# Alien: Isolation

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Alien: Isolation and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a brilliant, under-appreciated masterpiece and the best Alien media since Aliens. Critics raise only minor complaints, mostly about a movie title font.

## Why people recommend it

- Called a masterpiece and one of the best games (2 comments): "Alien: Isolation is still the best modern infusion into that universe, and one of the best games in my lifetime." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46053942)) "Alien: Isolation truly is an under appreciated masterpiece. One of the best video games ever made IMO." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46057040))
- Best Alien media since Aliens (2 comments): "Alien: Isolation is still the best modern infusion into that universe, and one of the best games in my lifetime." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46053942)) "It's the best piece of media in the aliens universe since Aliens." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46059678))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Helldivers 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/helldivers-2.md): 50 recommend
- [Triple-A Minesweeper](https://hackerapproved.com/p/triple-a-minesweeper.md): 40 recommend
- [Quake II](https://hackerapproved.com/p/quake-2.md): 33 recommend
- [Red Dead Redemption 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/red-dead-redemption-2.md): 28 recommend
- [Grand Theft Auto (1997)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grand-theft-auto.md): 28 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Alien: Isolation", https://hackerapproved.com/p/alien-isolation/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).