Games Like SPORE™

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.

Why similar: God Game 22.9% ★, Space 18.5%, Open World 13.7%, Sandbox 13.5%, Simulation 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: This direct expansion adds more space-stage gameplay, planetside missions, and extra ways to use Spore’s creature and civilization creation systems.

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: God Game 38.7% ★, Science 30%, Sandbox 20.9%, Simulation 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: It lets you breed and mutate organisms in a sandbox and then watch natural selection shape them, like a more systems-heavy version of Spore’s evolution fantasy.

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 52.4%, Sandbox 25.3%, Simulation 12.4%, Family Friendly 5.8%, Casual 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: Often seen as a spiritual successor to Spore’s early stages, it focuses on evolving life from single cells with science-driven customization and open-ended progression.

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 35% ★, Science 26.9%, Sandbox 13.9%, Aliens 10.4%, Open World 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: You create plants and animals, seed entire ecosystems, and observe them adapt and evolve across a planet-scale sandbox.

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

Why similar: Science 47.9%, God Game 17.9% ★, Space 11.3%, Simulation 10.2%, Sandbox 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: It follows life from microbes to cosmic intelligence with the same playful science theme and huge-scale progression that makes Spore memorable.

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: Sandbox 28.2%, Resource Management 16.8%, Funny 13.1%, Exploration 11.8%, Family Friendly 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its core loop is breeding cute creatures with explicit genetics, making evolution and adaptation much more central than in most sandbox sims.

Jump straight into managing your own planets as you guide a civilization through the ages. Build the ultimate empire in The Universim, a new breed of God Game in development by Crytivo.

Why similar: God Game 30.9% ★, Colony Sim 24.9%, Sandbox 10.7%, Space 8.3%, Aliens 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: It captures Spore’s god-game side by letting you shepherd a species from primitive beginnings to a spacefaring civilization.

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 28.3% ★, Science 19.5%, Colony Sim 16.2%, Sandbox 10.3%, Space 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its focus on building and evolving life on a planet closely echoes Spore’s blend of science theme, sandbox freedom, and god-game experimentation.

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 48.1% ★, Colony Sim 26%, Sandbox 19.5%, Simulation 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: You get a playful sandbox for building worlds, spawning life, and nudging whole civilizations forward or into chaos.

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!

Why similar: God Game 61% ★, Sandbox 22.3%, Simulation 11.4%, Cute 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: You terraform a miniature world and guide life from simple organisms to advanced species across geological eras.

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: God Game 73% ★, Sandbox 13.1%, Simulation 6.4%, Resource Management 4%, Casual 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: Like Spore’s more godlike moments, it has you shape planets, ecosystems, and civilizations through broad environmental control.

Impossible Creatures is a 3D RTS game that pits the player against an evil villain. Using Earth’s most formidable animals as building blocks, the player must create an army of genetically-altered mutant monsters in a titanic struggle to protect an unsuspecting world.

Why similar: Sci-fi 86.9%, Adventure 13.1%

Why You'll Like It: Mixing animal traits into custom hybrids makes it a great match for Spore’s joy of designing bizarre creatures and seeing how they work.

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: God Game 41.8% ★, Sandbox 29.6%, Simulation 16.9%, Casual 6.6%, Family Friendly 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: This relaxing ecosystem sandbox is all about creating species, shaping biomes, and watching interconnected life systems grow.

Live the experience of being a powerful god and create the world to see the growth of mankind.

Why similar: God Game 36.5% ★, Colony Sim 27.9%, Sandbox 14.3%, Resource Management 7.1%, Funny 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: It distills the god-game formula into an easygoing sandbox where you create terrain, resources, and the conditions for society to grow.

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 21.7%, God Game 19.6% ★, Space 14.8%, Sandbox 14.8%, Open World 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: More scientific than gamey, it still taps into Spore’s cosmic toybox appeal by letting you play with planets, stars, and physical systems.

In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.

Why similar: Science 29.8%, Space 24.8%, Sandbox 17.9%, Simulation 8.4%, Open World 7%

Why You'll Like It: It’s ideal if Spore’s move into space was your favorite part and you want a deeper sandbox built around discovery and experimentation.

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

Why similar: God Game 76.9% ★, Sandbox 13%, Simulation 8.1%, Adventure 2%

Why You'll Like It: This is another strong god-game pick where you sculpt nature itself and influence life indirectly through environmental manipulation.

Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.

Why similar: Open World 22.1%, Cute 17.2%, Sandbox 14.1%, Exploration 13.1%, Funny 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its colorful, cute sandbox of discovering and caring for strange alien lifeforms hits a similar lighthearted exploration vibe.

Be the Universe in this epic, award-winning reality simulation game - featuring thousands of playable characters, endless exploration, an extraordinary soundtrack and narration from Alan Watts.

Why similar: God Game 27.9% ★, Sandbox 19.5%, Open World 16.7%, Simulation 12.3%, Exploration 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: It shares Spore’s whimsical fascination with scale by letting you explore existence from tiny organisms all the way up to cosmic bodies.

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: Sandbox 31.7%, Funny 16.5%, Cute 15.4%, Simulation 11.8%, Family Friendly 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: It trades galactic ambition for adorable mutation-driven pet simulation, but it nails the fun of breeding weird creatures and watching them change.

Behold, the miracle of life… packed into cubes! Create fantastic creatures in an open-world sandbox game like no other. Explore, craft, and survive—all with the help of your very own creations.

Why similar: Sandbox 32.7%, Open World 28.9%, Funny 15.6%, Simulation 12.1%, Casual 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Building odd creatures from parts in an open sandbox makes it one of the closer matches to Spore’s creator-driven playfulness.

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: God Game 48.3% ★, Simulation 27.1%, Sandbox 24.6%

Why You'll Like It: It simulates the rise and fall of space civilizations from a detached godlike perspective, echoing Spore’s late-game galactic overview.

No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.

Why similar: Space 29.3%, Open World 27%, Sandbox 15.8%, Exploration 12.3%, Sci-fi 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: It best matches Spore’s space-stage fantasy with colorful universe exploration, procedural life, base building, and species discovery.

Experience a galaxy of Worlds made entirely from LEGO bricks. EXPLORE gigantic landscapes, DISCOVER countless surprises, and CREATE anything you can imagine by building with LEGO bricks.

Why similar: Sandbox 29.6%, Open World 28.6%, Exploration 9.5%, Family Friendly 9.1%, Funny 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly lighthearted sandbox centered on building, exploring, and treating the world like a creative toy box.

Place yourself at the heart of the Jurassic franchise and build your own Jurassic World. Bioengineer dinosaurs that think, feel and react intelligently to the world around them and face threats posed by espionage, breakouts and devastating tropical storms in an uncertain world where life always finds a way.

Why similar: Sandbox 38.3%, Simulation 22.9%, Open World 13.9%, Resource Management 12.9%, Sci-fi 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It scratches the science-management side of Spore by letting you engineer, house, and manage a park full of custom-bred creatures.

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: Sandbox 61.4%, Simulation 28.6%, Sci-fi 10%

Why You'll Like It: Assembling and evolving strange living organisms piece by piece delivers a very Spore-like feeling of biological tinkering.

Interact with strange new worlds in a unique and tactile way, molding the environment itself as if it were clay in your hands. Build your base, master resource management, automate your production lines, and more as you unravel the mysteries of the universe, alone or with friends.

Why similar: Space 28.9%, Open World 25.3%, Sandbox 19.7%, Exploration 11%, Sci-fi 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its cute, accessible space sandbox captures the same sense of toy-like exploration and experimentation on alien worlds.

Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand the reach of your empire. Each new adventure holds almost limitless possibilities.

Why similar: Space 37.7%, Sandbox 25.6%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Exploration 12.1%, Simulation 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: If your favorite part of Spore was the jump to interstellar civilization, this expands that idea into custom species creation and galaxy-scale empire building.

Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim. Construct detailed habitats, manage your zoo, and meet authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them.

Why similar: Sandbox 31.3%, Simulation 17.3%, Resource Management 12.9%, Open World 11.3%, Family Friendly 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: It appeals to the same love of creature-focused sandbox play with deep habitat design and animal management in a highly creative sim framework.

Control a herd of charming creatures called Trebhum and explore an unforgettable alien world filled with exotic lifeforms and surreal environments. Discover dozens of mutations to overcome puzzles, explore new biomes, and survive on a dangerous planet.

Why similar: Open World 28.5%, Aliens 19.9%, Exploration 14.5%, Family Friendly 13.6%, Cute 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: This bizarre alien adventure features creatures that mutate new abilities over time, channeling Spore’s weird evolutionary imagination.

Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.

Why similar: Sandbox 26.9%, Funny 15.1%, Cartoony 12.8%, Family Friendly 12.1%, Cute 11.8%

The Sims 3: Create the perfect world with full customization at your fingertips. Refine personalities and help fulfill destinies.

Why similar: Sandbox 37%, Simulation 29.7%, Funny 11.6%, Family Friendly 7%, Comedy 6.9%

Add horror and humor to your universe. Make grotesque beasts or cuddly critters, then watch them do the robot, zombie walk, break dance and more! Includes over 100 new items. 60 New parts 48 New paint options 24 New animations

Why similar: God Game 36.2% ★, Open World 13%, Simulation 11.5%, Sandbox 10.5%, Aliens 7.2%

Goat Simulator is the latest in high-tech Goat Simulation technology.

Why similar: Open World 21.9%, Sandbox 21.1%, Funny 18.2%, Simulation 16.9%, Comedy 13.5%

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 38.1% ★, Sandbox 14.4%, Space 13.2%, Simulation 6.6%, Exploration 6.2%

A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.

Why similar: Sandbox 33.4%, Open World 29.5%, Exploration 16%, Family Friendly 15.8%, Adventure 5.3%

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 28.4% ★, Colony Sim 26.7%, Science 18.8%, Sandbox 10.4%, Resource Management 6.5%

In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.

Why similar: Simulation 55.2%, Sandbox 18.6%, Casual 12.7%, Funny 9.3%, Comedy 3.5%

The best-selling, award-winning franchise is back – on your home PC in gorgeous HD for the first time.

Why similar: Sandbox 30.7%, Family Friendly 14.9%, Open World 14.6%, Funny 11.9%, Comedy 8.5%

You’re a lowly blob, but with the ability to evolve any DNA you eat, you don’t have to stay that way. Upgrade parts to fight, run, fly and overcome your environment. Mammals, birds, insects, dinosaurs... everything is on your menu!

Why similar: God Game 53.3% ★, Funny 10.1%, Exploration 9.6%, Simulation 8.7%, Cute 8.1%

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: Science 23.6%, Aliens 12.9%, Sandbox 12.7%, Funny 6.8%, Comedy 6.7%

Dynamic abstract sandbox universe. Changes and evolves as you do.

Why similar: Space 27.3%, God Game 24% ★, Sandbox 19%, Open World 9.9%, Simulation 5.7%

Space for Sale is an interplanetary, top-down Space Realty management game with a focus on problem-solving and exploration. Played either solo or with a friend, it's up to you to transform wild, uninhabited lands into bustling communities!

Why similar: Colony Sim 29.2%, Sandbox 13.7%, Aliens 10.9%, Cartoon 7.9%, Simulation 6.3%

Create your own creatures to explore online worlds with friends and collect new parts to upgrade your stats and abilities! Complete quests, battle enemies, challenge friends to minigames, or just have fun roleplaying — the possibilities are endless when your imagination is the limit!

Why similar: God Game 49% ★, Sandbox 18%, Open World 16.8%, Simulation 7.1%, Exploration 6.6%

A once thriving network of space stations and planets have been left lifeless, redundant scars of the apocalypse. Into this age of darkness comes light. You will lead the way in rebuilding the network of space stations to a standard accepted by the individual alien races, attracting them to harness their expertise and research new...

Why similar: Colony Sim 23%, God Game 20.9% ★, Space 11.7%, Aliens 9.9%, Sandbox 9.3%

Doodle God is an addicting puzzle & world building game where players use logic and ingenuity to create the entire universe. Starting with the basic elements of earth, wind, fire and air players can build a world filled with locomotives, Dragons, skyscrapers, Aliens and more.

Why similar: God Game 51.9% ★, Sandbox 13.6%, Open World 9.4%, Simulation 7.3%, Funny 6.8%

Build the ultimate vehicle and explore a vast open world filled with challenges and adventure. Play solo or team up with friends in multiplayer to conquer the toughest obstacles. With a thrilling campaign mode and endless creative possibilities, Trailmakers is the ultimate sandbox for adventurers.

Why similar: Space 31.9%, Sandbox 18.6%, Open World 16.6%, Family Friendly 14.6%, Exploration 8.4%

Take on the role of park manager and design the ultimate zoo for nature's greatest creations.

Why similar: God Game 31.7% ★, Science 23.4%, Sandbox 18.8%, Resource Management 10.7%, Simulation 8.3%

Raise and train a troupe of cuddly virtual life creatures that live on a Space Station. Because they have neural network brains, Norns can be taught right from wrong, but because they also have their own, individual personalities, they may not always do what you want.

Why similar: God Game 29.4% ★, Science 26.8%, Sandbox 13.3%, Cute 6.6%, Family Friendly 6%

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: God Game 35.1% ★, Science 25.8%, Sandbox 13.9%, Open World 8%, Simulation 6.2%

Use your godly powers to craft amazing pixel worlds or destroy the universe! Play with physics, over 200 elements and controllable heroes. Make your own games or levels, and then share your creations online. There are no limits to your creativity and imagination!

Why similar: God Game 50.5% ★, Sandbox 39.3%, Simulation 10.2%

Become the most successful youtuber on the planet! Create videos, get subscribers, attend events, interact with your fans… and grow your channel. Live a youtuber’s life!

Why similar: Resource Management 16%, Cartoon 16%, Funny 14.7%, Comedy 13.3%, Family Friendly 12%

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 30.4% ★, Colony Sim 20.1%, Science 17.7%, Sandbox 10.5%, Space 7.6%

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.

Why similar: God Game 39.2% ★, Colony Sim 32.3%, Sandbox 10.4%, Open World 8.8%, Simulation 4.3%

Survive your evolution in Neogene Africa starting 10 million years ago. Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is a third-person open world survival game where you Explore, Expand, and Evolve to advance your clan to the next generation in the exciting new adventure from Panache Digital Games.

Why similar: Science 38.9%, Open World 30.8%, Exploration 15.3%, Simulation 10.5%, Adventure 4.4%

A creative game where your imagination is your limit.

Why similar: God Game 36.5% ★, Sandbox 20.3%, Open World 10.8%, Exploration 9.7%, Simulation 7.8%

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: God Game 42% ★, Colony Sim 29.5%, Sandbox 11.3%, Resource Management 8.6%, Simulation 4.2%

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.

Why similar: God Game 36.2% ★, Space 19.2%, Sandbox 15%, Simulation 7.3%, Open World 7.3%

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: God Game 33.9% ★, Colony Sim 24.8%, Sandbox 11.7%, Open World 10.5%, Resource Management 8.1%