Planned Release Date: November 2026

About This Game

Raise one of 60 hand-drawn species from a single founder cell to a full-grown adult: tigers, bees, corals, octopuses, sunflowers, peacocks and many more. Each grows through four stages, Founder, Developed, Juvenile and Adult, with new artwork at every stage, so you watch your creature change, not just a number go up. Your first adult of each species unlocks two more.

Every organism is born with a seed. Most are standard forms, but a few percent of births are rare colour morphs such as albino, golden and ghost. Reproduce to roll a new seed, crossbreed two species for better odds, and record every species and morph you find in the Bestiary.

Every species has a role. Farmers such as bees, sunflowers and snails keep your economy running. Fighters such as tigers, sharks and scorpions are built for battle. Decide who stays home to farm and who goes out to fight.

Inside every creature is a working body. Pulse its heart for energy, then place and connect organs to shape your production: brains unlock automation and spore-producing organs supply clones for expansion.

Research mutations, combine their effects and discover synergies. Your next breakthrough might come from a better connection, a new adaptation or a different approach to your build.

Pulse the heart yourself, then develop systems that buy, research and expand for you. Play actively, leave your organism growing or combine both. Offline progress lets you come back to a habitat that kept growing while you were away.

Send clones across branching networks, capture nodes and extend your reach. Create universes, raise civilisations and choose the laws that shape their worlds.

As your world expands, its inhabitants begin to question their existence. Discover their stories and decide what kind of creator you will become.

Reset your reality and carry knowledge and permanent upgrades into a new beginning — keep your species or switch to another you have unlocked. Take on challenges with altered rules, develop ecosystems and explore multiverses. Each reset gives you new tools and new decisions for the next run.

• 60 hand-drawn species: each grows through four stages, from founder cell to adult.

• Rare morphs and crossbreeding: hunt rare colour morphs and crossbreed species for better odds.

• Fighters and farmers: every species has its own stats for fighting and farming.

• Multiple organisms: maintain a habitat of creatures within one save.

• Photo mode: frame and capture your favourite specimens.

• Connected organ builds: shape production through placement and connections.

• Mutations and synergies: combine upgrades to develop your own approach.

• Active and idle progression: balance manual interaction, automation and offline growth.

• Progress across resets: unlock permanent upgrades, challenges, ecosystems and multiverses.

Wishlist and follow Germline for new species reveals and to hear the moment Early Access opens.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Some of the content in Germline was created with the help of generative AI tools. This includes the in-game music soundtrack and some store and marketing artwork. All AI-assisted content was reviewed and selected by a developer. The creatures you see in the game are not made by AI. They are built by the game’s own procedural generation system from each organism’s genome