Official Releases
| Stages | When | Name |
Description |
Version |
| Early Development | 11th November 1996 | The original release version | 1.00 | |
| June 1997 | Patch to allow Observation Kit to work | 1.01 | ||
| 27th June 1997 | Japanese Release | |||
| 15th July 1997 | North American Release | |||
| Q2 1997 | Mac Release | |||
| August 1997 | The 1.02 Update | Introduces NT compatibility, adds new macro commands, fixes problems with exporting pregnant creatures. | 1.02 | |
| January 1998? | Life Kit | Updates Creatures to 1.03 Improved Windows NT compatibility Adds a few minor features including a new skin pigmentation gene |
1.03 | |
| Before August 1998? | The 1.04 Update | Updates Creatures from 1.02 or 1.03 | 1.04 | |
| Spin-offs & combinations | November 2000 | Creatures Trilogy | Release of Creatures 1, 2 and 3 along with the first two Life Kits | 1.04? |
| August 2004 | Creatures: The Albian Years | Combination of Creatures 1 & 2 with the Life Kits, Objects Packs and all official breeds. | 1.04? | |
| July 2007 | Creatures Triple Pack | Combination of Albian Years, Exodus and Village | 1.04? | |
| Modernisation | November 2009 | GOG Creatures Collection | Re-release of the Creatures series (including The Albian Years) Made compatible with Windows XP, Vista & 7 | 1.04 |
| December 2021 | Creatures on Steam | Re-release of the Creatures series (including The Albian Years) Made compatible with Windows 10 | 1.04? |
