- Sega posts cryptic Alien: Isolation 2 teaser: 'A feeling of being safer than one really is' - 26 April 2026
Today, a teaser trailer called "False Sense Of Security" was posted by the Alien: Isolation YouTube account. An industrial door unlocks and opens into a gloomy, rainy cityscape, and the scene cuts to one of Isolation's emergency phone save points. It's hard to believe it's been 12 years since the first game scared the bejeezus out of most everyone who played it, but here we are with a sequel approaching rapidly in the year of our Lord 2026... Read more.
- Alien Isolation is way too long because its Xenomorph got way too smart: 'At the time it didn't seem that long' - 7 October 2025
lien Isolation is my favourite horror game, but it's too long and I think that opinion is near unanimous. When it feels like it's drawing to an end it just keeps going , and its protracted runtime is exacerbated by the fact that it's an unbearably tense experience. I adore this game, I swear I do, but boy could it have used a trim... Read more.
- Games of 2014 - Alien Isolation - 14 August 2025
The pitch read like an inevitable disaster: development studio known for only making RTS games to create a first-person horror with only one enemy, based on the film Alien. Not only that, but it was to release in the year following publisher Sega's last Aliens effort, the abysmal Colonial Marines. Things weren't looking good for Alien: Isolation. Creative Assembly absolutely pulled through, though. Alien: Isolation is a tense and terrifying triumph; an immersive trip into director Ridley Scott's 1979 vision of a cruel, industrial future. It is, without question, my favourite game of 2014. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Why Alien Isolation is one of the greatest PC games, and you should play it now Alien Isolation 2 is actually happening, already in early development Ten years on, Alien Isolation's biggest problem is its runtime
- To 'appease the people who thought the game was too long,' an Alien: Isolation modder trimmed the campaign length down to a svelte 46 seconds - 31 October 2024
Here at PC Gamer, we're willing to admit our admiration for those who can maintain a personal grudge for a decade or more. It's a rare dedication to the art of being a hater; keeping your contempt at a steady simmer for that long takes a lot of discipline. I'm not talking about the kind of curmudgeon who deals in cheap dunks. I'm talking about those who write negative Steam reviews after collecting 8,000 hours of evidence , or—in the case of Alien: Isolation modder Matt Filer—publish mods for a 10-year old game just to mock its reviews from 2014... Read more.
- Why Alien Isolation is one of the greatest PC games, and you should play it now - 8 October 2024
It's been ten years, but Alien Isolation 2 is actually in development. If you've played the original, this is the announcement you've both been waiting for and never thought would arrive - it's not quite up there, but after a decade, Alien Isolation 2 was at risk of gaining the same mythical status as Half-Life 3. If you haven't played the first Alien Isolation, however, today, right now, is the perfect time. On the surface it might seem similar to Amnesia, Outlast, and other run-and-hide horrors. In fact, it's something much more subtle and sophisticated, a unique balance of power and powerlessness that's unlike anything else on PC. Available now for very cheap, there's one thing that makes Alien Isolation superior to its horror game peers. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Alien Isolation 2 is actually happening, already in early development Ten years on, Alien Isolation's…
- Alien Isolation 2 is actually happening, already in early development - 7 October 2024
In any conversation about the best survival horror games ever, Alien Isolation should always get a mention. The game has just turned a decade old, and what better way to celebrate than by announcing that its long-awaited sequel is actually happening. Yes, Alien Isolation 2 is in development. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Alien Isolation 2 release date estimate and latest news
- In celebration of the 10th Anniversary a message from Creative Assembly - 7 October 2024
To our fans around the world: It’s hard to believe that it has been 10 years since we embarked on our journey with the release of ALIEN: ISOLATION. When we started developing ALIEN: ISOLATION, we had one guiding principle: to create a truly authentic experience that went back to the roots of the ALIEN franchise - a new story capturing the atmosphere and terror of the original 1979 movie masterpiece. It’s been nothing short of incredible to witness your passion for the game over the years and see it reach so many players around the world. Your boundless enthusiasm, excitement, screams (!) and steely courage in the face of cinema’s greatest killer, have been profoundly rewarding. Whether you’re a nightmare mode veteran or stepping into Amanda Ripley’s shoes for that thrilling first attempt (good luck!), we wanted to express our deep gratitude. It was a dream project brought to life by a b…
- Alien: Isolation is finally getting a sequel - 7 October 2024
With the 10th anniversary of the sci-fi horror masterwork Alien: Isolation upon us, creative director Al Hope has announced that the sequel fans have been pining for is finally going to happen... Read more.
- Alien: Isolation is my favourite horror game because it's taken me an entire decade to finish it - 7 October 2024
In this live service era, it's not that strange to spend years playing a single game, but alongside my various online timesinks there has been one anomaly: a staunchly singleplayer, offline horror game. Alien: Isolation just turned 10, and for this entire time I've been trying very hard to muster up the courage to finish it. After a decade of sweating and yelling I finally did it, only a couple of weeks ahead of Sunday's anniversary... Read more.
- Ten years on, Alien Isolation's biggest problem is its runtime - 23 August 2024
The appeal of tight, single-player games cannot be overstated; the type that stands the test of time, that you can revisit again and again, and that leaves an indelible impression after just a handful of hours of play. Early Resident Evil and Silent Hill, Max Payne, Portal - you know the ones. In fact, outside of megahits like Elden Ring, there seems to be a bit of open-world malaise setting in, opening up the door for shorter, stranger surprise hits like Crow Country and Dredge. For me, one game that has hammered home the importance of not overstaying your welcome is Alien Isolation . Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Alien Isolation's player count suddenly spikes on Steam One of the greatest horror games ever made is less than $10 right now Alien Day Steam sale drops prices on some real highs and lows
- Alien Isolation's player count suddenly spikes on Steam - 19 August 2024
I remember watching Felix 'PewDiePie' Kjellberg play Alien: Isolation as a kid. I wasn't allowed to play it because the movies terrified my mom and would therefore horrify me, so watching Pewds was as close as I got. It was like a delayed chorus; he'd scream, I'd scream, he'd scream, I'd close YouTube. Whether I knew it back then or not, Isolation had implanted a seed in me; one that would grow and entice me back to the eerie, abandoned halls of the Sevastopol again and again. It's been years since I played Isolation, but with the release of Alien: Romulus and a pretty hefty discount, I might just have to terrify myself all over again. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: One of the greatest horror games ever made is less than $10 right now Alien Day Steam sale drops prices on some real highs and lows Alien: Isolation mod adds "more aliens" to classic horror game
- Alien: Isolation under the microscope: an excerpt from new companion book Perfect Organism - 8 August 2024
In 2014, PC Gamer awarded horror adventure Alien: Isolation Game of the Year , praising its reactive AI and exhaustively faithful environmental design. At the time, staff writer Andy Kelly called it "probably the bravest, most subversive 'AAA' game of the year.".. Read more.
- One of the greatest horror games ever made is less than $10 right now - 25 April 2024
A decade ago, in 2014, Creative Assembly put out one of the best horror games ever made. Though the studio is known largely for its work on strategy games like the historical Total War: Pharaoh and Total War: Three Kingdoms alongside the fantasy themed Total War: Warhammer 3, its first stab at a first person horror game, Alien: Isolation , ended up as a landmark for the genre. Now, anyone who's eager to have their nerves shredded in a game of cat and mouse with a bloodthirsty xenomorph is in luck as Alien: Isolation has just received a steep discount on Steam. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Alien Day Steam sale drops prices on some real highs and lows Alien: Isolation mod adds "more aliens" to classic horror game Kitty mod makes Alien: Isolation the hardest horror game ever
- Teaser for the next Alien movie features a youthful cast and more facehuggers than you can shake an M41A Pulse Rifle at - 20 March 2024
Look, I won't go so far to say I'm a fan of the last couple of Alien movies—who could forgive the undodgeable space wheel or Michael Fassbender's "I'll do the fingering" line—but I am enough of an apologist to be excited about the next one. All of which is to say, hey, here's the first teaser trailer for Alien: Romulus, the next one, which arrives in theatres on August 16... Read more.
- Alien Isolation mod tools deliver Ridley Scott's original vision of a Xenomorph stalking Dust 2 - 27 April 2023
n extremely enterprising Alien: Isolation mod project, OpenCAGE, has released its latest set of tools for the game : And demonstrated just what a big deal this is by unimportant Counter-Strike's Dust 2 map into Alien: Isolation and releasing the relentless Xenomorph and some Working Joes to hunt the player down ( thanks, RPS ). Obviously one would hope to never meet an Alien anywhere, but a big open space where your only protection is wooden crates certainly doesn't seem ideal (though weirdly enough is basically a reduction of the unmade Alien 3 )... Read more.
- Alien Day Steam sale drops prices on some real highs and lows - 21 April 2023
Alien Isolation is an incredible example of how to perfectly capture the vibe of a beloved movie series and transform it into one of the best horror games in years. As Alien Day 2023 approaches, a celebratory Steam sale offers a big discount on Alien Isolation , along with similar deals on other hits, as well as some less-successful takes on the beloved space horror franchise. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Alien: Isolation mod adds "more aliens" to classic horror game Kitty mod makes Alien: Isolation the hardest horror game ever Summer GOG sale brings free games, Sega, and Alien Isolation
- Alien Isolation mod adds four more Aliens for some reason - 27 October 2022
In terms of games that hit the brief, Alien: Isolation is right up there. All you need for the best Alien game ever is a massive atmospheric space station, a few humans and androids, and one very deadly Alien hunting you from start-to-finish. With all that said, after the first movie the problem of a sequel came up and, as urban legend has it, James Cameron's solution was to go to the ideas board and simply add an "s" to "Alien"... Read more.
- Alien: Isolation mod adds "more aliens" to classic horror game - 26 October 2022
Alien: Isolation, the classic horror game from Total War developer Creative Assembly, has somehow gotten even harder, as a new mod adds "more aliens" as well as other terrifying features to the Ridley Scott film tie-in, just in time for Halloween. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Kitty mod makes Alien: Isolation the hardest horror game ever Summer GOG sale brings free games, Sega, and Alien Isolation Epic's next free games are a popular survival-horror game and a dungeon crawler
- Prey is the perfect blueprint for a killer Predator game - 9 August 2022
I'd suffered through too many bad Predator movies to get excited about Prey, but now I'm an evangelist spreading the good news: this is the best Predator movie since Arnie flexed his muscles in the jungle. It's striking but understated, leaving plenty of room between the lavish violence to build tension and develop not just Naru, played by the superb Amber Midthunder, but her alien adversary as well. And now that we've finally got another great Predator movie, wouldn't it be nice if we got a game to match?.. Read more.
- Summer GOG sale brings free games, Sega, and Alien Isolation - 6 June 2022
The GOG Summer Sale has kicked off and it's brought with a bunch of free games , a major publisher to the DRM-free line-up, and one of the best horror games on PC . Yes, Sega has finally joined the storefront, and it's brought with it an Alien Isolation GOG release - with more to come. The next big GOG sale has launched and runs from June 6 all the way to June 27, with the usual selection of great deals. GOG also confirms that there will be at least five separate game giveaways during the Summer Sale. You can pick up the classic horror adventure game Sanitarium right now to keep for free, as long as you grab it within 48 hours, and Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate is also free - and seemingly separate from the announced five. Perhaps the bigger news is that Sega is finally joining GOG.com. The Alien Isolation collection is its initial offering, which consists of the ultimate Alien game and…
