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Alone

Other (objects, etc.) concept

Player never meets any friendly or even neutral people during the game/story.

431
games
61
platforms

Alternate names: Alone against the world, Hostile world

Alien Soldier (Mega Drive)
Alien Soldier
GEN 1995-02-24
Rainbow Islands (Atari ST)
Rainbow Islands
ST 1990
Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior (Commodore 16/Plus 4)
Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior
C16 1990
Rainbow Islands Extra Version (Mega Drive)
Rainbow Islands Extra Version
GEN 1990-10-05
DOOM (MS-DOS)
DOOM
DOS 1993-12-10
Hard Reset Redux (Windows)
Hard Reset Redux
WIN 2016-06-03
Descent (MS-DOS)
Descent
DOS 1995-03-17
Bionic Commando (Amstrad CPC)
Bionic Commando
CPC 1988
Warning Forever (Windows)
Warning Forever
WIN 2004-05-04
Bruce Lee (Commodore 64)
Bruce Lee
C64 1984
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (Windows)
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
WIN 1998
Impossible Mission (Master System)
Impossible Mission
SMS 1990
Neutral characters can be ignored when they do not contribute anything significant to the story, such as a flock of chickens.

Friendly characters only seen in cut scenes can also be ignored. Friendlies only seen in intro/prologue can also be ignored. Intermissions may also be ignored.
Related:
* Chosen One
* Army of One
* Hunted
* Solo mission

See also:
* Desolate
* Stranded

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Parent group

Tropes

Games by year

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The first Alone video game was released in 1981.

Sega, U.S. Gold and Activision published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 102
Linux 62
MS-DOS 46
C64 29
Amstrad CPC 16
Mac OS X 15
Amiga 12
Atari ST 10
MSX 8
Atari 400/800 8
Mega Drive 8
ZX Spectrum 8
PS2 7
Apple II E 6
Mac OS Classic 6
NEC PC8801 5
Arcade 5
NES 4
C16/Plus4 4
Android 4
Pandora 4
BeOS 3
Atari 2600 3
PS3 3
iOS 3
Archimedes 2
Atari 7800 2
Xbox 2
Sharp X1 2
PC Engine 2

Most common companies

Sega19
U.S. Gold14
Activision14
Devolver Digital12
Hewson9
Atari9
id Software7
Valve7
Night Dive Studios7
Ocean6
Playdead6
GT Interactive6
Red Barrels5
Go!5
Comptiq5