This is a chronological list of games in the '' Alien'', ''

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'' and '' Alien vs. Predator''

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horror franchises. There have been thirty-eight officially licensed

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s, one

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, and one tabletop

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released as tie-ins to the franchises. The first video game of the ''Alien'' franchise was released in 1982 for the

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, based on the 1979 film '' Alien''. Subsequent games were based on that film and its sequels '' Aliens'' (1986), ''

Alien 3 ''Alien 3'' (stylized as ''ALIEN3'') is a 1992 American science fiction horror film directed by David Fincher and written by David Giler, Walter Hill, and Larry Ferguson, from a story by Vincent Ward. Starring Sigourney Weaver reprising her ...

'' (1992), and ''

Alien Resurrection ''Alien Resurrection'' is a 1997 American science fiction horror film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, written by Joss Whedon, and starring Sigourney Weaver and Winona Ryder. It is the fourth installment of the ''Alien'' franchise, and was fi ...

'' (1997). The first video game in the ''Predator'' franchise was released in 1987, the same year as the ''

'' film on which it was based. Subsequent ''Predator'' games were based on that film and its sequels ''

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'' (1990) and ''

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'' (2010). The first game to cross the two franchises was ''Alien vs. Predator'', released in September 1993 and based on an earlier comic book series. Since then the characters and storylines of the two franchises have been officially crossed over in comic books, video games, and the feature films '' Alien vs. Predator'' (2004) and '' Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem'' (2007). To date, there have been seventeen officially licensed video games released in the ''Alien'' franchise, six in the ''Predator'' franchise, and fourteen in the ''Alien vs. Predator'' franchise. These have been created by various developers and released for a variety of platforms including

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s, and

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s. The ''Aliens vs. Predator Collectible Card Game'' published in 1997 and the ''Alien vs. Predator'' themed sets for ''

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'' released in 2006 are the only non-video games in the franchises. The stories of the games are set in a fictional universe in which alien races and species have dangerous conflicts with humans and with each other. The games pit human, Alien, and

characters against one another in various fights for survival. The settings of the games vary, with most of the stories taking place far in the future.

Video games

Titles released in the 1980s

Titles released in the 1990s

Titles released in the 2000s

Titles released in the 2010s

Titles released in the 2020s

Cancelled titles

Related titles

Card games

Board games

Role-playing games

Miniatures games

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