Best Alien Games

Every Alien game The Belly has scored, ranked from the highest verdict down. Browse games with a Alien setting or subject and see where each one landed.

Games with a Alien theme, ranked by Belly Score. Theme tags capture the subject matter and setting of a game — distinct from genre — so this list pulls together titles that share a Alien world or aesthetic regardless of how they play. See which Alien-themed games earned The Belly's top marks and which fell short.

Best Alien Games rankings

9.9

Half-Life

FPS · Action · Adventure

Windows · PlayStation 2 · macOS · Linux

Sci-FiAlienWorkplace+1

AtmosphericEerieIntense+2

9.8

Metroid Dread

Action · Adventure

Nintendo Switch

Sci-FiSpaceAlien+1

ExploratoryTenseIntense+3

9.7

Risk of Rain 2

Action · Shooter

PC · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · Nintendo Switch · Stadia

Sci-FiSpaceAlien+1

IntenseFast-PacedChaotic+3

9.6

Subnautica

Adventure · Survival

PC · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Nintendo Switch · Android · iOS

Sci-FiAlienUnderwater+1

ExploratoryDiscovery-DrivenMysterious+3

9.6

Returnal

Shooter

PlayStation 5 · PC

Sci-FiAlienPsychological+1

IntenseFast-PacedChallenging+3

9.6

ZeroRanger

Shooter · Action

Windows

Sci-FiSpaceAlien+1

IntenseChallengingAtmospheric+2

9.4

No Man's Sky

Action · Adventure · Survival

PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Windows · macOS · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S · Nintendo Switch

Sci-FiSpaceAlien+1

AdventurousExploratoryDiscovery-Driven+3

9.4

Pikmin 2

Strategy · Adventure

GameCube · Wii · Nintendo Switch

Sci-FiSpaceAlien+1

AdventurousStrategicTactical+2

9.3

EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5

Action · Shooter

PlayStation 4 · Windows

Sci-FiAlienMonsters+1

ChaoticFast-PacedFunny+3

9.3

Starbound

Action · Sandbox · RPG

Windows · OS X · Linux · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S

Sci-FiSpaceAlien+1

AdventurousExploratoryDiscovery-Driven+3

9.3

Prey

FPS · Action · Simulation

PlayStation 4 · Windows · Xbox One

Sci-FiSpaceAlien+1

MysteriousImmersiveUnsettling+3

9.2

Black Mesa

FPS · Action · Adventure

Microsoft Windows · Linux

Sci-FiAlienWorkplace

ImmersiveAtmosphericSatisfying+2

9.1

CASSETTE BEASTS

RPG · Adventure

Nintendo Switch · Nintendo Switch Lite · Nintendo Switch OLED · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S · PC · Linux · Steam · Microsoft Store

Sci-FiAlienFantasy+7

AdventurousExploratoryDiscovery-Driven+36

9.1

Pikmin

Strategy · Puzzle

GameCube · Wii · Nintendo Switch

Sci-FiSpaceAlien+1

AdventurousStrategicCharming+3

9.1

Pikmin 3

Strategy · Puzzle · Action

Wii U · Nintendo Switch

Sci-FiSpaceAlien+1

AdventurousExploratoryStrategic+3

9.1

Stellaris

Strategy · Simulation · Sandbox

PC · macOS · Linux · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X/S

Sci-FiSpaceAlien+1

ExploratoryDiscovery-DrivenEpic+3

8.8

EarthBound Beginnings

RPG · Adventure

Nintendo Entertainment System · Wii U · Nintendo Switch · Game Boy Advance

ModernSupernaturalAlien+1

QuirkyWhimsicalCharming+2

8.7

The Invincible

Adventure

PC · PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X/S

Sci-FiSpaceAlien+1

MysteriousImmersiveAtmospheric+2

8.7

Subnautica: Below Zero

Survival · Adventure

PC · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S · Nintendo Switch

Sci-FiAlienUnderwater+1

ExploratoryDiscovery-DrivenAtmospheric+3

8.4

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

Action · Adventure · FPS

Nintendo Switch · Nintendo Switch 2

Sci-FiSpaceAlien+1

AdventurousExploratoryDiscovery-Driven+3

7.8

Evolve

Action · Shooter · FPS

PC · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One

Sci-FiAlienMonsters+1

IntenseAdrenaline-FueledHigh-Stakes+3

7.7

Global Defence Force

Action · Shooter

PlayStation 2

Sci-FiAlienMilitary+1

Fast-PacedChaoticAdrenaline-Fueled+2

7.1

War of the Worlds

Action · Survival

Roblox

Sci-FiSpaceAlien+1

AtmosphericIntenseChaotic+2

1.6

Greyhill Incident

Adventure · Horror

PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Windows · Xbox One · Xbox Series X/S

Sci-FiAlienSupernatural

CreepyEerieSuspenseful+2