# Games like Alien: Isolation

> The closest matches to Alien: Isolation: Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Prey, Dead Space (2008), and Outlast. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [Resident Evil 7 Biohazard](https://imho.run/games/418370/resident-evil-7-biohazard) — Also Survival Horror, like Alien: Isolation. 31,078 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/418370/)
2. [Amnesia: The Dark Descent](https://imho.run/games/57300/amnesia-the-dark-descent) — Shares resource management with Alien: Isolation. 12,717 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/57300/)
3. [Prey](https://imho.run/games/480490/prey) — Also Aliens and Stealth, like Alien: Isolation. 21,804 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/480490/)
4. [Dead Space (2008)](https://imho.run/games/17470/dead-space-2008) — Also Aliens and Survival Horror, like Alien: Isolation. 11,870 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/17470/)
5. [Outlast](https://imho.run/games/238320/outlast) — Also Stealth and Survival Horror, like Alien: Isolation. 28,158 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/238320/)
6. [Metro Exodus](https://imho.run/games/412020/metro-exodus) — A frequent pick in Alien: Isolation players' libraries, and another Action. 33,790 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/412020/)
7. [Little Nightmares](https://imho.run/games/424840/little-nightmares) — Shares environmental puzzle solving and resource management with Alien: Isolation. 18,797 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/424840/)
8. [Darkwood](https://imho.run/games/274520/darkwood) — A frequent pick in Alien: Isolation players' libraries, and another RPG. 9,910 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/274520/)
9. [ROUTINE](https://imho.run/games/606160/routine) — Also Stealth and Survival Horror, like Alien: Isolation. 4,122 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/606160/)
10. [Aliens vs. Predator™](https://imho.run/games/10680/aliens-vs-predator) — Also Aliens and Stealth, like Alien: Isolation. 7,954 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/10680/)
11. [Slender: The Arrival](https://imho.run/games/252330/slender-the-arrival) — Shares environmental puzzle solving with Alien: Isolation. 3,482 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/252330/)
12. [The Evil Within](https://imho.run/games/268050/the-evil-within) — Also Stealth and Survival Horror, like Alien: Isolation. 7,495 Steam reviews, 78% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/268050/)
13. [Syndrome](https://imho.run/games/409320/syndrome) — Shares resource management with Alien: Isolation. 147 Steam reviews, 72% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/409320/)
14. [GTFO](https://imho.run/games/493520/gtfo) — Shares resource management with Alien: Isolation. 25,271 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/493520/)
15. [The Persistence](https://imho.run/games/1140100/the-persistence) — Shares resource management with Alien: Isolation. 63 Steam reviews, 67% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1140100/)
16. [Metro: Last Light Redux](https://imho.run/games/287390/metro-last-light-redux) — Shares resource management with Alien: Isolation. 19,864 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/287390/)
17. [Species: Unknown](https://imho.run/games/2747330/species-unknown) — Shares resource management with Alien: Isolation. 3,668 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2747330/)
18. [Huntsman](https://imho.run/games/3814680/huntsman) — Shares environmental puzzle solving with Alien: Isolation. 113 Steam reviews, 71% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3814680/)
19. [The Forest](https://imho.run/games/242760/the-forest) — Shares resource management with Alien: Isolation. 175,474 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/242760/)
20. [Monstrum](https://imho.run/games/296710/monstrum) — A frequent pick in Alien: Isolation players' libraries, and another Indie. 1,281 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/296710/)
21. [Unsafe Express](https://imho.run/games/1756160/unsafe-express) — Shares resource management with Alien: Isolation. 163 Steam reviews, 65% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1756160/)
22. [Directive 8020](https://imho.run/games/2255370/directive-8020) — Also Aliens and Stealth, like Alien: Isolation. 2,033 Steam reviews, 63% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2255370/)
23. [Remothered: Tormented Fathers](https://imho.run/games/633360/remothered-tormented-fathers) — Also Stealth and Survival Horror, like Alien: Isolation. 658 Steam reviews, 70% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/633360/)
24. [CASE: Animatronics](https://imho.run/games/489360/case-animatronics) — Shares resource management with Alien: Isolation. 735 Steam reviews, 68% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/489360/)

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## About Alien: Isolation

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.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 214490
- **Developer:** Creative Assembly, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)
- **Publisher:** SEGA, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)
- **Genres:** Action
- **Categories:** Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Full controller support, Remote Play on TV, Family Sharing, Camera Comfort, Custom Volume Controls, Stereo Sound, Surround Sound, Adjustable Difficulty
- **Released:** Oct 6, 2014
- **Free to play:** no
- **Metacritic:** 81
- **Platforms:** windows, mac, linux

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