Games like Alien: Isolation
If you like Alien: Isolation (horror, stealth and sci-fi), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Amnesia: The Bunker
- In common: a challenge and exploring
When you want to be properly scared in a short adventure: a first playthrough takes around five or six hours.
SIGNALIS
- In common: exploring and story
When you want atmospheric, enigmatic horror best enjoyed in sessions of one or two hours.
Resident Evil 2
- In common: story and a challenge
- Difference: more action
When you have energy and fancy being scared in a campaign you can finish in about 8-10 hours.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
- In common: exploring and story
When you fancy being properly scared with the lights off, in hour-long sessions.
SOMA
- In common: exploring and story
- Difference: easier
When you want an unsettling sci-fi story that makes you think, in sessions of one or two hours.
In Sound Mind
- In common: exploring and story
- Difference: easier
When you fancy psychological horror in chapters: each tape lasts a couple of hours and has its own boss.
Little Nightmares
- Difference: easier
When you want an unsettling experience you can finish in one or two sessions.
BioShock™
- In common: exploring and story
- Difference: more action
When you want a story-driven campaign with an unsettling atmosphere and fights you can approach in many different ways.
A Plague Tale: Innocence
- In common: story
- Difference: easier
When you're in the mood for a linear, moving story over a few evenings: it lasts between 10 and 15 hours, across 17 chapters.
Resident Evil 4
- In common: a challenge
- Difference: more action
When you have energy and want an intense, varied campaign, more action than pure horror.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About Alien: Isolation
Amanda Ripley searches for her mother on a space station where a single, unkillable xenomorph hunts you with unpredictable artificial intelligence. Hiding in lockers has never been so terrifying.
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