Release order first
Alien → Aliens → Alien 3, then choose prequels and later bridges.
Enter the Alien / Predator universe
Follow the signalThen follow the hunt.
The Ripley and Predator legacies expand through expeditions, colonial disasters, hunting grounds and collisions that create their own crossover history.
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Universe orientation
Two nightmares keep finding the same dark corners.
The quick answer
Start with Alien (1979) and Predator (1987) separately. Add AVP only after you understand both solo branches.
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The Alien / Predator universe, story by story
Every mapped story, with adaptations and editions grouped together.
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Story chronology · Full mapped list
The list follows in-universe chronology. Era and continuity remain visible on each record.
Showing 21 of 21 released stories.
- Movie / film seriesAlternate continuity
Prey
A self-contained historical prequel and excellent alternate entry point.
- Movie / film seriesCanon
Predator: Killer of Killers
An animated anthology connecting Predator encounters across history.
- Movie / film seriesCanon
Predator
The cleanest starting point for the Predator branch.
- Movie / film seriesCanon
Predator 2
Expands the mythology and plants the franchise’s first crossover seed.
- Movie / film seriesAlternate continuity
Alien vs. Predator
A licensed crossover branch; do not use it to resolve the solo films’ canon.
- Movie / film seriesCanon
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
Directly continues the separate AVP film branch.
- Movie / film seriesCanon
Predators
A standalone continuation on an alien hunting world.
- Movie / film seriesCanon
The Predator
Another modern-day continuation; not required for Prey or Badlands.
- Comic / graphic novelCanon unclear
Predator comics — original run
A broad licensed publishing branch with stories that should be assessed run by run rather than treated as one film canon.
- Movie / film seriesCanon
Prometheus
A prequel-era story best watched after the original films.
- Movie / film seriesCanon
Alien: Covenant
Continues Prometheus and moves closer to Alien.
- TV season / seriesCanon
Alien: Earth — Season 1
A television prequel set in 2120, two years before Alien.
- Movie / film seriesCanon
Alien
The essential starting point; release order preserves the franchise’s mystery.
- GameCanon
Alien: Isolation
A licensed narrative set between Alien and Aliens, centered on Amanda Ripley.
- Audio storyAdaptation continuity
Alien: Out of the Shadows
A full-cast audio adaptation of the licensed novel set between Alien and Aliens.
- Movie / film seriesCanon
Alien: Romulus
Set between Alien and Aliens, but best experienced after both.
- Movie / film seriesCanon
Aliens
The direct sequel to Alien and the second core chapter.
- BookLegacy continuity
Aliens: Outbreak
An earlier licensed comic sequel to Aliens that was displaced by later films; preserve it as a legacy branch.
- Movie / film seriesCanon
Alien 3
Continues immediately after Aliens.
- Movie / film seriesCanon
Alien: Resurrection
A distant-future continuation of the original film sequence.
- Movie / film seriesCanon
Predator: Badlands
A future-set story that also introduces an explicit Alien-world corporate link.
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Use the full chronology or follow a shorter route.
Predator → Predator 2
Prey also works as a standalone modern entry point.
AVP comes last
Treat its two films as their own crossover continuity.
Story versions
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Researched editions and adaptations stay together under one story.
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What anchors this order.
Official franchise, creator and publisher sources anchor the chronology. Conflicts and uncertain placements are labelled.
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