Games like Alien: Isolation
If Alien: Isolation is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dead Space, Prey and The Evil Within — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its immersive and suspenseful atmosphere, the aliens unpredictable behavior and atmospheric. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Survival horror defines the experience in Alien: Isolation, where players navigate through a space setting with a female protagonist, managing resources and solving environmental puzzles while evading a dynamic AI enemy. Players describe the atmosphere as atmospheric, stressful, and tense. Reviewers highlight the immersive-and-suspenseful-atmosphere and meticulous-attention-to-detail-in-recreating-the-alien-universe as standout qualities, while the aliens-unpredictable-behavior keeps encounters feeling genuinely threatening throughout. Released in 2014, the game holds a 92% positive rating from over 26,000 Steam reviews and runs verified on Steam Deck at $39.99.
About Alien: Isolation: Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
Players who liked Alien: Isolation also play
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Dead Space
WHY THIS
Top pick for Alien: Isolation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Alien: Isolation.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
Prey
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alien: Isolation.
Second-strongest match for Alien: Isolation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Alien: Isolation.
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.
The Evil Within
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Alien: Isolation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Alien: Isolation.
Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.
Outlast
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and a stressful mood with Alien: Isolation.
Ranked #4 for Alien: Isolation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Alien: Isolation.
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
Syndrome
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Alien: Isolation.
Ranked #5 for Alien: Isolation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Alien: Isolation.
Syndrome, a sci-fi survival horror game that places you in a living hell inside a doomed starship. Find out what happened to your lost crew. Run. Hide. Fight. Survive.
ROUTINE
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alien: Isolation.
Ranked #6 for Alien: Isolation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Alien: Isolation.
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
Directive 8020
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alien: Isolation.
Ranked #7 for Alien: Isolation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Alien: Isolation.
Earth is dying and humanity is running out of time. 12 light years from home, Tau Ceti f offers a small sliver of hope. When the colony ship Cassiopeia crash lands on the planet, its crew soon realize they are far from being alone. In space, death takes many forms.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Alien: Isolation.
Ranked #8 for Alien: Isolation fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Alien: Isolation.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a cooperative third-person survival game set in the iconic Alien Universe. Battle through hordes of different types of Xenomorph, customize your character and gear, and level-up as you try to contain this ever-growing threat.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Alien: Isolation
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Resident Evil 3
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Alien: Isolation.
Reviewers of Alien: Isolation cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Alien: Isolation.
Jill Valentine is one of the last remaining people in Raccoon City to witness the atrocities Umbrella performed. To stop her, Umbrella unleashes their ultimate secret weapon: Nemesis! Also includes Resident Evil Resistance, a new 1 vs 4 online multiplayer game set in the Resident Evil universe.
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Alien: Isolation.
Reviewers of Alien: Isolation cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Alien: Isolation.
Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.
Outer Wilds
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alien: Isolation.
Reviewers of Alien: Isolation cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Alien: Isolation.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
SOMA
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alien: Isolation.
Reviewers of Alien: Isolation cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Alien: Isolation.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Outlast
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and a stressful mood with Alien: Isolation.
Reviewers of Alien: Isolation cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Alien: Isolation.
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
Resident Evil 2
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Alien: Isolation.
Reviewers of Alien: Isolation cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Alien: Isolation.
A deadly virus engulfs the residents of Raccoon City in September of 1998, plunging the city into chaos as flesh eating zombies roam the streets for survivors. An unparalleled adrenaline rush, gripping storyline, and unimaginable horrors await you. Witness the return of Resident Evil 2.
Resident Evil
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Alien: Isolation.
Reviewers of Alien: Isolation cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Alien: Isolation.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
Hello Neighbor
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alien: Isolation.
Reviewers of Alien: Isolation cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Hello Neighbor is a Stealth Horror Game about sneaking into your neighbor's house and figuring out what he's hiding in the basement. Play against an advanced AI that learns from your actions.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Alien: Isolation at current Steam store prices.
Phasmophobia
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Alien: Isolation on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alien: Isolation.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Alien: Isolation on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alien: Isolation.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Alien: Isolation on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alien: Isolation.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Schedule I
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Alien: Isolation on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alien: Isolation.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Alien: Isolation on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alien: Isolation.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
The Forest
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Alien: Isolation.
Priced ~50% under Alien: Isolation on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alien: Isolation.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Alien: Isolation on Steam right now. Shares Action with Alien: Isolation.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Alien: Isolation.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Alien: Isolation.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Alien: Isolation.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Alien: Isolation.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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More from Creative Assembly
Other recommendable Steam games by Creative Assembly, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Total War: WARHAMMER III
WHY THIS
Another title from Creative Assembly, the studio behind Alien: Isolation. Shares Action with Alien: Isolation.
The cataclysmic conclusion to the Total War: WARHAMMER trilogy is here. Rally your forces and step into the Realm of Chaos, a dimension of mind-bending horror where the very fate of the world will be decided. Will you conquer your Daemons… or command them?
Total War: WARHAMMER II
WHY THIS
Another title from Creative Assembly, the studio behind Alien: Isolation. Shares Action with Alien: Isolation.
Strategy gaming perfected. A breath-taking campaign of exploration, expansion and conquest across a fantasy world. Turn-based civilisation management and real-time epic strategy battles with thousands of troops and monsters at your command.
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS
WHY THIS
Another title from Creative Assembly, the studio behind Alien: Isolation. Shares Action with Alien: Isolation.
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS is the first in the award-winning series to recreate epic conflict across ancient China. Combining a gripping turn-based campaign of empire-building & conquest with stunning real-time battles, THREE KINGDOMS redefines the series in an age of heroes & legends.
Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition
WHY THIS
Another title from Creative Assembly, the studio behind Alien: Isolation.
Emperor Edition is the definitive edition of ROME II, featuring an improved politics system, overhauled building chains, rebalanced battles and improved visuals in both campaign and battleEmperor Edition contains all free feature updates since its release in 2013, which includes bug fixes, balancing, Twitch.
Total War: SHOGUN 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alien: Isolation.
Another title from Creative Assembly, the studio behind Alien: Isolation.
Total War: SHOGUN 2 is the perfect mix of real-time and turn-based strategy gaming for newcomers and veterans alike.
Total War: WARHAMMER
WHY THIS
Another title from Creative Assembly, the studio behind Alien: Isolation. Shares Action with Alien: Isolation.
Addictive turn-based empire-building with colossal, real-time battles, all set in a world of legendary heroes, giant monsters, flying creatures and storms of magical power.
Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Another title from Creative Assembly, the studio behind Alien: Isolation.
Spanning the most turbulent era in Western history, your quest for territory and power takes you through Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and even onto the shores of the New World.
Total War: ATTILA
WHY THIS
Another title from Creative Assembly, the studio behind Alien: Isolation.
Against a darkening background of famine, disease and war, a new power is rising in the great steppes of the East. With a million horsemen at his back, the ultimate warrior king approaches, and his sights are set on Rome… The next instalment in the multi award-winning PC series that combines turn-based strategy with real-time tactics,...
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Prey
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Alien: Isolation.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Alien: Isolation.
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.
The Evil Within
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Alien: Isolation.
Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Alien: Isolation.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Alien: Isolation.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a cooperative third-person survival game set in the iconic Alien Universe. Battle through hordes of different types of Xenomorph, customize your character and gear, and level-up as you try to contain this ever-growing threat.
Frequently asked about Alien: Isolation
- Is Alien: Isolation verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Alien: Isolation is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Alien: Isolation cost?
- Alien: Isolation is listed on Steam at 39.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Alien: Isolation?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Alien: Isolation are Dead Space, Prey, The Evil Within.
- Who developed Alien: Isolation?
- Alien: Isolation was developed by Creative Assembly, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux) and published by SEGA, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux).
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