Games like Life in your pocket
Looking for games like Life in your pocket? Here are top action recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Gridworld, Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox or Thrive.
- 84%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:storyMost mentioned negative aspects:graphics, gameplay84% User Score 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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- 50%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:optimization, music50% User Score 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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- 91%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:optimization, story91% User Score 1,172 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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- 93%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayabilityMost mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, graphics93% User Score 477 reviews
From an uninhabited planet in space to an ecosystem full of life. In Planetary Life you will be able to shape a planet in the purest Sandbox Simulation style, playing with its mountains, seas and even its climate, to create the perfect habitat to harbor life. PLANETS Control a planet with the multiple tools available. Let the tectonic plates shape the mountains and seas, modify the climate, the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Planetary Life.
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- 74%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:emotionalMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics74% User Score 66 reviews
Vilmonic is an artificial life simulator and evolution sandbox game. Protect each species and selectively breed new ones, analyze DNA, craft tools and buildings, dig rivers and make new islands, find ancient tech, and fend off the haywire zombitons. Craft Farm Breed Evolve! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vilmonic.
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- View Game75%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:optimization, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding75% User Score 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.
- 70%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding70% User Score 250 reviews
Seed, Breed, Create. From single cell organisms to complex ecosystems. Evolve every part of your own unique aquarium / terrarium by applying realistic principles of natural and artificial selection, in Creatura - ultimate Virtual Evolution Vivarium Simulator. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Creatura.
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- 93%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability93% User Score 2,395 reviews
"Equilinox", the low-poly nature simulation game that I'm currently developing in Java using OpenGL. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Equilinox.
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Welcome to Minimals Evolution Simulator 3D! Minimals is a simulation sandbox game where you observe tiny organisms known as 'Minimals' grow and evolve. The primary purpose of Minimals is to showcase the process of evolution as well as related concepts such as natural selection, selective breeding, common descent, and descent with modification. The primary focus of the game in this version is to sh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Minimals Evolution Simulator 3D.
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I spent the last few months developing a simple evolution simulator. I have found that it's quite meditative just watching those small creatures mate, feed, and grow. There's something really relaxing about just watching "nature" take its path. There are 3 classes: - Prey (They feed on plants and are hunted by the predators) - Scavengers (They feed on the corpses of dead creatures) - Predators (T… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pocket Agar (PC, Mac and Linux).
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- 90%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, storyMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability91% User Score 7,062 reviewsCritic Score 85%1 reviews
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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Niche: a genetics survival game.
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- 78%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability78% User Score 522 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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- 90%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability90% User Score 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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- 51%Game Brain Score51% User Score 2 reviews
Evol Games Discord https://discord.gg/xUCjsfPTelegram https://t.me/evolgamesCheck out the sequel: Polysporia II. Polysporia is an evolution game that simulates microbial life. All organisms are randomly generated along with their movements and evolutions. You will never have the same game more than once. A wide variety of settings lets you tweak the game to your liking. Organisms compete for sur… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Polysporia: Swarming Evolution Simulator.
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You are a tiny protist in a disturbed patch of soil. You're the only one of your kind left, but for you as a microbe, that doesn't have to mean extinction. All you need to do now is eat, divide, and try not to get eaten! The ecosystem around you has been thrown into chaos, but it's slowly repairing itself. Bacteria are actively rebuilding the soil by gluing tiny particles into larger clusters, c… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cellscape.
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There are fish swimming in the aquarium. Each fish has the following innate parameters: 1) The maximum number of health points. Determines the maximum size of the fish. 2) Protection. Determines the strength of its scales. The higher the defense, the less damage the fish receives when attacking it, but the heavier the scales. 3) Attack power. Determines how much damage the fish does in one bite. T… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CruelFish.
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- 58%Game Brain Score58% User Score 9 reviews
NeuraQuarium simulates a basic aquatic environment populated by AI creatures. Watch them evolve and change through chance, or take a hand in their evolution by molding the environment, mixing in saved critters, or directly altering their neural net brains. Check out this showcase: Evolution in Action The first creatures that spawn will have randomized physiology and neural nets. Those that succ… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NeuraQuarium.
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Evol Games Discord https://discord.gg/xUCjsfPTelegram https://t.me/evolgamesEvolpedal 3D is a walking evolution simulator where human-like lifeforms learn to walk by any means necessary. This is based on my other game, Evolpedal, but differs in that this uses a humanoid model to animate and is 3D. The structure of the human does not change by default, so it must learn to walk by evolving its mov… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Evolpedal 3D: Walking Evolution Simulation.
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- 82%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:graphics, optimizationMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music82% User Score 60 reviews
ANLIFE is an evolution simulator featuring block creatures that shuffle around awkwardly under a physics engine. There’s no complex ecosystem like in typical life sims. Take the role of a god—lend a hand to these creatures or call down meteors—and calmly watch their evolution unfold, as if peering into a miniature sandbox. Block creatures powered by physics All they do is chase after food, yet th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ANLIFE: Motion-Learning Life Evolution.
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- 87%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story87% User Score 2,779 reviews
Set in a living ecosystem, 'Everything is Crab' is a cute, challenging, highly replayable action roguelite. Make animal inspired evolutionary choices to concoct your own unique creature every run, both mechanically and visually. It's Spore meets Modern Roguelites Beat carcinisation As everybody knows, eventually, every organism ends up evolving into a crab. Right? Well, except for you. Choose your… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Everything is Crab: The Animal Evolution Roguelite.
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- 62%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humorMost mentioned negative aspects:monetization, stability62% User Score 1,140 reviews
Evolve microscopic species from a single spore in this evolution simulator! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Evolution of Species 2: Online.
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- View Game45%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:humorMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding45% User Score 74 reviews
Evolution is a real time simulation of the evolutionary process. Creatures have DNA that defines their structure, traits, how they see the world around them, and how they react to it. Each creature is unique, most die quickly, some die a little slower, and others survive (some just like rocks, they usually die too). It is the survivors that reproduce and mutate, just a little, but enough to adapt … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Evolution.
- 96%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:optimization, story96% User Score 194 reviews
Welcome everyone! This is The Bibites A simulation where you are able to watch evolution happen before your very eyes! Each bibite (the small critters you see on the screen) starts off with an empty brain (they do nothing) and pretty basic genes (they all look alike). Through random mutations, one can be spawned with a brain connection that will link two neurons and might trigger a behavior, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Bibites.
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This is a pixel art game designed to run in a 1280x720 window. Resizing may result in a blurry image or loss of detail. You can enter "full screen" to match your monitor, but the 16:9 aspect ratio is fixed, and the window will be decorated with black bars to force it. ## Original vs current version Since the original submission, the following things were changed "post jam". The embedded version … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to AquaSim.
Eon of Life is a game in which you guide the evolution of a creature for as many million years as you can survive! Find food, avoid predators, watch for a mate, and evolve selecting new parts and mutations for your creature, gaining new skills and becoming stronger. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eon of Life.
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- 85%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:replayability, story85% User Score 484 reviews
Sipho is an action survival game with an intricate building system. Grow your own creature and take over the local ecosystem. Fight, grow, survive, dominate. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sipho.
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- 51%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding67% User Score 27 reviews
Clone yourself to take over the environment in this bacterial evolution roguelite. Choose mutations and abilities each time you multiply. Use swarm mode to direct your species to attack enemies. Unlock abilities and perks to improve your odds. Compete against other multiplying and evolving species. The environment will change as species evolve or go extinct. Start with one lifeform at the s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lifeforms: Binary Fission.
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- 54%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding54% User Score 287 reviews
Step into the amazing world of Sparkle – a surreal ocean, where life is thriving and conditions are perfect to make an evolutionary leap. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sparkle 3 Genesis.
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This is a Simulation of Living Creatures.It simulates a small evolutionary ecosystem.Short explanation:Each Creature is moved according to its Nerual Network Inputs/Outputs.Neural Networks Inputs are given by the eyes View,plus: Current Energy, Current Stomach fullness and 'pregnant or not'.Eyes View is divided in sectors, each one has the Amount of meat/vegetable food and Male/Female Creature.The… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ecosystem evolution.
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- 87%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story87% User Score 5,222 reviews
In this city-builder, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. With limited supplies you will claim land, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather supplies, build your city, expand commerce, and develop trades to build a bustling and unique town with a large population. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Settlement Survival.
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- 62%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:story, music62% User Score 53 reviews
Rogue Harvest is a finely crafted Rogue-like Open World Adventure - Dig, Mine, Build, Craft, Explore, and Survive in a massive Procedurally Generated World and work to unravel the mystery of how you ended up in this dream like place. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rogue Harvest.
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- 71%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:story, music71% User Score 162 reviews
A genre-twisting tactical runner where you maneuver, fight, think, sacrifice and evolve – all on the run. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tribal Pass.
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- 71%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability71% User Score 178 reviews
** **"Fortunately, you’re god! Or at least, you’re basically god. I doubt the Mims can tell the difference. This means that on top of being in charge of RTS-like defense and expansion,... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Mims Beginning.
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- 74%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:story, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding74% User Score 2,198 reviews
Aven Colony is a city-building and management sim that tells the story of humanity’s first settlement of an extrasolar world. Land on exotic Aven Prime, where you must construct and maintain the infrastructure and ensure the well-being of your citizens, all while dealing with the often harsh realities of an exotic alien world. On top of this, you’ll face the greatest challenge of all — keeping yo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aven Colony.
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- 52%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability52% User Score 176 reviews
Many organisms fight for resources and the opportunity to evolve. Be one of them, start from Zero and become the best, the biggest and the most efficient of them all. Become the ultimate sparkle. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sparkle ZERO.
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- 86%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story92% User Score 1,408 reviewsCritic Score 60%1 reviews
Urbek is a city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Urbek City Builder.
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- 64%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, musicMost mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding64% User Score 256 reviews
Noir Syndrome is a procedurally generated Detective Murder-Mystery with a new story every time! Featuring slick pixel art animations and a jazzy soundtrack, the player is thrown right in to a highly stylized vision of film noir. Visit locations, interrogate suspects, search for clues, and eventually solve the case before the killer escapes - or you wind up dead yourself. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Noir Syndrome.
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- 85%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding85% User Score 2,448 reviews
The game follows the life of a mother lynx, starting as a pregnant animal, giving birth and continuing in to a journey of parenthood where nurturing her cubs is paramount for survival. Shelter 2 includes more elaborate gameplay features than its predecessor, such as stamina, different types of movements, jumps and a variety of prey to kill. Besides hunting there are several maternal and hunting fe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shelter 2.
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- 74%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story74% User Score 715 reviews
Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper offers incredible adventures full of mystery, danger, exploration and magic. This game combines the genres of Survival, Sandbox, Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Resource Management. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper.
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- 73%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, storyMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability73% User Score 1,530 reviews
Explore Arctico with your dog sled team, kayak, and parachute! Build and customize your base camp, gather resources, take care of your experiments in this peaceful island. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Arctico.
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- 73%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:stability, monetization73% User Score 10,000 reviews
Gather resources, improve your nest, make an army, raid other player's colonies. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pocket Ants: Colony Simulator.
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- 93%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization93% User Score 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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- 81%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability81% User Score 356 reviewsCritic Score 78%2 reviews
A tactical RPG where elemental magic interacts with the natural world to have complex consequences. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tenderfoot Tactics.
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- 68%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story68% User Score 2,860 reviews
Force of Nature is an indie open world sandbox game with fighting, crafting, building and farming systems. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Force of Nature.
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- 40%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:graphicsMost mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability52% User Score 29 reviews
Multicellular will take you back in time, to the dawn of life. Build your multicellular organism and combat hunger, the environment, darkness and other organisms. Everything in this new world can kill you, will you be able to survive? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Multicellular.
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Foraging Plane – An Alien Ecosystem Simulation Foraging Plane is a simulation of an alien ecosystem where creatures called Tacs search for food in tidal rock pools. The simulation shows how energy flows through an environment and how creatures might adapt to changes like high and low tide. About This Project "I created a simulation because I like simulations, and I saw an opportunity and went f… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Foraging Plain.
- 50%Game Brain Score50% User Score 1 reviews
Welcome to GridSim Evolution! A collection of evolution sims featuring cellular automaton. How to run: Select the .exe of the model you want to run and open it. You can set the frame rate by pressing 1-5 to change the speed of the simulation. A brain controls each creature — a simple neural network of weights inherited from its parents, with slight mutations each generation. Over time, through … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GridSim Evolution.
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About Minimals is a simulation sandbox game where you observe tiny organisms known as 'Minimals' as they grow. The primary purpose of Minimals is to showcase the process of evolution as well as related concepts such as natural selection, selective breeding, common descent and descent with modification. The primary focus of the game in this version is to showcase evolution via natural selection. Na… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Minimals: Evolution Simulator 2D.
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- 59%Game Brain ScoreMost mentioned positive aspects:replayability, gameplayMost mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story85% User Score 20 reviews
Welcome to the perilous nuclear-contaminated waters, where all creatures are mutating. Start as an ordinary small fish, struggling to survive in this toxic sea. Through continuous evolution and adaptation, you will grow into a powerful ocean monster and ultimately become the sole ruler of this ocean If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sea Of Radiation 2.
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Arcade Forever is a 3D vertical space shooter. This is an action game in which many enemies, obstacles and different weapons guarantee great fun. If you like fast space action, this is the game for you. Info/Features: Vertical space shooter. 3D graphics. Sci-fi environment. 25 levels. Auto-shooting. Auto-upgrades. No additional purchases required. Please note: no controller… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Arcade Forever.
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