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Starfish aliens

Creatures theme

Sentient (and possibly even non-sentient) alien beings that reject the all too common similarities with human or animal appearance and instead resemble little to nothing found on Earth.

74
games
28
platforms
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (Windows)
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
WIN 2007-03-28
Star Control (MS-DOS)
Star Control
DOS 1990-07
The Dig (NEC PC9801)
The Dig
9801 1997
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (Mac OS X)
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
OSX 2007-08
Star Control: Famous Battles of the Ur-Quan Conflict (Mega Drive)
Star Control: Famous Battles of the Ur-Quan Conflict
GEN 1991-02-17
Armies of Exigo (Windows)
Armies of Exigo
WIN 2004-11-30
Ascendancy (MS-DOS)
Ascendancy
DOS 1995
Half-Life (PlayStation 2)
Half-Life
PS2 2001-11-15
X-COM: Terror from the Deep (Windows)
X-COM: Terror from the Deep
WIN 1999
X-COM: UFO Defense (MS-DOS)
X-COM: UFO Defense
DOS 1994
Master of Orion III (Macintosh OS Classic)
Master of Orion III
MAC 2003-02-25
Mass Effect (Windows)
Mass Effect
WIN 2008-05-27
See also: insectoids, bizarre creatures
Note: The tag name is taken from TV Tropes and may need a better one. This tag however refers to alien physiology, which unfortunately can't be turned into decent creature tag.

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Parent groups

Space aliens, Outsiders

Games by year

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The first Starfish aliens video game was released in 1990.

Accolade, Electronic Arts and Microprose published most of these games.

Related site

Related trope at TV Tropes

Platforms

Windows 15
Linux 10
MS-DOS 8
Mac OS X 7
Mac OS Classic 4
X360 3
3DO 2
BeOS 2
Pandora 2
PS 2
GP2X 2
Amstrad CPC 1
PS4 1
GBA 1
Xbox One 1
PS2 1
GameCube 1
Amiga CD32 1
NEC PC9801 1
Mega Drive 1
WinCE 1
Mobile 1
ZX Spectrum 1
Amiga 1
Amiga AGA 1
Dreamcast 1
C64 1
PS3 1

Most common companies

Accolade8
Electronic Arts7
Microprose6
LucasArts4
Valve3
Infogrames3
Daedalic Entertainment3
SMK Software3
Stardock2
Sierra On-Line2
Nintendo2
Night Dive Studios2
Microsoft Game Studios2