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Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution
Play with evolution! Species: ALRE is a scientifically-grounded, emergent simulation of natural selection. Creatures evolve and speciate in response to in-game mutation and selection forces, allowing you to experience and tinker with evolution in real-time.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.
“If you are looking for an interactive game such as Spore, Species is not the game for you. However if you are interested in the science and history of evolution, Species is probably the most realistic sandbox out there. You are able to setup the world parameters, such as…”
— a player, Steam review · 44 hrs played“It's quite a neat game. It just has some BIG problems. Most of the time they turn into herbivores (if you choose a blank slate). I'd just like to let it run on it's own and coming back to all herbivores is quite infuriating. I think it would help if the plants could evolve so…”
— a player, Steam review · 28 hrs played“I neat idea, but the simulation doesn't really work for a few reasons. 1) It only models animal life, and treats plants as nothing but a resource to be consumed, leading to... 2) All animals tend towards herbivores because it's the easiest was to obtain energy without risk, and…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
0.14.2.6
0.14.2.6 Changelog Added localizable strings and tooltips for emotion names, descriptions and adjectives. Added localizable strings for a large number of AI routine names, as utilized by the thought l
0.14.2.4 Experimental
Changelog Tentative fix for a creature teleportation bug associated with pouncing attacks. Main menu buttons are now localizable (they don’t look quite as good as before, but it’s not too bad). Fix a
Where to next? - 0.15.0
Lately I've been moving towards fatigue, sleep, temperature and exposure to the elements all needing to be much more important survival needs than they are right now. Let's put all of these mechanics
0.14.2.0 released to experimental
0.14.2.0 is now live on the experimental branch. This update does not include any gameplay changes, but instead enables the creation of localization mods and introduces new music. See the blog post he
0.14.1.14
0.14.1.14 Changelog * Fix a memory leak introduced in 0.14.1.12 that was causing an escalating series of freezes, ultimately leading to the game becoming non-responsive.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Simulation, Early Access |
| Player tags | Simulation · Sandbox · Early Access · Science · God Game · Experimental · Indie · Real-Time with Pause · Singleplayer · Relaxing · Management · Strategy (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Official site | http://www.speciesgame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista or higher Processor: 2 GHz processor Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Shader Model 3.0