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Alien: Rogue Incursion

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Hold the motion tracker yourself while Xenomorphs close in.

Platforms: VR, PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
Stores: Steam
Price: Paid
Rated: Mostly Positive on Steam (71% of 1,531 reviews); OpenCritic 75; PS Store 4.48 of 5 from 3,127 ratings; Meta Quest 4.0 of 5 from 771
Length: about 8 to 10 hours
Players: 1
Controls: VR with motion controllers on Steam VR, PS VR2 and Quest 3/3S; the Evolved Edition plays without VR on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Switch 2.
Made by: Survios
Released: 2024

Get it on Steam Meta Quest Store Steam (Evolved Edition, no VR)Official site PlayStation Store Xbox Nintendo Switch 2 (Evolved Edition)

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, strong language.

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, and in April 2026 on Nintendo Switch 2. 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. You can only save by hand in Panic Rooms, so one death can mean repeating a long run of tasks.

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. Critics praised the atmosphere, though the motion tracker split them: Road to VR found it of little use because a sound always comes before an alien does. The same review found the enemy types few and the encounters 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 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S or Switch 2).
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 in the Panic Rooms whenever you reach one, and close the door first.

Screenshots

Alien: Rogue Incursion screenshot: the player's motion tracker shows blips as a Xenomorph leaps across a dim hangar, another stands in silhouette and a third crawls from a glowing 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 bursts through a smashed window into a control room of consoles and hanging monitors while another clings to the glass outside in the snow

Alien: Rogue Incursion screenshot: first-person view with a pump-action shotgun in a misty storeroom as Xenomorphs close in from the floor, the crates and the ceiling

Alien: Rogue Incursion screenshot: first-person view down a pulse rifle with its ammo counter at 90, aimed at Xenomorphs coming down a dark corridor with blood on the grating

Alien: Rogue Incursion screenshot: the player holds a motion tracker as two Xenomorphs crawl down from a window above a body lit by a dropped flashlight

Alien: Rogue Incursion screenshot: an alien egg sits among dark resin growths in a facility corridor beside a door marked 05

Tips

Keep the tracker out in quiet areas; it is directional, so point it at doors and vents.
Save in every Panic Room you pass; a death sends you back to your last save and 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.
Fire in short, controlled bursts, and reload before you holster a gun.

Questions

Do I need VR to play Alien: Rogue Incursion?

The original is VR only. The Evolved Edition plays without a headset: it came out in September 2025 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, and in April 2026 on Nintendo Switch 2.

How long is Alien: Rogue Incursion?

Around eight to ten hours. Road to VR put it at about eight hours, GamingTrend at about ten. It is Part One of a two-part story and the ending sets up the next part.

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.