Alien vs Predator

Dan Trachtenberg's 2022 Predator prequel.

John McTiernan's 1987 science-fiction action film.

Stephen Hopkins's 1990 sequel to Predator.

Paul W. S. Anderson's 2004 crossover film.

The Brothers Strause's 2007 sequel to Alien vs. Predator.

Nimród Antal's 2010 stand-alone sequel to Predator.

Shane Black's 2018 sequel to Predator.

Novelization of the 2012 film Prometheus. Published by Earth Star Entertainment. 255 pages

Ridley Scott's 2012 Alien prequel.

Prequel to the 2017 film Alien: Covenant. Published by Titan Books. 346 pages

Novelization of the 2017 film Alien: Covenant. Published by Titan Publishing Group. 348 pages

Ridley Scott's 2017 sequel to Prometheus.

Novelization of the 1979 film Alien. Published by Warner Books. 270 pages

Ridley Scott's 1979 science-fiction horror film.

Novelization of the 2014 video game Alien: Isolation. Published by Titan Books. 336 pages

A 2014 survival horror game set 15 years after Alien. Amanda Ripley investigates the disappearance of her mother aboard the Sevastopol space station while evading a single xenomorph.

Sequel to Alien: Isolation. Published by Titan Books. 352 pages

Fede Álvarez's 2024 film set between Alien and Aliens.

Set between the events of Alien and Aliens, the novel tells the story of a group of miners harvesting trimonite, the hardest material known to man, on the planet LV-178. Deep within the mines, they uncover the ruins of an ancient civilization infested with Xenomorphs, which infiltrate the miners' spaceship, the Marion. Ellen Ripley's shuttle, the Narcissus, picks up a distress call from the Marion and docks with it, and she is left to help the miners survive the Xenomorphs as well as uncover why the shuttle seemed to dock on its own accord. Published by Titan Books. 344 pages

The novel tells the life story of Jenette Vasquez long before the doomed mission to Hadley's Hope, from joining a street gang, followed by prison, joining the Colonial Marines, and giving up her twin children Leticia and Ramón to be raised by her sister, leading into the events of Aliens, before cutting decades later to the Vasquez twins respectively joining the military and Weyland-Yutani, their independent investigations into their mother's death leading the two to a world soon-to-be-ravaged by Xenomorphs. Published by Titan Books. 432 pages

The first young adult novel in the Alien franchise, Echo is set on the planet Zegreus, home to a human agricultural colony that becomes the site of a Xenomorph outbreak. The protagonist, a young woman named Olivia Shipp, relies on knowledge of xenobiology taught to her by her parents to get her and her twin sister Viola offworld alive. Published by Titan Books. 304 pages

Starring recurring protagonist Zula Hendricks, the novel is set on Shānmén, a mining colony run by the Union of Progressive Peoples which comes under attack by an Engineer starship that unleashes various Xenomorph-like mutations upon that planet. Published by Titan Books. 464 pages

Novelization of the 1986 film Aliens. Published by Warner Books. 247 pages

James Cameron's 1986 sequel to Alien.

Novelization of the 1992 film Alien 3. Published by Warner Books. 218 pages

David Fincher's 1992 sequel to Aliens.

In this novel, the Xenomorph infestation of Hadley's Hope on Acheron (LV-426), which occurred off-screen in Aliens, is depicted. It notably incorporates several sequences previously seen in the comic Aliens: Newt's Tale and also references the events of the Fire and Stone comic. Published by Titan Books. 341 pages

Based on the earliest screenplay concept by William Gibson for the film Alien 3, The Unproduced Screenplay is an original story and sequel to Aliens that ignores the events of Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection. The Sulaco, after leaving LV-426, drifts into the territory of the Union of Progressive Peoples, a socialist human polity operating outside of the primary human sphere of influence. The four survivors are brought to the space station Anchorpoint where scientists for both the UPP and Weyland-Yutani begin experimenting with cloned Xenomorphs grown from genetic material left behind by the queen on the Sulaco. This is the third adaptation of Gibson's script, as the novel was preceded by a comic book adaptation and audio drama. Published by Titan Books. 340 pages

Following the events of Alien 3, Bishop is reawakened and repaired by his creator Michael Bishop Weyland, seeking to 'advance medical research for the benefit of humanity'. Bishop finds himself pursued by Colonial Marines, 'Dog Catchers' commandos employed by Weyland-Yutani, and others seeking Bishop's knowledge on the Xenomorph. Published by Titan Books. 496 pages

Following the events of Alien: Inferno's Fall, a family of scavengers who recover an amnesiac Mae Hendricks from the wreckage of an unidentified ship bring a world of pain on themselves and the residents of Guelph Station as a result. Published by Titan Books. 416 pages

The Weyland-Yutani Corporation breeds Xenomorphs from eggs acquired through unknown means aboard the Cold Forge, a secret deep space research station on which the company is hoping to develop the creatures as biological weapons. Dr. Blue Marsalis, the physically handicapped scientist heading the experiments, secretly seeks to harvest a sample of a virulent mutagen produced by the Xenomorphs to cure her terminal degenerative illness. Her research is put in jeopardy when Dorian Sudler, a malicious auditor from Weyland-Yutani, is sent to review the station's work. Things are only further complicated when an unknown saboteur unleashes the Xenomorph specimens from containment, setting them loose aboard the station. Published by Titan Books. 332 pages

A follow-up to The Cold Forge, Into Charybdis follows the crew of the science vessel USS Gardenia, which is working for the technology supplier company McAllen Integrations. Under the company's instructions, the ship travels to Charybdis, an Iranian colony set up on the planet LV-991, to design and install vital systems to the colony's infrastructure. They instead find a Xenomorph running lose in the facility, and the chaos brewed from the creature's rampage threatens to cause a diplomatic crisis between the Americans and the Iranians, prompting the Colonial Marines to respond. Published by Titan Books. 560 pages

A prequel to the video game Aliens: Fireteam Elite, Infiltrator stars Weyland-Yutani scientist Dr. Timothy Hoenikker. Hired by the company under the presumption that he is needed to study extraterrestrial artifacts, Hoenikker instead ends up on Pala Station, a facility run by a warped bureaucracy where Xenomorphs are being bred and the species' bio-materials are being used on other life forms. Due to the actions of an unknown saboteur, the operation predictably falls out of control. Published by Titan Books. 344 pages

Jean-Pierre Jeunet's 1997 sequel to Alien 3.

Novelization of the 1997 film Alien: Resurrection. Published by Aspect Books. 276 pages

Set several decades before the events of the original Alien, the story concerns the crew of the UNIC Hornblower, who are dispatched on a routine survey mission to Saturn where they discover an ancient extraterrestrial spacecraft in orbit around Iapetus, one of the planet's moons. Upon boarding the mysterious vessel, the unprepared crew soon find themselves trapped in a fight for survival against the Xenomorphs that they accidentally awaken on board. Published by DH Press. 270 pages

Adapted from the Dark Horse Comics series Aliens vol. 1 (Also known as Aliens: Outbreak) (1988–1989). Wilks was a space marine with a near-fatal flaw: he had a heart. Billie was a child, the only survivor of a far-flung colony outpost. Thrown together in the last hellish night of an Alien invasion, Billie and Wilks helped each other get out alive. Thirteen years later Wilks is in prison, and Billie lives in a mental institution, the nightmare memories of the massacre at Rim seared into her mind. Now the government has tapped Wilks to lead an expedition to the Aliens' home planet to bring back a live Alien. But the competition on Earth to develop the Aliens as a new weapons system is brutal. When Wilks's team departs on their mission, a trained assassin trails them. And what follows is no less than guerrilla warfare on the Aliens' planet — and Alien conquest on Earth! Published by Bantam Books. 278 pages

Adapted from the Dark Horse Comics series Aliens: Genocide (1991-1992). Published by Bantam Books. 181 pages

Adapted from the Dark Horse Comics series Aliens vol. 2 (Also known as Aliens: Nightmare Asylum) (1989–1990). Wilks, Billie, and Bueller were the last survivors of a devastating assault on the Aliens' home planet. But once their return to the Solar System made them refugees once more, fleeing Earth and its Alien infestation in a desperate attempt to stay alive. Now, in an otherwise unmanned military transport, they hurtle through space. Destination: unknown. Little do they know that the cargo they carry with them is a legacy of death that they will ultimately have to face. Nor do they know that they head toward a remote colony and military outpost. This pocket of humanity at the very edges of space is at the mercy of a general named Spears with an agenda all his own. Now Billie, Wilks, and Bueller face a new nightmare, and it is nothing they could ever have imagined: a gift of madness from an Alien world, unbalanced mind, and the experiences of a mysterious pilot named Lieutenant Ellen Ripley. Published by Bantam Books. 277 pages

Adapted from the Dark Horse Comics series Aliens: Earth War (also known as Aliens: Female War) (1990). Lieutenant Ellen Ripley awoke from her long journey in space with a hole in her memory and an overwhelming drive to survive. When she meets Wilks and Billie, two battered veterans in the war against the Aliens she realizes she's found two comrades in arms — and she's ready to take up the fight. Only then does she discover the devastating secret that lurks behind her long sleep. When she, Wilks, and Billie prepare to meet the Aliens head-on to turn a powerful Alien queen against her spawn in a battle intended to save Earth, that secret becomes her greatest weapon — and her greatest liability. As the fate of Earth hangs in the balance, Ripley and Billie must come to terms with what it means to be Alien… and what it means to be human. Published by Bantam Books. 293 pages

Alien vs. Predator is a 1994 beat 'em up video game developed and released by Capcom for the CPS-2 arcade game system.

Alien vs. Predator is a 1994 first-person shooter developed by Rebellion Developments and published by Atari Corporation for the Atari Jaguar.

Adapted from the Dark Horse Comics series Aliens: Hive (also known as Aliens: Harvest) (1992). A dying man becomes involved in a plot to steal royal jelly from an Alien hive, believing it to be a cure for his cancer. Published by Bantam Spectra. 296 pages

Adapted from the Dark Horse Comics series Aliens: Rogue (1993). Welcome to the former penal colony of Charon, where a labyrinth of tunnels offer shelter to an Alien hive. Professor Ernst Kleist rules—a paranoid tyrant whose speciality is making humans disappear. Captain Joyce Palmer is bound for Charon. Only she and a few hand-picked Marines can stop Kleist in his tracks. Only they can stop the professor’s most insane creation—the Rogue. Published by Bantam Spectra. 288 pages

Adapted from the Dark Horse Comics series Aliens: Labyrinth (1993-1994). On the space station Innominata the infamous Dr. Paul Church has built a maze of tunnels. Church is hiding the results of his latest experiments. His aim: to bring human and Alien together as one being. Colonel Dr. Tony Crespi has one ambition — to work with Church. But one by one the men on Innominata have been dying in the attempt to meld Alien and man. When Crespi finds his way to the heart of the labyrinth he discovers a chamber of horrors—will he ever be able to find a way out? Published by Bantam Spectra. 243 pages

Adapted from the Dark Horse Comics series Aliens: Music of the Spears (1994). Published by Bantam Spectra. 275 pages

Adapted from the Dark Horse Comics series Aliens: Berserker (1995).

Aliens Versus Predator is a 1999 first-person shooter video game developed by Rebellion Developments and published by Fox Interactive for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, and Mac OS X. Re-released as Aliens Versus Predator Classic 2000.

Although this book is based on the second film of the franchise, it is the sequel to the 1997 film Alien Resurrection. It brings back characters like Ripley 8, the clone of Lt. Ellen Ripley, and android Call. It also sorts out unanswered questions from the movies and raises entirely new ones. Was it just coincidence that the Nostromo happened to pass by the desolate planet? Why was the Alien on the crashed ship in the first place? Published by DH Press. 252 pages

It follows the crews of two cargo starships, the Virginia and the Umiak, as an attempt to illicitly smuggle live Xenomorphs unleashes the deadly creatures upon them. Published by DH Press. 284 pages

It follows detective Rory Malvaux and the crew of the Vinza as they attempt to extract a group of scientists — including Rory's mother Jocasta — who have unexpectedly encountered Xenomorphs on the planet Rosamond 6. However, upon arriving, the Vinza's crew discover the scientists are not only unwilling to leave, but may be engaging in foul play to preserve the very creatures that stalk them. Published by DH Press. 269 pages

Set several decades before the events of the original Alien, the story concerns the crew of the UNIC Hornblower, who are dispatched on a routine survey mission to Saturn where they discover an ancient extraterrestrial spacecraft in orbit around Iapetus, one of the planet's moons. Upon boarding the mysterious vessel, the unprepared crew soon find themselves trapped in a fight for survival against the Xenomorphs that they accidentally awaken on board. Published by DH Press. 270 pages

When his brother falls into debt with ruthless drug dealers, Tommy Chase is forced to take a one-time assignment piloting one of the organization's transport ships to wipe the slate clean. The journey takes him to the remote planet called Fantasia, where the dealers operate a secret drug lab kept safe by the horde of frenetic Xenomorphs that swarm Fantasia's surface. However, when the facility comes under attack from rival forces, the creatures intended to keep the operation safe become an unstoppable threat to everyone on the planet. Published by DH Press. 222 pages

The story follows a group of scientists who are sent to a remote planet to study the Xenomorphs. However, upon arriving, they discover that the Xenomorphs are not alone and are being used by a group of scientists to create a new weapon. Published by DH Press. 283 pages

Aliens Versus Predator is a 2010 first-person shooter video game developed by Rebellion Developments and published by Sega for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Aliens: Colonial Marines is a first-person shooter developed by Gearbox Software and published by Sega for PlayStation 3, Windows, and Xbox 360. Based on the Alien 20th Century Fox universe and set shortly after the 1986 film Aliens, the game follows the story of a squad of Marines sent to investigate a distress signal from a colony on the planet LV-426.

Tells the story of a rogue human faction known as the Rage, who launch an invasion against the primary human sphere of influence using an army of Xenomorph shock troopers, with the Yautja caught in the crossfire.

Tells the story of a rogue human faction known as the Rage, who launch an invasion against the primary human sphere of influence using an army of Xenomorph shock troopers, with the Yautja caught in the crossfire

Tells the story of a rogue human faction known as the Rage, who launch an invasion against the primary human sphere of influence using an army of Xenomorph shock troopers, with the Yautja caught in the crossfire. Titan Books. 313 pages

A collection of short stories from the Alien franchise.

Alien: Descent is a virtual reality game developed by Pure Imagination Studios and published by Pure Imagination Studios.

Predator VR is a virtual reality game developed by 20th Century Fox and published by 20th Century Fox.

A follow-up to Out of the Shadows, set many years after Alien Resurrection. LV-178 is now colonized and renamed New Galveston, with Alan Decker, a deputy commissioner for the ICC, charged with making sure the settlements on the planet follow all the rules. While investigating region of the planet with incredibly toxic sands, dubbed the Sea of Sorrows, Decker's previously latent empathic abilities cause him to briefly connect with the Xenomorphs still lying dormant beneath the planet. The Weyland-Yutani Corporation sees this as another opportunity to capture one of the creatures, forcibly recruiting Decker onto a team of mercenaries to accomplish this. Decker is unable to refuse, as centuries ago, his ancestor fought the Xenomorphs, launching a bloody vendetta that was never satisfied. That was when the creatures swore revenge on the Destroyer… Ellen Ripley. Published by Titan Books. 351 pages

Predator: Hunting Grounds is a first-person shooter video game developed by Illfonic and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S.

Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a 2021 first-person shooter video game developed by Cold Iron Studios and published by Sega for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch.

The story deals with rampant political discontent between the nations of Earth after the events of Into Charybdis, and introduces Chad McLaren, the husband of Amanda Ripley, who is caught in the middle of both the interhuman conflicts and efforts by the conflicting sides to weaponize the Xenomorph. The novel also contains an exclusive tie-in game scenario based on Alien: The Roleplaying Game titled Fallout.

All across the galaxy, the mysterious black substance 'Prometheus fire' is rained down on Earth settlements, creating hideous monsters from indigenous creatures and human beings, sent by a secret society worshipping the Xenomorph, seeking to set off a civil war between the human colonies of the known universe.

Aliens: Dark Descent is a real-time tactics video game developed by Tindalos Interactive in collaboration with 20th Century Games and published by Focus Entertainment. Set in the Alien universe, the game was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on June 20, 2023. It received generally positive reviews from critics.

After leaving a ruined Earth and escaping a Xenomorph attack, Chris Temple and his daughters crash-land on a planet on the verge of civil war. A former military man, Chris must call on the skills he never wanted to use again to protect his daughters, deal with violent marines, and battle the Xenomorph killing people regardless of which side of the civil war they are on.

Aliens: Rogue Incursion is a virtual reality game developed and published by Survios. It is based on the Alien franchise, taking place between the films Alien and Aliens. An action and survival horror game, it follows Zula Hendricks, a character from several Alien comics and novels, as she navigates a facility overrun by xenomorphs.

In this murder mystery, FBI agent Tyler Matterton and his synthetic partner Serena investigate Xenomorph-related deaths circling around a Xenomorph-worshipping religion in service of their goddess.

Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 is an upcoming first-person shooter video game developed by Cold Iron Studios and published by Sega.

Alien: Isolation 2 is an upcoming survival horror video game developed by Creative Assembly and published by Sega.