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Alien horror games

In these games the threat comes from somewhere else: a creature that came aboard with the salvage, a signal from another planet, a whole world made of bone and metal. You hide in vents and lockers, listen for movement and try to understand something that does not think like you. What frightens is how little you know about what is hunting you, and how much better it knows the dark.

The top 30 of 43 alien horror games, ranked by player and critic scores

The 30 best, 2026

  1. Voices of the Void key art: the glowing title over a radio telescope dish with a red beacon light, under a starry night sky above a pine forest PsychologicalVoices of the VoidAs the days pass you meet extraterrestrials and alien ships among the signals and at the base 98% on itch.io (5,943 ratings)Pay what you wantPC
  2. Lethal Company art: four crew members in bulky suits and helmets, silhouetted against a red haze, one crouching with a flashlight Co-opLethal CompanyThe creatures living in the facilities on each abandoned moon are alien life, and Steam tags the game Aliens. 97% on Steam (511,448 reviews)10 h or morePaidPC
  3. Hello Charlotte EP2 key art: a black-and-white drawing of a crying girl holding a small dripping figure, at the right edge of a black speckled background PsychologicalHello Charlotte EP2: Requiem Aeternam DeoThe store introduces Charlotte's alien friends alongside a maggot cat and a certain Observer. 97% on Steam (2,479 reviews)about 4 hFreePC
  4. Hello Charlotte EP1 key art: a smiling white-haired girl tied by red strings to yellow claw hands, under a one-eyed dark figure, on grey static PsychologicalHello Charlotte EP1: Junk Food, Gods and Teddy BearsCharlotte lives in the House with alien friends, among them Dr. Huxley, an alien surgeon. 96% on itch.io (894 ratings)about 1 hFreePC
  5. Barotrauma key art: a diver in a heavy armoured suit with a skull inside the helmet, against a grungy red and green submarine schematic Co-opBarotraumaThe crew explores the ruins of an alien civilization on Europa and recovers alien artifacts on missions 94% on Steam (90,532 reviews)51 h or morePaidPC, Mac, Linux
  6. Species: Unknown key art: a mercenary in a sci-fi suit and helmet in a blue-lit ship corridor, with a dark creature's red eyes glowing beside them Co-opSpecies: UnknownThe developer describes alien creatures, and the roster of specimens includes an octopus-like alien that decapitates players. 94% on Steam (11,609 reviews)about 25 minPaidPC
  7. Alien: Isolation key art: Amanda Ripley's face inside a space helmet lit green against black SurvivalAlien: IsolationA single alien that cannot be killed roams Sevastopol, listening for noise and hunting Amanda. 93% on Steam (67,246 reviews)19 h or morePaidPC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iPhone, Android
  8. Lakeview Cabin Collection key art: three frightened green pixel-art faces, one bloodied under a blade, beside the yellow title 2D horrorLakeview Cabin CollectionEpisode VI pits a handful of janitors on a space station against multiplying alien creatures that move through its delivery system. 94% on Steam (1,610 reviews)12 h or morePaidPC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  9. Dead Space key art: Isaac Clarke's bloodied hand in a torn glove and armoured cuff, raised against a field of stars SurvivalDead Space (2008)The ship's crew has been slaughtered and infected by an alien scourge after the ship unearthed a strange artifact. 92% on Steam (29,363 reviews)11 h or morePaidPC, Xbox
  10. Space Beast Terror Fright key art: a dark, foggy spaceship corridor with a sealed red blast door and blood on the wall, under the glowing blue title Co-opSpace Beast Terror FrightShips infested with Space Beasts, which a store quote calls nasty wall-crawling xenomorphs and Bloody Disgusting compares to Aliens 92% on Steam (1,797 reviews)about 9 hPaidPC
  11. The Visitor Returns title art: a bloodied bald man slumped at a table beside a whiskey bottle and glass, with cigarette butts on the floor Body horrorThe Visitor ReturnsYou play a small pink alien grub from space, the death slug of the first game, back on Earth to feed. 92% on Newgrounds (1,679 ratings)about 10 minFreeBrowser
  12. Prey key art: Morgan Yu in a red suit and glowing helmet stands beneath a huge black, smoke-like alien shape that holds the Moon and the Talos I station SurvivalPreyThe station is overrun by the Typhon, a hostile alien force with both physical and psychic powers. 91% on Steam (54,912 reviews)16 h or morePaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  13. Aliens vs. Predator key art: a snarling Xenomorph and an armoured Predator with glowing eyes face off in green, smoky jungle light Action horrorAliens vs. PredatorXenomorphs swarm the Marine through the colony's corridors, climbing walls and ceilings, and in one campaign you play as one. 91% on Steam (21,791 reviews)about 9.5 hPaidPC, Xbox
  14. Cohabitation key art: a huge teal-blue figure with staring white eyes looms over a tiny white Alkian on stone steps, the title stacked down the right 2D horrorCohabitationSet on the planet Alkia, 200 light years away, home to two alien species: the peaceful Alkians and the Holl who hunt them. 96% on itch.io (245 ratings)about 1.5 hPay what you wantBrowser, PC, Mac
  15. [HERROR] Gas Station Case key art: a lit gas station with a parked car at the edge of a dark forest road at night Walking simulators[HERROR] Gas Station CaseThe store calls it a cinematic alien horror, and a bloodied man asks whether you have seen those creatures too. 95% on Steam (339 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC
  16. Chordosis Founders Edition key art: a pale, hollow-eyed alien looms out of the dark behind the glitched title SurvivalChordosisPale, hairless aliens with big black eyes stand at the end of the tunnels while you aim a pistol at them. 94% on itch.io (289 ratings)about 1 hPaidPC
  17. The Thing: Remastered key art: soldiers in hooded snow parkas charge forward under a huge snarling dog-like creature in red and orange haze Body horrorThe Thing: RemasteredSteam describes the enemy as the shape-shifting alien life-form from the 1982 film The Thing. 90% on Steam (1,446 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
  18. Stowaway cover art: the title STOWAWAY in orange pixel letters over a bloodied purple room with a fleshy column, the pilot standing and crew bodies by a red door 2D horrorStowawayA nasty alien came aboard on the ship's last salvage run, and the lone surviving pilot has to deal with it. 94% on itch.io (188 ratings)about 30 minFreeBrowser, PC, Mac, Linux
  19. The Voidness key art: the title in rough black letters over a red field, beside the silhouette of a lone figure in a space suit SurvivalThe Voidness - Lidar Horror Survival GameFrancesca Lee is sent to study the void on a newly founded planet, and Steam players tag it Aliens. 83% on Steam (332 reviews)about 2 hPaidPC
  20. The Visitor: the pink alien slug sits in a pool of blood at the foot of a blood-smeared tree by dark swamp water, a crow watching from a stump Body horrorThe VisitorA small pink slug from another planet lands on Earth and you guide it from prey to prey 88% (165,000 ratings)about 10 minFreeBrowser
  21. Sanitarium key art: a single bloodshot green eye staring out between strips of rough bandage PsychologicalSanitariumThe children's town is overseen by a malevolent alien entity known as Mother 84% on Google Play (1,710 ratings)about 9 hPaidPC, Mac, Linux, iPhone, Android
  22. Invasion of The Halloween Fiends key art: the title carved into a grinning orange jack-o'-lantern over a dark suburban street PS1Invasion of The Halloween FiendsThe maker's content note mentions gun violence towards aliens and alien violence towards humans. 95% on Steam (126 reviews)about 45 minPaidPC
  23. Descent key art: a dark pixel-art isometric room with a glowing amber tank holding a spidery silhouette, and the line A game by jpbash below Walking simulatorsDescentThe maker tags it Aliens, and a spidery creature hangs in a glowing amber tank aboard the ship 90% on itch.io (180 ratings)about 30 minFreeBrowser
  24. Sucker for Love: Crush Landing key art: Hheily, a woman with a swirling rainbow body, blank white eyes and huge black hair, walks along a night balcony above the city AnimeSucker for Love: Crush LandingYou try to date and keep alive Hheily, a shapeshifting being from space who takes the form of a girl from a magazine 89% on Steam (225 reviews)PaidPC
  25. Look Outside key art: a wide-eyed man grips the curtains of a blazing window while toothed, many-eyed monsters crowd around him SurvivalLook OutsideThe event is tied to the Visitor, an extraterrestrial object passing through the solar system. 98% on Steam11 h or morePaidPC
  26. What happened to the crew? cover: a rover on a grey plain with a burning station dome in the distance Puzzle horrorWhat happened to the crew?The crew's trouble begins with an artificial signal picked up by a rover on the planet, and something may be looking back. 90% on itch.io (153 ratings)about 6 hFreeBrowser
  27. Märchen Line banner art: a dark green military starship with a gold eagle on its bow beside the orange title and the words Starborn Academia AnimeMärchen LineHumanity's Armada wages war on the True Enemy, alien hordes designed to feel faceless and endless after the Xenomorph, the Zerg and the Tyranids. 98% on itch.io (55 ratings)FreePC, Mac, Linux
  28. Thermomorph itch.io cover: the green handheld monitor with a wireframe map of the ship, Motion and Heating buttons, an incoming call from System and the time 3:01 AM FNAFThermomorphThe maker names the film Alien as one of its two inspirations, and the threat is unknown creatures aboard the ship. 90% on itch.io (116 ratings)about 10 minFreeBrowser, PC, Mac, Linux, Android
  29. Dread X Collection 3 key art: a castle on a red autumn hillside under a grinning jack-o'-lantern moon PS1Dread X Collection 3Leo carries a live-in alien consciousness, Prometheus, whom he is trying to return to his homeworld. 92% on Steamabout 8 hPaidPC
  30. Outpost:Haven key art: two armoured marines with green visors fire rifles in a dark station corridor, an orange muzzle flash and the Outpost logo top left 2D horrorOutpost:HavenThe station is overrun by aliens, some waiting in the dark with only their eyes showing, others charging through the furniture 82% (4,434 ratings)about 1.5 hFreeBrowser

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More kinds of horror

  1. Short horror games621
  2. Psychological horror games530
  3. Horror games with multiple endings417
  4. Horror puzzle games341
  5. Survival horror games259
  6. 2D horror games254
  7. PS1 horror games233
  8. Stealth horror games180
  9. Horror escape games164
  10. Surreal horror games145
  11. Horror visual novels137
  12. Anime horror games132
  13. Haunted house games131
  14. Mystery and detective horror games127
Every genre

Where you play

  1. Steam horror games1009
  2. Epic horror games97
  3. GOG horror games270
  4. itch.io horror games592
  5. PC horror games1337
  6. Mac horror games391
  7. Linux horror games261
  8. PlayStation horror games404
  9. Xbox horror games367
  10. Switch horror games317
  11. Mobile horror games188
  12. VR horror games69
  13. Browser horror games236
  1. Scary games1456
  2. Free horror games561
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