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: Gturian

Description: Dog-like changelings who communicate using semaphor. Their claws are strong enough to tear through steel. They eat their own faeces.

Name: Bosbians

Description: A race of apes with skin as hard as steel.

Name: Metazoik

Description: Rodent-like starfish who have dexterous fingers. They smell like potassium. Only the females are allowed out at night.

Name: Bolkloren

Description: These are blobs with two sets of teeth.

Name: Kaiuts

Description: Cow-like bovines who have a detachable tail. They are dedicated to imposing their values of nature on other species.