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
$4.99Earthtongue
Apr 27 · June Strings
Both: Nature · God Game
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.
SimulationIndieNatureSandbox2DRelaxingPixel GraphicsSingleplayerManagementGod Game👍 153
$8.99Ant Keeping Simulator
Jul 29 · Kunstaat
Both: Nature · Education
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.
SimulationCasualNatureRelaxingManagementSandboxBuildingEducationIncrementalRealistic👍 120
$44.99ARK: Survival Ascended
Oct 25 · Studio Wildcard, Grove Street Games, Instinct Games
Both: Dinosaurs
ARK is reimagined from the ground-up into the next-generation of video game technology with Unreal Engine 5! Form a tribe, tame & breed hundreds of unique dinosaurs and primeval creatures, explore, craft, build, and fight your way to the top of the food-chain. Your new world awaits!
SurvivalOpen WorldMultiplayerDinosaursBase BuildingCraftingBuildingAdventureSandboxAction👍 106,877
-60%$3.99Reus
May 16 · Abbey Games
Both: God Game
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.
God GameStrategyIndieSimulationSingleplayerSandboxCasual2DPuzzleResource Management👍 4,891
FreeThe Archotek Project
Apr 28 · The Archotek Project Team
Both: Dinosaurs
The Archotek Project focuses on a multiplayer experience, giving you the chance to play with your friends or with new people on dedicated servers. Play as the dinosaur as you explore vibrant and exotic locations within the game, taking control of unique species from the fossil record.
Early AccessDinosaursSimulationCasualStrategyIndieMultiplayerSurvivalOpen WorldShooter👍 334
$7.99Tales of Mathasia
Oct 19 · Pancake Games
Both: Education · Science
The lands of Mathasia are beginning to be covered in Corruption. An old legend about the Hero that will master the arts of MATHEMATICIANS and use his power to defeat the Sorcerer. Only this mysterious Hero can fight the Corruption and stop incoming Darkness!
EducationScienceEconomyDesign & IllustrationAnimeColorfulAdventureLogicAnimation & ModelingPoint & Click
$19.99The Isle
Dec 1 · Afterthought LLC
Both: Dinosaurs
Experience fierce open world survival gameplay as you attempt to stay alive on an unforgiving island inhabited by dinosaurs! Hunt. Grow. Survive.
DinosaursSurvivalOpen WorldMultiplayerSimulationHuntingRealisticMassively MultiplayerAdventureHorror👍 111,535
$19.99Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection
Sep 14 · Frontier Developments, Asobo Studio
Both: Animals
The wildly popular Zoo Tycoon series gets set to crank up the excitement, challenge, and fun of building the ultimate zoo. Let your imagination run wild with Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection. Build, manage, and maintain your dream zoo alone or with up to four players.
SimulationManagementAnimalsZooMultiplayerSandboxSingleplayerFamily FriendlyBuildingCity Builder👍 1,607
$4.99Plantera 2: Golden Acorn
Apr 12 · VaragtP
Both: Animals
The round blue Mellows return to tend to the Garden once more. Grow plants, bushes, trees, animals, water features and the great magical oak tree that has been rumored to have placed its seed there. Tend to the oak tree and grow it to the sky to harvest its Golden Acorns.
IncrementalIdlerResource ManagementFarming SimAutomationCollectathonFarmingAnimalsRelaxingWholesome👍 1,191
-33%$40.19Jurassic World Evolution 3
Oct 21 · Frontier Developments
Both: Dinosaurs
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.
SimulationDinosaursStrategySandboxCity BuilderSequelManagementActionResource ManagementEconomy👍 11,412
FreeMy Free Zoo
Nov 28 · upjers
Both: Animals
A small zoo needs your help! As the new manager, it's your job to boost business. Design the zoo of your dreams. From wolves and polar bears all the way to prehistoric beasts – the further you progress in the game, the more exotic the animals you'll be able to keep in your zoo. Play now and save the zoo!
Free to PlayCasualSimulationZooAnimalsCity BuilderBuildingMultiplayerCuteRelaxing
$4.99Planetary Settlers
May 30 · Leveler Games
Both: Education · Science
Planetary Settlers is a family friendly game with real benefits! Learn about the solar system as you play. Experience realistic gravity as you control Blue 42 on each planet, completing mini games, uncovering secrets, solving puzzles, and completing quizzes to enhance your abilities!
SpaceEducationExplorationScienceAdventureEarly AccessIndieMarsRobotsSci-fi
$7.99Creature Crafter
Dec 23 · Daniel Lochner
Both: God Game
Create your own creatures to explore online worlds with friends and collect new parts to upgrade your stats and abilities! Complete quests, battle enemies, challenge friends to minigames, or just have fun roleplaying — the possibilities are endless when your imagination is the limit!
God GameOpen WorldSandboxCharacter CustomizationCreature CollectorSimulationSurvivalMultiplayerSingleplayerCollectathon👍 745
$9.99Secrets of Rætikon
Apr 17 · Broken Rules
Both: Animals · Nature
Ruthless bird versus bird action. Wild animals and the artefacts of a mysterious ancient culture. A game full of challenge and discovery – unlike anything you've played before.
AnimalsNatureMetroidvaniaIndieAdventureActionPuzzleExplorationOpen WorldFlight👍 171
-30%$17.49Space Simulation Toolkit
Jun 5 · Pavel Kudinov
Both: Education
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.
SimulationSandboxPhysicsEarly AccessIndieArtificial Intelligence2DSpaceSpace SimEducation👍 501
$29.99The Universim
Jan 22 · Crytivo
Both: God Game
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👍 8,464




