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Species: Unknown: co-op horror about mercenaries and a creature aboard an abandoned ship
Dark corridors of a derelict spaceship, an uneasy silence, and somewhere close — something that shouldn't exist. Species: Unknown is a first-person survival horror where you take contracts aboard a ship that should have been scrapped long ago. Every run becomes a tense balance between greed and self-preservation, because you share the ship with a creature whose behavior you can never predict in advance.
With this listing you get a Steam Gift of the base game: we arrange the gift through a bot and send it straight to your Steam account. Below is what's inside, how it all works and what to check before buying.
What the game is and why it's so gripping
The premise is simple and all the more effective for it: you arrive on an abandoned ship to do a job, but an unknown creature is waiting on board. The twist is that the specimen is chosen procedurally from a growing roster of monsters — each with its own behavior, hunting pattern, strengths and weaknesses. One run you sneak past a predator that reacts to sound, the next you flee one that senses you through walls. There's no single "right route" to memorize: the changing creatures force you to improvise.
The contracts vary too. Sometimes you extract a black box, sometimes you capture or eliminate the threat, and sometimes the brief is blunt: blow up the ship so the creature can't escape. Each objective demands its own tactics, and none of them are easy.
Solo or a squad of up to four
Species: Unknown plays solo — pure, tense, one-on-one horror with the ship — and in co-op for up to 4 players on private or public servers. In a team the run turns into manageable chaos: someone distracts, someone hauls the objective, someone panics on comms, and that's exactly where the best stories of a run come from. Gear upgrades and avatar customization give you reasons to come back and try new approaches.
Early Access: what it means for you
Species: Unknown launched in Early Access on October 23, 2025 (developed and published by WanadevStudio). That means the game is still growing: the developers plan to add new creatures, maps, upgrades and improvements during development, guided by player feedback. Buying now, you're joining a project in active development — worth keeping in mind honestly: some content is still ahead and the build may change. In return, you help shape what the game becomes by version 1.0.
Platform and system notes
At Early Access the game ships on Windows (64-bit). The developer hasn't announced separate macOS or Linux builds yet, so if you play on Mac or via Linux, check your launch method in advance. Steam Deck compatibility isn't officially confirmed — refer to the current requirements on the game's Steam page.
How the gift delivery works
We send the game as a Steam Gift via a bot. You provide two things: your Steam friend invite link and your account region. After that it's automatic:
- the bot adds itself as your friend — no need to accept anything;
- it sends the gift (usually within a couple of minutes);
- once delivered it leaves your friend list automatically.
Steam Guard is not required — the gift can be sent even to an account without it. You just need friend requests allowed in your privacy settings.
Region and ownership — the two key conditions
For Steam to accept the gift, two things must line up. First: your account region must match the gift region. This listing is available in 42 Steam regions — your region must be among them. Second: the receiving account must not already own Species: Unknown. Steam won't let you accept a second copy of a game you already have — that's the most common reason a gift fails. Check both before paying so everything goes smoothly.
If something goes wrong
Issues are rare, as with any service like this, and usually come down to a small thing: blocked friend requests or an expired invite link. Open friend requests in your privacy settings, refresh the link and message us — we'll help and get the gift onto your account.
Similar games in our catalog
If tense co-op horror is your thing, check out Lethal Company and Phasmophobia — both about a team, the dark and the constant feeling you're not alone. For survival solo or with friends, DEVOUR fits well too. Species: Unknown adds its own spin to the genre — an unpredictable creature the ship picks for you every time.