The Best Games With Alien Abduction

From sci-fi, to fantasy, alien abductions have been a subject of fascination. While it is not quite so fun to be taken onto a spaceship and be experimented on, video games make alien abduction feel like the start of a brand-new adventure.

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In some cases, you’re doing your best to avoid getting beamed up into a spaceship, while other times, you end up trying to escape the confines of a futuristic starcraft. There are even some games where the abduction occurs so out of left field it leaves you wondering if it really did happen or if it was just the character’s imagination.

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South Park: The Stick Of Truth

The First Of Many Strange Events

It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt. In this case, the kids of South Park are busy role-playing in a fantasy storyline akin to Game of Thrones, Skyrim, and Lord of the Rings. As the new kid, you try to fit in on your first day by gathering allies throughout town.

As the first night falls, the true plot of The Stick of Truth kicks in as you and other South Park characters are abducted by aliens. Traveling through the mothership, you find a way out of the situation, but cause the ship to crash into the town, setting the stage for more strange events to unravel.

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Prey (2006)

Horrific Alien Experiments

Prey (2006)

Systems

Released

July 11, 2006

Developer(s)

Human Head Studios, 3D Realms, Venom Games

ESRB

m

Before exploring a spaceship full of Mimics, Prey had a completely different source material that explored an alien abduction. In the original game, a Cherokee mechanic named Domasi Tawodi finds himself as well as his loved ones taken into the heart of a mothership.

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Terrifying experiments occur within this ship known as The Sphere. Filled with numerous alien species that have been forcefully spliced together, Domasi must help his band of human rebels to free themselves. It’s a unique spin on the alien abduction trope where the enemy isn’t always organic.

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Greyhill Incident

Invaded By Traditional Alien Greys

Greyhill Incident

Systems

Released

July 9, 2023

Developer(s)

Refugium Games

Publisher(s)

Refugium Games

ESRB

M For Mature 17+ Due To Blood, Strong Language, Violence

If you’re a conspiracy theorist about aliens visiting planet Earth, then Greyhill Incident is right up your alley. Equipped with a baseball bat and only a few bullets, you’ll need to fend off the extraterrestrial threat before they abduct you.

This is one of the more traditional stories of little green men descending from the sky to experiment on unsuspecting humans. As you explore the area, you will sometimes see them watching you through the windows or lurking in the cornfields, waiting for you to let your guard down.

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Fallout 3: Mothership Zeta

Find Your Way Out Of The Mothership

Systems

Released

October 28, 2008

Developer(s)

Bethesda Game Studios

Publisher(s)

Bethesda Softworks

ESRB

M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes, Strong Language, Use of Drugs

The Fallout series has a long history of adding aliens into the mix. However, one of the most iconic additions to the franchise is the Mothership Zeta DLC of Fallout 3. This DLC sees you getting abducted by aliens and beamed up to the mothership after discovering a crashed U.F.O.

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This DLC adds a whole new area to explore in the form of the mothership. There, you encounter other abductees from different points in time who assist you in bringing down the ship. Not only do you get new weaponry and encounters, but you also get to see the post nuclear Earth from space.

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Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee

A Final Battle In The Mothership

Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee

Systems

Released

October 8, 2002

Developer(s)

WayForward Technologies

Publisher(s)

Infogrames

ESRB

t

Godzilla has a long history of fighting off alien threats. Usually, these aliens come packing with their own monster or giant robot to use against the people of Earth. In Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee, all of Earth’s monsters are under hypnosis as the Vortaak attack cities.

Taking control of the one monster to break free from the alien’s grip, you fight off all the other monsters until the Vortaak have enough and beam you up to the mothership. This is the final battle where you face off against Mecha Godzilla within the ship itself.

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Chordosis

Aliens Around Every Corner

Chordosis is a short horror game that literally begins with an alien abduction. You explore foggy roads and dark forests as you try to escape the alien menace that is constantly pursuing you. Along the way, you’ll need to solve some physics-based puzzles if you want to uncover the truth behind the cosmic horror.

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If you do have an encounter with an alien, there are ways to defend yourself, including your trusty handgun. However, this is not the solution to this extraterrestrial threat and bullets are scarce.

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Incident At Grove Lake

Incident At Grove Lake is a short, story-based game with PS1 graphics that explores a mysterious phone call that occurred on September 11th, 1997. It shapes a short story around the events of sinister conspiracies to Area 51 itself in the form of found footage.

A stranger gives you a mysterious tape that includes footage from August 19th to the 21st of 1997. You then play out the events within as a camper witnesses strange lights in the sky and even stranger beings descend to the ground. You then get to explore the inner workings of this alien race. Watch out. Once the tape is viewed someone will come after you.

3

Fortnite

When Aliens Invaded The Island

Fortnite has a long history of taking the story in strange directions and one fateful season paved the way for the introduction of U.F.Os, which has become a staple of Creative Mode. This was Chapter 2 Season 7, which was also known as the Invasion season.

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Invasion allowed players to pilot U.F.Os throughout the map and abduct other players. Occasionally, players would also be beamed up to the mothership to take part in additional challenges. The live event also featured players sneaking aboard the ship to take it down from the inside.

2

Ecco The Dolphin

Time Travel And Lovecraftian Beings

Ecco The Dolphin is a strange game from the Sega Genesis era that finds itself as a classic years after release. This game has you playing as Ecco, who finds himself alone in the ocean after a mysterious event sees his entire pod sucked into the sky.

While the first few levels take place exploring the coral reefs, things take a strange turn when you find yourself time traveling into the Cretaceous and eventually traveling back to the day the sealife got sucked into the sky. The final levels see you exploring the mothership as well as fighting off Lovecraftian enemies.

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Saints Row 4

Aliens In A Saints Row Game

The last series that you would expect to have aliens suddenly appear and abduct you is Saints Row. However, as the series progressed, so did the silliness, and Saints Row 4 embraces it by having the main antagonist be the alien emperor, Zinyak.

He abducts the player and puts them inside a simulation based on the 1950s. It isn’t long before you escape and can start rescuing other abducted members of the Saints. While the Zin have destroyed the Earth in this timeline, there is still a chance to restore it using time travel aboard the ship.

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