60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Simulation, Science, Sandbox, Singleplayer.
PHYSARUM is a sandbox simulation game. Simulate the real world slime mold Physarum polycephalum by generating millions of living particles. Create and mutate slime species in real time to discover countless mesmerizing and emergent patterns.
Vizza
Explore artificial life that moves, reacts, spreads, collides, dissolves, and organizes in unexpected ways. Vizza is a colorful emergent behavior playground for beautiful GPU-accelerated simulations.
Worldwright
Worldwright is a god game at the planetary scale. Split continents, prune lineages, topple empires, and discover unique worlds across 5 billion years of geology, evolution, and history.
Explore artificial life that moves, reacts, spreads, collides, dissolves, and organizes in unexpected ways. Vizza is a colorful emergent behavior playground for beautiful GPU-accelerated simulations.
Why similar: Science 29%, Education 14.4%, Psychedelic 13.8%, Sandbox 12.9%, Procedural Generation 10.2%
Worldwright is a god game at the planetary scale. Split continents, prune lineages, topple empires, and discover unique worlds across 5 billion years of geology, evolution, and history.
Why similar: Science 32.3%, God Game 23.9% ★, Sandbox 22.5%, Simulation 11.4%, Procedural Generation 8.8%
Join Aggi and dive into a world that lies just out of sight. Customize your own cell and see it thrive in a vibrant ecosystem. Discover a wide variety of organisms like you've never seen before. And learn real science in a playful and relaxed environment.
Why similar: Science 41.8%, Education 23.1%, Sandbox 15.7%, Simulation 12.3%, Casual 5.9%
Dive into a world of creation and discovery, where each element combines to form new ones. Experiment freely in this interactive sandbox. But be careful: every combination has its consequences..
Why similar: Science 29.8%, God Game 21.1% ★, Sandbox 19.5%, Education 16%, Simulation 9.8%
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 29.8%, God Game 24.9% ★, Sandbox 23.3%, Simulation 14.9%, Education 5.8%
Sculpt planets and landscapes, watch water and climate respond, and compare two versions of the same world. Import heightmaps, draw mountain ranges, and export flat terrain to Minecraft Java. Explore Earth, ancient continents and distant worlds at your own pace.
Why similar: Science 29.1%, God Game 21.5% ★, Sandbox 19.7%, Education 16.3%, Simulation 9.9%
A physics sandbox of our Solar System. Fly the planets, change orbits, and watch Earth freeze, boil, or take a hit. Spawn worlds, cross Roche limits, and inspect atmospheres, magnetospheres, rings, and stellar heatmaps.
Why similar: Science 32%, Education 24.2%, Sandbox 22.8%, Simulation 20.4%, Singleplayer 0.6%
An evolution simulation game. Take control of your species in the environment and edit your species as a whole. Compete with other evolving species for resources on an alien planet.
Why similar: Science 34.5%, Education 19.2%, Sandbox 18.6%, Procedural Generation 11.9%, Simulation 11.7%
Falling-sand sandbox game with 500+ elements, chemistry, fire, life, food, and anything you can imagine.
Why similar: Science 30.5%, God Game 23.5% ★, Sandbox 18.1%, Education 18.1%, Simulation 5.9%
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: Science 24.5%, God Game 20.5% ★, Sandbox 14.7%, Education 13.7%, Procedural Generation 9.3%
This is a serious game. Made for educational purposes. It was made in order to enable students to understand the high school chemistry curriculum and to provide equality of opportunity.
Why similar: Science 34.1%, Education 27.9%, Sandbox 19.9%, Simulation 17%, Indie 0.8%
Survive, evolve, and adapt in a rapidly changing world. Survive the test of time, and become an integral part of your world's biosphere. Or play God and build a full ecosystem in seconds.
Why similar: Science 38.2%, Education 22.5%, Simulation 18.4%, God Game 13% ★, Procedural Generation 7.4%
pan·gaia is a whole-Earth sandbox fresh outta 1999. Sculpt your planet's climate, balance its ecology, design the perfect species for a niche, and maybe, lead them to sapience. Or... hurl meteors at them.
Why similar: Sandbox 29.1%, Science 26.7%, God Game 23.5% ★, Simulation 13.7%, Abstract 6.6%
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 26.3%, God Game 22.8% ★, Education 15.6%, Sandbox 15.1%, Procedural Generation 10.1%
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: Science 23.8%, God Game 23.4% ★, Education 16.5%, Sandbox 16%, Procedural Generation 8.7%
Build machines, trigger chain reactions, and throw planets at each other. SPS combines flowing particles with rigidbody physics at scales from centimeters to thousands of kilometers. Run that experiment you've always wanted without burning down your house.
Why similar: God Game 28.9% ★, Sandbox 18.9%, Science 18.3%, Simulation 17.2%, Education 14.1%
Gas reaction simulator. Build the ultimate jet engine, solve puzzles, or just make everything explode!
Why similar: Science 32.2%, Education 24%, Sandbox 22.5%, Simulation 19.6%, 2D 1.3%
The Sapling is a simulation game where you design your own plants, animals, algae and fungi, and put them in a world together. Or you turn on random mutations, and see what evolution does to your ecosystem!
Why similar: Science 28%, God Game 23% ★, Sandbox 16.4%, Education 11.6%, Procedural Generation 9.6%
In this physics-based particle sandbox, everything is in flux: water, steam, ice, magma, acid... Blast it. Wreck it. Build it!
Why similar: Science 34.4%, Sandbox 23.4%, God Game 19.8% ★, Simulation 14.9%, Casual 5.1%
Feel like you are in space ! This application has been created in a photorealistic way, you will feel like you are on Mars, Jupiter, Mercury ... and ISS ! The best education game. If you like astronomy this is your application. You will feel that you are in space observing the entire universe.
Why similar: Science 40.8%, Education 25.8%, Simulation 20.4%, Casual 12%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Chimp Memory is a logical puzzle game and memory challenge. Take on the same tests faced by lab monkeys and prove your memory skills are sharper than theirs. Can you outperform the primates? Test yourself and find out!
Why similar: Science 43.4%, Education 31.8%, Simulation 14.7%, Casual 6.4%, 2D 2.1%
A planet-building sandbox where you create entire worlds from the ground up. Generate unique planets, shape vast landscapes, and use interconnected simulations inspired by real-world processes to bring your fantasy planet to life.
Why similar: Science 23.3%, Sandbox 21.5%, God Game 20.9% ★, Simulation 18.4%, Procedural Generation 15%
Grow real plants in your own microgravity cube-sat terrarium. Build, prune, water, harvest, and learn botany through a simulation based on real behavior.
Why similar: Science 27.2%, Sandbox 22.6%, Simulation 18.1%, Education 15.1%, Casual 7.5%
Eureka! Superconductor Lab is a crafting+simulation game where you synthesize materials and witness the astonishing scientific phenomena. Work alongside scholars, science geeks, and your girlfriend to synthesize the Holy Grail of modern physics: a room-temperature superconductor!
Why similar: Science 34%, God Game 22.3% ★, Education 15.5%, Simulation 10.7%, Sandbox 10.6%
Welcome to "Electrical Leak"—a electrician simulation and electrical puzzle game adapted from real-world cases! Armed with nothing but a test pen, you will face seemingly ordinary yet hazard-filled daily scenarios.
Why similar: Science 42.6%, Education 29.3%, Simulation 23%, Casual 2.8%, 2D 1.6%
Practice Alchemistry, aka the art of merging elements to discover new ones! Solve challenges or play freely to discover every element. Craft the entire world from fire to life.
Why similar: Science 27.4%, God Game 21.9% ★, Education 18.5%, Sandbox 15.4%, Abstract 6.7%
A first person exploration of a cancer cell deep in the human body, featuring a highly detailed simulation of cellular anatomy and processes based on the latest scientific research!
Why similar: Science 40.8%, Education 27.8%, Simulation 20.3%, Casual 8.4%, Atmospheric 2.2%
Gene Evolution is a game that simulates the microscopic world. You can design unique cells, edit their attributes, functions, and intelligence. Then release them into the microscopic world and watch them forage, reproduce, compete, and continually evolve through mutations.
Why similar: Simulation 22.5%, Sandbox 22.2%, Science 21.7%, Education 15.1%, Procedural Generation 8.1%
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 42.2%, Simulation 25.3%, Education 24.8%, Casual 5%, Indie 2.7%
Chemistry My Love is the ultimate gamified educational tool for high school and college level chemistry. Balance chemical reaction coefficients, masses and concentrations, with step-by-step explanations. Level up your knowledge playing chemical games and solving computer-generated quizzes.
Why similar: Science 37.7%, Simulation 31.9%, Education 26%, Indie 4.4%
Interact with elements and molecules in a way that you have never before! Observe them and make them react with each other in the sandbox mode. Synthesize every molecule in the quest mode. Discover countless macromolecules and the elegancy of chemistry.
Why similar: Science 37%, Education 21.5%, Sandbox 14.7%, God Game 14.5% ★, Simulation 8.7%
Gate Logic lets you build any logic circuit made up from the Boolean logic gates NOT, AND, OR, NOR, XOR and XNOR on an infinite, grid based canvas.
Why similar: Science 29.6%, Education 21.4%, Sandbox 20.9%, Simulation 14.3%, Abstract 6.7%
Design your own solar systems and enjoy watching them orbit, collide and smash each other in a cosmic dance!
Why similar: Science 34%, Sandbox 20.2%, Education 19.9%, Simulation 10.5%, Procedural Generation 9.5%
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.
Why similar: Science 30%, God Game 18.4% ★, Sandbox 15.8%, Education 11.9%, Simulation 9.5%
FireStarter 2 is a simplified forest fire simulation game that offers a first approach to fire science for all.
Why similar: Science 39.3%, Sandbox 25.5%, Simulation 22.6%, Procedural Generation 11.2%, Indie 0.9%
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 28%, God Game 20.8% ★, Sandbox 16.1%, Education 12.8%, Procedural Generation 11.4%
Paint 27 kinds of matter. Set it on fire. Then press rewind. SunaBox is a physics sandbox in the spirit of the legendary OE-CAKE, on a bit-exact engine: every session can be replayed, rewound, saved, and shared to reproduce your world perfectly.
Why similar: Science 28.7%, God Game 20.5% ★, Education 18.8%, Sandbox 14.7%, Procedural Generation 6.6%
"Falling sand" style particle sandbox, now with circuits and stickmen!
Why similar: God Game 25.1% ★, Science 22.5%, Sandbox 18.9%, Education 16.8%, Simulation 9.9%
You play as a scientist who is shrinking every second in a race against time! Find all the ingredients and formulas scattered around the laboratory, which are necessary for producing the life-saving antidote. But beware, your time is very precious.
Why similar: Science 37.2%, Education 22.8%, Sandbox 18.9%, Simulation 11.7%, Casual 4.3%
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 31.3% ★, Science 25.1%, Sandbox 23%, Simulation 13.1%, Atmospheric 2.9%
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 26.4%, God Game 22.5% ★, Sandbox 15.9%, Education 15.2%, Simulation 9.1%
If you've ever been fascinated by minerals or admired the beauty of crystals... turn your curiosity into knowledge, and your knowledge into profit. Experiment with elements and minerals, fine-tune parameters to get higher-quality minerals, expand your collection, and build your mineral business.
Why similar: Science 48.2%, Education 18.4%, Simulation 18.3%, Sandbox 14.1%, 2D 0.8%
READY FOR CRAFTING VIRTUAL WORLDS ON YOUR PC?The acclaimed world-building game featuring a unique mission-based approach is coming onto PC via Steam Early Access. With over 16 million players on mobile & tablets versions and 1,500,000 pixel blocks creations shared in the Online Gallery to date, this PC version is taking world...
Why similar: Sandbox 50.5%, God Game 27.6% ★, Simulation 15.2%, Casual 4.2%, Indie 1.8%
Sand in a Box is a 'falling sand' game that simulates thermal flow, electricity, radioactive decay, and gravity. Create art, experiment with physics, and craft your own simulation rules with user-friendly mod support!
Why similar: Science 30.4%, God Game 22.4% ★, Education 17.8%, Sandbox 16.5%, Simulation 8.1%
MiniEco is a cozy top-down nature sim that combines laid-back idle gameplay, hands-on ecosystem management, and a hint of god-like power. Nurture or disrupt evolving species, shape their habitats, and watch as thousands of organisms adapt—or clash—in real time.
Why similar: Science 35.9%, God Game 26.9% ★, Sandbox 22.8%, Simulation 11.3%, 2D 1.6%
Galimulator is a galactic empire simulation and sandbox game. See how Empires rise and fall, and how the people in them climb through the ranks to bring prestige to their Dynasty. Then throw in an invasion of self replicating Smatter monsters if you want to spice things up.
Why similar: Simulation 39.3%, God Game 32% ★, Sandbox 28.7%
Create & destroy on an unimaginable scale with a realistic physics-based space simulator. Explore the beauty of our universe and the fragility of our planet. Use science to bend the laws of gravity, collide planets, boil away oceans, fire epic space lasers, and customize your universe.
Why similar: Science 28%, God Game 22.4% ★, Education 17.4%, Sandbox 15.8%, Simulation 8.6%
Watch empires rise and fall, or intervene with godly powers, in GalactiWar, a space empire simulation sandbox game.
Why similar: God Game 29.2% ★, Sandbox 23.7%, Science 23.5%, Simulation 16.4%, Procedural Generation 6.3%
Space Simulator and Music Machine!
Why similar: Science 36.3%, Simulation 17.4%, Education 17.2%, Sandbox 14.1%, Casual 7.4%
A sandbox adventure where every pixel is physically and chemically simulated! Build intricate, fully functional machines from the pixels around you. Harvest, react, and manipulate all 118 elements to craft everything from simple tools to complex systems.
Why similar: Science 37.6%, Sandbox 22.6%, Education 19.4%, Simulation 11%, Procedural Generation 7.5%
Nuclear fission simulator. Control A nuclear reactor, balancing Uranium fissile material. The game features a oversimplified reactor and the R.B.M.K Reactor in Chernobyl.
Why similar: Education 37.5%, Sandbox 29.4%, Simulation 29.2%, 2D 2.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Challenge yourself. What do you really know about plants? Want to find out? And win some points to build your own custom plants? Then welcome to Solarium!
Why similar: Science 41.9%, Education 30.1%, Simulation 26%, Indie 1.9%
Jingjie is a strategy-simulation sandbox where you write laws, shape probability clouds, and guide a living world with embedded local AI. Observe, experiment, and watch complex life emerge from logic, tension, and chaos.
Why similar: God Game 30.5% ★, Science 20.7%, Sandbox 18.1%, Simulation 12.4%, Procedural Generation 9.2%
Customize your own ant colony. Test its viability against starvation and predation. Pit rival colonies against each other and see who comes out on top. Do you like to watch ants go about their day?
Why similar: God Game 34.1% ★, Sandbox 28.5%, Simulation 18%, Procedural Generation 9.6%, Casual 7.5%
Pretty Buttons makes the buttons on your keyboard do pretty things. Its a visual sensory experience to engage any who need a little engagement.
Why similar: Education 30.8%, Sandbox 29.5%, Simulation 26.5%, Casual 11.1%, Indie 1.3%
Build creatures from a handful of traits and set them loose. Watch them feed, breed, fight, mutate and evolve; simple circles becoming many-sided beasts over generations. Play a free sandbox or escalating campaign goals. Every run is a different living world.
Why similar: Sandbox 29.6%, God Game 28% ★, Simulation 26.9%, Casual 11.3%, 2D 1.8%
A pixel-physics sandbox. Fifty materials, and every one of them is physics: sand finds its angle, water freezes, lava crusts into stone, gunpowder blows. Build your own materials and worlds, and share them in the Workshop.
Why similar: Sandbox 24.2%, Science 23.4%, Education 20.5%, God Game 17.7% ★, Simulation 8.8%
Explore and create parametric creatures
Why similar: Science 26.6%, Sandbox 21.1%, Procedural Generation 14.1%, Simulation 13.1%, Education 13.1%
Apples Gone Wild Simulator lets you play mad scientist with apple DNA. Plant mutated apples, grow experimental trees, and uncover delightfully strange traits from musical fruit to apples that stare into your soul.
Why similar: Sandbox 29%, Simulation 27.4%, Science 25.6%, Casual 9.5%, Atmospheric 4%
