The Specimen

About the Game

A dying vessel. A weapon that evolves. A universe that doesn't care.

You are the last experiment aboard a vessel on its final reserves at the edge of known space. Your only tool is The Specimen: a bioweapon that grows stronger with every deployment. Command it from a retro command-line interface, making hard choices with limited resources as you push through four hostile star systems.

Build Your Specimen. Watch It Fight.

Combat is an auto-battler — every fight is won or lost based on the build you brought in. Watch each battle play back blow by blow as your mutations collide with the threat. Pure strategy.

Multiple Mutation Branches. No Two Runs Alike.

Mid-run evolution lets you shape your specimen into a glass cannon, an unkillable wall, a thorn-covered nightmare, or something in between. Every branch has five levels, and rarity is rolled fresh each run — a Galactic roll on the right mutation can break a run wide open.

Every Death Makes You Stronger.

Resources scavenged during a failed run carry over. Upgrade your specimen's base stats and your ship's fuel cells, then launch the next vessel a little tougher than the last. No run is wasted.

Chart Your Path Through Dying Systems.

Navigate branching sector maps where hard threats guard better salvage and safe routes conserve precious fuel. Four star systems stand between you and the void. Each one harder than the last.