Alien is a fiction species and takes place in most of Science-fiction video games where they act as the antagonist. Most of the games, the alien species are planning to conquer the world for resources and other valuables. They are intelligent life-form and struggle to enslave the humanity, threaten the environment and destroy the planets. In these games, the player assumes the role of the hero, who must establish his team of soldiers, or play alone against an alien with a task to defend the humanity and save the day by defeating the aliens. Alien games use the mission-based system represented from an isometric, third-person or first-person perspective. Many of Alien games are turn-based tactical, where the player has to create a team of survivors, equip them with advanced weapons and technology, and play against Aliens in a turn-based system. In some games, the player needs to us his ultimate powers to defeat the antagonist and save the captured aliens. Aliens are the intelligent life forms that lie outside the planet Earth’s boundaries populated the galaxy.

23 Best Alien Games for Xbox 360

#1 Crysis

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Crysis, First person shooter is an outstanding production of Crytek Studios played mostly on Xbox, PlayStation and Pc. This game revolves around the Alien invasion that almost totally devastated the Earth. With a bunch of Sequels it has now reached to the Latest version of the game Called Crysis Trilogy. Crysis Trilogy takes us further into the whole new world of rivalry in between Humans and Aliens and offers a unique experience of graphics. Crysis kicks off with the discovery of a massive ancient structure hidden deep into the mountains of the fictitious Lingshen Islands situated near the east coast of Philippines. The game allows you to wear on the role of Jake Dunn, a U.S. Army Delta Force operative known as the “Nomad”. Crysis offers a number of advanced weapons and other gear such as the “NanoSuit” for you to lace up your character with and go hunt down the enemies. The game tasks you to fight against two major enemies at the same time such as the North Korean forces and Aliens both opposing you for the Alien Structure discovered recently. Your task is to stop the enemy’s infiltration into key areas of the world, save the alien structure and your fellow officials. Crysis offers various modernistic weapons, military grade vehicles such as Humvees, Jet Aircraft, Excavators, Forklifts etc. as well as a multiplayer mode in which you can play with up to 32 players in Co-Op mode and fight the enemies as teams. Crysis offers a brilliant storyline along with a hardcore action and thrill filled gameplay and state of the art visuals.

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#2 Saints Row 4

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Saints Row 4, is an open world Action-Adventure, Sci-Fi, RPG and third person shooter video game. Saints Row 4 kicks off from where the Saints Row: The Third concluded. Third Street Gang’s Boss becomes the president of U.S and changes everything. The gangs, defeated by Third Street Saints are now forming alliances and an alien invasion is just about to happen. The protagonist multiplies his efforts with the Third Street Saints to act rationally and killing all the enemies for the sake of United States and the Third Street Gang. After a long lasting war with the aliens and the rival gangs combined, the President (Third Street Saints Boss) confronts Zinyak and kills him in the end of a bloody battle and moves towards the alliance of the Gangs of Steelport, eradicates them with all his might and man power and conquers the Zin forces. After the surrender of the Zin forces, the Boss becomes their new leader, acquires the Zin Time Trave Device and restores the order in present by going to the past and correcting all the errors. Zin invasion never happens and the gangs never show up on the surface of the earth, only Third Street Saints rules as a unanimous power and the boss still becomes the president of United States.

#3 Borderlands

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Borderlands, developed by Gearbox Software, Demiurge Studios and Feral Interactive is an amazingly Action-Packed First Person Shooter (FPS), Action-Adventure and Multiplayer Co-Op video game. Set on a planet named Pandora, Borderlands tells the story of an ancient alien Vault full with advanced technology and weapons, hidden beneath the surface of the planet. A mega Corporation named Dahl gets in conflict with Atlas Corporation over the vault and soon after taking huge damage, the Atlas Corporation leaves the planet due to the hazards connected to the alien wildlife that started getting conscious after a long lasting Hibernation. The Dahl Corporation settles up and assigns a Xeno-Archeologist named Patricia Tannis who after a great effort, finds the location of the Vault. Atlas Corporation gets aware of the development and sends down The Crimson Lance (a private Military Force) to capture Patricia and get the vault’s location. Meanwhile the Atlas Corporation Invasion and Alien Wildlife devastates the planet and Dahl Corporation along with its operatives and the rich leave the planet. The rest of the population gets left behind to scavenge in isolated settlements and wastelands. The story continues… Borderlands is a superbly cool Video game that lets you choose between four main player characters, who possess unique skills and are highly customizable. With a lot of futuristic weapons, advanced tactics, superbly embedded and quite hardcore action and thrill packed game-play and a great storyline, this game is a blast. Do give it a try if you haven’t yet and enjoy the ultimate fun.

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#4 Castle Crashers

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Castle Crashers is a 2D Action-Adventure, RPG, Hack and Slash and Beat ‘em’ Up video game by The Behemoth. The game is set in a Fictitious Medieval Era Kingdom and lets you be the Ultimate Savior who frees the Kidnapped Princesses and kills the Evil Magician by the use of his bravery, Sword and intuition. The game takes place in a fictional Medieval Era in a Medieval Universe and it kicks off with the Four brave Knights attending a party, in King’s massive Castle where the evil dark Wizard arrives and steals the Mystical Gem and kidnaps the Princess. As the most Brave and courageous beings, The Kings sends the Knights to rescue the Princess and to retrieve the Gem. According to the storyline, your ultimate goal is to find and defeat the Dark Wizard along with his minions and monster legions. Now in order to complete the game objectives, you must gather your team, go hunt down the bizarre and brutal Cyclops, a strange cat-fish and all the aliens. With a very involving story, epic gameplay, loads of enemies and all the monster fighting fun, Castle Crashers is one amazing Action-RPG video game to play and enjoy.

#5 Gears of War

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Gears of War is 2006 Hit Action-Adventure, Military Themed Third person Shooter video game by Epic Games. Gears of War is the very first game in the series and is set on a planet named Sera where the protagonist Marcus Fenix is destined to save the humanity from the the Locust Horde. Gears of War offers amazingly blasting game-play and allows you to engage yourself into the most epic encounters against the enemy and hardcore action in a militaristic approach. The game offers a Resident Evil series games like gameplay and mechanics along with the Over Shoulder perspective etc. Gears of War lets you control only four weapons at once and allows you to use them against the enemies and bosses. Gears of War offers a Campaign mode in which you can take part in Co-Op mode or simply follow the game objectives and complete them. In Multiplayer mode you can team up with up to eight people and go hunt down the enemies. Gears of War also offers modes such as Warzone, Execution, deathmatch, King of the Hill, Anex etc. where you can control whole team of skilled individuals and defeat the enemies at any cost. Some of the coolest features of Gears of War are the Brilliant new AI, NPCs and other characters etc, along with a challenging and quite exciting gameplay and an epic storyline.

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#6 Alien: Isolation

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Alien: Isolation is one of the best Action-Adventure and Horror-Survival, Stealth and Shooter video game. The game offers a similar gaming experience to System Shock 2 video game and allows you to be the protagonist Amanda Ripley who embarks on a journey to find her mother Ellen Ripley and on her way to the secrets, she encounters the otherworldly aliens, engages into amazing combats with them on a space station named as Sevastopol. She gets trapped on the station and the only way out is to fight all the aliens, kill them using the advanced tech weapons and gadgets, eventually complete the game objectives. Alien: Isolation offers a huge arsenal of weapons at your disposal, a wonderful setting and story-line along with brilliant visuals and an addictive game-play to enjoy.

#7 Serious Sam

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Serious Sam is an Episodic Action, First-person Shooter video game by Croteam. The game consists of two main Episodes named as Serious Sam: First Encounter and Serious Sam: Second Encounter and offers an Extremely Action and Thrill-packed game-play in which your task is to kill the frequently spawned enemies (Soldiers, Giant Robots and Suicide Bombers etc.), jump and strafe your way through their projectiles, bullets and blasts etc. and survive using your stealth skill and tactics.Your ultimate goal is to find and eliminate the rogue Alien lord who wants to destroy the humanity and the world around them. In order to complete the objectives, you’ll have to dodge enemy fire, encounter the waves of creatures running towards you, eliminate them all by using all the available guns and other weapons, Strafe and jump and keep an eye on your health in order to boost it when it nears the end, pick up all the power-ups and upgrades as you rush to the enemies, double up your impact and clear the episode with minimum damage in order to move to the next level of the game. With a high-paced combat, hardcore action and thrill Serious Sam offers you a chance to enjoy Arena-based combats, and enjoy killing all the extra terrestrial enemies. With multiple game environments, co-operative game-play support, fantastic visuals and all the wonderful stuff, Serious Sam is a classic FPS video game to play and enjoy.

#8 XCOM: Enemy Unknown

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a Military Themed Tactical and Turn-Based RTS (Real Time Strategy) and MMO, Role Playing video game set in an era of Global Alien Invasion. The game is developed by Firaxis Games and allows you to control a technically advanced organization named as XCOM and defend the Earth. You are tasked to lead your troops in the field, fight off and capture the aliens, Build research labs, develop new technologies using alien technology, expand your Organization’s operations, manage XCOM’s assets, monitor alien activities and respond to wherever your assistance is required. XCOM: Enemy Unknown is an outstanding strategy video game with a lot of campaigns, action packed game-play, sleek and state of the art Graphics, great cinematic animations, a lot of fun filled mini games etc. XCOM: Enemy Unknown offers an amazing standalone expansion named XCOM: Enemy Within that adds tons of new stuff (Weapons, new missions, more upgrade options etc.) to the main game. XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a great MMO and Strategy video game to play and enjoy. Do try it out.

#9 Defiance

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Defiance is a super cool Free-to-play MMO Third-person Shooter and a Multiplayer Co-Op video game. The game lets you be an alien technology hunter who goes out on some thrilling missions to eliminate the alien enemies and seize their tech. Defiance is set on the transformed Earth and lets you play and enjoy the most epic gameplay ever in which you can team up with a lot of other online players from around the world. Defiance is based on a T.V show of the same name and offers characters from the show as well. It offers a great MMO gameplay and objective-based story, great visuals, cool upgrades, DLC and a lot of other great things. In general, Defiance is one of the best MMO Shooting games and it will definitely entertain you well.

#10 Anomaly: Warzone Earth

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Anomaly: Warzone Earth is another great combination of Strategy, Action and Tower Defense elements that tasks you with saving Earth from invading aliens. With a hold on most of the planet, aliens are occupying earth swiftly so you must act fast, make strategies, build towers, deploy weapons and kill them all before it’s too late. In order to defeat the enemies, you must lead your troops and deploy them strategically in every corner of the planet, use your special abilities, think fast and win the epic tactical battles to throw the aliens out of Earth. With an innovative and immersive game-play, amazing visuals and brilliant storyline, Anomaly: Warzone Earth is a masterpiece. Do give it a try.

#11 Aliens vs. Predator

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Most of you would be familiar with Aliens vs. Predator movie series. This brilliant Action-Adventure, Shooter, Thriller, Stealth and Horror-Survival video game is based on a movie of the same name and offers a Sci-Fi environment. The game kicks off with you spawned in a jungle where your task is to survive by hunting the hunters, going through deep swamps in a dark jungle shooting your way through hordes of Alien creatures. Being a United States Marine, you are the only hope for world, so you must be well equipped with state of the art weaponry and skills that are needed to survive. Rival aliens are one of worst ever species and killing them is not so easy, so you must use your unique stealth abilities, prey on your targets and shoot them down before they attack you. With a terrifying environment, claustrophobic feelings, harshest paths and loads of alien species, Aliens vs. Predator is one of the best Sci-Fi Action-Adventure games ever created. Aliens vs. Predator offers a well-written story, clean and Ultra-HD visuals and a thrilling game-play to enjoy.

#12 Aliens: Colonial Marines

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Aliens: Colonial Marines sets you up as a US Colonial Marine who along with his friends is known as the badass killer ever. Talking about the game, Aliens: Colonial Marines is set in space where the long lasting Xeno Infestation is breathing it’s last airs, thanks to the U.S. Colonial Marines but a large number of Xeno operatives are taking refuge in remote areas of the land and hence, once again your skilled services are required to clean them up. Are you ready to get yourself into an amazingly fast-paced Action and thrill filled environment? Well if you are then you must know that Aliens: Colonial Marines allows you to use amazing amounts of blasting weapons, stealth tactics and all. Aliens: Colonial Marines offers wonderfully charged game-play that will definitely change the way you look at Action-Adventure games. Try it out as and you’ll surely be a fan of this brilliant game.

#13 Alien Rage

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Alien Rage is a Sci-Fi FPS and RPG video game that lets you experience beautiful old school aesthetics and allows you to engage yourself into the thrilling battles against the aliens who have attacked the earth. By the use of sophisticated and futuristic weaponry, advanced skills and war tactics, your task is to get into the hardcore battles and eliminate the alien enemies, confiscate their tech and destroy their posts to save the world. With a unique blend of Action, RPG and Shooting elements, Alien Rage offers an immersive game-play, enhanced visuals and a well-written storyline. Try it out and you’ll love it for sure.

#14 War of the Monsters

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War of the Monsters is an Action, Fighting, 3D, Single and Multiplayer video game created by Incognito Entertainment and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The game takes place in the aftermath of an alien faction where their giant monsters battling against each other in various city environment. There are different types of monsters such as Congar, Ultra-V, Robo-47, Togera, Kineticlops, etc. The player assume the role of the giant monster and his main task is to fight against other monsters and defeat them in one-on-one structure round. The game uses third-person perspective and the player can use his monster’s unique abilities, combo style, and special moves to take down his opponent. The monster can use different objects such as vehicles, steel girders, and rubbles to damage his competitor. The game offers fully destructible environment and includes core features such as lots of Levels, Unique Abilities, Superb Mechanics, Attractive Visual Details, etc. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

#15 Earth Defense Force 2025

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Earth Defense Force 2025 is an Action, Third-person Shooter, Single and Multiplayer video game created by Sandlot for PlayStation and Xbox. There are four character classes, and the player can select one of them to get into the game fictional world. According to the story, the world is invaded by the alien faction and the player can take on the role of the protagonist, an EDF soldier to defend the world. There are a massive variety of weapons such as Rifles, Leaser gun, Rocket Launcher, Grenades, tools and armors and uses a third-person view for exploration. It takes place in an open environment and includes a variety of levels. The player can use at least two primary weapons in each level and his main aim to protect the world from alien and earn experience points to unlock further content. Modern weapons are dropped by the alien after destroyed for players. The game becomes challenging as the player gain experience. Earth Defense Force 2025 offers key features such as lots of weapons, a variety of levels, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

#16 Halo 3

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Halo 3 is a First-person Shooter, Single and Multiplayer video game created by Bungie and published by Microsoft Game Studios. It is the third entry in the long-running series of Halo. The story revolves around between two factions such as Human and mysterious alien Races known as Covenant. The player can take on the role of the protagonist known as Master Chief who is a super soldier. There are different types of military vehicles and weapons to use. Most of the part of the game focuses on Shooting and little segment focuses on vehicular combat. The protagonist is armed with primary weapons and a little pistol as well as grenades and can use the melee attack and weapons. It has a variety of levels based on combat against alien races. He can explore the fictional world fight against aliens using weapons and defeat them to earn experience points that can be used to unlock other features, vehicles, and missions. Halo 3 offers exciting features, superb gameplay, and brilliant story. Try it out and you’ll enjoy it.

#17 Halo: Combat Evolved

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Halo: Combat Evolved is a First-person Shooter (FPS), Sci-fi, Single and Multiplayer video game developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft Game Studios. It is the first entry in the franchise of Halo. The game takes place in the fictional 26th century and lets the player assume the role of the protagonist named Master Chief who is a soldier. He is accompanied by an Artificial Intelligence character named Cortana. The ultimate goal is to explore the game world, fight against aliens and unearth the secrets of the world. Halo: Combat Evolved is mainly focused on combat in a massive environment that is the view from the first-person perspective. The game turns into TPS (Third-person Perspective) during the use of a vehicle. The character is equipped with an energy shield and a set of weapons that he can use to take down enemies. Halo: Combat Evolved offers enhanced mechanics, addictive gameplay, brilliant controls, and environments. Try it out.

#18 Destroy All Humans!

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Destroy All Humans! is an Action-Adventure, Open World, Third-person Shooter and Single-player video game released by Pandemic Studios for PlayStation and Xbox. The game takes place in the fictional world of the United States in the historical year in 1959 and casts you in the role of the protagonist named as Cryptosporidium 137, a soldier of an alien race known as the Furon. The protagonist has sent to the Planet Earth to harvest the DNA from humans and continue the experiment to create clones of his species. It offers an open environment populated with human and your ultimate task is to fight against humans, smash them to harvest their DNA and fulfill your missions to progress through the game. Your character can run, jump and shoot at the human from a third-person view. Collect the brain after killing the target and explore the world freely to accomplish your tasks. Avoid police who chases you to kill down to protect their people. It offers the similar gameplay to Grand Theft Auto Series. With prominent features, addictive gameplay, and brilliant mechanics Destroy All Humans! is the best game to play.

#19 Duke Nukem Forever

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Duke Nukem Forever developed by 3D Realms and published by 2K Games is a Single and Multiplayer First-person Shooter video game available to play on Multiple platforms. It is the sequel to the Duke Nukem 3D released in 1996 as an exciting installment of the long-running series named Duke Nukem. The game takes place in the fictional world invaded by aliens. The story centers on the protagonist who must come out of his retirement and have to fight against aliens when they start capturing the Earth’s Woman. Take on the role of the protagonist named Duke Nukem and explore the world from the first-person perspective and accomplish a set of levels. You can interact with different objects including urinals, water coolers, white boards, which enable you to draw your images. As the game proceed, it becomes challenging. Navigate the world, fight against aliens, collect power-ups and earn experience that you can use to upgrade your weapons. Duke Nukem Forever offers prominent features such as Variety of Missions, Multiplayer mode, World Interactivity, and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

#20 Duke Nukem 3D

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Duke Nukem 3D is a Single and Multiplayer First-person Shooter video game developed by 3D Realms and published by GT Interactive. It is the sequel to the Duke Nukem and Duke Nukem II games released by Ed Realms. The game takes place in the fictional Planet Earth threatened by an alien faction. It casts you in the role of the protagonist named as Duke Nukem and the story revolves around his efforts, as he attempts to battle against an alien invasion to protect his world. The game offers the similar gameplay to Doom, and introduces a variety of levels filled with enemies and aliens. Your character is armed with weapons and equipment that he can use to protect himself from alien attack and can use pistol and rifles to defeat the enemies. You can interact with objects, NPCs to fulfill your tasks. In the game, you can use shrink rays, rocket launcher, chain gun, land missiles, etc. to dominate the playfield. Duke Nukem 3D offers core features such as five new Episodes, Challenging Missions, lots of Weapons, and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

#21 Shoot 1UP

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Shoot 1UP combines the elements of Shoot ‘em Up, Action and 2D produced and published by Mommy’s Best Games for Windows and Xbox. The game takes place in the sci-fi-themed world invaded by an alien faction. You can assume the role of the hero, who must explore the world, encounter aliens and wipe out them from his homeland to save his people. You can pilot a spacecraft equipped with weapons that can be used against foes to destroy their planes. There are a variety of levels, and each level needs a completion of individual objectives to progress. As the game progresses, other ships instantly unlock to command. Control up to thirty ships simultaneously and command them to destroy the enemy races to bring back your homeland from their custody. Explore the environment from a top-down perspective, and collect enough experience points to advance in the game. Shoot 1UP offers core features such as Unlockable Achievements, Manic Shooting, various Ships, Trading Cards, and more. Try it out.

#22 The Bureau: XCOM Declassified

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The Bureau: XCOM Declassified is an Action-Adventure, Third-person Shooter and Single-player video game for hardcore players created by 2K Marin and published by 2K Games. It is the fantastic sci-fi title in the series of XCOM and offers tactical shooter gameplay with an emphasis on team-based tactics. You assume the role of the main hero, an agent named as William Carter, who must command two other agents in each mission. The protagonist has multiple abilities such as lifting enemies, healing his squad and summoning combat. Other agents are split into four categories such as Engineer, Recon, Commando, and Support. Each category has a set of weapons and powers. The game takes place in the historical year 1962, during the cold war between the Soviet Union and the United States. You have to control your character and explore the world from a third-person perspective, use a variety of weapons and struggle to complete several missions to earn points. Use your points to unlock further content in the game and dominate the battlefield. With improved mechanics, graphic details, smooth controls, realistic sound effects, The Bureau: XCOM Declassified is the best game for players who love playing shooting games.

#23 XCOM: Enemy Within

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XCOM: Enemy Within is a Downloadable Content Pack for the XCOM: Enemy Unknown released for multiple platforms developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K Games. The DLC pack introduces new gameplay elements, as well as features new themes of transhumanism. The gameplay and plot remain the same like the original title with some extra features. In the game, the player needs to manage the headquarters of XCOM in real-time, but most of the gameplay comprises turn-based combats against rogue human faction and invading aliens. The game includes the Meld (the new resource), the player must lead his army to fight enemies while securing Meld. Single-player campaign consists of forty-seven maps and introduces thirteen maps in multiplayer mode. XCOM: Enemy Within offers core features such as New Soldier Abilities, New Equipment, and Weapons, Strategic Resources, Multiplayer (Maps, Units, and Abilities), etc. Try it out, and you’ll love it.