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Alien horror games on GOG

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 10 of 10 alien horror games on GOG, ranked by player and critic scores

The 10 best on GOG

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. Scorn key art: a rust-red face of cracked, veined flesh with one empty eye socket, framed by tube-like growths SurvivalScornYou wake in an alien biomechanical world of bone, tissue and metal that no word or cutscene explains. 77% on Steam (20,129 reviews)about 5 hPaidPC, Xbox, PlayStation
  9. Moons of Madness key art: an astronaut in a blue and white suit falls through dark mist toward huge red-ridged tentacles PsychologicalMoons of MadnessOrochi picks up a signal from Mars of intelligent origin and builds a secret outpost to study it (Steam). 77% on Steam (2,951 reviews)about 6 hPaidPC, PlayStation, Xbox
  10. Security 51 key art: a moustached guard in a peaked cap at his desk beside an old computer showing a green alien, with tentacles curling in around him Night shiftSecurity 51The store asks if a janitor is a spy or not even human, and camera mode flags a visitor for extraterrestrial technologies 72% on Steam (543 reviews)about 4 hPaidPC, Mac

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