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

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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!

Reviews: Very Positive — 81% — of 147 reviews
Released: 2024-04-16
Developer: Pixbits
Genres: Simulation, Strategy, Early Access
Platforms: Windows, Mac

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    97% matchVery Positive94% of 821 reviews2025
    Dev: Sotenbox
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.2 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!

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  2. #2 Incremental Factory
    96% matchMixed68% of 244 reviews2024
    Dev: Significant Steak
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    Craft and automate an industrial empire from scratch! Experience a strategic game teeming with challenges as you manage resources, overcome hurdles, and optimize production chains. Are you ready to conquer the challenges of Incremental Factory? Your journey starts here... The Factory Must Grow!

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  3. #3 Ecosystem
    95% matchMostly Positive77% of 610 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: Automation 21.6%, God Game 20%, Science 17.2%, Sandbox 10.4%, Life Sim 9.8%

  4. #4 Vilmonic
    96% 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!

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  5. #5 Microtopia
    94% matchVery Positive87% of 928 reviews2025
    Dev: Cordyceps CollectivePub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony in Microtopia! Use pheromone trails to create, automate and optimize supply chains for your ants to follow. Collect resources, produce goods, feed your queen, grow your colony and fly out to expand the species!

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  6. #6 Sapiens
    94% matchVery Positive83% of 2,122 reviews2022
    Dev: Majic Jungle
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Create your own prehistoric civilization and lead your tribe in a world you shape. Start with nothing, build towns and industry, and advance through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs in this intimate yet expansive colony sim.

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  7. #7 Atrio: The Dark Wild
    93% matchMostly Positive80% of 596 reviews2023
    Dev: Isto Inc.
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%

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  8. #8 Odd Realm
    92% matchVery Positive85% of 996 reviews2024
    Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    Forge a new kingdom in a land recovering from the Fracture. Which of the surviving races will you lead to rebuild, explore, and conquer the unknown? The dwindling yet immortal Ancients? The bold and resourceful Humans? The life stealing Ardyn? Or the secretive Gwdir who shape living groves?

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  9. #9 Outpath
    91% matchVery Positive93% of 2,948 reviews2023
    Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

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  10. #10 Forage Wizard
    90% matchVery Positive85% of 754 reviews2026
    Dev: Lost Maxim
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Click, craft and collect your way to alchemical mastery. Progress through a branching skill tree and explore the forbidden woods. Collect resources and build machines of magic. Slay monsters, farm crops and automate your production to become the all-powerful Forage Wizard!

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  11. #11 Multicellular
    91% matchMixed64% of 55 reviews2018
    Dev: Insane Dreamers
    Windows

    Multicellular will take you back in time, to the dawn of life. Build your multicellular organism and combat hunger, the environment, darkness and other organisms. Everything in this new world can kill you, will you be able to survive?

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  12. #12 Kubifaktorium
    89% matchVery Positive81% of 795 reviews2021
    Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%

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  13. #13 Gridworld
    89% 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.

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    86% matchVery Positive82% of 65 reviews2024
    Dev: Pierre Nury
    Windows

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  15. #15 ReFactory
    87% matchMostly Positive78% of 91 reviews2022
    Dev: AIVIK LLCPub: BIVAK LLC
    Windows

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    84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 229,554 reviews2020
    Dev: Wube Software LTD.
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    Median: 44.9 hrsMean: 190.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%

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  17. #17 Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox
    88% matchMixed45% of 148 reviews2017
    Dev: Pill Bug Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 24 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 26%

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    86% matchMostly Positive74% of 80 reviews2023
    Dev: Mystiqular
    Windows

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  19. #19 Sandboxels
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    85% matchMixed66% of 5,998 reviews2017
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    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 30.7 hrs≥1hr: 63%

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    Windows

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    80% matchVery Positive92% of 142 reviews2025
    Dev: Working as Intended
    Windows

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    81% matchMostly Positive74% of 330 reviews2023
    Dev: Imilkowski DevPub: Gameparic
    Windows
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    Dev: Quantum Rivet
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    79% matchVery Positive90% of 1,887 reviews2019
    Dev: Wessel Stoop
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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    Dev: CyanAvatar Studios
    Windows

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    Windows

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  33. #33 Gnomoria
    78% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,535 reviews2016
    Dev: Robotronic Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%

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    76% matchVery Positive83% of 399 reviews2022
    Dev: PandaCat 熊喵独立游戏Pub: OKJOY
    Windows

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  35. #35 Creo God Simulator
    75% matchMostly Positive79% of 239 reviews2025
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    Windows
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  36. #36 Survival Vacancy
    77% matchMixed64% of 88 reviews2021
    Dev: Mind Leak
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    74% matchVery Positive92% of 1,645 reviews2021
    Dev: Revolutionary Games Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%

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  38. #38 shapez
    73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 15,453 reviews2020
    Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

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    72% matchVery Positive89% of 3,422 reviews2023
    Dev: BEHEMUTTPub: HypeTrain Digital
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet you’re on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!

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  40. #40 Deisim
    73% matchVery Positive93% of 881 reviews2022
    Dev: Myron Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%

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    72% matchVery Positive81% of 3,779 reviews2024
    Dev: Channel 3 EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 46.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Build a sophisticated robot factory optimized to perfection in an infinite voxel world. Mine and harvest resources, automate your production lines and manage complex systems while researching your way to become the galaxy’s leading robotics megacorp.

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    71% matchVery Positive95% of 2,243 reviews2024
    Dev: Abbey GamesPub: Firesquid
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%

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  43. #43 Alchemy Factory
    70% matchVery Positive90% of 2,293 reviews2025
    Dev: D5 CopperheadPub: Gamirror Games
    Windows
    Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 23.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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    70% matchVery Positive85% of 739 reviews2025
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    73% matchMixed63% of 136 reviews2023
    Dev: 异界游网络科技
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    71% matchMixed69% of 104 reviews2025
    Dev: Tbjbu2
    Windows

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  47. #47 Plan B: Terraform
    68% matchVery Positive91% of 3,512 reviews2025
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    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%

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    74% matchMixed60% of 333 reviews2016
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  49. #49 The Universim
    69% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,560 reviews2024
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    69% matchVery Positive95% of 118 reviews2024
    Dev: Cordyceps CollectivePub: Goblinz Publishing
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  51. #51 Monster Lab Simulator
    68% matchMostly Positive77% of 533 reviews2026
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  52. #52 Automation Empire
    70% matchMixed66% of 2,635 reviews2019
    Dev: DOG HOGGLER
    Windows
    Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Build and manage a massive industrial network of factories, mines, and farms. Employ a fleet of trains, trucks, and robotic drones. In the age of automation, efficiency is survival!

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  53. #53 Farlight Explorers
    71% matchMixed56% of 205 reviews2019
    Dev: Farlight Games Industry
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    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%

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    67% matchVery Positive85% of 624 reviews2024
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    64% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,967 reviews2026
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    68% matchMostly Positive78% of 140 reviews2022
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    66% matchVery Positive87% of 416 reviews2023
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%

    In Tiny Life, you control a set of people that live together in a household. You take care of their daily needs, build their skills, forge new relationships... or just mess up their entire life in whatever way you can think of!

    Why similar: Sandbox 23.9%, Life Sim 23.2%, Building 23.1%, Isometric 14.1%, Simulation 6.6%

  58. #58 Lumencraft
    67% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,273 reviews2023
    Dev: 2Dynamic GamesPub: Star Drifters
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Lumencraft is a unique combination of a top-down, rogue-like shooter and base building with tower defense elements. Dig and light up dark halls of a fully destructible environment on procedurally generated maps and campaign levels to find precious Lumen - humanity's only chance for survival.

    Why similar: Sandbox 40.5%, Base Building 35.5%, Strategy 12%, Colorful 6.2%, 2D 5.8%

  59. #59 City idle
    67% matchMostly Positive72% of 219 reviews2023
    Dev: Grest Games OÜ
    Windows

    Experience a city-building game, where the citizens are fully simulated and every decision you make impacts their lives. From the Stone Age to the Iron Age and beyond, watch your civilization evolve and progress under your guidance.

    Why similar: Building 22.9%, Crafting 20.4%, Management 13.7%, Strategy 12.3%, Simulation 8.8%

  60. #60 The Bibites: Digital Life
    64% matchVery Positive96% of 222 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 46.8%, Sandbox 26.7%, Procedural Generation 11.6%, Simulation 6.9%, Pixel Graphics 4%

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