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Alien: Isolation

Creative Assembly · SEGA · 2014-10-06

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Action

Franchise: Alien · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Sep 29, 2015 (Linux), Oct 27, 2015 (Mac), Dec 05, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 06, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 07, 2014 (PlayStation 3), Oct 07, 2014 (PlayStation 4)

Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.

Alien: Isolation is a 2014 Action game priced at $11.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive (93% of 66867 reviews) sentiment.

174
playing now
93%
positive of 67k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
7,197
twitch viewers (latest)
3598.5
viewers/channel (concentration)
86/100
critic score (19 outlets, IGDB)
85/100
IGDB user rating (709 ratings)
114
Nexus mods (311k downloads)
4.62★
PlayStation Store rating (40,635 ratings)
81/100
opencritic · strong · 76% recommend · from 121 critics
21h
to beat · completionist 32h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

174 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Alien: Isolation is a 2014 survival horror game developed by Creative Assembly and published by Sega for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. Based on the Alien film series, the game is set 15 years after the original 1979 film, and follows the engineer Amanda Ripley, voiced by Andrea Deck. Amanda investigates the disappearance of her mother, Ellen Ripley, aboard the space station Sevastopol, which is in disarray due to years of corporate negligence and the threat of a rampant alien creature. The game emphasizes stealth gameplay, requiring the player to avoid, outsmart, and fight enemies with an assortment of tools and weapons.

Trailer

Alien: Isolation trailer thumbnail

Alien: Isolation - Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 174 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,665 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~333/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 1.7M–4.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 67,190 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$11.99-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Humble Store (2020-04-26) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 93 of 149 observed days · $10.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.0k3.0k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 403 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 321 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,787 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 153 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2,975 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 231 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 901 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 861 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 548 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 543 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 780 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 754 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 547 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 447 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 363 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 374 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 361 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 362 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 367 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 316 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 672 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 548 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 844 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 443 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 417 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 392 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 378 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 368 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 398 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 359 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 424 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5871262026-09-15 11:00 — 158 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 372 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 242 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 216 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 469 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 222 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 126 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 290 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 268 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 215 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 288 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 234 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 132 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 268 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 497 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 242 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 239 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 394 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 290 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 283 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 587 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 340 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 174 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.6k131Oct 2014Aug 2026Oct 2014 — avg 2,553 · peak 8,456Feb 2015 — avg 380 · peak 924Jun 2015 — avg 445 · peak 1,403Oct 2015 — avg 298 · peak 1,063Feb 2016 — avg 349 · peak 949Jun 2016 — avg 247 · peak 928Oct 2016 — avg 222 · peak 473Feb 2017 — avg 463 · peak 1,409Jun 2017 — avg 278 · peak 629Oct 2017 — avg 261 · peak 752Feb 2018 — avg 190 · peak 428Jun 2018 — avg 176 · peak 419Oct 2018 — avg 192 · peak 643Feb 2019 — avg 194 · peak 468Jun 2019 — avg 147 · peak 289Oct 2019 — avg 148 · peak 354Feb 2020 — avg 148 · peak 304Jun 2020 — avg 452 · peak 844Oct 2020 — avg 504 · peak 1,495Feb 2021 — avg 252 · peak 471Jun 2021 — avg 184 · peak 382Oct 2021 — avg 207 · peak 533Feb 2022 — avg 189 · peak 398Jun 2022 — avg 173 · peak 349Oct 2022 — avg 256 · peak 573Feb 2023 — avg 159 · peak 326Jun 2023 — avg 143 · peak 295Oct 2023 — avg 184 · peak 472Feb 2024 — avg 143 · peak 302Jun 2024 — avg 187 · peak 396Oct 2024 — avg 670 · peak 1,713Feb 2025 — avg 219 · peak 484Jun 2025 — avg 209 · peak 434Oct 2025 — avg 324 · peak 725Feb 2026 — avg 235 · peak 513Jun 2026 — avg 400 · peak 931Aug 2026 — avg 298 · peak 714
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
32322026-09-232026-10-132026-09-23: 13 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-24: 7 new positive2026-09-26: 32 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-28: 15 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 14 new positive2026-09-29: 3 new negative2026-10-01: 18 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 30 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 11 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 16 new positive2026-10-07: 3 new negative2026-10-09: 14 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new negative2026-10-10: 10 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 12 new positive2026-10-11: 3 new negative2026-10-12: 9 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new negative2026-10-13: 8 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$56.95$0.002015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $24.992015-04-17 — best price $10.442015-07-16 — best price $12.492015-11-30 — best price $16.912016-02-19 — best price $10.742016-06-09 — best price $12.502016-09-21 — best price $49.992017-01-02 — best price $39.992017-04-14 — best price $10.002017-08-09 — best price $39.992017-11-17 — best price $39.992018-02-20 — best price $9.992018-06-02 — best price $35.992018-10-19 — best price $39.802019-03-25 — best price $35.992020-04-11 — best price $39.992020-07-24 — best price $36.792020-10-13 — best price $31.912020-12-11 — best price $31.882021-02-18 — best price $31.882021-04-17 — best price $31.882021-06-14 — best price $9.992022-03-29 — best price $35.992022-09-26 — best price $39.992023-01-02 — best price $7.992023-04-24 — best price $6.392023-08-21 — best price $39.992024-02-13 — best price $35.892024-07-26 — best price $7.202024-12-12 — best price $9.992025-04-24 — best price $6.782025-08-26 — best price $9.992026-01-08 — best price $39.992026-04-11 — best price $39.992026-08-10 — best price $31.492026-09-23 — best price $39.992026-10-14 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5.0k4662026-05-30 — 590 pageviews2026-06-03 — 691 pageviews2026-06-07 — 3,400 pageviews2026-06-11 — 2,230 pageviews2026-06-15 — 1,097 pageviews2026-06-19 — 730 pageviews2026-06-23 — 682 pageviews2026-06-27 — 648 pageviews2026-07-01 — 630 pageviews2026-07-05 — 699 pageviews2026-07-09 — 704 pageviews2026-07-13 — 650 pageviews2026-07-17 — 588 pageviews2026-07-21 — 566 pageviews2026-07-25 — 578 pageviews2026-07-29 — 621 pageviews2026-08-02 — 580 pageviews2026-08-06 — 466 pageviews2026-08-10 — 570 pageviews2026-08-14 — 1,854 pageviews2026-08-18 — 584 pageviews2026-08-22 — 696 pageviews2026-08-26 — 765 pageviews2026-08-30 — 979 pageviews2026-09-03 — 679 pageviews2026-09-07 — 758 pageviews2026-09-11 — 620 pageviews2026-09-15 — 558 pageviews2026-09-19 — 622 pageviews2026-09-23 — 801 pageviews2026-09-27 — 727 pageviews2026-10-01 — 640 pageviews2026-10-05 — 724 pageviews2026-10-08 — 801 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

8.3k3212026-10-01 09:12 — 1,820 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 2,552 viewers2026-10-02 07:34 — 2,006 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 3,001 viewers2026-10-03 19:12 — 7,146 viewers2026-10-04 01:34 — 3,154 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 1,635 viewers2026-10-04 13:34 — 2,027 viewers2026-10-04 17:12 — 7,861 viewers2026-10-04 22:12 — 6,453 viewers2026-10-05 11:34 — 1,229 viewers2026-10-05 17:34 — 1,409 viewers2026-10-05 23:34 — 1,509 viewers2026-10-06 05:34 — 2,060 viewers2026-10-06 11:34 — 1,150 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 2,223 viewers2026-10-07 18:34 — 2,206 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 2,475 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 1,392 viewers2026-10-08 12:34 — 321 viewers2026-10-09 10:34 — 585 viewers2026-10-09 16:34 — 1,333 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 1,657 viewers2026-10-10 04:34 — 1,324 viewers2026-10-10 10:34 — 848 viewers2026-10-10 20:12 — 6,749 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 506 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 786 viewers2026-10-11 21:34 — 2,339 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 1,312 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 510 viewers2026-10-12 19:12 — 6,276 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 662 viewers2026-10-13 13:34 — 606 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 978 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 3,018 viewers2026-10-14 07:34 — 631 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 541 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
92.9%
earned "A Record of Disaster"
23.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyStereo SoundSurround SoundSteam CloudRemote Play on TV7 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Polish, Russian

Post-launch support: 7 DLC released, first 2014-10-06, latest 2015-03-02 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)77,1499%51
Steam (Steam)67,1214%50
Xbox One (Xbox)56,8072%50
PS3 (PlayStation)7,88515%51
Xbox 360 (Xbox)6,1935%50
Windows (Xbox)3,6305%50
PS4 (PlayStation)85821%51
Switch (Nintendo)2880%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

SpaceActionAliensHorrorSci-fiStealthSurvivalAdventureDifficultAtmospheric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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