14 Best NEW Alien Games of 2024

ALIENS!!!! We’re not saying it’s aliens…but it’s aliens. And these games featuring aliens are ones you might want to keep an eye on in 2024. That is if we actually see all of these games release in the 2024 calendar year.

Update: We will continue to update this list periodically throughout the year, so you will likely see some games removed or added. These games are not ranked in any particular order, as the focus here is to showcase titles we are excited to see hit the marketplace.

#14 Abiotic Factor

Man has always strived to learn more, dig deeper, and tap into the great unknown. An organization known as GATE was established to bring together the world’s greatest minds as they seek to tap into the realms beyond. However, disaster strikes and portals have opened up, leading enemies from other dimensions into our world. Trapped deep below the surface, players will have to work together to fend off the facility from these heinous beasts as they attempt to find a means of escape. 

#13 A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead

If you enjoyed the movies, then get ready to try and survive this world yourself in A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead. The game plays out very much the same as the films. Players are stepping into the role of a young woman trying to survive the new horrors of our world. These alien creatures are lurking about, and their way of locating their prey is sound. So, as you attempt to make it another day, you must remain silent. If you can do that, you might just stand a chance of seeing tomorrow.

#12 The Thing: Remastered

If you’ve never seen The Thing movie, you’ve missed out on one of the biggest horror films of all time and, ironically, a video game that served as a sequel to it. Thankfully, Nightdive Studios is bringing it back with a shinier look via The Thing: Remastered.

In the game, you’ll play a special forces team who are sent to the infamous Outpost 31 to try and figure out what happened to the scientists that were killed by the monster within. Soon, the monster takes the form of one of your team, and you have to work through 20 levels of terror and monsters to try and survive it! Good luck with that.

#11 Starminer

You might think you know what Starminer is based on the game’s title, but it’s more nuanced than that. Yes, you will be a mercenary who gets his own ship that will be able to mine planets for resources. You’ll also get to build up a fleet of ships so you can get even more profit and do bigger missions for better rewards.

The twist is two-fold. First, the game has a full-on physics-focused gameplay loop where you’ll need to be careful how you fly your ship if you want it to survive.

Second, if you take too many resources, you’ll get seen by the ALIENS!!!! Then, you’ll be fighting them off to keep your crafts alive.

#10 Project Mist

In most games that have aliens, you’re given a specific task to complete and typically have to befriend or fight the aliens to do this task. However, in Project Mist, things are looking to be rather different than you would expect.

In this case, you’ll find yourself on a mysterious island where nothing is what it seems. From the moment you drop down on it, you have total freedom over what to do next. Your ultimate goal is survival, but how you do that is up to you. Wield a powerful gravity gun, build up a base, defend it against threats, and explore the island to try and learn more about it.

What else is waiting for you beyond the mist? You’ll find out…

#9 They Are Here: Alien Abduction Horror

There are many alien abduction stories as of late in the world of entertainment, and They Are Here: Alien Abduction Horror will add to that list. In the game, you’ll play a journalist named Taylor Fox. They were invited out to a farm where “strange events” keep happening to the family who lives there.

What starts out as a journey for answers will soon become a fight for survival. You’ll wander around the farm, getting clues and slowly unraveling what’s going on in this place.

Plus, if you want to get a taste of the game before you buy it, you can get the available free demo.

#8 Level Zero

Welcome to the year 2058, where scientists attempt to reach a key destination, only to find that it’s been overrun by a pair of aliens that now want to kill them!

In Level Zero, you’ll either be the four scientists trying to repair things so they can get out alive, or you’ll be the two aliens trying to kill them. If you’re the scientists, you must use your wits and various light sources to keep the aliens at bay.

If you’re the aliens, you can use various abilities to try and get closer to the scientists so you can land the killing blow. Who will win? That’s up to you.

#7 Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor

Many of you will likely be familiar with the first part of this title because of the 4-person co-op game that was called that. But Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is a flip of the script, if you will, as you’ll play as a singular dwarf in this title and attempt to take on the hordes of monsters within the planet of Hoxxes. Oh, and you’ll be doing some mining while you do that.

While you may be alone, you won’t be unarmed. You’ll have plenty of weapons to use as you wipe out wave after wave of terrifying creatures. Do you think you can survive long enough to get out?

#6 Killer Klowns from Outer Space

Is there anything worse in this world than clowns? Yes, there is! It’s called Killer Klowns from Outer Space! This is real, for the record.

Based on the cult-classic movie, this asymmetrical horror/shooter title will have you playing as the literal Killer Klowns trying to take over a small town and abduct its population, or you’ll play as the people trying to save everyone and their homes. This 3v7 game will have challenging elements for both sides to overcome to win.

The humans have numbers, but their technology is weak. The Klowns have some powerful tech and powers, but they can be overwhelmed.

Pick the best strategy, and you might survive!

#5 Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

The role of a Space Marine is a simple yet difficult one. You are the ultimate weapon of the Imperium, and your Emperor sends you on missions to take out various threats within the cosmos that could affect your people.

You’ll face your most dangerous task in Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2! The forces of chaos are wiping out planets left and right, and soon, they’ll be turning their eyes to the Imperium’s homeworld. This cannot stand!

Wield your mighty weapons, team up with your fellow Space Marines, and bring true justice to the universe!

…that means killing everything in sight and doing it with extreme style. Just saying.

#4 Helldivers 2

While plenty of shooters are “out in the wild,” some know that gamers just want to take on massive aliens or monsters and blast them to kingdom come. Thankfully for you, HellDivers 2 has officially launched, and that’s what it will give you.

The game puts you as a soldier from Earth who is being given incredible weaponry to take down an alien menace. You’ll be paired with three others and need to work together to defeat the alien horde, save the day, and bring eternal glory to Earth!

The best part? The more you do, the more weapons you unlock and the more destruction you can unleash! What’s not to love?

#3 Destiny 2: The Final Shape

Destiny 2: The Final Shape is the next major DLC release. They’ve been cranking out DLC for it for years, so it will be interesting to see just what happens in this next chapter.

The Witness has gotten everything it wants to try and unleash its evil plan upon the galaxy, and you’re the only ones who can stop them once and for all. But if you think it’ll be an easy task, you haven’t been paying attention to everything that’s come before.

New powers, new worlds, and more await you when the DLC finally comes out. Our fingers are crossed we don’t see this DLC delayed again.

#2 Stellar Blade

Isn’t this always the way? That Earth inevitably creates something that’ll be its own undoing, and then we have to send someone down to try and fix our mistake? That’s what happens in Stellar Blade, and while the protagonist might be “stellar,” the things she faces are not.

Long story short, a mysterious set of creatures known as the Naytiba have come to Earth and almost wiped out the planet’s population. In desperation, the remaining remnants of humanity flew to a colony above the world. Years later, they’re ready to try and take the Earth back, and you’ll need to fight some very alien-like beings to do so.

However, in this version of the world, nothing is ever easy or basic. So be prepared for a fight…and some surprises.

#1 Star Wars Outlaws

Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, there were ALIENS!!!!! No, we’re not getting tired of that joke; why do you ask?

Star Wars Outlaws is the newest gaming entry in the beloved sci-fi franchise, but this time, it’s being crafted by Ubisoft. Set within the original trilogy, you’ll play Kay Vess, a young scoundrel who is trying to buy her way to freedom after ticking off a crime lord who is on the rise within the galaxy’s underground.

To do this, she’ll need to pull off a massive heist, explore worlds full of familiar and new characters, and survive the various bounties that are on her head!

That shouldn’t be too hard, right?