These games depict biological processes run amuck, rampant mutation, and bodily fusion with mechanical or eletronic elements. Obvious sources of inspiration are Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Alien (1979), Akira (1982), The Thing (1982), or Jacob's Ladder (1990).
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Alien Concept Software C64 1984Salamander Konami Arcade 1986Metroid Intelligent Systems NES 1986 5 videos CLife Force Konami NES 1987 CR-Type Irem M72 1987 May 6 videosAlien Crush Naxat Soft PCE 1988 2 videosR-Type Software Studios ZXS 1988Abadox: The Deadly Inner War Natsume NES 1989 1 videoXMultiply Irem M72 1989 2 videosR-Type Irem Amiga 1989 1 videoR-Type II Irem M72 1989 1 videoSAR: Search and Rescue SNK Arcade 1989 Mar 1 video CDragon's Fury Technosoft GEN 1990Aliens Konami Arcade 1990 1 video C x 4Space Gun Taito Arcade 1990 CZ-Out Advantec Amiga 1990 1 videoAmnios * Flying Chicken Amiga 1991 2 videos CR-Type II Irem Amiga 1991 1 videoSuper R-Type Irem SNES 1991 1 video C x 2Xexex Konami Arcade 1991 1 videoSpace Gun Images Amiga 1992 1 videoR-Type III: The Third Lightning Irem SNES 1993 CAlien 3: The Gun Sega System 1993 CSuper Metroid ** Intelligent Systems SNES 1994 CAlien vs. Predator Capcom CPS2 1994 1 video C x 3R-Type Delta Irem PS 1998 1 videoSilent Hill *** Team Silent PS 1999 8 videos C x 2Alien Resurrection Argonaut PS 2000Silent Hill 2 Team Silent PS2 2001 CMetroid Prime ** Retro Studios GC 2002 CMetroid Fusion Nintendo GBA 2002R-Type Final ** Irem PS2 2003 1 video C x 3Silent Hill 3 Team Silent PS2 2003 CSilent Hill 4: The Room *** Team Silent PS2 2004 C x 2Metroid Prime Pinball Fuse Games NDS 2005R-Type Tactics * Irem PSP 2007 C x 2Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Retro Studios WII 2007Silent Hill: Origins - Climax Studios PSP 2007 CDead Space *** Visceral Games 360 2008 CAlien Crush Returns Tamsoft WII 2008 CSilent Hill Homecoming * Double Helix 360 2008 CDead Space: Extraction Eurocom WII 2009R-Type ** Southend Interactive 360 2009R-Type II Southend Interactive 360 2009 CSilent Hill: Shattered Memories * Climax Studios WII 2009 C x 2Dead Space 2 *** Visceral Games 360 2011 C x 2R-Type DotEmu Androi 2011Dead Space 3 Visceral Games 360 2013 CDead Space 3 Visceral Games Win 2013The Last of Us Naughty Dog PS3 2013 CAlien: Isolation The Creative Assembly Win 2014Alien: Isolation The Creative Assembly PS4 2014 3 videosThe Last of Us Remastered Naughty Dog PS4 2014 7 videos CSoma *** Frictional Games PS4 2015 5 videos M !Inside Playdead XB1 2016 M !Inside Playdead Win 2016 CInside Playdead PS4 2016 M !AM2R: Return of Samus Milton Guasti Win 2016 1 videoGears of War 4 The Coalition XB1 2016 5 videos CGears 5 The Coalition XB1 2019 20 videos C x 2Carrion Phobia Game Studio XB1 2020 4 videos CCarrion Phobia Game Studio Win 2020 1 videoR-Type Final 2 Granzella PS4 2021 6 videos C x 2Remote Life Next Game Level PS5 2022 1 videoScorn XSX 2022 4 videosAngel at Dusk NSW 2024