Alien: Isolation (2014)
It’s kind of wild that it took so long for a studio to make a horror game based on the Alien IP. You have a monstrous killer alien that can sneak around and pick you off in the shadows and a universe filled with grimy, cramped space stations. There isn’t a more perfect setup for a survival horror game out there. Thankfully, in 2014 Creative Assembly and Sega finally gave us the super scary Alien horror game we’d been missing.
Creeping around a (nearly) empty space station, all alone, while being hunted endlessly by an unstoppable xenomorph is one of the most terrifying things I’ve ever done in a video game. Plus, while it has some connections to the franchise, newcomers to Alien can enjoy it without checking a wiki. And with the recent news that we’re finally getting a sequel, it’s a perfect time to play Alien: Isolation and learn just how scary one alien can be. — Zack Zwiezen
