Games like Species: Unknown
If Species: Unknown is your kind of game, the closest matches are Nuclear Nightmare, Zombiefield and InfestStation — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, immersive and intense. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Species: Unknown: 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.
Players who liked Species: Unknown also play
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Nuclear Nightmare
WHY THIS
Shares weapon upgrades, co op multiplayer and atmospheric with Species: Unknown.
Top pick for Species: Unknown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Species: Unknown.
Venture forth as part of a specialized team of fellow players tasked with retrieving classified materials, evading the black goo virus, and the nightmarish entities it has spawned. With time running out before the US government initiates a devastating nuclear strike to contain the spreading menace.
Zombiefield
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Species: Unknown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Species: Unknown.
New Zombiefield contractors! Your mission is to open portals to attract tougher zombies and evacuate before the missile strike. Work together with your manager to reduce risks and get paid for completing your contract
InfestStation
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Species: Unknown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Species: Unknown.
INFESTSTATION is a multiplayer Sci-Fi horror game. Board danger-filled abandoned space craft, work together to complete objectives, and sever the dimensional gateways that have allowed horrifying threats to take over and infest these now derelict spaces.
Backrooms: The Others
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Species: Unknown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Early Access with Species: Unknown.
Backrooms: The Others is a cooperative horror game for up to 4 players where you will be forced to explore these unknown nooks and crannies, trying to survive in this complex world where death can be waiting for you at every turn!
Backrooms: The Next Level
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Species: Unknown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Early Access with Species: Unknown.
Backrooms: The Next Level is a Co-op horror game up to 4 players, where you and your friends will explore the game, try to pass the game level using your mind, wit, remembering the places where you were
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Shares team coordination and an atmospheric mood with Species: Unknown.
Ranked #6 for Species: Unknown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Species: Unknown.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
GTFO
WHY THIS
Shares team coordination, procedural generation and a stressful mood with Species: Unknown.
Ranked #7 for Species: Unknown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Species: Unknown.
GTFO is a hardcore cooperative horror shooter that throws you from gripping suspense to explosive action in a heartbeat. Stealth, strategy, and teamwork are necessary to survive in your deadly, underground prison. Work together or die together.
EXOME
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Species: Unknown.
Ranked #8 for Species: Unknown fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Species: Unknown.
EXOME is a co-op sci-fi survival shooter that blends wave-based survival with open-world exploration. Battle hordes of aliens, upgrade your arsenal, and uncover the hidden truths of the deep forest. Will you face it alone or bring your friends along?
Reviewers mention these as similar to Species: Unknown
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Phasmophobia
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Species: Unknown.
Reviewers of Species: Unknown cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Species: Unknown.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Ready or Not
WHY THIS
Shares environmental interaction and a stressful mood with Species: Unknown.
Reviewers of Species: Unknown cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Species: Unknown.
Ready or Not is an intense, tactical, first-person shooter that depicts a modern-day world in which SWAT police units are called to defuse hostile and confronting situations.
Alien: Isolation
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Species: Unknown.
Reviewers of Species: Unknown cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Species: Unknown.
Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Species: Unknown at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Species: Unknown on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Species: Unknown.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Species: Unknown on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Species: Unknown.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Species: Unknown on Steam right now. Shares Action with Species: Unknown.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Species: Unknown on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Species: Unknown.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Species: Unknown on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Species: Unknown.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Species: Unknown on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Species: Unknown.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Species: Unknown on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Species: Unknown.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Species: Unknown on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Species: Unknown.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Species: Unknown.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Species: Unknown.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Species: Unknown.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Species: Unknown.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Species: Unknown.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Species: Unknown.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Species: Unknown.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Species: Unknown.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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More from WanadevStudio
Other recommendable Steam games by WanadevStudio, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Ragnarock
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Species: Unknown.
Another title from WanadevStudio, the studio behind Species: Unknown. Shares Action and Indie with Species: Unknown.
Lead your viking ship to victory in this rhythm game! Pound your drums to the sound of epic music, from celtic rock to viking power metal, and set sail against your rivals. Solo, Split-Screen & Online PVP included.
Propagation: Paradise Hotel
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Species: Unknown.
Another title from WanadevStudio, the studio behind Species: Unknown. Shares Action with Species: Unknown.
Trapped inside the Paradise Hotel, you are desperate to find your sister. Explore dark surroundings, gather resources, and survive terrifying encounters. This intense single-player VR survival horror game with great storytelling will get your adrenaline pumping.
Propagation VR
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Species: Unknown.
Another title from WanadevStudio, the studio behind Species: Unknown. Shares Action with Species: Unknown.
Combining survival horror and static wave shooting, Propagation VR will get your adrenaline pumping as you try to survive a zombie apocalypse. Armed only with your guns and your fists, fight off terrifying zombies and other multi-species mutants. Will you get out alive?
Vestiges: Fallen Tribes
WHY THIS
Another title from WanadevStudio, the studio behind Species: Unknown. Shares Indie with Species: Unknown.
Dive into a gripping strategy adventure set in a dystopian world. Lead your tribe to victory, deploy animated units, and conquer tactical challenges in this immersive (PC & PCVR) turn by turn board game.
Frequently asked about Species: Unknown
- Does Species: Unknown work on Steam Deck?
- Species: Unknown is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Species: Unknown cost?
- Species: Unknown is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Species: Unknown have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Species: Unknown supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Species: Unknown?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Species: Unknown are Nuclear Nightmare, Zombiefield, InfestStation.
- Who developed Species: Unknown?
- Species: Unknown was developed by WanadevStudio.
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