Games Like Primordialis

Sipho is an action survival game with an intricate building system. Grow your own creature and take over the local ecosystem. Fight, grow, survive, dominate. Play in adventure or sandbox mode.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 21.4%, Underwater 19.9% ★, Sandbox 10.3%, Building 7.7%, Roguelite 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the creature-building and evolutionary roguelike mechanics found in Primordialis.

Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

Why similar: Physics 18.5%, Roguelike 15.5%, Difficult 15.5%, Action Roguelike 13.8%, Sandbox 13.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its highly reactive physics engine and emergent roguelike gameplay provide a similar sense of unpredictable discovery.

Hunt and eat other fish - simply, grow into larger beasts!

Why similar: Underwater 57.8% ★, Simulation 16%, Survival 15.9%, Sandbox 7.5%, Indie 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a direct experience of underwater survival and growth, mirroring the predator-prey dynamics of the seed game.

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 33.5% ★, Nature 19.4%, Sandbox 16.5%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Simulation 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep simulation of evolutionary biology and underwater life that aligns with the biological themes of the seed game.

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?

Why similar: Nature 19.9%, Physics 17.8%, Roguelite 15.4%, Sandbox 15.3%, Survival 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the evolution and survival of microscopic life, sharing the core biological progression loop.

A lovecraftian roguelike. Dive into procedurally generated undersea caves. Collect gold, upgrade your equipment, and Feed the Deep.

Why similar: Underwater 27.4% ★, Roguelite 14.3%, Roguelike 13.8%, Physics 13.7%, Procedural Generation 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: This roguelite emphasizes underwater exploration and survival, capturing the atmospheric tension of deep-sea environments.

Over 1000 unique components allow you to build and command voxel vehicles from the deep ocean to outer space! Forge strategies, allegiances and fleets strong enough to destroy eight deadly factions of the planet and reign supreme. A genre-defying mashup of simulation, building, RTS and RPG.

Why similar: Sandbox 25%, Physics 24.5%, Building 22.7%, Survival 12.5%, Simulation 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers an incredibly deep physics-based building system that allows for the creation of complex naval and aquatic entities.

Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!

Why similar: Underwater 43.6% ★, Survival 16.3%, Difficult 11.8%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Simulation 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: It features complex underwater physics and survival mechanics that demand creative problem-solving in a hostile environment.

You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.

Why similar: Difficult 33.2%, Survival 18.9%, Physics 16.1%, Exploration 14.8%, Simulation 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: The game features a sophisticated ecosystem simulation where creature behavior and survival are central to the experience.

Explore, fight, survive and unravel mysteries in this unique and unforgiving 3D isometric RPG set in an original dark, low fantasy world. Exanima's exceptional attention to detail and realistic simulation of all things aim to provide a deeply immersive and dynamic gameplay experience.

Why similar: Physics 42.9%, Difficult 25.2%, Roguelike 11.3%, Action Roguelike 10.1%, Simulation 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its unique physics-based movement and combat system provide a tactile experience similar to the physics-driven nature of the seed game.

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 28.6%, Action Roguelike 28.3%, Exploration 16%, Survival 13.7%, Strategy 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: This sandbox game features destructible terrain and physics-based combat that rewards creative exploration.

CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origins, stalking and consuming those that imprisoned you.

Why similar: Physics 46.3%, Sci-fi 24.8%, 2D 16.4%, Indie 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: Players control a monstrous creature with physics-based movement, capturing the feeling of being an evolving predator.

Make boats and sail them. Survive an ocean of storms and beasts to find better pieces to make your ship bigger, faster, stronger, prettier, stranger, wilder: more yours.

Why similar: Physics 29.9%, Building 22.2%, Simulation 20.7%, Sandbox 14.8%, Exploration 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This physics-based building game emphasizes exploration and navigation, similar to the traversal mechanics in Primordialis.

Dive The Depths is an action-roguelike set beneath the ocean's surface. As a humble diver, you must navigate the world filled with bizarre sea creatures, submerged ruins, and forgotten histories. Can you conquer the depths and unravel the secrets that hidden beneath the waves?

Why similar: Underwater 25.8% ★, Action Roguelike 14.9%, Difficult 11.2%, Roguelike 10.6%, Roguelite 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: An underwater action-roguelike that focuses on the difficulty and exploration of deep-sea environments.

A physics-powered action roguelike. Grab asteroids, catch missiles, and hurl them back at swarming enemies. Build wild loadouts, defeat colossal bosses, and push deeper into a collapsing galaxy.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 20.5%, Physics 17.2%, Roguelike 14.8%, Difficult 14.3%, Roguelite 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based roguelike that utilizes environmental interactions and object manipulation for combat.

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: Underwater 37.7% ★, Nature 19.7%, Sandbox 19.1%, Simulation 11.1%, Procedural Generation 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a sandbox environment focused on evolutionary simulation and the creation of custom life forms.

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: Sandbox 57.4%, Simulation 35.4%, Indie 4%, Strategy 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: This simulation focuses on the mechanics of natural selection and evolutionary biology in a sandbox environment.

CleanFall is a survival rogue-like that prizes player freedom and creativity. Build mobile death machines to fight off ravenous hordes, craft and alchemize gun turrets, and tunnel through subterranean ecosystems crawling with nameless horrors.

Why similar: Sandbox 13.8%, Physics 13.6%, Difficult 12.6%, Roguelike 12.3%, Building 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox game that incorporates creature-collection elements within a physics-driven environment.

Besiege is a physics building game about constructing medieval machines to annihilate armies, obliterate castles and overcome challenging obstacles. Conquer the campaign or skirmish with friends in Multiplayer!

Why similar: Physics 28.6%, Sandbox 27.9%, Building 23.6%, Simulation 14.8%, Strategy 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: It is the gold standard for physics-based construction, allowing for the same creative freedom found in building creatures.

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 32.6% ★, Nature 17.9%, Sandbox 14%, Physics 13.5%, Building 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: This simulation focuses on underwater physics and the management of aquatic ecosystems.

Primitier is a highly flexible VR sandbox game, where you can create tools and machinery by freely cutting and connecting objects in a vast world based on physics simulation.

Why similar: Sandbox 34.5%, Physics 34.1%, Procedural Generation 16.5%, Simulation 12.1%, Indie 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based sandbox that emphasizes crafting and immersive simulation in a primitive world.

Difficult action FISHING ROGUELIKE, where you slaughter mutated creatures with weapons that shoot lasers and explosions!!! 💥 Catch fish to buy treasures that MODIFY YOUR BUILD and end up with CRAZY SYNERGIZING ATTACKS that melt those noob enemies

Why similar: Action Roguelike 23.1%, Roguelike 17.2%, Difficult 16.5%, Roguelite 13.6%, Physics 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: It combines roguelike progression with creature-themed combat in a challenging aquatic setting.

Collect food to evolve and fight for your life against enemy cells in this deep underwater, survivor-like, roguelite experience. Unlock parts to customize your character and become your own unique cell.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 49.7%, Roguelike 21.8%, Nature 18.7%, 2D 7.1%, Indie 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: This action-roguelike features biological themes and creature-based combat in a 2D space.

A top-down action roguelite about catching fish, fighting them, selling their bones, and catching more fish. Upgrade your boat and weapons, hunt down sea monster bounties, delve into eldritch mysteries, and try to pay off a cosmic debt millennia in the making.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 35.1%, Roguelike 26.6%, Roguelite 23.8%, Top-Down 9.2%, 2D 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title blends action-roguelike mechanics with fishing and bullet-hell elements for a unique aquatic experience.

Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.

Why similar: Underwater 50.2% ★, Survival 16.7%, Exploration 11.8%, Sandbox 11.3%, Sci-fi 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive underwater exploration game that captures the sense of wonder and danger found in deep-sea settings.

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 35.5%, Sandbox 31.3%, Procedural Generation 17.2%, Simulation 16%

Why You'll Like It: A god-game simulation that allows players to influence the evolution of life on a planetary scale.

The Animal Evolution Roguelite. Hunt, Flee, Scavenge and Thrive in a living ecosystem. Choose from 125+ Evolutions and Specialisations for unique creature combinations in every run. Adapt to survive the natural curve in order to beat carcinisation... or get Darwin'd trying!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 15.1%, Nature 14.7%, Roguelite 10.6%, Roguelike 10.6%, Sandbox 10.6%

Pilot a remotely operated submarine and explore the oceans! Defy the darkness and crushing pressure of the deeps as you chart unknown regions and study new species of ocean life.

Why similar: Underwater 37.7% ★, Nature 16.2%, Sandbox 14.7%, Physics 12.8%, Simulation 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a realistic and atmospheric simulation of underwater exploration and discovery.

Verlet Ascend is a physics based, action platformer with roguelike mechanics, a fully destructable procedurally generated environment, and rope swing physics. Fight creatures, loot enemies, upgrade your character, and climb your way up in an endless parkour.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 28.9%, Physics 23.5%, Roguelike 16.9%, Roguelite 14.8%, Procedural Generation 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: This roguelike utilizes Verlet integration for its physics-based movement and platforming mechanics.

Play as different fish, devour opponents in the ruthless underwater world of survival of the fittest, and evolve your abilities.

Why similar: Underwater 50.9% ★, Roguelike 20%, Roguelite 15.4%, Survival 13.7%

Create your own worlds, build interesting mechanisms and just beautiful buildings, everything depends on your imagination.

Why similar: Sandbox 38.5%, Simulation 28.4%, Building 23.9%, 2D 6.5%, Indie 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D physics-based sandbox that allows for creative building and experimentation.

Explore a hostile, living world: Uncover forgotten horrors, both man-made and supernatural, as you hunt for powerful weapons and exotic artifacts.

Why similar: Sandbox 47.8%, Sci-fi 26.6%, Exploration 25.6%

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: Sandbox 33%, Physics 28.2%, Simulation 17.6%, Sci-fi 9%, Exploration 7.2%

Welcome to the perilous nuclear-contaminated waters, where all creatures are mutating. Start as an ordinary small fish, struggling to survive in this toxic sea. Through continuous evolution and adaptation, you will grow into a powerful ocean monster and ultimately become the sole ruler of this ocean

Why similar: Underwater 26.6% ★, Roguelite 17.5%, Roguelike 15.2%, Nature 14.3%, Survival 9.7%

Build a self-sustaining industrial empire in the deep sea of an ocean-covered alien world. Explore procedurally generated waters, automate resource production, and turn alien life into renewable industrial output through advanced bio-cultivation systems.

Why similar: Underwater 39.8% ★, Sandbox 16.1%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Building 11.3%, Exploration 9.4%

A sci-fi survival-crafting colony sim set in a flooded world of floating islands. Build a colony, craft gear, design rafts, fend off sharks, manage your survivors, and explore island bunkers to uncover lost Float-Tech from an old-world corporation.

Why similar: Underwater 36.2% ★, Building 14.7%, Survival 11.7%, Sandbox 10%, Sci-fi 8.8%

Type anything, generate a creature. Outwit, outlast and out-weird your enemies in a sandbox roguelike with deep simulation systems, wildly unpredictable auto-battler combat and endless procedurally generated chaos!

Why similar: Nature 16.6%, Sandbox 15.8%, Roguelike 13.6%, Roguelite 12.8%, Procedural Generation 9.5%

Survive in a world ravaged by massive Titans and an ever changing ocean sim. Displace water to find resources for building and crafting unique items. Swim, sail, and fly to explore new islands and fight Titans.

Why similar: Sandbox 25.2%, Building 22.7%, Survival 16%, Simulation 12.5%, Exploration 10.7%

Do whatever you want in a physics sandbox full of chaotic destruction, endless player-made creations and unpredictable adventures. Build, destroy, roleplay and mess around solo or with friends!

Why similar: Sandbox 35.3%, Physics 28%, Building 26.6%, Simulation 10%

you are a fish who does tricks

Why similar: Underwater 51% ★, Physics 21.6%, Sandbox 19%, Exploration 6.8%, Indie 1.6%

Cogmind is a sci-fi roguelike epic in which you play a robot building yourself from components found or salvaged from other robots. Explore a living, breathing world through turn-based tactical combat, or sneak, hack, and fly your way to victory.

Why similar: Roguelike 25.5%, Difficult 23.1%, Sci-fi 15.8%, Perma Death 15.4%, Procedural Generation 15%

SULFUR is a modern old-school action-adventure: Outsmart enemies, find treasure, improve weapons, harness powers. Delve deeper, find answers, make it end.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 24.5%, Difficult 24.1%, Roguelite 24.1%, Roguelike 22.4%, 2D 4.9%

Join a world where you design, create and pilot your own air sea rescue service. Release your inner hero as you battle fierce storms out at sea to rescue those in need.

Why similar: Sandbox 30%, Physics 24.3%, Building 22.2%, Survival 12.3%, Exploration 11.3%

A game about a hungry fish 🐟 Eat to grow bigger, but watch out for fishes bigger than you! Grow big, strong and explore! Can you escape the pond?

Why similar: Indie 44.9%, Physics 36.8%, Exploration 18.3%

In this roguelike auto battler, every enemy you face was created by another player! Modify and improve your creatures' behaviour after each battle and see how far down you can make it. Do you have what it takes to be the first to reach depths, where no one has gone before?

Why similar: Underwater 37.3% ★, Roguelike 21.8%, Roguelite 21.5%, Perma Death 8.5%, Strategy 5.9%

Soulash 2 is a sandbox RPG roguelike with a procedurally generated open world, simulated history, skill-based progression system, customizable abilities, material-based crafting, building, trading, and the possibility of total mayhem. Will you save your world or destroy it?

Why similar: Sandbox 29.9%, Procedural Generation 18.6%, Survival 13.6%, Exploration 13.5%, Simulation 13.2%

Fast paced Bullet hell Roguelite FPS 🔴 Fight relentless machines driven by a hostile AI. Escape an endless cycle. Craft infinite weapon variants with deep gun modding. Forge deadly synergies. Carve your way out through enviro destruction /BREAK THE SYSTEM /BREAK FREE

Why similar: Action Roguelike 20.9%, Physics 18.7%, Roguelite 17%, Difficult 16.9%, Roguelike 15.6%

Command the Nimbatus and craft drones out of hundreds of different parts. Survive unknown threats in a fully destructible, procedural universe, compete against other players in different arenas or enjoy complete creative freedom in the sandbox.

Why similar: Physics 18.7%, Sandbox 18.7%, Building 16.1%, Sci-fi 15.9%, Exploration 12.5%

Explore dungeons, fight hordes of monsters and survive on a huge map. This is Ocean Keeper - an action roguelike with tower defense elements. Mine resources in caves, customize your Mech Spider, upgrade different weapons and face dangerous bosses that won't leave you a chance!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 22.4%, Roguelike 18.8%, Roguelite 17.8%, Procedural Generation 14.2%, Sci-fi 12.4%

Sandbox of destruction. Billion different ways to build your mech. Feel the weight and impact of obliteration in this modern old school mech combat sim.

Why similar: Physics 34.6%, Sci-fi 18.7%, Simulation 17.1%, Top-Down 13%, Strategy 6.8%

In Enlightenment, you play in a roguelike action-shooter with a fast-paced challenging journey deep into a underground complex called "the Ark". Players will be tested by large varieties of enemies in a procedurally-generated dungeon, and become stronger by learning from the inevitable deaths.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 31.3%, Roguelite 14.6%, Difficult 10.5%, Survival 8.6%, Roguelike 8%

You are a lowly egg cell on a journey through a swollen sea of strange and humanoid fish. Prey on smaller life and growing larger and stronger to perhaps someday be born.

Why similar: Underwater 34.7% ★, Nature 22.3%, Survival 17%, Exploration 15.5%, 2D 6.4%

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...

Why similar: Underwater 42.3% ★, Sandbox 24%, Building 17.3%, Simulation 12.9%, Indie 3.5%

Enter the creative paradise of Scrap Mechanic! Build fantastic machines, go on adventures with your friends and defend against waves of evil Farmbots in this imaginative multiplayer survival sandbox. With Scrap Mechanic’s powerful creation tools you can engineer your own adventures!

Why similar: Building 25.7%, Sandbox 25.5%, Physics 24.7%, Survival 14.7%, Simulation 7.5%

GoreBox is a chaotic physics-driven sandbox where creativity meets destruction. Use the Reality Crusher to spawn, manipulate, and obliterate anything. Customize, roleplay, or face devious creatures. In this world, your imagination rules, and chaos is your playground!

Why similar: Sandbox 47%, Physics 40.8%, Exploration 12.2%

Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.

Why similar: Sandbox 24.6%, Physics 22.1%, Survival 15.3%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Simulation 12.3%

Himno - The Silent Melody is an atmospheric roguelite action RPG. Explore different interconnected environments, gather materials to create your unique arsenal and build and automate your base.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 20.1%, Sandbox 16.6%, Roguelike 14.7%, Roguelite 14.7%, Procedural Generation 10.2%

Depths of Limbo is a difficult action roguelike with a dark theme. The fast-paced combat is spiced up with a variety of unique items and weapons found throughout the procedurally generated world.

Why similar: Roguelike 53.2%, Difficult 33.7%, Indie 13.1%

FISH is a Platformer Run & Gun Shooter where you play as an armed FISH violently exploring through multiple levels. The game features a funny, unique stylized artstyle that could get a chuckle out of you!

Why similar: 2D 60.3%, Indie 39.7%