- #1 The Sapling
97% matchVery Positive89% of 1,980 reviews2019
Dev: Wessel Stoop
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Nature 42.3%, Sandbox 23.3%, Simulation 21.6%, Relaxing 9%, Indie 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: A deep life simulation game where you design organisms and watch them evolve in a sandbox environment.
- #2 Ecosystem
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 634 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: Nature 36.1%, Simulation 22.5%, Sandbox 18.6%, Management 11.9%, Relaxing 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features a complex, physics-based biological simulation where creatures evolve through natural selection.
- #3 Equilinox
96% matchVery Positive92% of 3,020 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: Simulation 29.5%, Nature 26.2%, Sandbox 19.4%, Relaxing 12.6%, Indie 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing sandbox game focused on creating and maintaining a balanced ecosystem of plants and animals.
- #4 WorldBox - God Simulator
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 56,385 reviews2021
Dev: Maxim Karpenko
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 29.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
WorldBox is the ULTIMATE god simulator and sandbox game. A petri dish for your fantasy civilizations. Create your own world or destroy it using many powers. Watch civilizations grow, form kingdoms, colonize new lands, sail to far continents, wars to ignite, empires to fall and towns to burn!
Why similar: Sandbox 33.9%, Simulation 30%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Management 9.5%, Relaxing 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive god-game for managing ecosystems, civilizations, and natural disasters on a global scale.
- #5 Vilmonic
95% matchMostly Positive72% of 86 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: Nature 41.6%, Simulation 24%, Sandbox 19.9%, Management 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 6%
Why You'll Like It: An evolutionary sandbox where you manage the genetics of pixelated creatures to help them survive in a changing world.
- #6 Niche - a genetics survival game
94% matchVery Positive86% of 5,225 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 44.2%, Simulation 21%, Sandbox 20.4%, Relaxing 10.7%, Singleplayer 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines turn-based strategy with genetics and population management to ensure your species survives.
- #7 Gridworld
93% matchVery Positive86% of 243 reviews2015
Dev: DopplerFrog
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: Nature 28%, Simulation 24%, Sandbox 20.2%, Management 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A life-simulation sandbox that mirrors the minimalist and observational nature of Earthtongue.
- #8 Cloud Gardens
91% matchVery Positive95% of 2,308 reviews2021
Dev: Noio
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 45%
A chill game about using plants to overgrow abandoned wasteland dioramas
Why similar: Nature 46.1%, Sandbox 20.4%, Simulation 16.4%, Relaxing 12.1%, Indie 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, atmospheric game about letting nature reclaim abandoned urban environments.
- #9 Among Ripples
92% matchMixed68% of 1,446 reviews2015
Dev: Eat Create Sleep
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 18%
Control a pond's ecosystem; experiment with what you can do and see what happens. Among Ripples is a meditative ecosystem management simulator; you add different creatures to the pond and see how they interact.
Why similar: Nature 30.4%, Simulation 29.3%, Sandbox 14.2%, Relaxing 11.8%, Indie 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A lake ecosystem simulator that focuses on maintaining balance between predators and prey.
- #10 Tidal Tribe
91% matchVery Positive87% of 95 reviews2019
Dev: PowPit
Windows
Tidal Tribe is a relaxing god game that gives you the power to shape the terrain. Raise and lower the land to protect your villages from waves and floods, all while using that very same water to build lakes and rivers, turning the desert land into a lively forest of trees and bushes.
Why similar: Simulation 50.9%, Sandbox 21.6%, Indie 14.8%, Relaxing 10.6%, Singleplayer 2%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing god-game that tasks you with shaping the land and managing the growth of your tribe.
- #11 Reus
90% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,987 reviews2013
Dev: Abbey Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
In Reus, you control powerful giants to shape the planet to your will. You can create mountains, oceans, forests and more. Enrich your planet with plants, minerals and animal life. There is only one thing on the planet that you do not control: mankind, with all their virtues and and all their vices.
Why similar: Simulation 34.1%, Sandbox 25.6%, Indie 15%, Nature 11.3%, 2D 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: A god-game where you influence the development of nature and humanity through powerful giants.
- #12 Ant Keeping Simulator
89% matchVery Positive89% of 124 reviews2024
Dev: Kunstaat
Windows
Grow, feed and care for your colony of mighty ants in a realistic semi-idle simulation of ant keeping. Created in collaboration with ant keeping enthusiasts, Ant Keeping Simulator will be an accurate experience to ant keepers.
Why similar: Nature 34.8%, Simulation 30%, Sandbox 14%, Management 10.5%, Relaxing 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a focused, nature-based management experience centered on colony growth.
- #13 Wobbledogs
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 15,213 reviews2022
Dev: Animal UprisingPub: Secret Mode
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A 3D pet simulation where you raise your own personal hive of mutating dogs, physically simulated all the way down to their guts! Wobbledogs is a casual and chill sandbox for players of all ages who want to care for their very own virtual pets in a surprising, unique, and stress-free environment.
Why similar: Simulation 44.7%, Sandbox 44.2%, Indie 7.2%, Singleplayer 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D pet simulation game with a heavy focus on genetics and evolving unique, strange creatures.
- #14 Fate Tectonics
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 209 reviews2015
Dev: Golden Gear GamesPub: Toy Temp
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Build up a world piece-by-piece using the power of the god-like Fates, while keeping them happy enough to avoid world-shattering temper tantrums!
Why similar: Simulation 62.3%, Indie 19.7%, Pixel Graphics 18%
Why You'll Like It: A god-game that involves building a world while balancing the chaotic forces of nature.
- #15 Planetary Life
85% matchVery Positive94% of 919 reviews2025
Dev: Sotenbox
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Nature 37%, Simulation 21.7%, Sandbox 19.8%, Management 11%, Relaxing 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox god-game that lets you simulate the development of life on a planetary scale.
- #16 Crest - an indirect god sim
88% matchMixed65% of 375 reviews2018
Dev: Eat Create Sleep
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Your word is gospel in this god sim set in Sub-Saharan Africa. Influence and try to control your followers using commandments but beware, free will leaves these open to interpretation. Will you create a flourishing civilization or lead them to death and destruction?
Why similar: Nature 43.5%, Simulation 26%, Sandbox 19.8%, Indie 7.9%, Singleplayer 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on indirect influence, forcing you to guide your followers through commandments rather than direct control.
- #17 Terra Firma
84% matchVery Positive94% of 603 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.
Why similar: Simulation 39.5%, Nature 31.5%, Sandbox 20.2%, Relaxing 7.4%, Singleplayer 1.4%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox god-game that emphasizes physics and the creation of self-sustaining environments.
- #18 Awe
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 258 reviews2015
Dev: Badland Development StudioPub: BadLand Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Awe is a god-game about expressing one’s creativity by shaping and building planets’ ecosystems in a soothing and relaxing ambiance carried by beautiful, minimalist lowpoly 3D art style and atmospheric music.
Why similar: Simulation 55.4%, Indie 22.9%, Relaxing 18.5%, Singleplayer 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, puzzle-oriented god-game that focuses on the aesthetic development of a planet.
- #19 Grow: Song of the Evertree
83% matchVery Positive81% of 2,561 reviews2021
Dev: Prideful SlothPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Grow your own worlds and nurture a deep natural connection with everything they hold. See your actions change the world for better! Bring the Evertree back to life in this breathtaking world-crafting sandbox, with life management and adventure elements.
Why similar: Nature 36.6%, Simulation 25.4%, Sandbox 21.1%, Management 12.4%, Singleplayer 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A wholesome game centered on restoring nature and managing a variety of unique ecosystems.
- #20 Horticular: Build a Garden, Attract Wildlife
82% matchVery Positive90% of 418 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: Nature 67.6%, Sandbox 32.4%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy management game where you cultivate a garden to attract specific types of wildlife.
- #21 Biogenesis
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MegnaLabs
Windows
Detective Jodie follows the trail of Madeline to the enigmatic Ravenwood Hotel, a place full of secrets. Solve puzzles, manage a classic inventory, and face deadly enemies and bosses. Help other survivors to gain advantages in combat. Every corner brings you closer to the truth.
Why similar: Indie 74.4%, Singleplayer 25.6%
Why You'll Like It: A microscopic ecosystem simulator that focuses on the evolution of cells and simple organisms.
- #22 Hideko
81% matchVery Positive98% of 106 reviews2024
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
A short mystery game about nature. ☀️☁️🍃 Explore the rules of a small sandbox world 🔎 Combine elements to create new forms of life! ❤️
Why similar: Nature 72.4%, Relaxing 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, 2D 7%, Indie 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: A nature-themed puzzle game that captures the quiet, observational feel of Earthtongue.
- #23 Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox
84% matchMixed45% of 149 reviews2017
Dev: Pill Bug Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Polygons eating polygons eating polygons. An evolution sandbox where the genetics really are simulated. Seed a world, walk away, and come back to species neither of us designed. Watch populations boom, bust and go extinct. Best left on a second monitor.
Why similar: Nature 38%, Simulation 25.8%, Sandbox 21.4%, Relaxing 10.3%, Indie 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: Allows you to set environmental parameters and watch how life adapts to your specific challenges.
- #24 Mushroom Clicker
80% matchVery Positive95% of 76 reviews2025
Dev: Wizard Shrimp Games
Windows
An Idle Incremental Clicker game with cosy magical vibes. You are the newest Mushroom Wizard Initiate 🧙♂️ Cast spells 🪄 harvest mushrooms 🍄 and level up to become more powerful! Hire little creatures 🐿️ to help you harvest and unlock different types of shrooms and skills!
Why similar: Nature 47.6%, Simulation 28.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Indie 6.6%, 2D 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A fungi-themed simulation that shares the thematic focus on nature and growth found in the seed game.
- #25 PolyPine
79% matchVery Positive96% of 399 reviews2025
Dev: Cloudberry PinePub: IndieArk
Windows
A forest simulator where you grow trees and create habitats for animals, plants and insects. Click on animals to make them poop, hunt, dig, cut and twerk! Start with a few basic seeds and attempt to grow a thriving ecosystem.
Why similar: Nature 37.3%, Simulation 20.2%, Sandbox 16.6%, Relaxing 8.8%, Management 8.2%
- #26 Terra Firma 2
78% matchVery Positive92% of 191 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: Nature 33.2%, Simulation 25.4%, Sandbox 21.1%, Relaxing 10.8%, Indie 7.2%
- #27 Natural Instincts: European Forest
82% matchMixed45% of 299 reviews2021
Dev: DreamStorm StudiosPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 35%
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: Nature 36.7%, Sandbox 21.2%, Simulation 17.4%, Management 12.6%, Relaxing 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: An exploration-focused simulation where you manage the lives of wild animals in a forest setting.
- #28 Genesis of a Small God
79% matchVery Positive82% of 65 reviews2024
Dev: Pierre Nury
Windows
You have awoken as a small god. As you accumulate the faith and souls of your followers, you will learn incredible new abilities. Protect, guide your people and smite any threats that may arise. The fate of your world is in your hands.
Why similar: Simulation 36.3%, Sandbox 28.3%, Management 21.3%, Indie 10.4%, Singleplayer 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: A god-game that blends city-building with the management of natural resources and life.
- #29 Plentiful
78% matchVery Positive93% of 89 reviews2026
Dev: GabberGamesPub: Learnia Inc
Windows
Plentiful is a nature sandbox. You shape the land and everything responds—water, plants, animals, and your people. Learn how this world works. Your tribe’s survival depends on it.
Why similar: Nature 43%, Sandbox 22.2%, Simulation 20.9%, Relaxing 7.1%, Indie 5.5%
- #30 Reus 2
77% matchVery Positive94% of 2,295 reviews2024
Dev: Abbey GamesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Shape worlds with your godly titans. Make symbiotic ecosystems and inspire humanity with your creations. Their achievements unlock new possibilities. Make different planets for different human spirits, and fill the universe with life!
Why similar: Nature 33.6%, Sandbox 16.9%, Simulation 16.8%, Management 13.7%, Relaxing 9.7%
- #31 Forest Ranger Simulator
81% matchMixed41% of 266 reviews2024
Dev: FreeMind S.A.
Windows
Take care of forgotten nature's treasure. Build, craft, feed, clean and manage your forest in Forest Ranger Simulator. Ensure its long-lasting beauty and become a flawless Forest Ranger!
Why similar: Nature 36.7%, Simulation 25.9%, Sandbox 19.5%, Relaxing 11%, Indie 5%
Why You'll Like It: A simulation game that tasks you with restoring the health of a forest and managing its wildlife.
- #32 Preserve
76% matchVery Positive93% of 771 reviews2025
Dev: Bitmap GalaxyPub: Grindstone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Preserve is a relaxing puzzle nature-building game in which you flourish a vibrant ecosystem by cleverly placing plants and animals to create a perfect symbiosis to your liking.
Why similar: Nature 38.2%, Sandbox 18.2%, Simulation 18%, Management 12.5%, Relaxing 11.1%
- #33 Treeplanter: Plant real trees🌲
75% matchVery Positive96% of 54 reviews2026
Dev: Henry DriverPub: Future Friends Games
Windows · Mac
🌲 Treeplanter helps plant trees! For every copy sold, we plant a real tree! 🌲 Create and enjoy a peaceful, interactive woodland throughout the changing seasons.
Why similar: Nature 41.1%, Simulation 23.9%, Sandbox 19.2%, Relaxing 7.9%, 2D 4.3%
- #34 Voodoo Garden
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 860 reviews2016
Dev: M. HankaPub: Liu Lidan
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Welcome to the Voodoo Garden! You're owner of a little hut in a bustling swamp. With the help of little spirits you can earn powers and gold by producing various voodoo supplies.
Why similar: Simulation 41.6%, Relaxing 18.8%, Indie 14.2%, Management 13.8%, 2D 8.9%
- #35 Mushroom Nook
73% matchVery Positive98% of 392 reviews2026
Dev: HyperstasisGaming
Windows
Mushrooms of all kinds—adorable, quirky, and even some with unique abilities—are spring up randomly on your computer! Collect and nurture them, then decorate with various objects to create your own cozy mushroom haven, keeping you company while you work, study, or simply unwind.
Why similar: Nature 34.5%, Sandbox 19.2%, Simulation 16.9%, Relaxing 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
- #36 Shrimp Keeping Simulator
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Kunstaat
Windows
Grow, feed and care for your shrimp pals. Watch your shrimp multiply and sell your colony when they become too numerous.
Why similar: Nature 51.1%, Simulation 26.5%, Relaxing 8.2%, Management 7.1%, Sandbox 6.1%
- #37 Mudborne: Frog Management Sim
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,066 reviews2025
Dev: ellraiserPub: Future Friends Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Mudborne is a casual nature management sim about discovering & breeding frogs! Awoken from hibernation you find your pond abandoned. Through the genetic keys of new species you must unlock the paths between the waking & dreaming worlds, and embark on a journey to restore lost populations.
Why similar: Simulation 34.2%, Nature 33.3%, Management 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, 2D 7.5%
- #38 Deisim
74% matchVery Positive93% of 909 reviews2022
Dev: Myron Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Live the experience of being a powerful god and create the world to see the growth of mankind.
Why similar: Simulation 31.6%, Sandbox 28.8%, Relaxing 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Indie 7.2%
- #39 Simmiland
75% matchVery Positive87% of 1,940 reviews2018
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Simmiland is a god-like card game. In this game you indirectly influence a small civilization by manipulating their surroundings by playing cards 🃏🃏🃏 Playing cards on different biomes and objects will result in different findings. The way you play the game will define how mankind will develop!
Why similar: Simulation 65.5%, Indie 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.2%, 2D 2.1%, Singleplayer 1%
- #40 Simultree
73% matchVery Positive86% of 144 reviews2026
Dev: PIPAPOUPub: Coduck Studio
Windows
Simultree is a short incremental game about monitoring life simulations. You're a scientist who runs life simulations in order to gain points to spend in a big skill tree.
Why similar: Simulation 43.4%, Management 22.9%, Relaxing 18.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, 2D 5.7%
- #41 Plantabi: Little Garden
74% matchVery Positive83% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: Adrian Corpuz
Windows · Mac
Plantabi is a chill sandbox game where you take care of adorable plants and design the cozy little garden of your dreams!
Why similar: Simulation 38.8%, Sandbox 27.7%, Management 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Relaxing 7.5%
- #42 Drop and Grow
72% matchVery Positive92% of 142 reviews2026
Dev: Shane Staller Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A short incremental clicker about growing plants by dropping water. Sit back and relax while you restore nature.
Why similar: Nature 45.3%, Simulation 22%, Relaxing 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, 2D 5.7%
- #43 ダンジョンに生息だ!
71% matchVery Positive90% of 112 reviews2025
Dev: ドクローネPub: 腐葉堂
Windows
『ダンジョンに生息だ!』はマウスとキーボードを使用してダンジョンの生態系を自分好みに構築し、クリスタルの破壊を目論む冒険者を撃退する2Dダンジョン・マネージメントゲームです。 あなたは大地の精霊ラスタによって召喚された自然神です。あなたの持つ「ダンジョンをお手入れする力」を使ってダンジョンの地形を組み換え、生物を生み出し、捕食と繁殖に満ちた理想的なダンジョンを築き上げましょう。
Why similar: Simulation 49.6%, Nature 31.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Indie 4.9%, 2D 3.5%
- #44 Mountain
72% matchVery Positive88% of 16,296 reviews2014
Dev: David OReilly
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 104.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Existential Nature Simulation
Why similar: Simulation 46.9%, Relaxing 22.3%, Nature 14.7%, Indie 12.8%, Singleplayer 3.3%
- #45 Spiritstead
71% matchVery Positive84% of 152 reviews2026
Dev: Turbo Dog Games
Windows
Build a village in a world of magic and care for the people who live there, with the help of hidden spirits you discover along the way. Watch your town grow and flourish as you expand, create, and decorate.
Why similar: Simulation 30.5%, Management 24.5%, Relaxing 21.6%, Indie 10.8%, 2D 8.4%
- #46 Frog Island
71% matchVery Positive95% of 81 reviews2026
Dev: DevFrogPub: Shovel Sprout
Windows · Linux
Start your new life as a caretaker for an island of frogs in this cozy creature-collector! Build your dream island, discover magical wildlife, and uncover the island's many hidden secrets, to try and piece together the past life you've somehow forgotten.
Why similar: Nature 49.1%, Simulation 28.9%, Relaxing 13.4%, 2D 6.3%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #47 The Greenening
68% matchVery Positive97% of 478 reviews2026
Dev: Erkberg Games
Windows
A short and wholesome incremental journey about exploring and reawakening a forgotten world. Wash away the ashes to discover the secrets hidden beneath, upgrade your versatile watering abilities, and grow your own cozy space garden.
Why similar: Nature 49.6%, Simulation 20.3%, Relaxing 14.7%, Management 13.6%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #48 Cobble: The Stone Forager
69% matchVery Positive98% of 144 reviews2025
Dev: Twenty LensesPub: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Windows
Gather resources and explore to help lost settlers build a new home in this relaxing, foraging RPG.
Why similar: Nature 49.7%, Simulation 22.4%, Relaxing 13%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%, 2D 6.8%
- #49 Kasi
70% matchVery Positive96% of 183 reviews2021
Dev: Kaikalii
Windows
Be a plant. Manage water and sunlight for photosynthesis. Grow branches into the sky and roots into the earth. Become the tallest, most efficient tree, a snaking vine with many shoots, or just a nice bush.
Why similar: Simulation 45.3%, Sandbox 23.6%, Management 16.4%, Relaxing 8%, 2D 5.2%
- #50 Terra Nil
67% matchVery Positive87% of 8,729 reviews2023
Dev: Free LivesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Terra Nil is an intricate environmental strategy game about transforming a barren wasteland into a thriving, balanced ecosystem. Bring life back to a lifeless world by purifying soil, cleaning oceans, planting trees, and reintroducing wildlife, then leave without a trace.
Why similar: Nature 76.3%, Relaxing 20.9%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #51 Growth
68% matchVery Positive90% of 327 reviews2023
Dev: VoodooDuckPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Growth is a cozy, hexagonal-grid based soft-strategy game. Explore and populate a procedurally generated world by utilizing unique abilities of animals. Growth blends the beauty of cozy exploration with challenging navigation around obstacles.
Why similar: Simulation 41.9%, Nature 29%, Relaxing 19.1%, Indie 4.5%, 2D 3.7%
- #52 Save the Earth
69% matchVery Positive81% of 138 reviews2023
Dev: GameFirst
Windows
Green world simulator. Build good nature strategy. Save the World sandbox game.
Why similar: Simulation 53.2%, Nature 44.1%, Indie 1.8%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #53 Dream Garden
68% matchVery Positive86% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: Campfire Studio
Windows · Mac
An easygoing simulation game about creating tiny, Japanese inspired garden dioramas. Use a wide selection of plants, decorations and tools to build and nurture the zen garden retreat of your dreams.
Why similar: Nature 37.4%, Simulation 22%, Sandbox 21.1%, Relaxing 12.7%, Indie 6.2%
- #54 Plantera 2: Golden Acorn
67% matchVery Positive94% of 1,366 reviews2023
Dev: VaragtP
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The round blue Mellows return to tend to the Garden once more. Grow plants, bushes, trees, animals, water features and the great magical oak tree that has been rumored to have placed its seed there. Tend to the oak tree and grow it to the sky to harvest its Golden Acorns.
Why similar: Nature 38.8%, Sandbox 19.8%, Simulation 17.7%, Relaxing 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 10%
- #55 Synergy
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,087 reviews2025
Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 54%
An ecosystem City Builder in a unique world. Build your settlement, manage your workers and optimize your resources. Analyzing your environment, spreading new plants, and harvesting them are key to prosperity.
Why similar: Nature 36.9%, Simulation 20.2%, Sandbox 16.6%, Management 12.6%, Relaxing 11.4%
- #56 Desk Garden
66% matchVery Positive86% of 532 reviews2025
Dev: Siesta Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 77.3 hrsMean: 103.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Relax and grow! A laid-back idle game where you nurture mysterious plants (some even human-like!), watch them flourish, then sell them to expand your magical garden. Design your own unique oasis at your own pace.
Why similar: Sandbox 47.6%, Simulation 36.9%, 2D 12.2%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #57 Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,695 reviews2024
Dev: stillalive studiosPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Garden Life is a relaxing gardening game in which you create your dream garden in a peaceful, colourful world. Plant and add ornaments at your own pace, transforming an overgrown forgotten plot into a flourishing community garden.
Why similar: Nature 29.5%, Simulation 24.5%, Sandbox 17.1%, Relaxing 14.1%, Indie 6.2%
- #58 APICO
66% matchVery Positive91% of 2,034 reviews2022
Dev: ellraiserPub: Whitethorn Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
APICO is a laid-back beekeeping sim game about breeding, collecting, & conserving bees! Set in a series of lush environments, APICO uniquely combines resource gathering, biology, and beekeeping minigames, taking ideas from a mix of real-life and fantasy apiculture & floriculture.
Why similar: Nature 32.3%, Simulation 16%, Sandbox 16%, Management 11.6%, Relaxing 9.4%
- #59 Plankton
70% matchMixed68% of 126 reviews2016
Dev: PanGuoJun
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Minimalist style game : plankton simulation, an electronic pet generated by math codes. Under your care it will slowly grow up and evolve.
Why similar: Simulation 51.7%, Nature 32.3%, Indie 16%
- #60 Bugtopia
65% matchVery Positive93% of 991 reviews2025
Dev: Nocturnal GamesPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 40.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Nature 49.4%, Simulation 17.1%, Management 15.8%, Relaxing 10.6%, 2D 5.5%