Alien Games Online: Invasion Shooters, Survival and Puzzles
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Alien games online are mostly shooters where you defend Earth from an invasion, but the theme also covers survival on alien worlds, games where you play the alien and puzzles with aliens in them. They play free in the browser, and most use the mouse, a few keys or a tap. Below are the kinds, with controls taken from the games themselves.
| Kind | What you do | Start with |
|---|---|---|
| Invasion shooters | Defend Earth from alien ships and invaders | Alien Buster |
| Survival on alien ground | Fight creatures on a hostile planet, sometimes from a vehicle | Alien Shooting Survival |
| Play the alien | Fly the UFO or run the alien hero | The SpaceCraft Alien Abduction Game |
| Alien puzzles | Match cards, count hits or pop bubbles | Alien Memory |
Invasion shooters: defend Earth
- Alien Buster sets you against an alien invasion with futuristic weapons, waves of enemies and a variety of levels. On a computer you use the on-screen direction buttons and tap anywhere on the screen to shoot.
- Alien Invasion says the aliens have invaded the earth and attack from all sides, and your job is to destroy them. It plays with the mouse or a tap.
- UFO Attack has you aim at invading UFOs with the mouse and stay alive as long as you can, chasing a high score.
- The Invaders is an arcade shooter with endless levels, and the difficulty rises at each one. You move with A and D or the arrow keys and fire with Space. You collect gold from alien enemies and diamonds from meteorites, and you can buy 4 different ships, rebuilt defenses and extra lives.
- Invaders Destruction is a retro-style space shooter. Z, X and C play it, with S added once you have the mega rocket, or you can tap.
- Alien Clicker Invaders throws endless waves of invaders and colossal bosses at you. You click to attack, collect power-ups and earn upgrades, alone or with a friend playing on a mobile device.
- World in Danger Earth Attack makes the planet the weapon: you move the Earth with the arrow keys and shoot enemy planets before they destroy it, with the moon alongside.
- Air Combat. Alien Invasion is played entirely with the mouse. You equip your aircraft with weapons and equipment, put each one on a slot marked X and send up to 3 on a mission.
Survival on alien ground
These put you on foot or behind the wheel, with creatures all around.
- Alien Shooting Survival drops you into an apocalyptic forest and a ruined town overrun by alien creatures and soldier invaders. You fight waves, drive vehicles to reach objectives and destroy every threat. WASD walks and drives, and the mouse aims and shoots.
- Alien Insects Shooter 2022 crashes your spaceship on a planet full of alien bugs. You travel from the desert to the desert base, protect each area and shoot with the mouse to stay alive.
- Alien Survival lands an astronaut on a mysterious planet after the rocket engine fails. You collect a certain amount of resources to get home while hordes of aggressive creatures wait. It plays with a click or a tap.
- Project VOID is a sci-fi roguelike on an alien world. You fight waves of hostile drones, collect Void Skulls and upgrade your abilities between waves. WASD or the arrow keys move you and the right mouse button attacks, while mobile has a virtual joystick and touch attacks.
- Martian Driving sends you across the martian surface to smash the hostile creatures in your way. WASD drives, Space brakes and C changes the camera.
More survival games are in survival games online, and more shooters in shooting games tips.
Play the alien
- The SpaceCraft Alien Abduction Game makes you a UFO in an invaded city. You pull everything and everyone into your starship, and the more you take in, the bigger you get. The modes are Classic, where you compete with other aliens, Friendly, with no competition, Solo, with the whole map to yourself, and Time Attack, with 90 seconds to pull in the entire city. The description calls it a multiplayer alien game.
- Alien Way is a platformer with 5 levels. You jump on the enemies to kill them and collect the stars, with arrows or touch controls.
- Alien Forest Jump is a platformer in which a brave alien crosses a mysterious forest of traps, unstable platforms and dangerous creatures, collecting power-ups. A click or a tap plays it.
- Mission To Mars asks you to control a UFO and land on all the landing pads, with WASD or the arrow keys.
Alien puzzles
- Alien Memory is a card game: you match pairs of cards that show aliens, spaceships and cosmic symbols, and the difficulty rises as you go. The description invites you to play together with friends.
- ZingAliens gives every incoming alien a number, the hits it needs. You hit it exactly that many times before it escapes.
- Galaxy Pop is a bubble shooter in outer space: aim, shoot and match three or more bubbles of one color. It has 1000 levels, some with goals such as rescuing the aliens or collecting the UFOs, and boosters called Color Pop, Hook and Blast. You touch and drag, or hold the mouse button, to aim, and release to shoot.
- Space Prison Escape 2 is a two-player puzzle platformer in which the heroes are captured by aliens and sent to a prison on another planet. Player 1 uses WASD and F, player 2 the arrow keys with K and L. You can double jump and hang on the walls.
More puzzles of this kind are in memory games online, bubble shooter tips and the puzzle games category.
Habits for alien games
- Check the shooting control first. Alien Buster shoots with a tap, The Invaders with Space and Invaders Destruction with Z, X and C.
- Spend what you collect. The Invaders sells ships, defenses and extra lives, and Alien Clicker Invaders offers power-ups and upgrades.
- Equip before you launch. Air Combat. Alien Invasion asks you to fit every aircraft with weapons and equipment, then pick its slot.
- In ZingAliens, read the number on each alien before you aim.
Alien games FAQ
Are there alien games online free?
Yes. Games on the site play free in the browser, with no install and no registration. The site works in the browser of a phone, a tablet and a computer, though a game that lists only keyboard keys needs a keyboard.
What are alien invasion games?
They are games where the aliens attack and you defend. Alien Invasion, Alien Buster and Alien Clicker Invaders are shooters of this kind, and the games above differ mainly in how you aim: a tap, a click, the keyboard or the mouse alone.
Are there UFO games?
UFO Attack has you shoot at invading UFOs, Mission To Mars has you fly one onto landing pads, and The SpaceCraft Alien Abduction Game puts you in the UFO. More ships and star systems are in space games online.
Are there alien escape games?
Space Prison Escape 2 is about escaping a prison on another planet, for two players. In Alien Survival you gather resources to leave a planet after your rocket engine fails.
Space itself, beyond the aliens, is in the space games collection.
