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Games Like Creatura

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Sandbox, Simulation, Nature, Singleplayer.

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Seed, Breed, Create. From single cell organisms to complex ecosystems. Evolve every part of your own unique aquarium / terrarium by applying scientifically accurate principles of natural and artificial selection, in Creatura - ultimate Virtual Evolution Vivarium Simulator.

Reviews: Mixed — 68% — of 228 reviews
Released: 2021-03-31
Developer: Koksny.com
Genres: Casual, Indie, Simulation
Platforms: Windows, Linux
Median playtime: 30 min
Mean playtime: 8.3 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 35%

Overview

Creatura stands out for its deep focus on scientific principles of evolution and artificial selection within a customizable vivarium. These recommendations prioritize games that emphasize genetic simulation, ecosystem management, and the fascinating process of watching life evolve from simple organisms into complex, self-sustaining creatures.

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    97% matchMostly Positive77% of 594 reviews2024
    Dev: Tom JohnsonPub: Slug Disco
    Windows

    Create virtual lifeforms whose development is shaped by a deep simulation of evolution. Guide them as they fight, mate, and adapt to the environment you have built. All the creatures in the trailer evolved on their own in the game!

    Why similar: Underwater 17.7%, God Game 15.9%, Science 15.9%, Fishing 12.8%, Life Sim 9.5%

    Why You'll Like It: Features a complex, physics-based evolutionary system where creatures evolve through natural selection in a 3D environment.

  2. #2 Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution
    96% matchMostly Positive74% of 988 reviews2018
    Dev: Quasar
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    Play with evolution! Species: ALRE is a scientifically-grounded, emergent simulation of natural selection. Creatures evolve and speciate in response to in-game mutation and selection forces, allowing you to experience and tinker with evolution in real-time.

    Why similar: Science 31.8%, God Game 27.2%, Sandbox 19.5%, Simulation 11%, Education 4.2%

    Why You'll Like It: A highly detailed simulation that models natural selection and genetic mutation in a sandbox environment.

  3. #3 The Sapling
    96% matchVery Positive90% of 1,846 reviews2019
    Dev: Wessel Stoop
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    The Sapling is a short simulation game where you design your own plants and animals, and put them in a world together. Or you turn on random mutations, and see what evolution does to your ecosystem!

    Why similar: Science 23.1%, God Game 19.7%, Life Sim 14.1%, Sandbox 10.4%, Nature 9%

    Why You'll Like It: Allows you to design your own ecosystem and watch as life evolves and adapts to the environment you created.

  4. #4 The Bibites: Digital Life
    94% matchVery Positive97% of 213 reviews2025
    Dev: Omnia Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Explore real digital life in The Bibites! Play god by guiding your bibites on their evolutionary journey or engineer your own. Analyze their Neural Network brains and genetic information as they adapt to their environments. Save your favorites and test their strength in Challenge Mode!

    Why similar: Science 29.6%, Sandbox 13.7%, Education 12.7%, Nature 11.2%, Creature Collector 10.6%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the evolution of digital creatures with complex AI, genetics, and neural networks.

  5. #5 Vilmonic
    95% matchMostly Positive72% of 85 reviews2018
    Dev: Bludgeonsoft
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Vilmonic is an artificial life simulator and genetics and evolution sandbox game. Protect and breed unique pixel-art life forms where pixels and color have meaning. Craft tools and buildings and change the environment. Find ancient tech and fend off haywire zombitons. Craft Farm Breed Evolve!

    Why similar: Science 19.8%, God Game 17.8%, Creature Collector 12%, Sandbox 9.4%, Nature 9.2%

    Why You'll Like It: An artificial life simulator where you must protect and evolve pixel-based creatures through genetic manipulation.

  6. #6 Equilinox
    94% matchVery Positive92% of 2,999 reviews2018
    Dev: ThinMatrix
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    Equilinox is a relaxing nature simulation game in which you can create and nurture your own ecosystems. Shape the world to your liking, cultivate and raise hundreds of different species, and evolve your wildlife to unlock more exotic plants and animals.

    Why similar: God Game 24.3%, Sandbox 22.8%, Simulation 14.8%, Nature 13.9%, Relaxing 12%

    Why You'll Like It: A relaxing sandbox game where you manage an ecosystem and evolve new species through genetic mutation.

  7. #7 Niche - a genetics survival game
    93% matchVery Positive86% of 5,158 reviews2017
    Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Niche - a genetics survival game is a turn-based strategy game combined with simulation and roguelike elements. Shape your own species of animals based on real genetics. Keep your species alive against all odds, such as predators, climate change and spreading sickness.

    Why similar: Nature 22.1%, Sandbox 21.6%, Education 21%, Procedural Generation 13.6%, Simulation 9.3%

    Why You'll Like It: Combines turn-based strategy with real genetic principles to manage a tribe of animals and ensure their survival.

  8. #8 Fish Game
    91% matchVery Positive93% of 602 reviews2023
    Dev: A Shell in the Pit Games
    Windows

    Fish Game is a detailed and highly “sofishticated” freshwater aquarium simulator, lovingly crafted *by* enthusiasts *for* enthusiasts! Featuring fish with personalities and dynamic relationships, water quality modeling, and so much more! Made with support from our friends at Smarter Every Day!

    Why similar: Underwater 15%, Science 13.7%, God Game 12.3%, Creature Collector 11.7%, Fishing 10.6%

    Why You'll Like It: Provides a highly realistic aquarium experience with a focus on fish behavior and creature care.

  9. #9 Biotope
    92% matchMixed43% of 219 reviews2019
    Dev: MBL Development
    Windows · Mac

    Biotope will be the most detailed and realistic aquarium simulator on the market. Biotope makes it possible to create complex aquarist ecosystems and simulate realistic life cycles of plants and fish.

    Why similar: Science 18.8%, Underwater 17.9%, Life Sim 14.6%, Sandbox 11.3%, Education 10.5%

    Why You'll Like It: A realistic aquarium simulator that emphasizes the biological needs and interactions of aquatic life.

  10. #10 Planetary Life
    89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 743 reviews2025
    Dev: Sotenbox
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Manipulate climate, add plants and evolve creatures in this planet and life sandbox simulation game. From cells to civilizations, spread life throughout the whole planet. Or just enjoy watching your creation burn!

    Why similar: Science 22.3%, God Game 21.3%, Sandbox 10.3%, Life Sim 9.6%, Nature 9.2%

    Why You'll Like It: A god-game sandbox that lets you influence the development of life on a planetary scale.

  11. #11 Megaquarium
    90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,644 reviews2018
    Dev: Twice Circled
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    The public aquarium simulator. Design your displays, look after your fish, manage your staff and keep your guests happy! It's all in a day's work as the curator of your very own Megaquarium.

    Why similar: Underwater 31.3%, Creature Collector 20.3%, Sandbox 13.6%, Fishing 11.2%, Simulation 7.1%

    Why You'll Like It: A management-focused aquarium game that requires balancing the biological needs of various species.

  12. #12 Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox
    91% matchMixed45% of 147 reviews2017
    Dev: Pill Bug Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 18 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 26%

    A toy ecosystem with fully simulated genetics and evolution. Will you tinker with DNA or sit back, relax, and see if life finds a way?

    Why similar: Science 24.8%, God Game 19.2%, Sandbox 12%, Education 11.9%, Life Sim 11.1%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the mechanics of evolution by allowing players to set environmental pressures to guide creature development.

  13. #13 FISHERY
    89% matchVery Positive84% of 394 reviews2019
    Dev: Lilou Studio
    Windows

    Fishery is a stylized aquarium simulation game. Harness your creativity to build and maintain beautiful aquatic habitats. Then relax and watch your beautiful fish enjoy their home.

    Why similar: Underwater 24.3%, Creature Collector 15.2%, Life Sim 11.9%, Education 9.5%, Sandbox 9.2%

    Why You'll Like It: An underwater ecosystem simulator that focuses on the design and maintenance of aquatic habitats.

  14. #14 Aquarist
    86% matchVery Positive84% of 1,085 reviews2024
    Dev: FreeMind S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    A relaxing sandbox casual simulation game where you perform various, even strange, aquarium-related tasks on very diverse levels. As an Aquarist you must create and manage a home to amazing fish🐟, sea turtles🐢, sharks🦈, octopuses🐙, and more🐬. Aquarium is their world and life. Make it worth...

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  15. #15 Adapt
    88% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Paul HervéPub: Slug Disco
    Windows

    To survive, you must guide your species through a constantly changing world. Compete with strange creatures for food and territory, and find your niche through careful evolutionary choices. The real question is not if you can survive, but for how long.

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    Why You'll Like It: A survival game where you evolve your creature to survive in a changing, procedural world.

  16. #16 Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends
    85% matchVery Positive90% of 26,359 reviews2021
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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 80.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%

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    Why similar: Science 54.6%, God Game 13.3%, Simulation 11.6%, Education 9.5%, Sandbox 5.4%

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    86% matchVery Positive95% of 982 reviews2021
    Dev: Job Talle
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    A koi breeding game.

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  18. #18 Gridworld
    87% matchVery Positive86% of 243 reviews2015
    Dev: DopplerFrog
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Gridworld is an artificial life and evolution simulator. Watch creatures evolve through natural selection as they learn to find food, avoid danger, and compete with other creatures for survival.

    Why similar: Science 25.9%, God Game 20.4%, Sandbox 11.7%, Life Sim 9.9%, Procedural Generation 9.7%

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  19. #19 Terra Firma
    82% matchVery Positive94% of 569 reviews2025
    Dev: Working as Intended
    Windows

    Play god and create your own world in this complex simulation. Plate tectonics, wind and water erosion and plant life all develop and interact to produce a world that is viewable from a single tree to kilometres across.

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  20. #20 Infinite Blue
    83% matchMixed66% of 328 reviews2025
    Dev: Gluten Free Games
    Windows

    Discover an immersive ocean Eco-Sim where you can be almost any animal under the sea! From a tiny seahorse to a massive blue whale, experience the endless circle of life in a massive world of reefs, shipwrecks, and hidden wonders.

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  21. #21 Terra Firma 2
    82% matchVery Positive89% of 103 reviews2025
    Dev: Working as Intended
    Windows

    Shape breathtaking worlds in Terra Firma 2, a vast simulation where your creations evolve through the forces of nature. Sculpt the land, then watch as weather, erosion, and life itself transform your world into a dynamic, living ecosystem- right down to every plant and creature.

    Why similar: God Game 29.3%, Science 22%, Sandbox 16%, Nature 11.9%, Simulation 8.1%

    Why You'll Like It: Expands on terrain manipulation and physics-based environmental simulation for ecosystem building.

  22. #22 Darwin's Demons
    84% matchVery Positive90% of 50 reviews2017
    Dev: Polymorphic Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Darwin’s Demons is an arcade style space shooter in which you battle a population of evolving aliens. The alien’s morphology, fire type, and behaviors are all encoded by a digital genome. The aliens that are best able to shoot or evade you reproduce to make the next generation.

    Why similar: Simulation 53.1%, Casual 24.9%, Indie 22%

    Why You'll Like It: Uses genetic algorithms to evolve alien creatures that learn to fly and fight based on your interactions.

  23. #23 Idlequarium
    81% matchMostly Positive74% of 168 reviews2025
    Dev: NutsXPub: Gamersky Games
    Windows

    Idlequarium is a casual simulation game where you raise adorable little fish to earn coins, purchase decorations, and build a fully customized aquarium.The game sits anywhere on your desktop, letting you interact with your live aquarium during work or study breaks.

    Why similar: Underwater 28.8%, Creature Collector 19.5%, Fishing 16%, Life Sim 10.8%, Nature 9.6%

    Why You'll Like It: An idle-style aquarium game that focuses on the management and collection of various fish species.

  24. #24 Natural Instincts: European Forest
    84% matchMixed47% of 289 reviews2021
    Dev: DreamStorm StudiosPub: Games Operators
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 36%

    Protect the environment, and save it from harm! Give commands to the animals, observe their rituals and help them survive. Face different disasters, react to human presence and help the animal kingdom flourish in this unique, environmental experience!

    Why similar: God Game 22.1%, Science 21.2%, Sandbox 11.2%, Education 9.8%, Nature 9.2%

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  25. #25 Monster Lab Simulator
    80% matchMostly Positive77% of 483 reviews2026
    Dev: Round 3 Studios
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Ready to become a mad scientist? Synthesize, evolve, and command an army of unique creatures in your own lab. Manage your laboratory, master genetic essences, and dominate the battle arena in this deep creature collection simulator!

    Why similar: Science 28.2%, Creature Collector 22.3%, Life Sim 14.2%, Immersive Sim 9.9%, Simulation 6.8%

    Why You'll Like It: Allows for the creation and evolution of unique creatures in a controlled laboratory setting.

  26. #26 Machorium -Muscle Aquarium Simulator-
    81% matchVery Positive92% of 71 reviews2024
    Dev: NEOLAVIPub: indiegamesjapan
    Windows

    Machorium - Muscle Aquarium Simulator - is a relaxing idle and sandbox game where you can unwind and have fun. Use points generated by cute little decorative muscle men to unlock various items and create your ideal muscle aquarium, Machorium.

    Why similar: Underwater 29.2%, Creature Collector 15.9%, Sandbox 14.7%, Simulation 7.7%, Nature 6.8%

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  27. #27 ANLIFE: Motion-Learning Life Evolution
    79% matchVery Positive89% of 132 reviews2026
    Dev: Attructure Inc.
    Windows

    A relaxing evolution simulation where AI-driven block creatures move in unexpected ways. There are no complex ecosystems—just pure movement learning through a physics engine. Watch as these creatures scurry, stumble, and evolve in their own unique, unpredictable ways.

    Why similar: God Game 25.1%, Science 22.7%, Sandbox 11.6%, Life Sim 9.6%, Procedural Generation 6.4%

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  28. #28 Behind Glass: Aquarium Simulator
    78% matchVery Positive95% of 396 reviews2025
    Dev: BitBros Inc
    Windows · Mac

    Create stunning virtual aquariums on your PC! Our advanced 3D engine brings your fish tank to life with breathtaking realism, featuring lifelike fish, plants, decorations, and more. Transform your monitor into a vibrant, living aquarium. Virtual aquascaping has never been easier!

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  29. #29 Aquarium Designer
    79% matchVery Positive86% of 1,174 reviews2021
    Dev: Sigur StudioPub: Games Operators
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 48%

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    Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the creative aspect of building and decorating aquariums for various aquatic species.

  30. #30 Chillquarium
    76% matchVery Positive92% of 8,063 reviews2023
    Dev: Ben Reber
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 16.6 hrsMean: 51.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Chillquarium is a cozy and relaxing idle game. Buy fish and raise them in real time, then sell them to turn a profit! Customize your aquarium as you progress from a simple starter tank to your dream setup by filling your collection with rare exotic fish and ultra-rare color variants!

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  31. #31 Thrive
    77% matchVery Positive92% of 1,599 reviews2021
    Dev: Revolutionary Games Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%

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  32. #32 Tiny Aquarium: Social Fishkeeping
    74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,220 reviews2025
    Dev: Lunheim StudiosPub: Future Friends Games
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    A happy aquarium that lives at the bottom of your screen! Tiny Aquarium is a social idle simulator that keeps growing, even when offline. Hatch, sell fish, decorate, go fishin’, and visit your friends’ aquariums with bite-sized daily sessions.

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  33. #33 Zen Aquarium
    75% matchVery Positive96% of 279 reviews2025
    Dev: Astro Cat
    Windows · Mac

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  34. #34 Desktop Fishes
    75% matchVery Positive84% of 126 reviews2025
    Dev: Daniel Santalla
    Windows

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  35. #35 Among Ripples: Shallow Waters
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Eat Create Sleep
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    73% matchVery Positive92% of 498 reviews2025
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    Windows
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    77% matchMixed68% of 1,446 reviews2015
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    70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 30,587 reviews2015
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    Dev: Creature LabsPub: Gameware Europe
    Windows

    Raise and train a troupe of cuddly virtual life creatures that live on a Space Station. Because they have neural network brains, Norns can be taught right from wrong, but because they also have their own, individual personalities, they may not always do what you want.

    Why similar: Science 27.1%, God Game 19.7%, Life Sim 15.3%, Sandbox 11.9%, Nature 10.6%

  52. #52 Nature & Life - Drunk On Nectar
    69% matchVery Positive88% of 277 reviews2025
    Dev: Venugopalan Sreedharan
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Play as Animals, Live in Nature! Multiple game modes include Realistic Lifecycles, Survival, Sandbox, Fantasy and Exploration. Unique gameplay for each species! Currently featuring Monarch Butterfly, Praying Mantis, Jumping Spider and other iconic creatures. Mammals, Birds, Reptiles coming soon!

    Why similar: Science 20.7%, God Game 16.3%, Life Sim 12.8%, Nature 10.2%, Sandbox 9.2%

  53. #53 Horticular: Build a Garden, Attract Wildlife
    67% matchVery Positive90% of 389 reviews2024
    Dev: inDirection GamesPub: Slug Disco
    Windows · Linux

    Horticular is a relaxing garden builder where you grow plants, design habitats and attract a wide range of wildlife. Help the gnome Keepers restore a barren wasteland with magical powers and populate it with adorable critters. Reclaim nature from a looming corruption and create your perfect garden.

    Why similar: God Game 24.9%, Creature Collector 18.9%, Life Sim 13.5%, Nature 11.6%, Sandbox 10.8%

  54. #54 Planet Zoo
    67% matchVery Positive91% of 93,912 reviews2019
    Dev: Frontier Developments
    Windows
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 34.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim. Construct detailed habitats, manage your zoo, and meet authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them.

    Why similar: Sandbox 31%, Nature 29.1%, Simulation 19.4%, Cute 8.4%, Relaxing 7%

  55. #55 Tyto Ecology
    71% matchMostly Positive76% of 434 reviews2016
    Dev: Immersed Games
    Windows · Mac

    Build your biome! With an empty biodome as your canvas, add plants and animals from three different ecosystems. Observe interactions like hunting, blooming, and even decomposing! Will your biodome last for decades, or will it experience a total ecosystem collapse? You’re in control!

    Why similar: Science 48.8%, Simulation 20.4%, Education 19.1%, Indie 6.3%, Casual 5.4%

  56. #56 My Koi
    68% matchVery Positive94% of 692 reviews2020
    Dev: Sakana Studios
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%

    My Koi, number 1 hit on the Mac App Store (Games), is a beautiful and relaxing fish pond app. Customise and name each fish. Feed them daily. Watch them grow. Collect new fish. Escape and Relax.

    Why similar: Underwater 35.3%, Nature 15.7%, Life Sim 10.5%, Relaxing 9.6%, Simulation 7.8%

  57. #57 Lifecraft
    67% matchVery Positive81% of 147 reviews2024
    Dev: Pixbits
    Windows · Mac

    Survive and evolve as an organism with this simulation game in which you will literally start as a single cell and manage and organize all its functions to a fully fledged system! Assemble, breathe, eat, fight threats, produce energy, grow, anything is possible!

    Why similar: Science 32.2%, God Game 24.4%, Sandbox 16.6%, Life Sim 14.2%, Procedural Generation 7.9%

  58. #58 Prehistoric Kingdom
    66% matchVery Positive89% of 5,727 reviews2022
    Dev: Blue MeridianPub: Crytivo
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    Take on the role of park manager and design the ultimate zoo for nature's greatest creations.

    Why similar: Science 26.3%, God Game 23.8%, Sandbox 18.9%, Education 12.7%, Simulation 9.5%

  59. #59 Bugtopia
    64% matchVery Positive94% of 914 reviews2025
    Dev: Nocturnal GamesPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
    Windows
    Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 39.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    300+ lifelike bugs to collect and grow—breed them to unlock rare species! Customize your terrarium with 300+ landscaping items and 70+ backgrounds. A tiny, soothing nature escape on your screen!🦋🐌🦗🐝🐞🐛🦐

    Why similar: Creature Collector 42.5%, Nature 25.7%, Relaxing 9.3%, Cute 8.8%, Simulation 7.9%

  60. #60 Lofi aquarium
    66% matchMostly Positive79% of 138 reviews2025
    Dev: LitheGame
    Windows

    "Lofi Aquarium" is a gamified focus tool designed to enhance concentration and relieve stress. As you work, a group of adorable baby fish will keep you company, all set to soothing lofi music. Over time, the fish grow and can be sold for profit. 

    Why similar: Underwater 38.6%, Creature Collector 33.7%, Relaxing 8.9%, Simulation 6.8%, Cute 6.7%

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