- #1 Jurassic World Evolution
97% matchVery Positive87% of 55,028 reviews2018
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Dinosaurs 41% ★, Simulation 38.8%, Strategy 18.7%, Casual 1.5%
- #2 Planet Zoo
96% matchVery Positive91% of 94,593 reviews2019
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 34.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Simulation 74.7%, Strategy 19.7%, Casual 5.6%
- #3 Ecosystem
95% 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 59.4%, Simulation 27.5%, Strategy 13.1%
- #4 Natural Instincts: European Forest
96% 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 41.2%, Education 28.1%, Simulation 14.1%, Strategy 10.9%, Casual 5.7%
- #5 Equilinox
94% 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: Simulation 67.4%, Indie 17.8%, Casual 14.8%
- #6 Prehistoric Kingdom
92% matchVery Positive90% of 6,006 reviews2022
Dev: Blue MeridianPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Take on the role of park manager and design the ultimate zoo for nature's greatest creations.
Why similar: Science 28.1%, Dinosaurs 20.8% ★, Education 19.9%, Simulation 18.6%, Strategy 9%
- #7 Wildlife Park 3
94% matchMixed59% of 522 reviews2014
Dev: b-alive gmbh
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Do you have what it takes to be a zoo tycoon? You are responsible for your very own and unique zoo. Choose from numerous types of enclosures, park buildings and plants to design an environment appropriate to each species. Take home a part of wilderness with Wildlife Park 3!
Why similar: Simulation 39.7%, Animals 24.2% ★, Strategy 19.6%, Indie 8.3%, Casual 8.3%
- #8 Birthdays the Beginning
93% 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: Simulation 59.1%, Dinosaurs 40.9% ★
- #9 Let's Build a Zoo
90% matchVery Positive89% of 4,050 reviews2021
Dev: SpringloadedPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
It's time to Build a Zoo! Construct and decorate enclosures, buy and breed animals, hire zookeepers and vets... then try your hand at DNA splicing, and stitch together over 300,000 different types of animal. This can only go smoothly...
Why similar: Simulation 60.1%, Strategy 24.2%, Animals 13.8% ★, Indie 1.9%
- #10 Creatura
91% 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 48.9%, Simulation 20.3%, Education 19.2%, Indie 6.2%, Casual 5.4%
- #11 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 44.2%, Education 31.4%, Simulation 13.9%, Strategy 8.4%, Indie 2.1%
- #12 Planetary Life
88% 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 56.1%, Simulation 22.7%, Education 21.2%
- #13 Niche - a genetics survival game
89% 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 53%, Simulation 29.7%, Strategy 17.3%
- #14 Wildlife Park 2
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 560 reviews2014
Dev: b-alive gmbh
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Now’s the chance to build the Zoo of your dreams! Just like in a real Zoo, your animals must receive complete care. Feed them, train them, cure them and even relocate them. Observe their realistic interactions with one another, the landscape, the play equipment and even Zoo visitors.
Why similar: Simulation 47%, Strategy 26.3%, Indie 14.2%, Casual 12.6%
- #15 The Sapling
87% 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 47%, Education 19.2%, Simulation 15.6%, Dinosaurs 13.4% ★, Casual 3.1%
- #16 Megaquarium
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,695 reviews2018
Dev: Twice Circled
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The public aquarium simulator. Design your displays, look after your fish, manage your staff and keep your guests happy! It's all in a day's work as the curator of your very own Megaquarium.
Why similar: Simulation 57.9%, Casual 16.4%, Strategy 14.3%, Indie 11.4%
- #17 Parkasaurus
86% matchVery Positive93% of 3,094 reviews2020
Dev: Washbear Studio
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Parkasaurus is a dinosaur tycoon management simulation where you take care of your dinosaurs by constructing well-designed exhibits, researching specialized technologies, and maximizing profits to expand into the ultimate dinosaur theme park. Do you favor development for guests or your dinosaurs?
Why similar: Dinosaurs 41.3% ★, Simulation 40.6%, Strategy 12.8%, Casual 5.3%
- #18 Terra Firma 2
84% 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 44.6%, Simulation 30.6%, Strategy 11.6%, Indie 9.4%, Casual 3.9%
- #19 Preserve
84% matchVery Positive93% of 725 reviews2025
Dev: Bitmap GalaxyPub: Grindstone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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: Simulation 52.4%, Strategy 32.3%, Casual 15.4%
- #20 Two Point Museum
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 11,825 reviews2025
Dev: Two Point StudiosPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Curate and manage incredible museums! Explore to discover amazing artifacts. Design and refine the layout, keep staff happy, guests entertained, donations plentiful… and children off the exhibits
Why similar: Simulation 57.2%, Strategy 28.3%, Casual 14.4%
- #21 Biotope
85% 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.
Why similar: Science 38.5%, Education 31.9%, Simulation 23.3%, Casual 6.3%
- #22 Eco
82% matchVery Positive81% of 13,905 reviews2018
Dev: Strange Loop Games
Windows
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 89.4 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 47.2%, Education 29.4%, Simulation 23.4%
- #23 Reus 2
81% matchVery Positive95% of 2,243 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!
Why similar: Simulation 50.3%, Strategy 38.2%, Indie 11.5%
- #24 Dinosaur Fossil Hunter
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 966 reviews2022
Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Become a real paleontologist, explore various environments and search for dinosaur fossils. Dig for and study the remnants of these majestic creatures to learn about their evolution. Build your own museum and experience an immersive background story.
Why similar: Simulation 51.5%, Dinosaurs 48.5% ★
- #25 Dino Nest
80% matchVery Positive94% of 270 reviews2022
Dev: Raptor Claw Games
Windows
Dinosaur survival management game. Lead your own pack of dinos and feed to grow bigger. Can you survive or will you become extinct?
Why similar: Simulation 38.1%, Dinosaurs 33.2% ★, Strategy 20.8%, Indie 7.9%
- #26 The Universim
78% 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: Simulation 51.1%, Strategy 30.2%, Casual 18.6%
- #27 Zoo Simulator
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 191 reviews2024
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
In Zoo Simulator, your main task is to run and manage your own zoo. Renew it and take care of all the animals' needs, ensuring them a peaceful life! Will you attract crowds of visitors? Create your own zoo!
Why similar: Education 39%, Simulation 34.4%, Indie 9.2%, Strategy 9.1%, Casual 8.3%
- #28 Terra Firma
78% matchVery Positive94% of 587 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: Simulation 67.9%, Strategy 32.1%
- #29 Mesozoica
83% matchMostly Negative22% of 588 reviews2018
Dev: Underdog Interactive
Windows
Mesozoica - A full featured dinosaur theme park tycoon simulator in which you focus on the construction and management of your dinosaur wonderland. From choosing your starting company to your prime attraction, everything lies in your hands.
Why similar: Simulation 32.9%, Dinosaurs 32.5% ★, Strategy 17.3%, Indie 8.8%, Casual 8.5%
- #30 Jurassic World Evolution 3
74% matchVery Positive93% of 10,460 reviews2025
Dev: Frontier Developments
Windows
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 22.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Build your own Jurassic World. Nurture generations of dinosaurs with the series debut of juveniles, create and manage sprawling prehistoric parks around the globe, and let your imagination roar with powerful new creative options.
Why similar: Simulation 41.3%, Dinosaurs 38.1% ★, Strategy 20.6%
- #31 Save the Earth
77% matchVery Positive82% of 134 reviews2023
Dev: GameFirst
Windows
Green world simulator. Build good nature strategy. Save the World sandbox game.
Why similar: Education 41.3%, Simulation 31%, Strategy 17.6%, Casual 9%, Indie 1.1%
- #32 Crazy Plant Shop
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 287 reviews2014
Dev: Filament Classic
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In Crazy Plant Shop, players learn about genes and inheritance by breeding zany plants! Special requests from mysterious customers require players to understand dominant and recessive traits and how genetic traits get passed through generations. Use profits to acquire new breeds, purchase shop upgrades, and acquire new customers!
Why similar: Education 31.8%, Science 29.5%, Strategy 17.8%, Casual 10.5%, Indie 10.5%
- #33 Zoo Simulator: Prologue
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 249 reviews2024
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 32%
The Prologue is just part of the gameplay that awaits you in the full version. In Zoo Simulator: Prologue, your main task is to run and manage your own zoo. Renew it and take care of all the animals' needs, ensuring them a peaceful life! Will you attract crowds of visitors? Create your own zoo!
Why similar: Simulation 46.2%, Education 19.7%, Strategy 19%, Casual 12.1%, Indie 3.1%
- #34 Biomisland
75% matchVery Positive90% of 111 reviews2022
Dev: Remi Song
Windows
BIOmISLAND is a relaxing minimalist nature builder game. Visit randomly generated islands and restore nature at your own pace using diverse plants at your disposal.
Why similar: Strategy 57.4%, Casual 31.3%, Indie 11.2%
- #35 Among Ripples
77% matchMixed68% of 1,446 reviews2015
Dev: Eat Create Sleep
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 18%
Control a pond's ecosystem; experiment with what you can do and see what happens. Among Ripples is a meditative ecosystem management simulator; you add different creatures to the pond and see how they interact.
Why similar: Simulation 64.3%, Casual 17.9%, Indie 17.8%
- #36 Horticular: Build a Garden, Attract Wildlife
73% matchVery Positive90% of 398 reviews2024
Dev: inDirection GamesPub: Slug Disco
Windows · Linux
Horticular is a relaxing garden builder where you grow plants, design habitats and attract a wide range of wildlife. Help the gnome Keepers restore a barren wasteland with magical powers and populate it with adorable critters. Reclaim nature from a looming corruption and create your perfect garden.
Why similar: Animals 72.9% ★, Strategy 18%, Casual 9.1%
- #37 Crest - an indirect god sim
76% matchMixed65% of 373 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: Simulation 46.2%, Strategy 26.1%, Indie 15.1%, Casual 12.6%
- #38 Earthtongue
75% 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: Simulation 80.7%, Indie 19.3%
- #39 Imagine Earth
73% matchVery Positive82% of 955 reviews2021
Dev: Serious Bros.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build your own global colonies on distant worlds. Manage energy and resource supplies and produce goods for space trade. Form economic and diplomatic alliances or take over competing corporations. Conduct research to protect your colonists from disasters and avoid a climate crisis.
Why similar: Science 80.2%, Strategy 19.8%
- #40 Nature & Life - Drunk On Nectar
71% 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 49.8%, Education 30%, Simulation 20.2%
- #41 Dinosaur Park – Primeval Zoo
74% matchMixed70% of 212 reviews2022
Dev: upjers
Windows
It’s a sensation: A real t-rex has just hatched from an egg – in YOUR dino zoo game! Create a fantastic animal world teeming with prehistoric creatures and wow your visitors. In this dino game, you’re the proud owner of a dino zoo with numerous attractions.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 44.5% ★, Simulation 43.5%, Casual 12%
- #42 Aquarium Designer
73% matchVery Positive86% of 1,185 reviews2021
Dev: Sigur StudioPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Aquarium Designer gives you an opportunity to create the aquarium of your dreams! Become a professional whose job is to design it, build it, and fill it with the various underwater wildlife! All types, all sizes - your creativity is your only limit!
Why similar: Education 45%, Simulation 35.5%, Casual 10.5%, Indie 9.1%
- #43 Academia : School Simulator
72% matchVery Positive86% of 3,028 reviews2021
Dev: Squeaky Wheel Studio IncPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Design, build, and manage a high school with terrific teachers and fantastic facilities or simply let your students poop in the bushes? Academia : School Simulator is a management/tycoon game where you get to decide!
Why similar: Education 41%, Simulation 38.8%, Strategy 20.2%
- #44 Thrive
71% 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 48%, Education 26.7%, Simulation 21.3%, Casual 4%
- #45 Terra Nil
70% matchVery Positive88% of 8,493 reviews2023
Dev: Free LivesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Strategy 74.3%, Casual 25.7%
- #46 PolyPine
69% matchVery Positive96% of 381 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: Simulation 69.5%, Casual 16.1%, Indie 14.4%
- #47 Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution
72% 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 49.7%, Simulation 32.2%, Education 9.6%, Strategy 4.3%, Indie 4.2%
- #48 Nature Game System
68% matchVery Positive79% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: North Star Digital GamesPub: North Star Games
Windows · Mac
Now includes Jurassic, Flight, and Arctic Tundra! Adapt your species to survive where food is scarce and predators lurk at every turn. Easy to learn, but offering lots of strategic depth, Nature is a modular game system from the designer of the award-winning Evolution series.
Why similar: Science 59%, Simulation 19%, Strategy 14.6%, Casual 7.4%
- #49 The Bibites: Digital Life
67% matchVery Positive96% of 222 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!
Why similar: Science 46.8%, Education 29.8%, Simulation 20.4%, Casual 3.1%
- #50 ZooKeeper
70% matchMixed69% of 61 reviews2022
Dev: ▲ Pyramid GamesPub: Gaming Factory
Windows
Become a Zoo Keeper, manage and build the zoo of your childhood dreams! Take care of the animals and create ideal conditions for them. Grow your zoo, add extraordinary species and prepare amazing attractions for visitors.
Why similar: Education 43.8%, Simulation 35.9%, Strategy 20.3%
- #51 Block'hood
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,256 reviews2017
Dev: Plethora ProjectPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Block’hood is a neighborhood-building simulator that celebrates the diversity and experimentation of cities and the unique ecosystems within them. Budding city planners will have access to 200+ building blocks to combine and to create unique neighborhoods and discover the implications of their designs.
Why similar: Simulation 46.9%, Education 22.6%, Strategy 19.4%, Indie 11%
- #52 Synergy
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,039 reviews2025
Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 54%
An ecosystem City Builder in a unique world. Build your settlement, manage your workers and optimize your resources. Analyzing your environment, spreading new plants, and harvesting them are key to prosperity.
Why similar: Simulation 61.9%, Strategy 38.1%
- #53 Beetle Uprising
69% 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 47.3%, Education 22.4%, Simulation 16.1%, Strategy 9.9%, Casual 4.2%
- #54 Zoo Park
71% matchMixed57% of 313 reviews2014
Dev: ExcaliburPub: Excalibur Publishing
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Care for over 40 different animals from all four corners of the Earth whilst running a professional programme of rescue, rehabilitation, research and conservation.
Why similar: Simulation 69.6%, Strategy 30.4%
- #55 Heliopedia
67% 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: Simulation 100%
- #56 Growth
66% matchVery Positive90% of 321 reviews2023
Dev: VoodooDuckPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Growth is a cozy, hexagonal-grid based soft-strategy game. Explore and populate a procedurally generated world by utilizing unique abilities of animals. Growth blends the beauty of cozy exploration with challenging navigation around obstacles.
Why similar: Simulation 51.3%, Strategy 31.8%, Casual 10.9%, Indie 5.9%
- #57 Vilmonic
69% 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 47%, Education 26.7%, Simulation 21%, Casual 5.3%
- #58 Cloud Gardens
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,290 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: Simulation 65.8%, Casual 20.1%, Indie 14.1%
- #59 Seeds of Resilience
68% matchMixed70% of 367 reviews2019
Dev: Subtle GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Ready to start anew? Build a village from scratch in Seeds of Resilience. Learn to choose the right items, understand nature's patterns, use real life-based constructions and craft techniques in this turn-based tycoon game.
Why similar: Simulation 52.5%, Strategy 34.4%, Indie 13.1%
- #60 Awe
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 258 reviews2015
Dev: Badland Development StudioPub: BadLand Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.6 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: Simulation 53.6%, Indie 23.8%, Casual 22.6%