
Aliens
Publisher: Electric Dreams Studios
Developer: Software Studios
Platform: Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, MSX, ZX Spectrum
Year: 1986
Notes: Released the same year as the Activision version, the game is not the same as the US version.
Aliens
Publisher: Squaresoft
Developer:
Platform: Sega MSX, Nintendo Famicon
Year: 1987
Notes: Released only in Japan. Side scrolling platform shooter.
Aliens
Publisher: Konami
Developer:
Platform: Coin Operated Arcade, JAMMA platform
Year: 1990
Alien3
Publisher: Acclaim
Developer:
Platform: Super Nintendo (16 bit), Sega Genesis (16 bit)
Year: 1993
Alien 3: The Gun
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Platform: Coin Operated Arcade
Year: 1993
Operation Aliens
Publisher: Tiger
Developer:
Platform: Dedicated Handheld unit.
Year: 1993
Notes: LCD screen handheld unit.
Alien vs Predator
Publisher: Activision
Developer: Rebellion
Platform: Super nintendo (SNES)
Year: 1993
Notes: The game is a side-scrolling beat 'em up where the player takes on the role of the Predator as they move through levels fighting Alien Drones, Warriors, Chestbursters and Facehuggers. The game has six levels (although some are split into two or three separate points) and has a boss Alien for each level.
This game is NOT a console conversion of the Capcom arcade game.
Alien vs Predator (Unreleased Prototype)
Publisher: Atari
Developer: Rebellion
Platform: Atari Lynx handheld Console
Year: 1993
Notes: They attempted to create Aliens vs Predator for the Atari Lynx handheld, but the game was never finished. The game is a 3D shooter similar to the Jaguar console version. The Alien mode wasn't added and only the Marine and Predator were playable. The game was appx. 85% complete when the project was cancelled.
Alien vs Predator
Publisher: Atari
Developer: Rebellion
Platform: Atari Jaguar Console
Year: 1994
Alien vs Predator
Publisher: Capcom
Developer:
Platform: Coin Operated Arcade, JAMMA CPSII (CPS2) platform
Year: 1994
Alien Trilogy
Publisher:
Developer: Acclaim/Fox Interactive
Platform: Playstation (1), PC
Year: 1995
Notes: First person "Doom clone" that loosely follows the plot of the first 3 films.
Aliens vs Predator
Publisher:
Developer:
Platform: PC (Windows 95)
Year: 1999
Aliens vs Predator: Gold Edition
Publisher:
Developer:
Platform: PC (Windows 95)
Year: 2000
Notes: Basic game plus expansion pack.
Alien Resurrection
Publisher: Fox Interactive
Developer:
Platform: Playstation (1)
Year: 2000
Aliens vs Predator 2
Publisher: Sierra
Developer: Monolith
Platform: PC (Windows 95)
Year: 2001
Notes: Widely regarded as the best AvP game released.
Aliens vs Predator 2: Primal Hunt Expansion Pack
Publisher: Sierra
Developer: Monolith
Platform: PC (Windows 95)
Year: 2002
Aliens vs Predator 2: Gold Edition
Publisher: Sierra
Developer: Monolith
Platform: PC (Windows 95)
Year: 2003
Notes: Basic Game plus Primal Hunt Expansion
Aliens vs Predator: Extinction
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer:
Platform: Xbox, Playstation 2
Year: 2003
Notes: Real Time Strategy game with Aliens, Predators and Marines.
Aliens vs Predator: Requiem
Publisher: Sierra
Developer:
Platform: PSP (Playstation Portable UMD)
Year: 2007
Aliens: Extermination
Publisher/Developer: Global VR
Platform: Coin Operated Arcade, Dedicated PC Platform
Year: 2007
Aliens vs. Predator
Publisher: SEGA
Developer: Rebellion Oxford
Distributor: SEGA, Valve Corporation, 20th Century Fox
Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Year: February 16, 2010 (US), February 19, 2010 (EU)
Notes: First person shooter expanding on the universe with slightly "updated" equipment/weapons styling.
Aliens Infestation
Publisher: SEGA
Developer: WayForward technologies, Gearbox
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Platform: Nintendo DS (Portable)
Year: September 29, 2011 (UK), October 11, 1011 (North America)
Notes: 2D sidescrolling shooter - Gameplay of Aliens Infestation is comparable to the Metroid and Castlevania video games, where players are encouraged to search and backtrack for weapons, upgrades, and keys.
The player controls one of a party of four marines and explores the U.S.S. Sulaco as well as LV-426 and Phobos in order to investigate the Union of Progressive Peoples (UPP) and Weyland Yutani's involvement in Xenomorph development. If a marine falls in battle, another in the party will take their place. The player loses if the entire party is wiped out. Fallen characters can be replaced with any of fifteen displaced marines found throughout the game, each with their own unique dialog.
Aliens: Colonial Marines
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Gearbox
Platform: PC (Windows XP, 7, 8), Xbox360, Playstation 3
Year: 2013
Aliens: Armageddon
Publisher: Raw Thrills
Developer: Play Mechanix
Platform: Arcade
Year: 2014
Notes: Two versions of this arcade game, the 55" Deluxe Cabinet, which has removable, cabled M4-ish guns, and the 42" Fixed Gun Cabinet version, which has mounted Pulse Rifles. This game is the sequel to Aliens: Extermination arcade game (42’’ fixed gun cabinet only)
Alien Isolation
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Creative Assembly
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Platform: PC (Windows 7, 8), PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3
Year: October 7th, 2014
Notes: Alien: Isolation is a first-person survival horror stealth video game. The game is set in 2137, 15 years after
the events of Alien and 42 years prior to Aliens. The game follows Amanda Ripley, who is investigating the disappearance of her mother. Amanda is transferred to the space station Sevastopol to find the flight recorder of the Nostromo only to discover an Alien has terrorized the station and killed the vast majority of the crew.
Pre-orders gave the buyer the "Crew Expendable" extra mission where you could play as Ripley, Dallas or Parker on the Nostromo.
Aliens vs. Pinball
Publisher/Developer: Zen Studios
Platform: Android, iOS, PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Year: 2016-7
Alien: Covenant In Utero
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Developer: FoxNext VR Studio and MPC VR
Platform: PC
Year: 2017
Alien: Covenant
Published by Raw Thrills
Developed by Play Mechanix
Platform: Arcade
Year: 2017
Notes: This game is actually a rebranded version of Aliens: Armageddon [see entry above].
Alien: Descent
Publisher/Developer: Pure Imagination Studios
Platform: VR
Year: 2018
Alien: Offworld Colony Simulator
Publisher/Developer: 20th Century Fox
Platform: Amazon Alexa
Year: 2018
Notes: A turn-based survival game that simulates a Weyland-Yutani Space Colony in security lockdown. Basically a pen and paper RPG set in the Alien universe that you played with your voice on Echo Dot device
Predator VR
Publisher/Developer: 20th Century Fox
Platform: VR
Year: 2018
Alien: Blackout
Publisher/Developer: FoxNext, D3 Go, Theory Interactive, and Rival Games
Platform: iOS, Android
Year: 2019
Notes: Narrative sequel to Alien: Isolation. Removed from Apple and Google app stores in October 2023.
Predator: Hunting Grounds
Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Developer: IllFonic
Platform: PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows
Year: 2020
Aliens: Fireteam Elite
Publisher/Developer: Cold Iron Studios
Platform: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch
Year: 2021
Aliens: Dark Descent
Publisher: Focus Entertainment
Developer: Tindalos Interactive
Platform: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Year: 2023
Alien: Rogue Incursion
Publisher/Developer: Survios
Platform: VR: Meta Quest 3, PS VR2 and SteamVR, Non VR: PlayStation 5 and Windows (Steam)
Year: 2024-5
Alien: Isolation 2
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Creative Assembly
Year: 2027?
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2
Publisher/Developer: Cold Iron Studios / others
Platform: TBC
Year: 2027?