I always found it fascinating in Stellaris the abundant amount of alien species that you can choose from when creating your empire, along with the randomized nature of encountering alien species while out exploring the galaxy. While I loved the variation here, some alien species felt like they were clumped together vaguely with their classification. This mod aims to solve that by making many more species classes to fit the species that exist in Stellaris. Below are the following 9 new species classes added:

Species Classes:
Amoeboid (Amorphous-Like)
Amphiboid (Amphibian-Like)
Cephalapoid (Cephalopod-Like)
Crustaceoid (Crustacean-Like)
Cyboroid (Cyborg-Like)
Serpentoid (Serpent-Like)
Ichthyoid (Fish-Like)
Insectoid (Insect-Like)
Zetanoid (Grey-Like)


• Additional pre-sapient species that can spawn in the galaxy. (excludes Cyboroid)
• Unique robot design for each new species class.
• Unique cityscapes for each new species class, including Ecumenopolis.
• Unique shipsets for Amoeboids, Crustaceoids and Zetanoids.
• Animated previously static portraits from the likes of Alien Suns: The Outer Rim by S.C. Watson, Octavio by Vic20, Peglaci Species Mod by dogkisser and Aquatic Portraits Mod by jaypeejamilson.


Humanoid: 1 | Machine: 9 | Mammalian: 3 | Reptilian: 2 | Avian: 1 | Arthropoid: 5 | Molluscoid: 5 | Fungoid: 4 | Plantoid: 1 | Necroid: 2 | Aquatic: 10 | Toxoid: 2 | Amoeboid: 2 | Cephalapoid: 4 | Crustacoid: 1 | Cyboroid: 15 | Ichthyoid 3 | Insectoid: 4 | Serpentoid: 1 | Zetanoid: 4 |

Species of Stellaris borrows portraits from vanilla species classes to fill these new classes.

As of right now, several of the species classes borrow ship appearance and name lists from various in-game species classes. I am looking to make each species class more unique and to add more species portraits to increase variation. I was looking towards the workshop for excellent creator assists to potentially use. However, I would need to gain creators' permissions first before doing so of course.

Included here are wonderful works from the likes of Stellaris mod creators S.C. Watson, Ginufe, Cavily, Cheek, Vic20, Radabit, Trickity, Rocket, Robicon, Twink315, dogkisser, Etiluos and jaypeejamilson. Special thanks to them for allowing permission for me to use their content in Species of Stellaris.



This new version of Species of Stellaris comes with an update to 3.8.4 and two small additions.

Distant Creature by Ginufe has been added to the ranks of the Molluscoids, along with 4 phenotype variations added for variations sake.

Fungoid 11 (Mushroom Boi) has also had the hidden Orange, Yellow, Green and Turquoise phenotypes restored and usable once again for them.



Today, we update Species of Stellaris into patch 3.8.3, along with some other additional goodies as well. This includes the implementation of Cuelan and Peglaci Species by dogkisser, Animated Slime and Grey Goo Species by Etiluos and finally Aquatic Portraits Mod by jaypeejamilson.

• The new additions of Aquatic Portraits Mod by jaypeejamilson and Peglaci Species by dogkisser have been given animations to bring them to life in encounters in the galaxy!

• With the implementation of Animated Slime and Grey Goo Species by Etiluos, The Grey Goo is now the default robot for the Amoeboid Species Class. The previously assigned robot has been moved to the Cyboroid species class.

• Even More phenotypes have been added to our new additions as well to increase variety with species encountered. Below is the number of phenotypes added for each species class:
Aquatic - 9 | Cephalapoid - 12 | Crustaceoid- 4 | Ichthyoid - 4 |

Please see change notes for changes included in previous versions.


This mod requires the following expansions in order to work correctly:

Anniversary Portraits
Leviathans
Synthetic Dawn
Plantoids Species Pack
Necroids Species Pack
Aquatics Species Pack
Toxoids Species Pack


Should be compatible with anything, as long as it doesn’t alter the base game species classes or primitives.

Hope everyone likes the mod! If anyone has any questions, suggestions or concerns, I would love to hear from you. Feel free to comment below and let's get a conversation going.




Axolotl Animated Portrait by Radabit - mod_detail.php?publishedfileid=2409558050
Animated Sectoid by Rocket - mod_detail.php?publishedfileid=909858285
T's Undead Humanoid by Trickity - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?l=latam&id=1706468251
Cnidor by Vic20 - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?l=german&id=2863791604&searchtext=
Xeno Biodiversity by Ginufe - mod_detail.php?publishedfileid=1353289123
Necrats by Vic20 - mod_detail.php?publishedfileid=2792484619
Alien Suns by S.C. Watson - mod_detail.php?publishedfileid=689601294
Alien Suns: The Outer Rim by S.C. Watson - mod_detail.php?publishedfileid=1180018484
Synthetic Portrait Pack by dogkisser - mod_detail.php?publishedfileid=891425376
Octavio by Vic20 - mod_detail.php?publishedfileid=1580138555
Cyborg Portraits by Robicon - mod_detail.php?publishedfileid=1639761478
Cuelan Species Mod by dogkisser - mod_detail.php?publishedfileid=867093704
Peglaci Species Mod by dogkisser - mod_detail.php?publishedfileid=682718901
Animated Grey Goo Species by Etiluos - mod_detail.php?publishedfileid=1404854352
Animated Slime Species by Etiluos - mod_detail.php?publishedfileid=1403253526&searchtext=Etiluos
Aquatic Portraits Mod by jaypeejamilson - mod_detail.php?publishedfileid=2613572016
Distant Creature by Ginufe - mod_detail.php?publishedfileid=1379385525


Master of Orion: Psilon Shipset by Cavily - mod_detail.php?publishedfileid=2870533037
Cheek's Custom Shipset: Star Trek [Romulans] by Cheek - mod_detail.php?publishedfileid=2065511144
Cheek's Custom Shipsets: Star Trek Cardassians by Cheek - mod_detail.php?publishedfileid=2331924381


Twinks Citiyscapes Reloaded by Twink315 (Enviromentalist and Authoritarian cityscapes used) - mod_detail.php?publishedfileid=1569789715
Twinks Organic Cityscape by Twink315 - mod_detail.php?publishedfileid=912539643
Twinks Cryptic Cityscape by Twink315 - mod_detail.php?publishedfileid=912539415
Twinks Pirate City by Twink315 - mod_detail.php?publishedfileid=912539543
Twinks Spiritualist City Collection by Twink315 - mod_detail.php?publishedfileid=911678666

Thank you to everyone that granted me permission to use their mods in mine. I greatly appreciate it. Your work is what truly helps bring Species of Stellaris alive. - Mr_Daniels