8 best alien games to play in 2026

Fans of the Alien franchise need to play or revisit these eight Alien-related games before the year's end.
Game Rant on MSN

Alien: Isolation 2 is walking right into one of the biggest challenges in survival horror games

Alien: Isolation 2 is facing a survival horror problem that can make even the scariest games lose their edge.
Pocket Tactics

Alien: Isolation 2 has huge access to 20th Century's archives, but Ridley Scott remains Creative Assembly's "guiding star"

Alien: Isolation 2 is digging into Ridley Scott's original vision while using 20th Century's archive to build something new.
Rock Paper Shotgun

"I'm a massive fan of Aliens, but it is a very different beast": Why Creative Assembly are still ignoring every movie but the original in Alien Isolation 2, despite heading ...

Isolation 2 team are restricted their sources to the original game and the first film, ignoring everything else in the horror ...
Polygon

The long-awaited Alien Isolation 2 shakes up Summer Game Fest

Polygon Summer Game Fest 2026 Live game reveals, world premiere trailers, and what’s next from 40+ developers, publishers, and hardware makers. Dive in→ Get ready for xenomorphs to be scary again, ...
Polygon

First teaser for Alien: Isolation's long-awaited sequel doesn't feature a Xenomorph, but it's very eerie

Sega and Creative Assembly finally shared a brief teaser for their long-awaited sequel to Alien: Isolation to celebrate Alien Day 2026. The teaser, which you can watch below, is titled "False Sense of ...
digitaltrends.com

Alien: Isolation 2: everything we know so far

Alien: Isolation creative director Al Hope announced Alien: Isolation 2 via X (formerly Twitter) with a short statement celebrating the original’s anniversary. The message ends with: “Today, I’m ...
Mashable

'Alien: Isolation 2' trailer hints at the terror to come

'The Last House' trailer traps Greta Lee and Wagner Moura in their home I'm trying to work but I just watched the 'Heartstopper Forever' trailer 'House of the Dragon' Season 3 'weeks ahead' trailer ...
The Guardian

Alien: Isolation 2 – another strong female protagonist stalked in a terrifying new world

Creative Assembly could strike gold again with this follow-up to their fan-favourite, film-inspired game … if you’re brave enough to venture outdoors Alien: Isolation redefined Alien games on its ...
IGN

Play Alien: Isolation & its DLC On PC For Under $10 Ahead of Alien: Romulus

With Alien: Romulus releasing this weekend (you can check out our 8/10 review of Alien: Romulus here), there's no better time to jump into the spectacularly spooky atmosphere of Alien: Isolation. If ...
GameSpot

Sorry, Alien: Romulus, The Best Alien Sequel Is Still Alien: Isolation

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. There’s something specific about Ridley Scott’s 1979 movie Alien ...
IGN

In Defence of Alien: Isolation

Across the many stories set in the Alien universe, there’s evidence to suggest the xenomorphs are part of some kind of hivemind that, at some level, operates as a collective consciousness. The same ...