Alien: Isolation
Alien: Isolation is one of this console generation’s most recent horror classics for good reason. It follows Amanda Ripley – daughter of Ellen Ripley from the movie franchise – as she investigates the disappearance of her mother in the far reaches of space. Thrust in solitude aboard a space station, players learn for better or for worse that the xenomorphs that crawl among the Sevastopol’s vents are impossible to kill, meaning running is always the best possible option.
The fact that xenomorphs in the game are invincible is rendered more terrifying by the game’s randomization mechanic, which allows the titular monsters to appear at almost every vent ingress within an area. A victory against one of the title’s powerful androids could prove very worthless should an Alien show up out of nowhere, making Alien: Isolation primed for an unlucky day.
