Games like Evolution

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!

"Niche: A Genetics Survival Game" is a strategy simulation where players manage a tribe of animals, navigating through diverse islands with varying environments. Your goal is to adapt your species to survive, managing their genetics, behaviors, and traits. Overcome challenges such as harsh weather, predators, and limited resources to ensure your species' survival and evolution.

"Thrive is a single-player open-world game where you guide the evolution of a single-celled organism on an alien planet, starting from the Last Universal Common Ancestor. Survive in the environment, adapt your species through mutations, and compete with other emerging species in a population dynamics-driven simulation. Gameplay involves both individual cell survival and editing your species' traits to ensure its success."

Gridworld is an artificial life simulator where abstract creatures evolve in a two-dimensional ecosystem, competing for food and struggling for survival. It offers a user-friendly interface to customize simulations and observe evolution in action over hours instead of thousands of years. The game promotes hands-off experimentation, allowing users to tweak parameters and witness creatures adapting to their created environments.

"Ecosystem is a single-player strategy game with high-quality graphics and approximately 23 hours of playtime. The game's unique feature is the simulation of evolving virtual creatures, whose bodies, behaviors, and nervous systems are all determined by their synthetic DNA, which can be modified by the player. These creatures evolve on their own to adapt to the physically-simulated ocean environment created by the player."

"Sipho is a single-player Science Fiction Strategy game with 20+ hours of playtime, where you create your own creature using various body parts, each with unique functions for movement, attacking, and support. Customize your creature, choose your playstyle, and battle powerful enemies to climb the food chain. With an emphasis on strategy, Sipho offers a unique and complex underwater world to explore."

"Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution" is a simulation game where players create and evolve unique species in a dynamic ecosystem. Observing and manipulating various factors such as genetics, environment, and behavior, players can watch as their creatures adapt and survive in a real-time evolutionary process. With countless possibilities and a sandbox-style gameplay, this game offers a fascinating look into the world of evolutionary biology.

"Birthdays the Beginning" is a sandbox game that lets players create cube-shaped worlds, influencing their geography and temperature to foster life. Witness the evolution of single-celled organisms into complex lifeforms such as plants, dinosaurs, and mammals, shaping a unique ecosystem in each world. Imagine, experiment, and create limitless and diverse planets for a one-of-a-kind experience.

"Crest" is a single-player, open world historical game with stunning visuals and an epic soundtrack, but be prepared for grinding and bugs. As a god, create and guide your followers through an evolving pictographic language and watch as their beliefs and interpretations shape their actions and the development of their religion. However, be aware that your commandments can have unintended consequences, leading to various reactions from your followers such as love, respect, or fear.

Planet Explorers is an open-world sandbox adventure game set on a distant planet. Players can build and customize their own tools, vehicles, and structures, while also gathering resources, completing missions, and fighting alien creatures. The game features a dynamic story generation system, allowing for a unique experience with each playthrough.