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.
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Random Alien Species
Name: The Faithful Tamors
Description: Slow-moving spiders who have blistered skin, & puss-filled buboes caused by the planet's radiation. They don't wear clothes on leap years. They are governed by a military dictatorship. They eat their own faeces.
Name: Kayjuc
Description: A race of bovines with wide hips. They don't require an atmosphere to breathe, & can survive in the vacuum of space. They spawn young every 20 days. They have never encountered a Human.
Name: Terakro
Description: Fruit-like avians who have been made infertile due to high levels of pollution, & will soon become extinct. They make cheese from the mothers milk. This fetches a high price in interstellar markets. They hibernate over their planet's long winter.
Name: Straato
Description: These are slugs with wide hips. They are excellent at all sports. They rely on another species called a zynif in order to breed. The zygnif has sexual relations with both male and female, transferring genetic material between them. Zygnifs are not intelligent, and are comparable to large flying insects. They are thought to be extinct.
Name: Olgato
Description: Soft sponges who have genitalia on their head. They are ruled by a kind, supportive King. They long ago abandoned their homeworld following a natural disaster and now live as refugees on other worlds and as integrated members of alien societies.