- #1 Universe Sandbox
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 32,344 reviews2015
Dev: Giant Army
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 24.5 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: God Game 26.1% ★, Science 15.1%, Sandbox 11.3%, Physics 9%, Destruction 8.3%
- #2 Terra Firma
96% matchVery Positive94% of 605 reviews2025
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.
Why similar: God Game 38.8% ★, Sandbox 14.7%, Simulation 11.3%, Nature 10%, Physics 7.2%
- #3 WorldBox - God Simulator
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 56,966 reviews2021
Dev: Maxim Karpenko
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 29.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 47.4% ★, Sandbox 21.3%, Destruction 9.1%, Simulation 7.4%, Building 7.4%
- #4 Planetary Life
95% matchVery Positive94% of 948 reviews2025
Dev: Sotenbox
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 33.6% ★, Science 18%, Sandbox 13.8%, Nature 11.4%, Relaxing 6.1%
- #5 The Sapling
94% matchVery Positive89% of 2,006 reviews2019
Dev: Wessel Stoop
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: God Game 34.8% ★, Science 19.6%, Sandbox 15.4%, Nature 12.2%, Simulation 5.6%
- #6 Equilinox
94% matchVery Positive92% of 3,026 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: God Game 28.3% ★, Sandbox 21.7%, Simulation 13%, Nature 12.8%, Relaxing 11.1%
- #7 Plentiful
93% matchVery Positive92% of 102 reviews2026
Dev: GabberGamesPub: Learnia Inc
Windows
Plentiful is a nature sandbox. You shape the land and everything responds—water, plants, animals, and your people. Learn how this world works. Your tribe’s survival depends on it.
Why similar: God Game 39.2% ★, Sandbox 15.6%, Nature 14.5%, Building 8.3%, Simulation 6.4%
- #8 Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution
92% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,004 reviews2018
Dev: Quasar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 37.5% ★, Sandbox 21.7%, Science 20.7%, Simulation 11.5%, Relaxing 4%
- #9 Tidal Tribe
91% matchVery Positive87% of 95 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.
Why similar: God Game 36% ★, Sandbox 15.2%, Simulation 14.1%, Physics 8.6%, Agriculture 7.5% ★
- #10 Reus 2
90% matchVery Positive94% of 2,321 reviews2024
Dev: Abbey GamesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.0 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!
Why similar: God Game 46.5% ★, Sandbox 13.7%, Nature 11.9%, Relaxing 6.3%, Building 5.9%
- #11 From Dust
91% matchMixed67% of 2,990 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!
Why similar: God Game 66.3% ★, Sandbox 12.5%, Simulation 8.2%, Building 4.1%, Strategy 3.5%
- #12 Fantasy Map Simulator
89% matchVery Positive89% of 4,362 reviews2024
Dev: The Stranger
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 9.3 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 62.3% ★, Sandbox 25.8%, Simulation 6.1%, Strategy 4.5%, Indie 1.2%
- #13 Solar 2
89% matchVery Positive91% of 2,235 reviews2011
Dev: Murudai
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Dynamic abstract sandbox universe. Changes and evolves as you do.
Why similar: God Game 28.9% ★, Sandbox 24.9%, Physics 10.8%, Relaxing 9.4%, Simulation 7.9%
- #14 Earth Simulator
88% matchVery Positive80% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: Gamesforfarm
Windows
Shape a planet. Watch history unfold.
Why similar: Sandbox 28.1%, Simulation 20.6%, Strategy 12.8%, Nature 12.2%, Building 7%
- #15 Sandboxels
87% matchVery Positive95% of 1,172 reviews2025
Dev: R74n
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Falling-sand sandbox game with 500+ elements, chemistry, fire, life, food, and anything you can imagine.
Why similar: God Game 33.2% ★, Science 19.9%, Sandbox 15.9%, Nature 12%, Building 7.9%
- #16 Creatura
86% matchMixed67% of 232 reviews2021
Dev: Koksny.com
Windows · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 36%
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: God Game 29.7% ★, Science 22.4%, Sandbox 15.8%, Nature 11.8%, Simulation 7.9%
- #17 Reus
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,999 reviews2013
Dev: Abbey Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 62.5% ★, Sandbox 12.3%, Strategy 6.7%, Simulation 6.4%, Indie 3.6%
- #18 Sand:box
84% matchVery Positive94% of 1,758 reviews2023
Dev: smellymoo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 78.9 hrs≥1hr: 51%
"Falling sand" style particle sandbox, now with circuits and stickmen!
Why similar: God Game 30.9% ★, Sandbox 14.4%, Science 12.8%, Destruction 9.5%, Physics 9.2%
- #19 Birthdays the Beginning
85% matchMixed64% of 989 reviews2017
Dev: Arc System WorksPub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.5 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!
Why similar: God Game 60.8% ★, Sandbox 24.5%, Simulation 13.3%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #20 Ecosystem
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 638 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 35.1% ★, Science 17.2%, Sandbox 14.3%, Nature 12.1%, Simulation 6.8%
- #21 Awe
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 258 reviews2015
Dev: Badland Development StudioPub: BadLand Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Awe is a god-game about expressing one’s creativity by shaping and building planets’ ecosystems in a soothing and relaxing ambiance carried by beautiful, minimalist lowpoly 3D art style and atmospheric music.
Why similar: God Game 55.5% ★, Simulation 9.3%, Building 9.2%, Relaxing 6.2%, Atmospheric 5.8%
- #22 Earthtongue
83% matchVery Positive90% of 211 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.
Why similar: Nature 33.2%, Simulation 25.4%, Sandbox 21.2%, Relaxing 10.8%, Indie 7.3%
- #23 MMORPG Tycoon 2
82% matchVery Positive86% of 3,154 reviews2020
Dev: VectorStorm Pty Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
MMORPG Tycoon 2 is a single-player world-builder game about creating the greatest MMORPG of all time – yours.
Why similar: God Game 43% ★, Sandbox 19.2%, Relaxing 8.5%, Simulation 8%, Family Friendly 7%
- #24 Space Engineers 2
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,654 reviews2025
Dev: Keen Software House
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Space Engineers 2 is a playable Early Access Alpha sandbox focused on engineering, exploration, and colonization in a fully destructible universe. Design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases while uncovering the story of Miro and Ivan Sokol. Help shape the future of the Almagest system.
Why similar: Science 19.2%, Sandbox 18.4%, Physics 12.9%, Destruction 12.3%, Building 11.5%
- #25 Heliopedia
79% matchVery Positive88% of 215 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 45.7% ★, Sandbox 19.1%, Simulation 9.3%, Building 8.4%, Nature 8.2%
- #26 Natural Instincts: European Forest
81% matchMixed45% of 299 reviews2021
Dev: DreamStorm StudiosPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 35%
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: God Game 33.1% ★, Science 15.5%, Sandbox 14%, Nature 10.6%, Relaxing 6.3%
- #27 Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox
81% matchMixed45% of 149 reviews2017
Dev: Pill Bug Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 27%
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: God Game 33.1% ★, Science 18.3%, Sandbox 14.7%, Nature 11.4%, Simulation 6.9%
- #28 Treeplanter: Plant real trees🌲
76% matchVery Positive96% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: Henry DriverPub: Future Friends Games
Windows · Mac
🌲 Treeplanter helps plant trees! For every copy sold, we plant a real tree! 🌲 Create and enjoy a peaceful, interactive woodland throughout the changing seasons.
Why similar: Sandbox 25.2%, Nature 23.6%, Simulation 12.4%, Building 11.2%, Relaxing 8.2%
- #29 OddFauna : Secret of the Terrabeast
76% matchVery Positive90% of 80 reviews2026
Dev: North Channel
Windows
Grow the TerraBeast you live on from a tiny patch of land into a whimsical world! In this fully hand-sculpted, playful systemic sandbox, you'll explore vibrant biomes, farm, craft, build, and befriend the wild OddFauna to create a thriving ecosystem.
Why similar: Sandbox 33%, Nature 29%, Relaxing 14.1%, Family Friendly 12%, Open World 8.5%
- #30 Cloud Gardens
77% matchVery Positive95% of 2,311 reviews2021
Dev: Noio
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 45%
A chill game about using plants to overgrow abandoned wasteland dioramas
Why similar: Sandbox 25.6%, Nature 25.2%, Building 12.2%, Relaxing 12%, Simulation 8.1%
- #31 Crest - an indirect god sim
78% matchMixed65% of 376 reviews2018
Dev: Eat Create Sleep
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 42.4% ★, Sandbox 15.1%, Nature 14.4%, Simulation 7.8%, Strategy 5.1%
- #32 DinoSystem
77% matchVery Positive89% of 336 reviews2015
Dev: Daniele Ferraro
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 34%
A living prehistoric ecosystem that does not revolve around you. Shape the island as a god, or enter it as a human and survive while animals, weather, water, terrain and your own body change over time.
Why similar: God Game 43.9% ★, Sandbox 17.1%, Nature 12.7%, Simulation 10.8%, Building 9.4%
- #33 Townscaper
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 21,651 reviews2021
Dev: Oskar StålbergPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Instant town building toy. Place housing blocks and watch them transform, piece by piece, into idyllic ocean-side towns, pastoral gardens, or sweeping cities on the sea.
Why similar: Sandbox 22.6%, Building 14.5%, Nature 14.3%, Relaxing 11.5%, Simulation 8.9%
- #34 Grow: Song of the Evertree
75% matchVery Positive81% of 2,572 reviews2021
Dev: Prideful SlothPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Grow your own worlds and nurture a deep natural connection with everything they hold. See your actions change the world for better! Bring the Evertree back to life in this breathtaking world-crafting sandbox, with life management and adventure elements.
Why similar: Sandbox 23.8%, Nature 18%, Agriculture 16.2% ★, Simulation 11.3%, Family Friendly 9.2%
- #35 Preserve
73% matchVery Positive93% of 789 reviews2025
Dev: Bitmap GalaxyPub: Grindstone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Preserve is a relaxing puzzle nature-building game in which you flourish a vibrant ecosystem by cleverly placing plants and animals to create a perfect symbiosis to your liking.
Why similar: God Game 33.2% ★, Sandbox 16.4%, Nature 15%, Building 10.4%, Relaxing 7.9%
- #36 Plan B: Terraform
72% matchVery Positive91% of 3,674 reviews2025
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Terraform a lifeless rock into a lush and habitable world. Build trucks, trains, and sprawling factories on an enormous hexagonal planet. Grow its population to millions. Enjoy a dynamic simulation of atmosphere, temperature, water, and forests.
Why similar: Sandbox 43.5%, Building 20.6%, Simulation 20.2%, Strategy 9.9%, Indie 5.7%
- #37 Inspiral: Echoes of Gravity
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 67 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.
Why similar: God Game 36.3% ★, Sandbox 16.6%, Physics 14.5%, Relaxing 9%, Simulation 8.6%
- #38 The Universim
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 10,670 reviews2024
Dev: Crytivo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 34.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 49.8% ★, Sandbox 18.9%, Building 11.8%, Simulation 6.1%, Science 5%
- #39 Kselebox
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 68 reviews2021
Dev: KseLeroNPub: ONRI Studio
Windows
Kselebox is a sandbox game, which means you can do whatever you want in it! You can build a rocket and go to explore the vastness of space. Or maybe you want to build a huge car? No problem! Players can save their buildings and then publish them to the Steam Workshop.
Why similar: God Game 37.6% ★, Sandbox 19%, Physics 13.4%, Simulation 8.7%, Relaxing 6.9%
- #40 Terra Nil
72% matchVery Positive87% of 8,852 reviews2023
Dev: Free LivesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Terra Nil is an intricate environmental strategy game about transforming a barren wasteland into a thriving, balanced ecosystem. Bring life back to a lifeless world by purifying soil, cleaning oceans, planting trees, and reintroducing wildlife, then leave without a trace.
Why similar: Nature 39.6%, Relaxing 19.7%, Strategy 11.9%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Family Friendly 8.2%
- #41 Cities: Skylines II
71% matchMixed56% of 92,848 reviews2023
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 23.7 hrsMean: 77.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Raise a city from the ground up and transform it into a thriving metropolis with the most realistic city builder ever. Push your creativity and problem-solving to build on a scale you've never experienced. With deep simulation and a living economy, this is world-building without limits.
Why similar: Sandbox 28.8%, Building 21.4%, Simulation 18.8%, Relaxing 7.4%, Strategy 7%
- #42 Ages of Conflict: World War Simulator
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,393 reviews2023
Dev: JoySpark Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Ages of Conflict is a versatile Map Simulation game where you create and observe custom AI nations battle it out across an infinite number of worlds. Paint beautiful maps and scenarios, and command nations to change history into your liking!
Why similar: God Game 55.2% ★, Sandbox 24.4%, Simulation 10.5%, Strategy 6.2%, Singleplayer 2%
- #43 Marble World
70% matchVery Positive90% of 1,343 reviews2022
Dev: Vector Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Marble World is a physics sandbox simulator with marbles. Create your own marble races, runs and machines. Customize a variety of tracks, decorations and marbles to create a beautiful world.
Why similar: God Game 37.4% ★, Sandbox 17.9%, Physics 14.1%, Building 8.4%, Simulation 6.4%
- #44 Fata Deum - The God Sim
71% matchMixed60% of 463 reviews2025
Dev: 42 Bits EntertainmentPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Inspired by the god games of old, Fata Deum lets you mold settlements and townsfolk in your image. Will you raise the settlements to splendor, or spur them on to violent debauchery and demons? Watch as a living world grows under your whims.
Why similar: God Game 48.4% ★, Sandbox 18.1%, Building 10.9%, Simulation 8.8%, Open World 6.4%
- #45 The Sandbox
74% matchMixed55% of 575 reviews2015
Dev: PIXOWL INC.
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 40.6%, God Game 35.9% ★, Simulation 10.1%, Strategy 4.2%, Physics 3.9%
- #46 Farmer's Dynasty 2
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,335 reviews2026
Dev: UMEO StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 29.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build your dream farm and secure your family’s future. Cultivate your fields, raise animals, and shape your dynasty across generations in this beautifully crafted life and farming simulation. Start your dynasty today!
Why similar: Sandbox 29.5%, Agriculture 21.9% ★, Building 18.4%, Simulation 13.4%, Family Friendly 8%
- #47 Vilmonic
71% 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!
Why similar: God Game 33.1% ★, Science 18%, Sandbox 14.5%, Nature 13.2%, Agriculture 9.8% ★
- #48 Deisim
68% matchVery Positive93% of 916 reviews2022
Dev: Myron Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Live the experience of being a powerful god and create the world to see the growth of mankind.
Why similar: God Game 45.9% ★, Sandbox 19.8%, Building 11.3%, Relaxing 8.7%, Simulation 8.5%
- #49 Tea Garden Simulator
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 66 reviews2023
Dev: Flying Robot StudiosPub: SYV Games LLP
Windows
Explore tea production intricacies with real-world research, select ideal terroir and clones, master plucking and processing, and create specialty teas for your unique brand. Unravel new flavors, unleash your inner tea scientist, experiment with endless creative ideas, and grow your Tea empire.
Why similar: Science 30.3%, Sandbox 22.7%, Agriculture 14.6% ★, Nature 12.2%, Simulation 10.7%
- #50 PolyPine
66% matchVery Positive96% of 406 reviews2025
Dev: Cloudberry PinePub: IndieArk
Windows
A forest simulator where you grow trees and create habitats for animals, plants and insects. Click on animals to make them poop, hunt, dig, cut and twerk! Start with a few basic seeds and attempt to grow a thriving ecosystem.
Why similar: God Game 33.4% ★, Sandbox 18%, Nature 17.7%, Simulation 8.6%, Relaxing 7.6%
- #51 Transport Fever 2
67% matchVery Positive90% of 33,029 reviews2019
Dev: Urban GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.1 hrsMean: 65.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The classic transport simulation genre has a new gold standard with Transport Fever 2. Discover a whole new world by navigating transport routes through land, water and air. May progress and prosperity find their way!
Why similar: Sandbox 27%, Simulation 24.5%, Building 16.6%, Strategy 13.8%, Realistic 6.3%
- #52 The God
70% matchMixed66% of 56 reviews2018
Dev: Struct9
Windows
Feel the power of god and create your dream world in a beautiful low-poly style. Share your creations with your friends and enjoy.
Why similar: God Game 63% ★, Simulation 22.5%, Indie 8.9%, Casual 5.5%
- #53 Lifecraft
67% matchVery Positive81% of 148 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!
Why similar: God Game 35.2% ★, Science 22.7%, Sandbox 19.9%, Building 12.1%, Simulation 5.1%
- #54 Global Farmer
67% matchMixed48% of 143 reviews2025
Dev: Thera Bytes GmbHPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Farm the world in an immersive top-down management game that lets you choose your farm's location anywhere on the real-world map! Want to experience a rich strawberry harvest in the French countryside? Or challenge the hot sun in South America? The choice is yours!
Why similar: Sandbox 18.2%, Agriculture 16.1% ★, Nature 16%, Building 12.4%, Simulation 11.5%
- #55 Water Physics Simulation
68% matchVery Positive82% of 98 reviews2021
Dev: Gaming-Apps.com
Windows
Water Physics Simulation & Sandbox! Build ships and let them sink! Build cars and let them sink! Use bombs and destroy ragdolls. Play with natural disasters or create towns.
Why similar: God Game 24.2% ★, Sandbox 20.5%, Physics 14.8%, Destruction 12.3%, Simulation 11.1%
- #56 Terrafactor
64% matchNo user reviews89% of 93 reviews2026
Dev: randy
Windows
You have one job — feed The Hole. Harvest the land with your hands. Then build machines to do it for you. Craft more advanced technology... then feed it to The Hole.
Why similar: Sandbox 40%, Simulation 21.6%, Building 20.3%, Nature 17.4%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #57 Fate Tectonics
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 209 reviews2015
Dev: Golden Gear GamesPub: Toy Temp
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Build up a world piece-by-piece using the power of the god-like Fates, while keeping them happy enough to avoid world-shattering temper tantrums!
Why similar: God Game 60.3% ★, Simulation 17%, Strategy 12%, Indie 6.9%, Puzzle 3.8%
- #58 SpaceEngine
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 16,682 reviews2019
Dev: Cosmographic Software
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 43.9 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 27.1%, Sandbox 26%, Open World 10%, Relaxing 9.3%, Simulation 8.5%