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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.

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 74% — of 988 reviews
Released: 2018-09-28
Developer: Quasar
Genres: Simulation, Early Access
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
Median playtime: 2.3 hrs
Mean playtime: 8.6 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 63%

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    97% 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: God Game 33.7%, Science 29.9%, Sandbox 20%, Simulation 8.3%, Education 4.1%

  2. #2 Planetary Life
    96% 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: God Game 34.1%, Science 27.1%, Sandbox 18.5%, Simulation 9.2%, Management 3.9%

  3. #3 Universe Sandbox
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 30,587 reviews2015
    Dev: Giant Army
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    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 29.9%, Sandbox 26.3%, God Game 23.7%, Simulation 11.9%, Education 4.2%

  4. #4 Thrive
    95% matchVery Positive92% of 1,599 reviews2021
    Dev: Revolutionary Games Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    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 44.8%, Sandbox 28.1%, Simulation 16.6%, Education 8.3%, Management 2.2%

  5. #5 SPORE™
    94% matchVery Positive93% of 70,545 reviews2008
    Dev: Maxis™Pub: Electronic Arts
    Windows
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Be the architect of your own universe with Spore, an exciting single-player adventure. From Single Cell to Galactic God, evolve your creature in a universe of your own creations.

    Why similar: God Game 38.6%, Science 30%, Sandbox 21%, Simulation 10.5%

  6. #6 WorldBox - God Simulator
    94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 52,884 reviews2021
    Dev: Maxim Karpenko
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    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: God Game 50.5%, Sandbox 30.3%, Simulation 11.9%, Management 3.3%, Relaxing 2.9%

  7. #7 Gridworld
    93% 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: God Game 30.4%, Science 29.5%, Sandbox 19.6%, Simulation 10.4%, Management 4.8%

  8. #8 Creatura
    91% matchMixed68% of 228 reviews2021
    Dev: Koksny.com
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 30 minMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 35%

    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 31.8%, God Game 27.2%, Sandbox 19.5%, Simulation 11%, Education 4.2%

  9. #9 Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox
    92% 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: God Game 25.9%, Science 25.4%, Sandbox 18.2%, Experimental 7.2%, Simulation 6.7%

  10. #10 Equilinox
    91% 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: Sandbox 32.5%, God Game 30.8%, Simulation 22.3%, Relaxing 7.9%, Indie 3%

  11. #11 Ecosystem
    90% 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: God Game 34.4%, Science 26.1%, Sandbox 18.8%, Simulation 10%, Management 4.6%

  12. #12 Terra Firma 2
    89% 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 36.2%, Sandbox 22.2%, Science 20.7%, Simulation 11.9%, Relaxing 4.2%

  13. #13 ANLIFE: Motion-Learning Life Evolution
    87% 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 37.1%, Science 25.6%, Sandbox 19.2%, Simulation 9.5%, Relaxing 4.7%

  14. #14 Galimulator
    89% matchVery Positive91% of 497 reviews2018
    Dev: Snoddasmannen
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    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 35.4%, God Game 35.2%, Sandbox 26.8%, Strategy 2.6%

  15. #15 Niche - a genetics survival game
    88% 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%

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  16. #16 Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends
    86% matchVery Positive90% of 26,359 reviews2021
    Dev: Computer Lunch
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 80.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    The epic story of evolution, technology, humanity, and dinosaurs is yours to tap.

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  17. #17 The Bibites: Digital Life
    85% 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!

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  18. #18 Vilmonic
    86% matchMostly Positive72% of 85 reviews2018
    Dev: Bludgeonsoft
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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  19. #19 Terra Firma
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    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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    83% matchVery Positive94% of 59,582 reviews2016
    Dev: Ndemic Creations
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Plague Inc: Evolved is a unique mix of high strategy and terrifyingly realistic simulation. Your pathogen has just infected 'Patient Zero' - now you must bring about the end of human history by evolving a deadly, global Plague whilst adapting against everything humanity can do to defend itself.

    Why similar: Simulation 58%, Strategy 17.2%, Sandbox 15.4%, Indie 6%, Singleplayer 3.3%

  21. #21 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!

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  22. #22 Evolution
    84% matchMixed47% of 105 reviews2016
    Dev: Alex WilliamsPub: Grubby Monster Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Evolution is a real time simulation of the evolutionary process. Creatures have DNA that defines their structure, traits, how they see the world around them, and how they react to it. Each creature is unique, most die quickly, some die a little slower, and others survive (some just like rocks, they usually die too).

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  23. #23 Jurassic World Evolution
    81% matchVery Positive87% of 54,890 reviews2018
    Dev: Frontier Developments
    Windows
    Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 28.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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  24. #24 The Universim
    80% matchVery Positive80% of 10,483 reviews2024
    Dev: Crytivo
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 33.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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    Why similar: God Game 45.3%, Sandbox 23.4%, Real-Time with Pause 15%, Simulation 8.6%, Management 5%

  25. #25 Tyto Ecology
    81% 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 49.5%, Simulation 32.3%, Education 9.6%, Strategy 4.3%, Indie 4.3%

  26. #26 Project Chemistry
    79% matchMostly Positive76% of 212 reviews2021
    Dev: Ata TürkoğluPub: Espale Studios
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 26.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    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.

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  27. #27 SpaceEngine
    78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 14,936 reviews2019
    Dev: Cosmographic Software
    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 47.7 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    The world's first science-based photorealistic interactive 3D planetarium that models the entire Universe, using procedural generation for uncharted areas.

    Why similar: Science 38.7%, Sandbox 32.9%, Simulation 12%, Education 7.7%, Relaxing 5.6%

  28. #28 Lifecraft
    77% 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!

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  29. #29 Prehistoric Kingdom
    77% matchVery Positive89% of 5,727 reviews2022
    Dev: Blue MeridianPub: Crytivo
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%

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    Why similar: God Game 26%, Sandbox 23.1%, Science 21.9%, Simulation 12.3%, Management 6.6%

  30. #30 Nature & Life - Drunk On Nectar
    76% 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!

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  31. #31 SPORE™ Galactic Adventures
    78% matchVery Positive89% of 7,556 reviews2009
    Dev: EA - MaxisPub: Electronic Arts
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 36.7 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    Take Your Creature From Zero To Galactic HeroGet out of your starship and turn your Spore creatures into legendary Space Captains. For the first time, beam down with your allies to take on action-packed, planetside adventures. Complete quests, collect rewards, and even create your own missions.

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    75% matchVery Positive95% of 844 reviews2025
    Dev: R74n
    Windows · Mac
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    Falling-sand sandbox game with 500+ elements, chemistry, fire, life, food, and anything you can imagine.

    Why similar: God Game 33%, Science 30.4%, Sandbox 21%, Simulation 6.5%, Education 6%

  33. #33 Crest - an indirect god sim
    79% matchMixed65% of 373 reviews2018
    Dev: Eat Create Sleep
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    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: God Game 45.9%, Sandbox 22%, Simulation 12.9%, Real-Time 12.7%, Strategy 3%

  34. #34 Sapiens
    75% matchVery Positive84% of 2,103 reviews2022
    Dev: Majic Jungle
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    Why similar: God Game 55.4%, Sandbox 22%, Simulation 10.9%, Management 6.7%, Strategy 2.6%

  35. #35 Birthdays the Beginning
    76% matchMixed64% of 965 reviews2017
    Dev: Arc System WorksPub: NIS America, Inc.
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    The origins of the world are yours to decide in this engaging and open-ended builder experience! Shape the geography, control the temperature, and give rise to diverse lifeforms. Witness the birth of an entirely new ecosystem, made with your very own hands!

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  36. #36 Monster Lab Simulator
    71% matchMostly Positive77% of 483 reviews2026
    Dev: Round 3 Studios
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%

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  37. #37 Solar 2
    74% matchVery Positive91% of 2,205 reviews2011
    Dev: Murudai
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%

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    74% matchVery Positive81% of 475 reviews2020
    Dev: Pavel Kudinov
    Windows

    Physics sandbox game that uses a graphics card as a supercomputer. Change the laws of physics, design mechanisms, create A-Life worlds and inhabit them with living beings, experiment with evolution and AI.

    Why similar: Sandbox 51.1%, Simulation 34.6%, Education 9.1%, Indie 4.2%, Singleplayer 1%

  39. #39 Bio Inc. Redemption
    72% matchVery Positive88% of 2,788 reviews2018
    Dev: DryGin Studios
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Bio Inc.: Redemption is a realistic simulation and strategy game in which you make life or death decisions. Create a deadly illness to infect and torment your victim or play as the head of a medical team and hopefully find a cure to save your human patient. Will you be the plague or preserve humanity?

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    69% matchVery Positive89% of 3,843 reviews2024
    Dev: The Stranger
    Windows
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%

    Fantasy Map Simulator: Create and watch imaginary worlds evolve over centuries. Design maps, simulate nations and their politics, and control destinies. See empires rise and fall on your desktop wallpaper. A unique simulation for history buffs and creative minds.

    Why similar: God Game 57%, Sandbox 31.6%, Simulation 8.4%, Strategy 2.3%, Indie 0.7%

  41. #41 Reus
    73% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,900 reviews2013
    Dev: Abbey Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%

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  42. #42 From Dust
    73% matchMixed67% of 2,936 reviews2011
    Dev: Ubisoft MontpellierPub: Ubisoft
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    Immerse yourself in a world as exotically beautiful as it is dangerous in this modern God-Game where Nature is the Star!

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  43. #43 Earthtongue
    73% matchVery Positive90% of 210 reviews2015
    Dev: June StringsPub: junestrings
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Care for a miniature ecosystem in a strange world, exert limited influence to encourage the growth of different fungi and bugs and try to maintain the balance of life.

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    68% matchVery Positive97% of 178 reviews2025
    Dev: ActivationFunction
    Windows

    Train AI to drive! Create your own neural network and watch it evolve from chaos to mastery with the power of evolutionary algorithms and natural selection. Fine-tune the learning process to craft the ultimate AI driver, and test your creation in campaign challenges or on custom-built tracks.

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  45. #45 The Isle
    70% matchVery Positive80% of 107,823 reviews2015
    Dev: Afterthought LLC
    Windows
    Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 123.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Experience fierce open world survival gameplay as you attempt to stay alive on an unforgiving island inhabited by dinosaurs! Hunt. Grow. Survive.

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    68% matchMostly Positive80% of 54 reviews2025
    Dev: PcZ Games
    Windows · Mac

    Start as an asteroid, grow by absorbing other celestial bodies to become a planet, a star, and ultimately a black hole. Experience realistic gravity and orbital physics in an ever-evolving sandbox universe.

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  47. #47 CHKN
    71% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,718 reviews2016
    Dev: Katapult
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 63%

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    69% matchVery Positive95% of 186 reviews2021
    Dev: Creature LabsPub: Gameware Europe
    Windows

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  49. #49 Reus 2
    67% matchVery Positive95% of 2,219 reviews2024
    Dev: Abbey GamesPub: Firesquid
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.8 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!

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  50. #50 Beetle Uprising
    70% matchMostly Positive75% of 98 reviews2020
    Dev: Iocane Games, LLCPub: Disco Slug
    Windows

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    69% matchMostly Positive74% of 62 reviews2023
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    Windows

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  52. #52 Tidal Tribe
    70% matchVery Positive87% of 94 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.

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  53. #53 Wobbledogs
    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 14,224 reviews2022
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  54. #54 Biotope
    71% 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.

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    65% matchVery Positive92% of 982 reviews2025
    Dev: Turtle Stack Games
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    Doodle Empires is an alternate history sandbox game all about drawing your own nations with your own histories and stories in a variety of maps. Watch your world take shape and evolve over time, and decide which nations will rise and which nations will fall.

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  56. #56 Mountain
    68% matchVery Positive88% of 16,289 reviews2014
    Dev: David OReilly
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 103.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Existential Nature Simulation

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  57. #57 Heliopedia
    67% matchVery Positive88% of 212 reviews2021
    Dev: Sokpop Collective
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 50%

    A fictional universe sandbox/exploration game. 🪐☄️✨ Shape your own solar system by terraforming planets. Find new species and make beautiful ecosystems . . . or breed destruction with volcanos, lightning storms and wildfires!

    Why similar: God Game 53.4%, Sandbox 30%, Simulation 16.6%

  58. #58 Eco
    67% matchVery Positive81% of 13,777 reviews2018
    Dev: Strange Loop Games
    Windows
    Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 88.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Build a civilization of real people, working together to advance society and stop a meteor, all without destroying the ecosystem in the process.

    Why similar: Science 40.8%, Sandbox 33%, Simulation 16.8%, Education 8.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%

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