About
Alien: Isolation came out on October 6, 2014 for PC, then for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One on October 7, 2014 and for Linux on September 29, 2015. On Steam, 93% of 48,943 player reviews are positive (Very Positive). 419 people are playing it on Steam right now, with a peak of 995 in the last 30 days. It is Verified on Steam Deck. The main story takes about 21 hours, doing everything about 32 hours.
Alien: Isolation is a survival horror game based on the Alien franchise. As Amanda Ripley, daughter of Ellen Ripley, you will navigate through an increasingly volatile world as you find yourself confronted on all sides by a panicked population and an unpredictable Alien. You must scavenge resources, improvise solutions and use your wits, not just to succeed in your mission but to simply stay alive. In addition to the main story mode there's Survivor mode in which the player needs to escape from a specially designed map fulfilling secondary objectives along the way, while being aggressively hunted by the alien. This mode includes online leaderboards.
Story
Fifteen years after the events of Alien, Ellen Ripley’s daughter Amanda enters a desperate battle for survival on a mission to unravel the truth behind her mother's disappearance.
What is happening now
Alien: Isolation is a survival horror stealth game set in the Alien universe, following Amanda Ripley as she navigates encounters with the franchise's signature xenomorph threat. Released in 2014, the game found critical acclaim for its tense, deliberately-paced approach to the license. A sequel is now in development at Creative Assembly, arriving roughly a decade after the original. The studio's creative and animation directors have discussed the extended gap between entries, while coverage also explores how the sequel might build on Amanda Ripley's established story. The franchise's long history with interactive media has come under renewed examination as well, with retrospectives on earlier Alien games underscoring how the property has shaped survival horror experiences across different eras.
How long to beat Alien: Isolation
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Media
Releases
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PC and Steam Deck
Steam store pageSteam Deck: Verified works great out of the box
Requirements and Deck status as listed on Steam, checked Oct 31, 2026.
Alien: Isolation player count
concurrent players on SteamPlayers counted on Steam every one to six hours; the daily peak is the highest count of the day.
Alien: Isolation achievements
50 achievements on SteamRarest
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