List of Alien, Predator, and Alien vs. Predator games
This is a chronological list of games in the Alien, Predator and Alien vs. Predator science fiction horror franchises. There have been thirty-eight officially licensed video games, one trading card game, and one tabletop miniatures game released as tie-ins to the franchises. The first video game of the "Alien" franchise was released in 1982 for the Atari 2600, based on the 1979 film "Alien". Subsequent games were based on that film and its sequels "Aliens" (1986), "Alien 3" (1992), and "Alien Resurrection" (1997). The first video game in the  Predator franchise was released in 1987, the same year as the "Predator" film on which it was based. Subsequent "Predator" games were based on that film and its sequels "Predator 2" (1990) and "Predators" (2010). The first game to cross the two franchises was "Alien vs. Predator", released in September 1993 and based on an earlier comic book series. Since then the characters and storylines of the two franchises have been officially crossed over in comic books, video games, and the feature films "Alien vs. Predator" (2004) and "" (2007). To date, there have been seventeen officially licensed video games released  in the "Alien" franchise, six in the "Predator" franchise, and fourteen in the "Alien vs. Predator" franchise. These have been created by various developers and released for a variety of platforms including video game consoles, handheld game consoles, personal computers, and mobile phones. The "Aliens vs. Predator Collectible Card Game" published in 1997 and the "Alien vs. Predator" themed sets for "HorrorClix" released in 2006 are the only non-video games in the franchises. The stories of the games are set in a fictional universe in which alien races and species have dangerous conflicts with humans and with each other . The games pit human, Alien, and Predator characters against one another in various fights for survival. The settings of the games vary, with most of the stories taking place far in the future. Games have been released for the following platforms; Atari 2600, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Apple IIe, MSX, Acorn Electron, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Nintendo Entertainment System, Amiga, Arcade, PC, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Atari Jaguar, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Game Boy Color, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Mobile phone, PlayStation Portable , Online, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Mobile device, Nintendo DS, Android, Wii U, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Steam, VR, and Amazon Alexa.