Alien: Rogue Incursion Evolved Edition Review — Great Shooting, Xenomorphs Went Soft

Alien: Rogue Incursion Evolved Edition is a non-VR port of Survios’ VR shooter that puts you in the boots of Zula Hendricks, a former marine who clears a facility overrun with Xenomorphs while solving a string of puzzles. The game is a straightforward first-person shooter with survival-horror touches, and it launches on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Windows PC on Sept. 30.

1. Gameplay and structure
2. Xenomorphs and tension
3. Puzzles, pacing, and difficulty
4. Technical details and release
5. Trailer and marketing

Gameplay and structure

The Evolved Edition is built from a VR original and plays like a conventional FPS. You fire a pulse rifle and other weapons while moving through corridors, and you have a synth companion named Davis who appears in the story. Combat is the primary activity, and encounters are frequent. The game cycles between shooting sections and short puzzle sequences.

Weapons include a pulse rifle, revolver, and shotgun. As a result, combat generally feels familiar and responsive, and enemies can be staggered with precision shots. The game’s structure is linear, ending on a clear cliffhanger and labeled as the first part of a larger story.

Xenomorphs and tension

Enemy variety centers on Xenomorphs. However, their behavior is noteworthy: many will climb vents, walk walls, or cling to ceilings but are not consistently aggressive. In practice, they can be staggered easily and sometimes do not actively attack. Consequently, combat encounters often play out as ammo-management challenges rather than survival moments.

The game uses musical cues to mark enemy spawns; the score ramps up whenever a Xenomorph appears. Still, because enemies can be mechanically simple and spawn cues are predictable, the intended scares do not always land.

Puzzles, pacing, and difficulty

Rogue Incursion includes multiple electrical wiring puzzles and similar tasks. These break up firefights and require brief exploration and problem solving. At times, puzzles are interrupted by nearby enemy spawns, which can pull players out of the planning flow. Ammo scarcity is a recurring factor, and the final boss encounter in my playthrough involved waiting for ammo to spawn to continue the fight.

Technical details and release

Alien: Rogue Incursion Evolved Edition releases on Sept. 30 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Windows PC. The Evolved Edition is a port of the late-2024 VR original from developer Survios. The review was conducted on PlayStation 5 using a prerelease download code provided by Survios. A typical playthrough is roughly seven hours long for the portion included here, and the story is presented as part one with a cliffhanger ending.

Trailer and marketing

Marketing materials emphasize the Xenomorph threat; the launch trailer highlights stakes for humanity with the line: “If they reach Earth, humanity ends.”

In summary, the Evolved Edition is a competent FPS with puzzle elements and clear production values. However, the Xenomorph encounters are implemented in a way that often reduces their capacity to create sustained dread, and the game leans more toward action than pure horror.