Evolve is a game where four players control futuristic space hunters against the fifth player who is an alien Monster. The setting of the game is a distant planet, called Shear, that the humans colonize but soon find themselves threatened by a monstuous alien race and they have to defend their colonial bases. The monster wins by either killing the hunters or destroying their base. Each human player has a unique role, being either trapper, medic, support or on assault. The player that chooses a Monster will have the choice between four species – Goliath, Kraken, Wraith or Behemoth.