Alien: Rogue Incursion

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Hold the motion tracker yourself while Xenomorphs close in.

Platforms: VR, PC, PlayStation, Xbox
Price: Paid
Rated: Mostly Positive on Steam (71% of 1,522 reviews); Meta Quest store 4.0 of 5 from 767 ratings
Length: about 8 to 11 hours
Players: 1
Controls: VR headset with tracked motion controllers (Steam VR, PlayStation VR2, Meta Quest 3 and 3S); the Evolved Edition plays without VR on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
Made by: Survios
Released: 2024

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What frightens In VR you creep through a dark research base with a motion tracker chirping in your hand, while Xenomorphs crawl through the vents and walls and can drop on you from any side.
Content: gore, violent deaths, jumpscares, loud sounds.

Alien: Rogue Incursion is a single-player action-horror game set in the Alien universe, made first for VR. As ex-Colonial Marine Zula Hendricks you break into an infested research facility on the planet Purdan, with a motion tracker in one hand and a pulse rifle in the other.

About Alien: Rogue Incursion

Alien: Rogue Incursion is made by Survios. It came out for PC VR on Steam and for PlayStation VR2 in December 2024, and for Meta Quest 3 and 3S in February 2025. In September 2025 a non-VR Evolved Edition followed on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. It is Part One of a two-part story.

You play Zula Hendricks, a former Colonial Marine out to expose the secret experiments of the Weyland-Yutani company. With a synthetic companion, Davis 01, talking you through it, she lands on Purdan, an uncharted planet, and gets into the Gemini Exoplanet Solutions research facility. It does not take long to find out what has been breeding inside.

In VR the game is built on doing things with your hands. You hold up the motion tracker and watch blips move toward you, swap to the pulse rifle, reload it yourself and pull tools and items from your body. The facility is dark and narrow, Xenomorphs travel through vents and ceilings, and their arrival often comes as a scrape in the walls or a sudden blip right behind you. Saving happens at set stations, which reviewers found punishing at times.

The fear is in the waiting and the noise as much as in the fights: a tracker that will not stop chirping, a shadow across a door, a dead body by the wall. Reviewers praised the tension and the motion tracker, and some found the later fights repetitive. It suits VR players who love the Alien films and want to stand inside one. Those without a headset can play the Evolved Edition, though most reviews say VR is the stronger way to play.

How to play Alien: Rogue Incursion

Choose your version: the VR game on Steam VR, PlayStation VR2 or Meta Quest 3, or the Evolved Edition on a screen.
Explore the facility, following Davis 01's guidance and the data on your tablet.
Hold up the motion tracker to see movement around you, and point it where you think the aliens will come from.
Fight with the pulse rifle and other weapons, reloading by hand in VR.
Save at the save stations whenever you reach one.

Screenshots

Alien: Rogue Incursion screenshot: a motion tracker in the player's hand shows blips as two Xenomorphs charge across a dim hangar and another bursts from a hatch

Alien: Rogue Incursion screenshot: the shadow of a Xenomorph falls on a blue metal wall above a bloodied body on the floor

Alien: Rogue Incursion screenshot: a Xenomorph crouches with its jaws open in a dim facility corridor, close to the player

Alien: Rogue Incursion screenshot: a close side view of a Xenomorph's head with bared teeth and its inner jaw

Tips

Keep the tracker out in quiet areas; it is directional, so point it at doors and vents.
Save at every station you pass; losing progress to a death can cost a lot of time.
Reload during lulls rather than in the middle of an attack.
Turn on the comfort settings if smooth movement in VR makes you uneasy.

Questions

Do I need VR to play Alien: Rogue Incursion?

The original is VR only. The Evolved Edition, released in September 2025 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, plays without a headset.

How long is Alien: Rogue Incursion?

Around eight to eleven hours. It is Part One of a two-part story and ends on a cliffhanger.

Which headsets does Alien: Rogue Incursion support?

PC VR headsets through Steam, PlayStation VR2, and Meta Quest 3 and 3S.

Is Alien: Rogue Incursion like Alien: Isolation?

Both put a motion tracker in your hand in a facility full of Xenomorphs, but Rogue Incursion gives you a pulse rifle and more fighting, where Isolation is about hiding from one alien.