Games Like Alien: Isolation

Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.

Why similar: Survival Horror 22.7%, Stealth 19.4%, Horror 17%, Survival 8.8%, First-Person 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its open-ended survival design, scarce resources, and constantly roaming monster create the same nerve-shredding cat-and-mouse tension that defines 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.

Why similar: Survival Horror 26.4%, Horror 25.2%, Sci-fi 14.9%, Atmospheric 8.7%, First-Person 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: It trades the Xenomorph for existential dread, but its lonely sci-fi setting, stealthy helplessness, and oppressive atmosphere are a superb match.

Survive aboard a doomed deep space colony starship, overrun with horrific and murderous aberrations. Explore, evade and fight your way through the depths to bring the ship back to Earth. Gather resources, upgrade abilities and fabricate an arsenal of weapons in this sci-fi horror roguelite.

Why similar: Survival Horror 18.3%, Stealth 15.9%, Horror 13.8%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Space 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: This first-person sci-fi horror game puts you aboard a doomed spaceship where stealth, scavenging, and avoiding deadly enemies feel strikingly close to Alien: Isolation's rhythm.

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.

Why similar: Aliens 14.4%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Horror 14.1%, Space 13.2%, Survival Horror 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its space-station setting, environmental storytelling, and mix of stealth, scavenging, and improvisation make it one of the closest sci-fi alternatives.

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.

Why similar: Horror 38%, Survival Horror 20.9%, Stealth 8.2%, First-Person 7.4%, Survival 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its first-person, defenseless stealth horror and relentless chase sequences capture the same feeling of panic and vulnerability.

Monstrum takes the traditional survival horror formula and remixes it completely with procedurally generated levels, permadeath, and AI driven predators, ensuring that nowhere on its derelict cargo ship is ever truly safe.

Why similar: Survival Horror 37.1%, Horror 34.5%, Stealth 7%, First-Person 6.6%, Survival 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Like Alien: Isolation, it is built around being trapped in a confined space with a lethal pursuer and surviving through hiding, tools, and nerves rather than firepower.

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.

Why similar: Survival Horror 31.1%, Horror 29.2%, First-Person 8.9%, Atmospheric 6.2%, Survival 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: This is another masterclass in first-person survival horror where careful exploration, limited resources, and constant dread matter more than action.

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.

Why similar: Survival Horror 21.5%, Horror 20.4%, Space 14%, Aliens 12.5%, Sci-fi 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: It leans more combat-heavy, but the claustrophobic spaceship horror, oppressive audio design, and lone-survivor sci-fi feel are very close.

A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead is a single-player horror adventure game inspired by the critically acclaimed blockbuster movie franchise. Survive in silence.

Why similar: Survival Horror 24.3%, Stealth 22.9%, Horror 17.3%, Aliens 12.1%, Female Protagonist 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its emphasis on staying quiet, avoiding detection, and surviving as a fragile protagonist mirrors Alien: Isolation's sound-driven stealth tension.

You are Isaac Clarke, an engineer on the spacecraft USG Ishimura. You're not a warrior. You're not a soldier. You are, however, the last line of defense for the remaining living crew.

Why similar: Horror 26.7%, Survival Horror 19.9%, Space 14.3%, Sci-fi 14%, Aliens 11%

Why You'll Like It: The original still delivers superb sci-fi survival horror through dread-filled corridors, audio logs, and an isolated space setting.

A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.

Why similar: Survival Horror 41.7%, Sci-fi 19%, Female Protagonist 15.4%, Atmospheric 10%, Psychological Horror 8%

Why You'll Like It: Despite the top-down view, it nails the same oppressive sci-fi survival-horror mood with limited resources, careful routing, and constant unease.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.

Why similar: Horror 41.6%, Survival Horror 22.8%, Stealth 9.4%, First-Person 7.4%, Atmospheric 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: If your favorite part of Alien: Isolation was feeling powerless and hunted, this is one of the purest versions of that formula.

Surrounded by enemies and assaulted by terror from all sides, Philip must collect clues and solve vexing puzzles while combating the gnawing psychological terrors that assail his mind and threaten to strip him of his sanity.

Why similar: Horror 31.4%, Stealth 20.5%, Survival Horror 16%, First-Person 9.1%, Atmospheric 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its emphasis on hiding, avoiding direct combat, and surviving in an oppressive first-person horror environment makes it a strong tonal match.

Moons of Madness is a first-person, story-driven cosmic horror game where the scientific exploration of Mars meets the supernatural dread of Lovecraft.

Why similar: Horror 28.7%, Space 20.5%, Sci-fi 18.6%, Survival 8.3%, First-Person 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: The isolated sci-fi setting, slow-building psychological terror, and vulnerable first-person exploration give it a very similar feel.

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.

Why similar: Survival Horror 19.3%, Stealth 16.4%, Horror 13.6%, Space 10.8%, Sci-fi 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Set on a haunted spacecraft and focused on stealth, scarcity, and dread, it feels like a lower-budget but very direct companion to Alien: Isolation.

1975. Disaster strikes the Beira D oil rig off the coast of Scotland. Navigate the collapsing rig to save your crew from an otherworldly horror on the edge of all logic and reality in this 3x BAFTA Games Award-winning narrative horror experience.

Why similar: Horror 29.8%, Stealth 15.3%, Sci-fi 13.7%, First-Person 11.1%, Atmospheric 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same trapped-with-something-awful energy through first-person exploration, no-combat survival, and intense environmental immersion.

Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.

Why similar: Horror 35.9%, Survival Horror 21.9%, Stealth 14.4%, First-Person 8.8%, Atmospheric 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: This early first-person survival horror game shares the same emphasis on tension, physical vulnerability, and unsettling environmental storytelling.

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.

Why similar: Survival Horror 30.8%, Horror 28.8%, Stealth 10.6%, Survival 6.3%, Atmospheric 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its survival-horror structure, limited resources, and emphasis on tension over empowerment make it a solid pick for Alien: Isolation fans.

Survive to escape the horrors of Callisto and uncover the dark secrets of Jupiter’s dead moon.

Why similar: Survival Horror 31.7%, Horror 25.3%, Space 19.5%, Sci-fi 17.7%, Shooter 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its brutal space-prison setting and cinematic sci-fi horror atmosphere echo Alien: Isolation, even if it is more melee-focused.

A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!

Why similar: Horror 19.7%, Survival Horror 18.5%, Sci-fi 16.9%, Space 11.7%, First-Person 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its immersive station setting, audio-log storytelling, and constant sense of danger make it a good fit if you want more retro-futurist sci-fi horror.

Scorn is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry.

Why similar: Horror 31.6%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Atmospheric 11.6%, First-Person 10.7%, Sci-fi 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: It is less stealth-focused, but its slow, oppressive first-person exploration and nightmarish sci-fi environment scratch a similar atmospheric itch.

A first-person horror adventure. Uncover your past and survive the Algerian desert. Fear is your enemy; stay calm to not succumb to an illness threatening you and your loved one. Avoid darkness, hide from monsters and solve puzzles. Adventure Mode available for a less scary experience.

Why similar: Stealth 25.6%, Horror 21.5%, Survival Horror 18.7%, First-Person 10.4%, Atmospheric 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: It keeps the Amnesia formula of vulnerability, hiding, and psychological stress while adding a stronger sci-fi edge than most horror games.

Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.

Why similar: Space 27%, Horror 25.2%, Sci-fi 22%, Atmospheric 7.3%, Adventure 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: While more narrative-driven, its abandoned-space-station mystery and suffocating sci-fi atmosphere strongly appeal to the same kind of player.

Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.

Why similar: Survival Horror 31.7%, Horror 27.5%, Stealth 11.6%, Survival 5.2%, Psychological Horror 5%

Why You'll Like It: This sequel is more action-oriented, but it still balances exploration, resource pressure, and terrifying encounters in a strong survival-horror framework.

CASE: Animatronics is a truly scary and challenging first-person stealth horror on PC. Control of the police department is in the hands of anonymous hacker. All exits are locked. Electricity is off. Metallic thumps are getting closer. Will you survive, Detective Bishop?

Why similar: Horror 25%, Survival Horror 21.6%, Stealth 15.4%, Sci-fi 8.9%, First-Person 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its core appeal is being stalked through tight indoor spaces by a deadly enemy, making it a good lower-budget match for the hide-and-survive side of Alien: Isolation.

Answer the call from a mining base on Mars as engineer Jack Leary and search for the missing crew. Fort Solis will immerse you with cinematic visuals powered by UE 5 and voice acting of Roger Clark and Troy Baker. Explore the mining complex and reach climax of this narrative thriller experience.

Why similar: Space 43.7%, Sci-fi 32.5%, Atmospheric 18%, Singleplayer 3.1%, Adventure 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: This Mars-base thriller offers isolated sci-fi tension, environmental storytelling, and a creeping sense of being alone somewhere very wrong.

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.

Why similar: Aliens 16.7%, Survival Horror 16%, Stealth 14.4%, Horror 12.3%, Sci-fi 11%

Survival, horror at the sunless depths of the Pacific Ocean: Stranded on the seafloor with low light and few tools, an industrial diver takes desperate steps to surface before his oxygen — and sanity — give out.

Why similar: Horror 32.2%, Survival Horror 31.6%, First-Person 11.8%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Psychological Horror 7%

Why You'll Like It: Although underwater instead of in space, its isolated first-person survival horror and suffocating atmosphere feel remarkably similar.

Maid of Sker is a first-person survival horror, set in a remote hotel with a gory and macabre history from Welsh folklore. Brave the nightmares of the Quiet Ones. Do not panic…don’t even breathe!

Why similar: Horror 24%, Stealth 22%, Survival Horror 20.5%, First-Person 7.3%, Atmospheric 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its stealth-first survival horror design and emphasis on avoiding sound-sensitive enemies make it a worthwhile pick if you loved hiding more than fighting.

Conarium is a chilling Lovecraftian game, which follows a gripping story involving four scientists and their endeavor to challenge what we normally consider to be the ‘absolute’ limits of nature. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s novella "At the Mountains of Madness", but largely set after the original story.

Why similar: Horror 46.1%, First-Person 15.4%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Psychological Horror 8.8%, Sci-fi 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its eerie first-person exploration of a remote research facility delivers the same lonely, otherworldly dread that makes Alien: Isolation so memorable.

Alien: Rogue Incursion is an all-new action-horror VR game that transforms you into ex-Colonial Marine Zula Hendricks on a dangerous mission to the uncharted planet Purdan, featuring innovative real-life motion gameplay, a whole-body loadout, and the most cunning Xenomorphs ever encountered.

Why similar: Aliens 25.6%, Survival Horror 15.3%, Stealth 14.3%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Horror 9.6%

Survive, hunt and prey in the deadly jungles and swamps in distinctly new and thrilling first person gameplay.

Why similar: Aliens 26.3%, Horror 15.4%, Stealth 12.2%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Survival Horror 7.3%

A new action-horror story set in the iconic Alien universe. Play as rogue Colonial Marine Zula Hendricks, sent to investigate a blacksite on Purdan. Fight and survive using your skill, reflexes, and determination against a deadly Xenomorph incursion in this gripping first chapter of a two-part saga.

Why similar: Aliens 23.5%, Stealth 20.2%, Sci-fi 13.4%, Survival Horror 11.7%, First-Person 10.4%

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.

Why similar: Aliens 25%, Survival Horror 18%, Horror 15.9%, Space 12%, Sci-fi 11%

You & your friends are the deadliest killers in the galaxy – the US Colonial Marines. It’s up to you to not just survive, but wipe out the Xeno infestation.

Why similar: Aliens 34.6%, Horror 14.7%, Sci-fi 13.4%, Space 11.4%, FPS 7.2%

Species: Unknown is a 1 to 4 players co-op survival horror. Complete high-risk missions aboard an abandoned ship while being hunted by an unknown creature. Survive and upgrade your gear to face each new threat that lurks in the dark.

Why similar: Aliens 18.4%, Horror 16.7%, Survival Horror 16.5%, Stealth 13.5%, Sci-fi 8%

Drop into the gripping journey of Aliens: Dark Descent, a squad-based, single-player action game in the iconic Alien franchise. Lead your soldiers in real-time to stop a new and terrifying kind of Xenomorph outbreak on Planet Lethe.

Why similar: Aliens 26.1%, Sci-fi 17.1%, Horror 15.9%, Stealth 14.4%, Space 12.6%

Three years after the Necromorph infestation aboard the USS Ishimura, Isaac Clarke awakens from a coma, confused, disoriented, and on a space station called The Sprawl. Explore this world and its zero-g environments to discover the truth about the Unitology and its role in the Necromorph epidemic.

Why similar: Survival Horror 22.3%, Horror 21.2%, Aliens 13.7%, Space 11.9%, Sci-fi 10.4%

Slender Man returns more terrifying than ever. You're on your own. No one to help you. No one to hear you scream. Relive the horror all over again with cutting edge visuals for the 10th Anniversary Update and experience survival horror at its finest.

Why similar: Horror 44.3%, Survival Horror 25.7%, First-Person 8.4%, Survival 5.1%, Atmospheric 5%

The Thing: Remastered is a faithful restoration of the cult-classic 2002 third-person survival horror shooter game inspired by Universal Pictures’ genre-defining 1982 film, The Thing

Why similar: Survival Horror 30%, Aliens 22.4%, Horror 16.5%, Sci-fi 14.6%, Gore 4.4%

The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.

Why similar: Horror 38.2%, Survival Horror 24.6%, First-Person 8.5%, Survival 8%, Atmospheric 5%

Experience the original F.E.A.R. along with F.E.A.R. Extraction Point and F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate.

Why similar: Horror 46.7%, FPS 12.9%, Atmospheric 7%, Sci-fi 6.2%, First-Person 6%

Visage is a first-person psychological horror game. Explore a mysterious ever-changing house in a slow-paced, atmospheric world that combines both uncannily comforting and horrifyingly realistic environments, and enjoy a genuinely terrifying experience.

Why similar: Horror 45.6%, Survival Horror 28.1%, Psychological Horror 9.7%, First-Person 7.6%, Atmospheric 5.4%

Remothered: Tormented Fathers is the pure and realistic survival horror videogame

Why similar: Horror 29.5%, Survival Horror 25.6%, Stealth 15.9%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Psychological Horror 5.3%

Bendy and the Dark Revival® is a first-person survival horror game set in the creepiest cartoon studio to ever exist. Discover the truth. Escape the studio. Above all, fear the Ink Demon…and survive.

Why similar: Survival Horror 26.5%, Horror 25.1%, Stealth 16.1%, First-Person 9.6%, Survival 8.4%

A demonic invasion has overwhelmed the Union Aerospace Corporation's Mars research facility. As one of only a few survivors, you must fight your way to hell and back against a horde of demons in this award-winning horror/action FPS and reimagining of the original DOOM.

Why similar: Horror 31.1%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Survival Horror 11%, FPS 10%, Space 8.2%

Among the Sleep: Enhanced Edition is a new and improved version of the award winning first person horror adventure. In the game you play as a small child trapped in a weird nightmare where you go looking for your mom.

Why similar: Horror 53.3%, Survival Horror 13.1%, First-Person 9.1%, Atmospheric 9%, Stealth 5.8%

The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.

Why similar: Survival Horror 41.8%, Horror 26.3%, Survival 8.1%, Atmospheric 7.3%, Female Protagonist 5.2%

Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.

Why similar: Horror 36.2%, Stealth 18.7%, Survival Horror 13.2%, Atmospheric 12.1%, Great Soundtrack 5.4%

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Dear Esther comes a new first-person horrorgame that will drag you to the depths of greed, power and madness. It will bury its snout into your ribs and it will eat your heart.

Why similar: Horror 58.4%, Survival Horror 16.5%, First-Person 8.4%, Atmospheric 7.6%, Psychological Horror 5.1%

Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.

Why similar: Survival Horror 37.6%, Horror 28.4%, Atmospheric 10.5%, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Great Soundtrack 9.1%

A first-person, story-driven psychological horror game based on the cinematic lore of the Blair Witch. Explore the haunted grounds of the Black Hills Forest in a harrowing investigation that forces you to confront the evil that resides deep in the woods.

Why similar: Horror 39.5%, Survival Horror 19.3%, First-Person 10.6%, Psychological Horror 9.4%, Survival 7.2%

Welcome to Circus Baby's Pizza World, where family fun and interactivity go beyond anything you've seen at those *other* pizza places! Now hiring: Late night technician. Must enjoy cramped spaces and be comfortable around active machinery. Not responsible for death or dismemberment.

Why similar: Horror 32.3%, Survival Horror 31.9%, First-Person 10.2%, Survival 8.9%, Difficult 6.4%

A survival horror game where light is scarier than darkness. Use your radar and other tools to stay out of the light, sneak around dangers, explore the quarantined ship, and find a way to escape. But be careful, monsters are hunting you and are aware of your every mistake!

Why similar: Survival Horror 18.4%, Stealth 15.9%, Aliens 13.9%, Space 11.8%, Horror 11%

A third‑person psychological horror game where you explore both the real world and the spirit realm. As a medium drawn to a deserted resort, you’ll uncover dark secrets, confront echoes of trauma, and face the consequences of seeing more than one truth.

Why similar: Horror 39.5%, Female Protagonist 19.4%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Psychological Horror 9%, Great Soundtrack 7.7%

Hinako's hometown is engulfed in fog, driving her to fight grotesque monsters and solve eerie puzzles. Uncover the disturbing beauty hidden in terror.

Why similar: Survival Horror 33.6%, Horror 28.3%, Female Protagonist 15.2%, Psychological Horror 8.7%, Atmospheric 6.4%

Thirty years after Freddy Fazbear's Pizza closed it's doors, the events that took place there have become nothing more than a rumor and a childhood memory, but the owners of "Fazbear's Fright: The Horror Attraction" are determined to revive the legend and make the experience as authentic as possible for patrons, going to great l

Why similar: Horror 32.5%, Survival Horror 28.4%, First-Person 9.1%, Survival 8.6%, Difficult 7.1%

MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.

Why similar: Horror 29.4%, Survival Horror 25%, Stealth 8.9%, Survival 8.5%, First-Person 8.4%

Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival.

Why similar: Aliens 22.7%, Horror 17.4%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Female Protagonist 9.6%, First-Person 7.6%