Alien Species/Race Generator
Need a fictional alien species in your sci-fi story, novel, or game? Here are some randomly generated alien suggestions! This Alien Species Generator has been designed to help writers & roleplayers come up with new ideas for alien races to include in their stories & games.
It will automatically create a randomly generated name for an alien species, along with a short description of the species’ physiology and/or society.
Need a name for the planet these aliens live on? Use our Planet Name Generator, or for the name of an alien character use the Alien Character Name Generator.
To generate more random alien species, press the button.
Random Alien Species
Name: Manirs
Description: Hard-shelled holograms who have empathic abilities. They love biscuits. Their main philosophy is to be kind to each other.
Name: The Burrowing Monjers
Description: A species of slugs with no limbs. They eat dust. Their tails continue growing throughout their entire lives, and the length of an individual’s tail can be a good indicator of age. They are thought to be extinct.
Name: Bineorn-pods
Description: Curious pinnipeds who have red eyes. They smell like cabbage.
Name: Soons
Description: A race of clouds with no vocal chords. They communicate using sign-language. Often, they are made slaves by other species. They are experts in genetic manipulation and mind control, and they have turned many of the animal species native to their homeworld into workers and slaves.
Name: The Symbiotic Odorgers
Description: Ancient plants who have constant hunger for carbon. They only live for 1 year. These time-travelers originate in the distant future. When their home-world was destroyed by a natural disaster, they traveled millions of years back in time to found a new empire in the here & now. Having long ago mastered the intricacies of time-travel, they now sell the ability to alter history to other species. The price for this service is extremely high, & they of course make sure that any changes will not adversely affect their own history. They are absolute lunatics.