Archive EntryPreservation Record

Alien: Isolation - The Collection

Shelf markLIB-0146

Editorial StandingCatalogued · Permanent Record

2019Game

Catalog Information

Original Title: Alien: Isolation - The Collection
Release: 2014 (original) · 2019 (Nintendo Switch) · 2023 (Limited Run Games #191)
Developer: Creative Assembly · Feral Interactive
Publisher: SEGA · Limited Run Games
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Region: Region-free · Switch Limited Run #191 · HAC-P-AUSBA
Medium: Nintendo Switch game card · Limited Run Games edition
Subjects: Survival Horror · Stealth · Science Fiction · Alien · Limited Run Games · Preservation

Archival Status

Custody: Permanent archive holding
Reference Copy: Nintendo Switch game card in retail case · Limited Run Games #191 edition
Filed: October 5, 2026

Curator Notes

Alien: Isolation follows Amanda Ripley, fifteen years after the 1979 film, aboard the failing station Sevastopol with a single creature that cannot be killed. Creative Assembly developed it and SEGA published it on October 7, 2014. It won the 2015 BAFTA Games Award for Audio Achievement. Feral Interactive ported it to Nintendo Switch as a digital release on December 5, 2019. The Collection includes all seven downloadable packs: the story missions Crew Expendable and Last Survivor, and the Survivor Mode packs Safe Haven, Corporate Lockdown, Trauma, The Trigger, and Lost Contact. Limited Run Games gave the Switch version its physical release as Switch Limited Run #191, taking open pre-orders from May to July 2023.

Collection Documentation

The retained object is Switch Limited Run #191, Limited Run Games’ physical edition of Alien: Isolation – The Collection, with the full game and its seven downloadable packs on a single region-free game card. Dedicated artifact views of the individual copy have not yet been filed; the gallery below is held open for that documentation.

Preservation Notes

Access Hardware: Nintendo Switch; compatible Nintendo Switch family hardware
Original Hardware: Nintendo Switch
Playback Compatibility: Nintendo Switch software is region-free. The retained game card is the primary access copy and runs on any Nintendo Switch console.
Preservation Concerns: Game cards are flash media; long-term charge retention, contact wear, and loss of the small card from its case are the principal risks. Any content delivered as an eShop download or update depends on Nintendo’s servers and is not preserved by the card alone.
Edition History: Original release October 7, 2014. Feral Interactive’s Nintendo Switch port was released digitally on December 5, 2019. Limited Run Games issued the physical edition (HAC-P-AUSBA) as Switch Limited Run #191 in standard, Classic, and Collector’s editions after pre-orders closed on July 9, 2023.
Access Status: Limited Run Games produced the physical edition to pre-order demand; it now circulates through the secondary market. The digital Switch edition was issued separately on the Nintendo eShop.

Connections

Series: Alien
Editorial Record: Reserved for future critical writing in Bloodsoaked Media.

Artifact Documentation

Reference photography of the preserved copy held by Bloodsoaked Media. Each view records the edition, materials, and condition of the work in custody.

Space is reserved for official artwork verification, collection photography, scans, and supplementary archival media. Nothing is forced into the record until documentation is filed.

Stewardship History

A permanent chronology of this archival record — filed, revised, and tended over time. Entries accumulate; none are erased.

Oct 5, 2026
Collection Documentation entered
Oct 5, 2026
Connections established
Alien recorded.
Oct 5, 2026
Official artwork entered
Official Nintendo Switch front cover filed under the Library accession path.
Oct 5, 2026
Curator Notes entered
Oct 5, 2026
Filed into the Library
Accessioned as LIB-0146.
Oct 5, 2026
Preservation Notes entered
Oct 5, 2026
Published to the public shelf