Capture real wild animals.

A nature game played outside. Photograph any real animal you find to capture it, build your team and encyclopedia, and battle for real places, from the park down the road to the top of the animal family tree.

QR code linking to the Animalis download page

Scan with your phone camera to install

Animalis is a paid game: catching animals needs Animalis Unlimited: £3.99 a month, £24.99 a year, or a one-time lifetime unlock. No ads, nothing else to buy.

Every icon is a real animal someone caught. Gold hexagons are gyms held by players.

– animals caught – species discovered – gyms held right now

How it works

Every animal is a real species and the game board is the real world, so your collection is whatever genuinely lives around you.

The Animalis camera identifying a bumblebee on a poppy

1 · Photograph

Spot any real animal, a beetle, a gull, a deer, and photograph it in the app, from a respectful distance. Animalis identifies the species on the spot.

A wild battle: a Buff-tailed Bumblebee against the player's Black Slug, with the moves below

2 · Battle

Take it on in a turn-based battle with your team. Every species has its own moves and matchups.

The Captured! screen after a successful Net throw

3 · Capture

Throw a Net to capture it. It joins your team and your encyclopedia, with its real taxonomy, habitat and conservation status.

More than catching

Every one of these is the game's own screen, on real data.

The main map standing in Verdi Square, New York: the Gym chip and the park's gym plaque

Gyms in real parks

Beat the defending team, leave your own animals to hold it, and earn Leaves (the in-game currency) every day you keep it.

The Canopy

The animal family tree as a ladder you battle up, species to kingdom, from anywhere in the world.

Seasons

Hundreds of limited-time events tied to what's really happening in nature near you. Catch the animal while it's in season for its badge.

A trade in progress: a Jaguar offered for a Cheetah, one side accepted

Friends, trades, battles

Add friends with an invite link, trade animals with them, battle them head-to-head, and climb the gym leaderboards.

An encyclopedia entry: the Axolotl, Critically Endangered, with its growth stages

Grow a real team

Life stages, sexes and colour forms drawn from real biology, and an encyclopedia that fills with every species you find.

The overview map of Singapore: Health Centres, Shops and player-held Gyms around a lake

Real landmarks

Places of worship are Health Centres, supermarkets are Shops, parks are Gyms, and any building can be your Home.

Browse every animal in the game

The Animalis encyclopaedia is open to everyone: every species players have found so far, arranged by taxonomy. Open any one for its growth stages, types, size and conservation status, or narrow it to the animals players have actually caught.

Open the encyclopaedia

Questions

Are the animals real?

Yes. Every animal in Animalis is a real species, identified from your photo. Your collection reflects whatever genuinely lives where you are.

How many animals are in the game?

Animalis identifies the animal in your photo, so any real species you can photograph can be caught, from beetles and garden birds to sharks and crocodiles. Players have found over 2,100 species so far, across 170 orders of the animal kingdom, and the number grows with every catch.

What is this globe showing?

Real captures by real players around the world, each shown with the animal's in-game icon at an approximate location, plus every gym currently held by a player. It updates every few minutes.

What are gyms?

Gyms are real parks and green spaces. Beat the defending team and the gym is yours to defend with your own animals. Holding one earns Leaves

(the in-game currency) every day, plus the stake of any challenger your team beats, and puts it on the globe above.

Where can I get it?

On the App Store for iPhone and Google Play for Android. Animalis is a paid game: catching animals needs Animalis Unlimited, £3.99 a month, £24.99 a year, or a one-time lifetime unlock (the exact price for your country is shown in the app before you buy, and you can cancel any time).

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