Games like Planetary Life
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The Sapling and SPORE™ play most like Planetary Life. Of the 17 closest games below, most share its sandbox and god game; 1 came out in the last year and 11 are free or under $10. The best known is SPORE™, with 66,962 Steam reviews.
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Ranked by how similar the games actually are, not by sales. Released and Price are remembered for next time.
Closest matches
The Sapling
Dec 12, 2019 · Wessel Stoop
Both: Life Sim · Sandbox · God Game
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!
Life SimSandboxGod GameScienceNatureArtificial IntelligenceSimulationProcedural GenerationDinosaursAliens👍 1,933SPORE™
Dec 19, 2008 · Maxis™
Both: God Game · Sandbox · Science
Be the architect of your own universe with Spore, an exciting single-player adventure. From Single Cell to Galactic God, evolve your creature in a universe of your own creations.
God GameOpen WorldSandboxColony SimSimulationExplorationSpaceCasualScienceCute👍 66,962Thrive
Nov 26, 2021 · Revolutionary Games Studio
Both: Science · Sandbox · Education
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.
SimulationScienceSandboxCharacter CustomizationEducationProcedural GenerationNatureTutorialCasualArtificial Intelligence👍 1,685WorldBox - God Simulator
Dec 2, 2021 · Maxim Karpenko
Both: Sandbox · God Game · Life Sim
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!
SandboxGod GameSimulationPixel GraphicsColony SimDestructionLife SimBuildingArtificial IntelligenceFantasy👍 51,238The Universim
Jan 22, 2024 · Crytivo
Both: God Game · Sandbox
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.
City BuilderColony SimGod GameSandboxBuildingSurvivalManagementSpaceStrategySimulation👍 8,471Plentiful
May 5 · GabberGames
Both: God Game · Nature · Sandbox
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.
God GameNatureSandboxSimulationVoxelStrategyBuildingRelaxingIndie3DSpecies: Artificial Life, Real Evolution
Sep 28, 2018 · Quasar
Both: Sandbox · God Game · Science
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.
SimulationSandboxEarly AccessGod GameScienceExperimentalIndieReal-Time with PauseSingleplayerRelaxing👍 972Universe Sandbox
Aug 24, 2015 · Giant Army
Both: Sandbox · Education
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.
Early AccessSimulationSandboxIndieSpaceEducationSpace SimRelaxingPhysicsOpen World👍 27,910Ecosystem
Nov 8, 2024 · Tom Johnson
Both: God Game · Life Sim · Sandbox
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!
Colony SimAutomationSimulationGod GameLife SimSandboxFishingUnderwaterNatureRealistic👍 600Equilinox
Nov 23, 2018 · ThinMatrix
Both: Sandbox · Nature · God Game
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.
SimulationIndieCasualRelaxingSandboxSingleplayerNatureGod GameGreat SoundtrackAtmospheric👍 2,606Creatura
Mar 31, 2021 · Koksny.com
Both: Science · Sandbox · Life Sim
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.
SimulationScienceCasualIndieSandboxUnderwaterLife SimCreature Collector3DNature👍 214Natural Instincts: European Forest
Jul 22, 2021 · DreamStorm Studios
Both: God Game · Sandbox · Education
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!
Early AccessCasualGod GameSandboxExplorationStrategy3DCuteTop-DownEducation👍 271Tyto Ecology
Apr 14, 2016 · Immersed Games
Both: Science · Education · Nature
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!
SimulationIndieStrategyCasualScienceEducationAnimalsDinosaursNatureGod Game👍 414Godus
· 22cans
Both: God Game · Sandbox
If you’ve not had the chance to play our delightful, Zen-like re-genesis of the god game on Windows PC or Mac OS X, there’s never been a better time to do so! Now more than ever, as we’re currently making full use of our opt-in branch by running a rapid build release schedule during our PC-focused sprint.
God GameStrategySimulationIndieEarly AccessSandboxCasualSingleplayerOpen WorldMultiplayer👍 5,892Gridworld
Dec 24, 2015 · DopplerFrog
Both: Sandbox · Science · Procedural Generation
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.
SimulationSandboxArtificial IntelligenceScienceProcedural GenerationManagementColony SimGod GameLevel EditorPixel Graphics👍 238
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Share some of the same DNA, but further from the original.
Kerbal Space Program
Apr 27, 2015 · Squad
Both: Sandbox · Science · Education
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.
SpaceSimulationSandboxPhysicsScienceSpace SimBuildingModdableEducationIndie👍 120,984
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