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Games like Conway's Game of Life

Games like Conway's Game of Life

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    52%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    52% User Score Based on 152 reviews

    'Bacteria' - A relaxing puzzle game based on the rules of the cellular automaton ‘Life’ devised by John Horton Conway in 1970. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bacteria.

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  2. Create patterns of "population" cells and watch them evolve over generations following the rule of Conway's game of life. INSTRUCTIONS: Left Click (and drag) - Select cells Right Click (and drag) - Deselect cells W - Start simulation E - Stop simulation Spacebar - Reset Escape - Return to Main Menu EXPLANATION: The Game of Life is an example of a cellular automaton and a zero-player game d… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Conway's Game of Life.

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  3. The Game of Life, also known simply as Life, is a cellular automaton devised by the British mathematician John Horton Conway in 1970. The "game" is a zero-player game, meaning that its evolution is determined by its initial state, requiring no further input. One interacts with the Game of Life by creating an initial configuration and observing how it evolves, or, for advanced "players", by creatin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HexLife.

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  4. 40%Game Brain Score
    40% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    Introduction  The Game of Life, also known simply as Life, is a cellular automaton devised by the British mathematician John Horton Conway in 1970. It is a zero-player game, meaning that its evolution is determined by its initial state, requiring no further input. One interacts with the Game of Life by creating an initial configuration and observing how it evolves. Rules The universe of the Game … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Conway's Game of Life.

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  5. 50%Game Brain Score
    50% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    Hi  everybody ! This small project has been done within the timeframe of a relaxing weekend, and is part of a game development exercise routine that I started to impose to myself. Conway's Game of Life, a very famous Cellular Automata (or Automaton), caught my eyes a long time ago and it was time for me to tackle this amazing piece. Also called a zero-player game, the whole system will evolve by i… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Conway's Game of Life - Cellular Automata.

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    93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    93% User Score Based on 342 reviews

    DinoSystem is a 2D ecosystem and survival simulation that allows players to manage the ecology of an evolving island and survive in it as a human, dealing with realistic survival mechanics and a deep character progression system. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DinoSystem.

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    84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay
    84% User Score Based on 335 reviews

    Gridworld is an artificial life / evolution simulator in which abstract virtual creatures compete for food and struggle for survival. Conditions in this two-dimensional ecosystem are right for evolution to occur through natural selection. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gridworld.

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  8. Detailed Description: Welcome to Life in Pixels – a captivating rendition of Conway's Game of Life, exclusively designed for the Playdate console. About the Game: Life in Pixels brings the classic cellular automaton to your fingertips. Harness the unique features of the Playdate to create, observe, and interact with evolving patterns that mimic the behaviour of life itself. Game Rules: … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Life in Pixels.

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  9. Introduction Welcome to our Conway's Game of Life simulator! This interactive application showcases John Horton Conway's famous cellular automaton, first introduced in 1970. Experience a captivating display of cellular evolution through simple rules that govern the life and death of cells on a grid. Start with a random initial configuration and observe as complex patterns and behaviors emerge fro… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Conway's Game of Life simulator.

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  10. Plant seeds, cut the roots, and change the very rules of Life itselfto create beatiful evolving root structures. Roots of Life is a game, a simulation and an interactive piece of art. It takes inspiration from Conwey's Game of Life but expands the original ruleset to better model root-like growing. However, the default rules are only the beginning as the game allows player to fully customize its r… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Roots of Life.

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  11. Watch as colorful life evolves in a timeless classic.Conway Color Life is a cellular automaton variation of Conway's Game of Life, a collection of cells arranged in a grid that change over time based on a set of simple rules. A living cell with less than 2 neighbors dies A living cell with 2 or 3 neighbors lives A living cell with more than 3 neighbors dies A dead cell with 3 living neighbors beco… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Conway Color Life.

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  12. Conway's Game of Life Explore the fascinating world of Conway's Game of Life, a cellular automaton devised by British mathematician John Horton Conway in 1970. Game Rules: Underpopulation: Any live cell with fewer than two live neighbors dies. Survival: Any live cell with two or three live neighbors continues to the next generation. Overpopulation: Any live cell with more than three live … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Conway's Game of Life.

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  13. # Introduction Welcome to Game of (No) Life, which is just a fun little environment to play around with Conway's Game of Life. In a nutshell, it is a cellular automaton where cells on a grid live, die, or reproduce based on simple rules, simulating complex patterns and behaviors. These rules are: A live cell remains live in the next timestep if it has either 2 or 3 live neighbors in the current… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Game of (No) Life.

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  14. 50%Game Brain Score
    50% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    User Menu Left mouse click – changes the state of the cell from alive to dead and viceversa Buttons: Start – start the simulation. Pause – stops the simulation. Clear – deletes all alive cells from the grid. Random – creates a random configuration of alive cells on the grid. Reflector – creates a custom configuration of alive cells on the grid. Glider Gun – creates a custom configurat… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Game Of Life.

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  15. Conway's Game of Life  Conway's Game of Life is a zero player game invented in 1970 by Mathematician John Conway to show how complex and emergent behavior can arise out of a set of seemingly simple rules.  It is one theory for how life originated on Earth. I recreated the game in Unity as a learning experience, and for fun. Traditional Rules for Conways' Game of Life: Any live cell with fewe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Conway's Game of Life.

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  16. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    91% User Score Based on 720 reviews

    Unrailed is back on track with more co-op railroad construction chaos! Choose your path in a new world packed with bold biomes and bosses. Permanently upgrade your character and engines, even create and share your own levels - just don‘t let your train derail! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Unrailed 2: Back on Track.

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  18. 50%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, music
    50% User Score Based on 164 reviews

    Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox is an abstract god game with fully simulated genetics and evolution. In a universe driven by targets, create, design and try to control an evolving ecosystem for a faceless corporation. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.

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    52%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    52% User Score Based on 643 reviews

    The Cenozoic Era is a realistic animal survival game taking place during the rise of mammals, take control of a variety of animals and fight to survive among other players to reach the top of the food chain. Death, Destruction, Survival, Scavenge, Nature, Thrive, Conquer, Hunt. The Cenozoic Era If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Cenozoic Era.

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    70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    70% User Score Based on 115 reviews

    Reshaping Mars is a colony simulation game on Mars, you will start by gathering resources, storing food, accepting immigrants, and building a better colony together. Develop powerful technologies for Mars Reshaping, make Mars great agai..sorry, just great. Don't forget to make the residents happy. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Reshaping Mars.

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  21. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, story
    93% User Score Based on 27 reviews

    You Died ... but a Necromancer revived you! Reaching the top is no easy feat: The pathways are narrow, full of traps and on top of that, the floor will start exploding behind you if you take too long! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to You Died but a Necromancer revived you.

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  22. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    68% User Score Based on 8,436 reviews

    Beasts of Bermuda is a multiplayer survival game in which the player is a dinosaur or other prehistoric creature. A player can take the role of flyers, swimmers, herbivores, carnivores, and semi-aquatic creatures that fulfill different niches in the ecosystem. No matter what the player chooses to be, the objective of the game is to survive and grow up on the islands of Bermuda by using their parti… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beasts of Bermuda.

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  23. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, replayability
    75% User Score Based on 163 reviews

    Featuring some truly fowl images indeed. Pixel Puzzles 2: Birds is a traditional style jigsaw puzzle game, with crabs scurrying around so WATCH YOUR FINGERS!!! The Pixel Puzzles series has been treated to a complete rebuild from the ground up, resulting in Pixel Puzzles 2 being a much smoother more refined gaming experience. So, what to do about those pesky crabs? Rather than giving them a squis… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pixel Puzzles 2: Birds.

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  24. 58%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    60% User Score Based on 342 reviews
    Critic Score 48%Based on 1 reviews

    You've been elected as the new Bunker Warden! Now you must take control over a group of fellow bunker residents and try to make them last until the surface becomes habitable. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Life in Bunker.

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  25. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    90% User Score Based on 2,090 reviews

    The Sapling is a 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! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Sapling.

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    62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    70% User Score Based on 40 reviews

    You are a lead scientist working for the SCP foundation on a super-secret project SCP-2432. Something goes terribly wrong and the ship you are on containing the SCP explodes, and you wake up on a distant island surrounded by a vivid environment. Get ready to survive, fight for your life and finally escape the horrors of the island. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Three Days.

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    74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    74% User Score Based on 1,692 reviews

    Patron is a survival city builder with a unique social dynamics system. Gather and produce resources, build your fledgling village into a prosperous city and navigate the intricate social tensions before they reach boiling point. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Patron.

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    89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    89% User Score Based on 276 reviews

    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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Earthtongue.

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  29. 50%Game Brain Score
    50% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    GAME OF LIFE This game is fascinating because it can guide us on the evolution of different life forms or even on the evolution of an epidemic. The Game of Life is a simple game that consists of a cellular automaton designed by the British mathematician John Horton Conway in 1970 and has three very simple rules where nobody wins or loses. Any live cell with two or three neighbors survives.Any dead… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Game Of Life.

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  30. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization
    89% User Score Based on 256 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 6 reviews

    From the makers of Road 96 comes a groundbreaking narrative adventure. Your choices shape the story for other players! Follow in your friends’ footsteps, face the consequences of their actions and choose the fate of this plasticpunk world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tides of Tomorrow.

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  31. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    93% User Score Based on 28 reviews

    Doctor Viscera is a survival horror game where you must escape the abandoned GrimmHaus asylum while evading the monstrous Doctor Viscera and his grotesque experiments.  Descent Into Madness... After seek shelter inside the forgotten GrimmHaus Asylum, you awaken alone, trapped in a decaying nightmare. Explore, Solve, Survive... Search for key items, solve puzzles, and unlock new areas… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DOCTOR VISCERA.

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  32. 39%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    48% User Score Based on 31 reviews

    Chaotic Era is an intense and brutal strategy game inspired by classic science fiction, following a stranded human crew on an alien planet. Scavenge for resources and fight back against mysterious alien terrors in this frantic real-time strategy nightmare. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CHAOTIC ERA.

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  33. 51%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    51% User Score Based on 152 reviews

    Ultimate Sheep Raccoon is a bike-racing party game where you and your friends build the course together. Add obstacles and dangerous traps, take the lead with power-ups, and race to the finish! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ultimate Sheep Raccoon.

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  34. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, story
    84% User Score Based on 2,731 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 6 reviews

    Phantom Abyss is a massive asynchronous multiplayer game that casts players into procedurally-generated temples and tasks them with retrieving the sacred relics hidden within deadly chambers. Intrepid adventurers will dodge scores of hidden traps, leap treacherous chasms, and flee relentless guardians through branching paths until one of the relics are claimed or the devices of death overwhelm the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Phantom Abyss.

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  35. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    74% User Score Based on 1,898 reviews
    Critic Score 71%Based on 5 reviews

    From victuals to Vikings, lead your village and expand it into a thriving city. A wise Jarl must manage resources, survive harsh conditions and enemy raids, and guide their fellow Vikings to work together through social conflict. Skál! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Land of the Vikings.

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    85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    85% User Score Based on 436 reviews

    Tower Factory is a game where you have to build a factory that allows you to create enough towers to defend yourself from enemies. You'll need to find and destroy the enemy castle before it becomes too powerful and its monsters overwhelm you! Features: Constantly build, expand, and upgrade your factory. Acquire resources to build more and better towers. Explore the map to locate the enemy… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tower Factory.

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    31%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    31% User Score Based on 125 reviews

    Racecraft is an innovative sandbox racing game based on PROCEDURAL technology. For the FIRST TIME ever, you can randomly generate an endless number of realistic racetracks and craft your car to reach the top in every race and eSports challenge. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Racecraft.

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    78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    78% User Score Based on 468 reviews

    Grow and modify an ecosystem, with simulated evolution by natural selection creating the lifeforms that inhabit it. All the creatures in the trailer evolved on their own in the game. None were hand-edited! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ecosystem.

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    91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, story
    91% User Score Based on 1,015 reviews

    Thrive is a free, open-source game about the evolution of life. From the lowly tidepools of your home planet, you will rise to cosmic dominance. At every step, powerful creation tools and deep simulation mechanics will aid your species' development. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Thrive.

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  41. 60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, replayability
    61% User Score Based on 119 reviews
    Critic Score 59%Based on 8 reviews

    Godstrike is a time based twin-stick shooter where you must face ruthless bosses in intense 1v1’s. Play as Talaal, the last Herald, hunted by her sibling. Time is your currency and health, use it to create ability combos and fight for glory on the highscores! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Godstrike.

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  42. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    75% User Score Based on 375 reviews

    Greetings your Excellency. Time to rebuild, reform and prepare for new challenges in the People's Republic of Basenji. In this thrilling political strategy, you will appoint ministers and lead the country to success. Be careful - you may find yourself replaced in the next election. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rogue State Revolution.

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    57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    57% User Score Based on 51 reviews

    A small visual novel about bus trips and conversation with different companions, whom you see for the first and last time in your life. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bustories.

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  44. 60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    55% User Score Based on 1,329 reviews
    Critic Score 85%Based on 1 reviews

    You’re a castaway stranded in the middle of nowhere. The storm is gone, the worst certainly not. Look for food and resources, craft gear, make a shelter. These are the basics, you will need much more to stay alive on this cut-off-the-world, yet not desert island. Build and burn, sail and explore, stay out of reach! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Out of Reach.

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  45. View Game
    89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    89% User Score Based on 72 reviews

    JOIN THE COMMUNITY About the GameNote: 3-4 player co-op mode is still experimental. A colony building game with an emphasis on unexpected events, online co-op, and managing a unique community. The story begins with nothing more than a few colonists and limited resources in an unknown world. BUILD YOUR COLONY With the right materials, you can build multi-story buildings, as well as a base that … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to AColony.

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    55%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    55% User Score Based on 168 reviews

    Weave through missiles to generated music, and let the world flow around you. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Borealis.

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    82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    82% User Score Based on 719 reviews

    A great catastrophe has come, and you, who are on duty, crash and trapped in a Zed Zone. There are zombies and monsters everywhere, In order to escape, by collecting materials, upgrading skills, building shelters, defeating zombie waves and mysterious mechs, chasing a glimmer of hope. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ZED ZONE.

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  49. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:optimization, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    75% User Score Based on 1,544 reviews

    Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution is an evolution simulation with hands on interaction. It allows for direct changes to each creature as well as indirect and gradual environmental changes which affect the species and their evolution. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution.

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