Aliens Dark Descent

Aliens: Dark Descent is a real-time squad tactics game from Tindalos Interactive, set in the Alien universe. You command a fireteam of Colonial Marines deployed to Planet Lethe to contain a fresh Xenomorph outbreak that's mixing with Weyland-Yutani's usual corporate corruption.

Combat is real-time with active pause — issue movement, fire orders, and ability uses at the touch of a button, scrubbing through the action when it gets crowded. Levels are large and persistent: cut shortcuts, weld doors, drop motion trackers, and the alterations stay between missions.

Xenomorphs adapt to your tactics. Routine ambush spots become traps, noise draws additional waves, and dead Marines stay dead — soldier health, sanity, and equipment carry between deployments, so squad losses compound.

Five Marine starting classes — Gunner, Sergeant, Medic, Tecker, Recon — branch into dozens of specialisations and unique abilities. The enemy roster spans the franchise's full bestiary (Facehuggers, Drones, Praetorians, Queens) plus rogue corporate commandos and a new threat unique to this story. Base development between missions handles research and squad upgrades.