Species Unknown Turns Space Survival into a Terrifying Hunt
By Tuin
Oct 6, 2025
Species Unknown throws players into the cold dark of space, where abandoned ships hide secrets, screams, and something that should never have been found. It is a first-person survival horror game built around co-op play for up to four people, though brave explorers can also go in alone.
You take the role of a mercenary sent to investigate drifting vessels that have gone silent. Inside these ships are scattered clues, dangerous objectives, and a creature that stalks you through the darkness. Each mission can end in success, escape, or disaster depending on how you manage your equipment and teamwork.
The enemy at the heart of Species Unknown is not predictable. Each mission introduces a different alien lifeform with its own behavior, strengths, and weaknesses. Some hunt slowly and silently, others attack in bursts, and a few manipulate the environment itself. Studying evidence, adapting tactics, and using every tool available is essential to surviving the encounter.
Missions are randomly generated and vary from retrieval and containment to full-scale elimination or destruction. The environments change layout and hazards with every run, keeping players guessing. Dark corridors, flickering lights, and distant echoes create a constant tension that rarely lets up.
Firearms are only part of your survival kit. Players can use motion trackers, deploy shields, and heal with syringes found across the ship. The right preparation can mean the difference between life and death when the creature finally closes in. Between missions, you can upgrade gear, unlock new weapons, and discover more about the mysterious origins of these alien threats.
Species Unknown is developed by WanadevStudio and is planned to enter Early Access in October 2025. A demo and beta phase are already giving players a taste of the hunt, and early feedback praises its heavy atmosphere and teamwork-driven tension. If it manages to balance its procedural design with the intensity of its encounters, it could stand among the strongest new horror shooters of the decade.
You take the role of a mercenary sent to investigate drifting vessels that have gone silent. Inside these ships are scattered clues, dangerous objectives, and a creature that stalks you through the darkness. Each mission can end in success, escape, or disaster depending on how you manage your equipment and teamwork.
The enemy at the heart of Species Unknown is not predictable. Each mission introduces a different alien lifeform with its own behavior, strengths, and weaknesses. Some hunt slowly and silently, others attack in bursts, and a few manipulate the environment itself. Studying evidence, adapting tactics, and using every tool available is essential to surviving the encounter.
Missions are randomly generated and vary from retrieval and containment to full-scale elimination or destruction. The environments change layout and hazards with every run, keeping players guessing. Dark corridors, flickering lights, and distant echoes create a constant tension that rarely lets up.
Firearms are only part of your survival kit. Players can use motion trackers, deploy shields, and heal with syringes found across the ship. The right preparation can mean the difference between life and death when the creature finally closes in. Between missions, you can upgrade gear, unlock new weapons, and discover more about the mysterious origins of these alien threats.
Species Unknown is developed by WanadevStudio and is planned to enter Early Access in October 2025. A demo and beta phase are already giving players a taste of the hunt, and early feedback praises its heavy atmosphere and teamwork-driven tension. If it manages to balance its procedural design with the intensity of its encounters, it could stand among the strongest new horror shooters of the decade.