Can’t make it to the raid on Area 51? No worries! We’ve got some alien themed games you can enjoy in the comfort of your own home. As an added bonus, you won’t have the military coming after you if you pick up one of these to play.

First up, we have a game in Upper Deck’s Legendary Deckbuilding series: Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game. it’s a fun co-op game where you team up and survive against hordes of aliens. Click on the game below, as well as its expansion to see store near you that are carrying it!

Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game

Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game Expansion

Next up is a game I’ve had a lot of fun playing: Merchant of Venus. Face off against your friends and see who can be come the most successful space trader by delivering commodities across the galaxy. As you earn more, you can purchase or upgrade your space ship, or build your own spaceports and factories. Once again, click on the image below to see stores carrying it near you:

Merchant of Venus (second edition)

Our next game is not for the feint of heart. Twilight Imperium is known for it’s grand storytelling and tactical strategy. While others descend on the Nevada desert in search of aliens, you can be competing with your friends for interstellar supremacy with one of 17 different factions. Just make sure you’ve given yourself plenty of time, as the estimated playtime for this game is 4 to 8 hours. Hey, no one said conquering the universe would be easy. Click on the image below to see what sellers on our network are carrying this game:

Twilight Imperium Fourth Edition

The Area 51 raiders will hope for an alien encounter that may or may not happen, but for you it can be a sure thing with Cosmic Encounter! Lead an alien race and take control of other players’ planetary systems. Click below to purchase!

Cosmic Encounter

Check out the Cosmic Encounter expansions as well!

Cosmic Encounter: Cosmic Incursion Expansion

Cosmic Encounter: Cosmic Conflict

Cosmic Encounter: Cosmic Alliance

Cosmic Encounter: Cosmic Dominion

Cosmic Encounter: Cosmic Eons Expansion

Instead of heading to the desert, why not go… TO SPAAAACE in this space exploration game from Tasty Minstrel, Exodus fleet. Support your friendly local game store by clicking on the image below and placing an order for in-store pickup:

Exodus Fleet

Check out the card game, Race for the Galaxy, as well as its expansions, and build your own galactic civilizations:

Race for the Galaxy

Race for the Galaxy: The Gathering Storm

Race for the Galaxy: Rebel vs Imperium

Race for the Galaxy: The Brink of War

Race for the Galaxy: Alien Artifacts

Race for the Galaxy: Xeno Invasion

And also from Rio Grande Games comes Roll for the Galaxy, a dice game of building space empires. Develop new technologies, settle worlds, and ship goods. Build the most prosperous empire to win:

Roll for the Galaxy

Roll for the Galaxy: Ambition Expansion

Roll For The Galaxy: Rivalry Expansion

If your goal is to keep peace and promote solid diplomatic relations across the galaxy, then check out Among the Stars:

Among the Stars

Finally, for you fans of TCGs out there, we’ve got some alien themed cards for you to get in the spirit of Area 51!

There’s PuPu from Final Fantasy 8, for the Final Fantasy TCG:

PuPu EX – 4-128C

For Cardfight Vanguard, there’s nothing like recruiting a Wandering Starhulk Diety to smash face:

Wandering Starhulk Deity, Brandt Ringer – V-EB06/004EN – VR

Yu-Gi-Oh! has a few aliens you can choose from to spice up your deck:

Alien Kid – CRMS-EN084 – Super Rare – 1st Edition

Alien Warrior – POTD-EN027 – Rare – 1st Edition

Alien Telepath – GLAS-EN034 – Rare – 1st Edition

While Magic: the Gathering may not explicitly have aliens, the Eldrazi are arguably the closest thing to Aliens Wizards has put in the game. Get one of these behemoths to add to your deck and wield their cosmic power to smash your opponents:

Emrakul, the Aeons Torn

Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger

Kozilek, the Great Distortion

And finally, a collection of alien TCG cards wouldn’t be complete without the extraterrestrial pokemon, Deoxys:

Deoxys – 2/95 – Holo Rare

Deoxys-EX – BW82 – Promotional

Hopefully you found something here you enjoyed that will satisfy your extraterrestrial related needs if you couldn’t make it to Area 51. If you did, share this blog with your friends! Even if they are across the country, our product finder will be able to find stores close to them that have these products. You’ll be sharing some awesome games with them, and helping grow and promote local game stores. That’s what I call a win-win!