Games like Creatura
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The Sapling and Planetary Life play most like Creatura. Of the 15 closest games below, most share its sandbox and science; 9 are free or under $10. The best known is SPORE™, with 66,962 Steam reviews.
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The Sapling
Dec 12, 2019 · Wessel Stoop
Both: Life Sim · Sandbox · Science
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👍 1,933Planetary Life
Aug 15, 2025 · Sotenbox
Both: Sandbox · Science · Nature
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!
Early AccessGod GameSandboxSimulationScienceStrategyNatureEducationProcedural GenerationLife Sim👍 922Ecosystem
Nov 8, 2024 · Tom Johnson
Both: Life Sim · Sandbox · Underwater
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👍 600SPORE™
Dec 19, 2008 · Maxis™
Both: 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 · 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👍 1,685Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution
Sep 28, 2018 · Quasar
Both: Sandbox · 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👍 972Creature Crafter
Dec 23, 2022 · Daniel Lochner
Both: Sandbox · Creature Collector
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 CollectorMultiplayerSimulationSurvivalSingleplayerCollectathon👍 745Vilmonic
Nov 5, 2018 · Bludgeonsoft
Both: Nature · Sandbox · 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 CollectorMegaquarium
Sep 13, 2018 · Twice Circled
Both: Sandbox · Underwater · Creature Collector
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.
SimulationCasualBuildingSandboxManagementUnderwaterCreature CollectorCuteRelaxingResource Management👍 3,446Fish Game
Oct 26, 2023 · A Shell in the Pit Games, Creative Ink Games
Both: Creature Collector · Sandbox · Underwater
Fish Game is a detailed and highly “sofishticated” freshwater aquarium simulator, lovingly crafted *by* enthusiasts *for* enthusiasts! Featuring fish with personalities and dynamic relationships, water quality modeling, and so much more! Made with support from our friends at Smarter Every Day!
Immersive SimCreature CollectorSandboxBuildingIdlerAuto BattlerFishingEducationUnderwaterLife Sim👍 596Creatures Docking Station
Dec 7, 2021 · Creature Labs
Both: Life Sim · Sandbox · Science
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.
CasualLife SimArtificial IntelligenceCuteSimulationModdableSandboxDialogue HeavyScienceSingleplayerBirthdays the Beginning
May 9, 2017 · Arc System Works, TOYBOX Inc.
Both: Sandbox · Creature Collector
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 GameSandboxDinosaursSingleplayerCuteFamily FriendlyCreature CollectorVoxelCasual👍 902Tyto Ecology
Apr 14, 2016 · Immersed Games
Both: Science · 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👍 414Equilinox
Nov 23, 2018 · ThinMatrix
Both: Sandbox · Nature
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👍 2,606Heliopedia
Oct 12, 2021 · Sokpop Collective
Both: Sandbox · Creature Collector
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!
SimulationGod GameSandboxCreature CollectorSpace SimIncrementalExploration3DSpaceColorful👍 200
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Planet Zoo
Nov 5, 2019 · Frontier Developments
Both: Sandbox · 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👍 81,274WorldBox - God Simulator
Dec 2, 2021 · Maxim Karpenko
Both: Sandbox · 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👍 51,238
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