- #1 Planetary Life
97% matchVery Positive94% of 821 reviews2025
Dev: Sotenbox
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.2 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: Science 32.3%, Sandbox 16.6%, Nature 14.9%, Education 13.4%, Procedural Generation 11.6%
- #2 The Sapling
96% matchVery Positive90% of 1,887 reviews2019
Dev: Wessel Stoop
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Science 27.4%, Artificial Intelligence 19.3%, Sandbox 13.8%, Education 12.2%, Nature 12%
- #3 Thrive
96% matchVery Positive92% of 1,645 reviews2021
Dev: Revolutionary Games Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.1 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 26.8%, Education 16.3%, Artificial Intelligence 15.4%, Sandbox 12.6%, Nature 10.4%
- #4 WorldBox - God Simulator
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 54,299 reviews2021
Dev: Maxim Karpenko
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 29.3 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: Sandbox 32.7%, Artificial Intelligence 27%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Simulation 11.4%, Procedural Generation 10.2%
- #5 Gridworld
94% 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: Science 20.3%, Artificial Intelligence 16.8%, Level Editor 11.9%, Sandbox 10.1%, Education 10%
- #6 Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 996 reviews2018
Dev: Quasar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.3 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: Science 44%, Sandbox 29.9%, Simulation 15.8%, Education 9.3%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #7 Wobbledogs
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 14,650 reviews2022
Dev: Animal UprisingPub: Secret Mode
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 27.1%, Artificial Intelligence 23.8%, Physics 15.4%, Simulation 10.8%, Procedural Generation 9.7%
- #8 ANLIFE: Motion-Learning Life Evolution
91% matchVery Positive88% of 150 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: Science 23.5%, Artificial Intelligence 20.8%, Sandbox 13.5%, Physics 9.6%, Idler 8.9%
- #9 Vilmonic
93% 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: Science 22.1%, Education 13.7%, Artificial Intelligence 13.2%, Nature 11.5%, Sandbox 11.5%
- #10 AI Learns To Drive
89% matchVery Positive97% of 183 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.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 21.9%, Programming 21.7% ★, Education 15.7%, Level Editor 14.1%, Sandbox 11.8%
- #11 Creatura
90% matchMixed67% of 230 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: Science 29.7%, Sandbox 13.7%, Education 12.8%, Nature 11.2%, Creature Collector 10.7%
- #12 Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox
91% matchMixed45% of 148 reviews2017
Dev: Pill Bug Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 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: Science 29.6%, Education 23.1%, Sandbox 15.9%, Nature 14.7%, Idler 11%
- #13 Universe Sandbox
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 31,223 reviews2015
Dev: Giant Army
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 23.8 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 30.8%, Education 24.6%, Sandbox 20.4%, Physics 13.5%, Simulation 9.4%
- #14 Space Simulation Toolkit
89% matchVery Positive81% of 484 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: Artificial Intelligence 24.7%, Sandbox 22.5%, Education 17.7%, Physics 17.7%, Simulation 13.6%
- #15 Creatures Docking Station
86% matchVery Positive96% of 200 reviews2021
Dev: Creature LabsPub: Gameware Europe
Windows
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: Science 30.2%, Artificial Intelligence 26.5%, Sandbox 14.6%, Nature 13.3%, Simulation 6.9%
- #16 Ecosystem
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 610 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: Science 28.6%, Artificial Intelligence 22.9%, Sandbox 15.4%, Nature 14.3%, Procedural Generation 10.7%
- #17 Virtual Circuit Board
85% matchVery Positive93% of 305 reviews2023
Dev: Reverie Foundry
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Virtual Circuit Board is the sandbox drawing-based logic simulator where you can build, program, decorate, and simulate anything from simple monochrome circuits to complex and colorful computers. Play with digital logic in this sandbox-only experience.
Why similar: Programming 33.7% ★, Science 24.8%, Education 19.2%, Sandbox 13.4%, Simulation 7%
- #18 Natural Instincts: European Forest
87% matchMixed46% of 291 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!
Why similar: Science 22.8%, Artificial Intelligence 17.7%, Education 17%, Sandbox 13.3%, Nature 11.1%
- #19 Sandboxels
83% matchVery Positive95% of 954 reviews2025
Dev: R74n
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Falling-sand sandbox game with 500+ elements, chemistry, fire, life, food, and anything you can imagine.
Why similar: Science 32.9%, Education 21.2%, Sandbox 17.1%, Nature 14.2%, Simulation 4.7%
- #20 Turing Complete
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,204 reviews2021
Dev: LevelHead
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Learn CPU architecture with puzzles
Why similar: Programming 60% ★, Education 27.2%, Simulation 7.5%, Sandbox 3.1%, 2D 1.7%
- #21 Sand:box
82% matchVery Positive94% of 1,594 reviews2023
Dev: smellymoo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 49%
"Falling sand" style particle sandbox, now with circuits and stickmen!
Why similar: Science 25.4%, Education 20.8%, Sandbox 18.5%, Physics 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #22 Ages of Conflict: World War Simulator
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,907 reviews2023
Dev: JoySpark Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.6 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: Artificial Intelligence 25.1%, Level Editor 20.9%, Sandbox 17.3%, Auto Battler 16.9%, Idler 10%
- #23 Birthdays the Beginning
84% matchMixed64% of 977 reviews2017
Dev: Arc System WorksPub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.4 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: Sandbox 57%, Simulation 31.1%, Cute 9.8%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #24 Monster Lab Simulator
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 533 reviews2026
Dev: Round 3 Studios
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Ready to become a mad scientist? Synthesize, evolve, and command an army of unique creatures in your own lab. Manage your laboratory, master genetic essences, and dominate the battle arena in this deep creature collection simulator!
Why similar: Science 50.5%, Creature Collector 24.7%, Simulation 12.6%, Cute 7.6%, Casual 3.3%
- #25 Terra Firma 2
80% matchVery Positive92% of 142 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: Science 29%, Sandbox 23.2%, Nature 17.5%, Physics 16.4%, Simulation 11.1%
- #26 Kselebox
81% 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: Artificial Intelligence 31%, Sandbox 21.2%, Physics 14.9%, Simulation 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
- #27 Equilinox
79% matchVery Positive92% of 3,004 reviews2018
Dev: ThinMatrix
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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 41.3%, Nature 25.6%, Simulation 25.2%, Casual 5.6%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #28 Pandora's Toybox
77% matchVery Positive83% of 327 reviews2026
Dev: BetaLabPub: 2P Games
Windows
Become a God, build a civilization. In this dynamic Roguelite God Simulator, guide human civilization on a procedurally generated pixel world. Watch your people grow, defend them against heretics, and build an immortal legacy.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 37%, Sandbox 25.6%, Procedural Generation 12.8%, Simulation 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%
- #29 Lifecraft
78% 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!
Why similar: Science 46.8%, Sandbox 26.7%, Procedural Generation 11.6%, Simulation 6.9%, Pixel Graphics 4%
- #30 Everything is Crab: The Animal Evolution Roguelite
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,967 reviews2026
Dev: Odd Dreams DigitalPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Nature 23.6%, Sandbox 21.4%, Procedural Generation 18.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Simulation 10.4%
- #31 Earthtongue
79% 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.
Why similar: Nature 37.3%, Simulation 25.4%, Sandbox 21.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, 2D 4.9%
- #32 Ant Keeping Simulator
76% matchVery Positive89% of 117 reviews2024
Dev: Kunstaat
Windows
Grow, feed and care for your colony of mighty ants in a realistic semi-idle simulation of ant keeping. Created in collaboration with ant keeping enthusiasts, Ant Keeping Simulator will be an accurate experience to ant keepers.
Why similar: Nature 23.6%, Sandbox 19.7%, Education 19.7%, Simulation 16.8%, Creature Collector 9.6%
- #33 Logic World
76% matchVery Positive94% of 353 reviews2021
Dev: Mouse Hat Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Invent a new computer! Logic World is a first-person sandbox simulation game that's all about digital logic. Play alone or with friends, design unique machines, build up layers of complexity, and experience the joy of circuits!
Why similar: Programming 34.7% ★, Science 25.6%, Education 20.3%, Sandbox 13.1%, Simulation 6.3%
- #34 Tyto Ecology
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 435 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 46.8%, Education 29.8%, Simulation 20.4%, Casual 3.1%
- #35 Fantasy Map Simulator
74% matchVery Positive89% of 4,008 reviews2024
Dev: The Stranger
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.1 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: Artificial Intelligence 30.6%, Level Editor 25.3%, Sandbox 23.1%, Idler 12.8%, Simulation 5.4%
- #36 Project Chemistry
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 215 reviews2021
Dev: Ata TürkoğluPub: Espale Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 26.1 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.
Why similar: Science 44%, Education 27.9%, Sandbox 15.4%, Simulation 7.6%, Cute 4%
- #37 Horsey Game
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,216 reviews2026
Dev: Captain Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Collect Horses. Breed Horses. Race Horses. Genetically Modify Horses. Create a Horse paradise or just get rich!
Why similar: Science 21.2%, Sandbox 19.9%, Creature Collector 17.8%, Nature 11.2%, Simulation 10.6%
- #38 while True: learn()
75% matchVery Positive91% of 8,107 reviews2019
Dev: Luden.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
You’re a machine learning specialist who makes neural networks but your cat seems to be better at it. Now you must solve puzzles to build a cat-to-human translation system (who knows what else this cat is capable of!). Earn a fortune, buy kickass cat outfits, learn how machine learning really works!
Why similar: Programming 45.8% ★, Education 22.1%, Science 17.2%, Sandbox 7.8%, Simulation 7%
- #39 Monster Lab Simulator: Prologue
73% matchMixed70% of 99 reviews2025
Dev: Round3 StudiosPub: Kiki Games
Windows
Monster Lab Simulator is a creature collector where you create, raise, and battle monsters in your own lab. Synthesize essences, hatch eggs, expand your collection, and build the ultimate team!
Why similar: Creature Collector 34.5%, Science 27.7%, Simulation 26.2%, Casual 5.8%, Cute 5.7%
- #40 Deisim
72% matchVery Positive93% of 881 reviews2022
Dev: Myron Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Live the experience of being a powerful god and create the world to see the growth of mankind.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 42.3%, Sandbox 28.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, Simulation 12.4%, Casual 2.9%
- #41 Replicube
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 683 reviews2025
Dev: Walaber Entertainment LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Replicube is an open-ended programming puzzle game/toy about writing code to replicate 3D voxel-based objects. Solve puzzles, pursue leaderboard glory, or just make art to share with the in-game community.
Why similar: Programming 54% ★, Sandbox 16.5%, Level Editor 13.8%, Simulation 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 6%
- #42 Nimbatus - Drone Creator
73% matchVery Positive90% of 273 reviews2020
Dev: Stray Fawn Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Use the Nimbatus Drone Creator to construct physically simulated drones and try them out in a virtual testing environment. Do you have what it takes to become a drone engineer?
Why similar: Science 25.7%, Simulation 16.8%, Sandbox 15.3%, Programming 12.6% ★, Education 11.9%
- #43 Beetle Uprising
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 98 reviews2020
Dev: Iocane Games, LLCPub: Disco Slug
Windows
Collect, raise and breed an army of beetles to rise up and lay claim to the abandoned lot! The game features a complex genetics simulation and real-time tactics missions with a full campaign.
Why similar: Science 36.8%, Education 19.1%, Nature 17.4%, Procedural Generation 13.2%, Simulation 7%
- #44 Multicellular
74% matchMixed64% of 55 reviews2018
Dev: Insane Dreamers
Windows
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 32.6%, Nature 17.6%, Sandbox 17%, Physics 15.3%, Simulation 9.4%
- #45 Hideko
69% matchVery Positive98% of 97 reviews2024
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
A short mystery game about nature. ☀️☁️🍃 Explore the rules of a small sandbox world 🔎 Combine elements to create new forms of life! ❤️
Why similar: Nature 37.6%, Creature Collector 27.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Cute 8%, Physics 6%
- #46 Nature & Life - Drunk On Nectar
69% matchVery Positive88% of 279 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!
Why similar: Science 29.9%, Education 19.8%, Nature 16.6%, Sandbox 14.7%, Procedural Generation 12.4%
- #47 Heliopedia
71% matchVery Positive88% of 214 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: Sandbox 32.2%, Creature Collector 27.8%, Simulation 15.8%, Nature 15.2%, Cute 9%
- #48 Bobo Bay
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 728 reviews2026
Dev: NewFutureKids
Windows
Bobo Bay is a cozy pet simulation game where you raise Bobos day by day. Train them, accessorize them, mash (breed) new generations, compete in events, explore randomized islands, improve the town, and discover new species as they grow.
Why similar: Creature Collector 27.1%, Sandbox 26.7%, Nature 20.7%, Simulation 11.2%, Cute 10.1%
- #49 virtual beepis
71% matchVery Positive91% of 67 reviews2021
Dev: Beepis Access Research Programme
Windows
virtual beepis is a virtual pet gametoy inspired by electronic toys from the 90s and 00s. Keep your beepis happy, well-fed, and moving up in their world...until they die 🙃 But it's ok, you can always get a new one...
Why similar: Simulation 35.3%, Physics 19%, Pixel Graphics 16.9%, Cute 15.4%, Casual 11.6%
- #50 Niche - a genetics survival game
70% matchVery Positive86% of 5,188 reviews2017
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: Education 31.4%, Nature 22.8%, Sandbox 22%, Procedural Generation 12.8%, Simulation 8.9%
- #51 EvoMon
70% matchVery Positive81% of 53 reviews2022
Dev: BeowulfPub: Beowulfus Universum
Windows
Evomon Is a creature collector in tamagotchi version. Take care of your evomon since its infancy and discover its new evolutions, have fun playing the mini-games, adventure in mysterious expeditions, battle intensely against different monsters to reach the title of Evomon Champion.
Why similar: Creature Collector 32.1%, Simulation 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 15.6%, Cute 12%, PvE 9.5%
- #52 The Universim
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,560 reviews2024
Dev: Crytivo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 34.1 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: Sandbox 49.1%, Procedural Generation 27.2%, Simulation 16%, Casual 5.9%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #53 Retro Gadgets
69% matchVery Positive90% of 509 reviews2022
Dev: Licorice ehf
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 61.6 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Retro Gadgets is a sandbox where you build, code, and customize gadgets inspired by old-school electronics.
Why similar: Programming 34.3% ★, Education 32.3%, Sandbox 16.5%, Simulation 9.1%, 2D 5%
- #54 Infinite Turtles
68% matchVery Positive98% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Charlie Brej
Windows · Mac · Linux
Design computational circuits which defy restrictions of our universe in this open-ended puzzle. Your completed creations become components to solve future challenges. As you design a circuit and can place your design within it, where there is a smaller you doing the same, and so on to infinity.
Why similar: Programming 34.6% ★, Science 22.2%, Education 17.6%, Sandbox 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%
- #55 Dinogotchi
68% matchVery Positive91% of 67 reviews2021
Dev: Oskar Henrique
Windows
Dinogotchi is a tamagotchi-like game featuring cute dinosaurs. Take care, evolve, have fun and give lots of love to your little jurassic friends!
Why similar: Creature Collector 32.7%, Nature 26.7%, Simulation 16.4%, Cute 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
- #56 APICO
66% matchVery Positive92% of 1,989 reviews2022
Dev: ellraiserPub: Whitethorn Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
APICO is a laid-back beekeeping sim game about breeding, collecting, & conserving bees! Set in a series of lush environments, APICO uniquely combines resource gathering, biology, and beekeeping minigames, taking ideas from a mix of real-life and fantasy apiculture & floriculture.
Why similar: Education 29.2%, Sandbox 20.8%, Nature 20.2%, Simulation 8.2%, Cute 6.8%
- #57 Tiny Life
67% matchVery Positive87% of 416 reviews2023
Dev: Ellpeck GamesPub: Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%
In Tiny Life, you control a set of people that live together in a household. You take care of their daily needs, build their skills, forge new relationships... or just mess up their entire life in whatever way you can think of!
Why similar: Sandbox 45.4%, Simulation 23%, Pixel Graphics 14.2%, 2D 7.8%, Casual 6.4%
- #58 Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends
66% matchVery Positive90% of 26,928 reviews2021
Dev: Computer Lunch
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 82.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The epic story of evolution, technology, humanity, and dinosaurs is yours to tap.
Why similar: Science 52%, Education 14.6%, Idler 12.7%, Simulation 11.6%, Sandbox 5.9%
- #59 Primordialis
63% matchVery Positive94% of 834 reviews2025
Dev: Kyler Natividad
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Primordialis is a physics-based roguelike fish builder. Unleash your creativity to defeat creatures using venomous tentacles, electrical shocks, or exploding children. The possibilities are endless. Explore the primordial depths to reveal its secrets and discover what lies beyond.
Why similar: Nature 25.3%, Sandbox 24.2%, Physics 21.9%, Simulation 13.4%, Procedural Generation 11.2%