Species: Unknown similar games & best alternatives

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Species: Unknown

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2025

Should you play it?

Species: Unknown is a 1 to 4 players co-op survival horror. Complete high-risk missions aboard an abandoned ship while being hunted by an unknown creature. Survive and upgrade your gear to face each new threat that lurks in the dark.

What works

  • Immersive sci-fi horror atmosphere
  • Strong cooperative multiplayer gameplay
  • Varied and unique monsters
  • Polished graphics and sound design
  • Good value for price

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited content with only one main map
  • Some repetitive mission elements
  • Voice chat and ui need improvements
  • Bugs and performance issues reported
  • Slow movement and clunky controls

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • R.E.P.O.

  • UNDERWARD

  • PAYDAY™ The Heist

  • GTFO

  • Lethal Company

  • Aliens: Fireteam Elite

More exploratory

Games that feels like Species: Unknown but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • CRYO

  • Abiotic Factor

  • Nuclear Nightmare

  • Sketchy's Contract

  • Subterror

  • Backrooms: Extractions

More competitive

Games that feels like Species: Unknown but with more competition against others

  • Marathon

  • Natural Selection 2

  • Unfortunate Spacemen

  • Dead Effect 2 VR

  • Mass Effect™ 3 N7 Digital Deluxe Edition (2012)

  • Resident Evil 6

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  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Species: Unknown. These titles are not in What to play next.

Species: Unknown: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Thrill. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026