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Alien protagonist

Creatures theme

Space aliens, extra terrestrials (E.T.s), and other beings not native to Earth as the main protagonist.

155
games
41
platforms

Alternate name: Extra terrestrial protagonist

Natural Selection 2 (Windows)
Natural Selection 2
WIN 2012-10-31
Tower Toppler (Atari 7800)
Tower Toppler
7800 1988
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet (Xbox 360)
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
X360 2011-08-03
Stupid Invaders (Dreamcast)
Stupid Invaders
DC 2001-05-18
Star Wars: Lethal Alliance (PlayStation Portable)
Star Wars: Lethal Alliance
PSP 2006-12-05
Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior (PlayStation 2)
Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior
PS2 2003-09
Survivor (MSX)
Survivor
MSX 1987
Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon (PlayStation 3)
Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon
PS3 2009-02
Down in the Dumps (MS-DOS)
Down in the Dumps
DOS 1996
Custodian (Amiga OCS)
Custodian
OCS 1989
Zamzara (Commodore 64)
Zamzara
C64 1988
Demolition, Inc. (Windows)
Demolition, Inc.
WIN 2011-09-19
If the alien is (nearly) indistinguishable from humans, please consider using other protagonist types instead.

Such as Super Man, although alien, is hardly suitable for this.

Popular tags

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Games by year

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The first Alien protagonist video game was released in 1980.

THQ, Hewson and Sega published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 38
PS2 9
C64 8
MS-DOS 8
ZX Spectrum 8
Amiga 7
Linux 7
X360 6
Amstrad CPC 6
Atari ST 5
Xbox 5
Mac OS Classic 5
Mac OS X 5
MSX 3
Atari 2600 3
Mega Drive 3
PSP 2
PS3 2
Android 2
GBA 2
Jaguar 1
Archimedes 1
Apple II E 1
Arcade 1
Amstrad PCW 1
Enterprise 1
Atari 7800 1
Mobile 1
Atari 400/800 1
Wii 1

Most common companies

THQ11
Hewson10
Sega5
Piko Interactive4
Ripstone4
Microsoft Studios4
CRL3
EA Partners3
Alternative Software3
Martech3
Dinamic3
Again Again3
Adventure Soft3
Capcom3
ZOO Digital Publishing3