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Viral creatures

Creatures theme

Includes beings that somehow turn others into more of themselves, spreading much akin to a virus.

28
games
14
platforms

Alternate name: Contagious creatures

Alien Swarm (Windows)
Alien Swarm
WIN 2004-05-28
X-COM: Terror from the Deep (Windows)
X-COM: Terror from the Deep
WIN 1999
XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Mac OS X)
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
OSX 2013-04-25
Atom Zombie Smasher (Windows)
Atom Zombie Smasher
WIN 2011-03-14
Infectornator 2 (Flash)
Infectornator 2
FLA 2012-04-07
Emperor: Battle for Dune (Windows)
Emperor: Battle for Dune
WIN 2001-06-14
X-COM: UFO Defense (Amiga AGA)
X-COM: UFO Defense
AGA 1994
XCOM: Enemy Unknown (PlayStation 3)
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
PS3 2012-10-09
X-COM: UFO Defense (MS-DOS)
X-COM: UFO Defense
DOS 1994
Zombie Night Terror (Windows)
Zombie Night Terror
WIN 2016-07-20
X-COM: UFO Defense (Amiga CD32)
X-COM: UFO Defense
CD32 1994
XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Xbox 360)
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
X360 2012-10-09
See also: broodlings (in case the infected actually gives birth to some secondary being and not a "clone" of the original infector)
Examples:
* Xenomorphs from Alien franchise (a bit convoluted example, but not really reason for its own concept)
* Zombies, Vampires, and Werewolves in various settings (not all, mind)
* Chryssalids, Tentaculats, etc. in X-COM series
* John Carpenter's The Thing

Does NOT include cases where this is limited to fluff, cutscenes, or similar non-gameplay content.

Besides actual viruses, another real world example (albeit very slowly progressing one) would be spider wasps.

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Games by year

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The first Viral creatures video game was released in 1994.

2K Games, Microprose and Black Cat Games published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 8
Mac OS X 4
Linux 3
MS-DOS 2
Flash 2
Pandora 1
Amiga CD32 1
PS 1
Amiga AGA 1
X360 1
PS3 1
Android 1
iOS 1
3DO 1

Most common companies

2K Games7
Microprose4
Black Cat Games3
Blendo Games3
Toge Productions2
Gambitious Digital Entertainment2