Games like Tyto Ecology
by Immersed Games
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!
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$17.99The Sapling
Dec 12 · Wessel Stoop
Both: God Game · Science · Nature
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!
Life SimSandboxGod GameScienceNatureArtificial IntelligenceSimulationProcedural GenerationDinosaursAliens👍 1,925
$4.99Thrive
Nov 26 · Revolutionary Games Studio
Both: Science · Education · Nature
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👍 1,684
$14.99Vilmonic
Nov 5 · Bludgeonsoft
Both: Nature · God Game · Science
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!
SimulationNatureSandboxCraftingGod GameCasualScienceAgricultureEducationCreature Collector
$19.99Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution
Sep 28 · Quasar
Both: 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👍 972
$19.99SPORE™
Dec 19 · Maxis™
Both: God Game · 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 SimSimulationExplorationSpaceCasualCuteScience👍 66,890
$1.99Gridworld
Dec 24 · DopplerFrog
Both: Science · God Game
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
$7.99DinoSystem
Jun 25 · Daniele Ferraro
Both: Dinosaurs · God Game
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.
SimulationDinosaursSurvivalEarly AccessIndieTop-DownSingleplayer2DGod GameDifficult👍 247
$9.99Equilinox
Nov 23 · ThinMatrix
Both: 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👍 2,606
-80%$1.99Natural Instincts: European Forest
Jul 22 · DreamStorm Studios
Both: God Game · 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 AccessCasualSandboxGod GameExplorationStrategy3DCuteEducationTop-Down👍 271
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$44.99Planet Zoo
Nov 5 · Frontier Developments
Both: Nature
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.
ManagementZooSimulationBuildingSandboxNatureCity BuilderEconomySingleplayerRealistic👍 81,203
$14.99ARK: Survival Evolved
Aug 27 · Studio Wildcard, Instinct Games, Efecto Studios, Virtual Basement LLC
Both: Dinosaurs
Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalMultiplayerOpen WorldDinosaursCraftingBuildingAdventureBase BuildingCo-op👍 586,881
$19.99Cattails: Wildwood Story
Oct 20 · Falcon Development
Both: Animals
Become a cat! In this cozy life sim RPG, you'll lead your colony into the mysterious Wildwood. Hunt prey, harvest herbs, collect magical treasures, & defend your new home from intruders. Build a thriving town to recruit new cats. Get to know the residents, fall in love, & raise a litter of kittens!
CatsLife SimFarming SimWholesomeRPGSimulationAnimalsRomanceCharacter CustomizationCute👍 1,479
-60%$9.99Reus 2
May 28 · Abbey Games
Both: God Game · Nature
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!
God GamePuzzleColony SimCity BuilderBase BuildingManagementStrategyResource ManagementSandboxNature👍 2,137
$19.99Birthdays the Beginning
May 9 · Arc System Works, TOYBOX Inc.
Both: God Game · Dinosaurs
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!
SimulationGod GameSandboxDinosaursSingleplayerCuteCreature CollectorFamily FriendlyCasualVoxel👍 901
$17.99Niche - a genetics survival game
Sep 21 · Stray Fawn Studio
Both: Nature · Education
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.
Turn-Based StrategyAdventurePuzzleSingleplayerNatureTurn-BasedRPGEducationSandboxSurvival👍 4,354


