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Games like Project: Phenotype

Games like Project: Phenotype

Looking for games like Project: Phenotype? Here are top survival simulation recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Gridworld, Biosphere Simulator or Vilmonic.

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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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  2. Breathe Life Into a Dead WorldBiosphere Simulator is a planetary god game sandbox where you guide an entire world from barren volcanic rock to thriving spacefaring civilization. Shape the atmosphere. Carve oceans. Seed the first microbes. Then sit back and watch evolution unfold across billions of years as ecosystems grow, species adapt, and civilizations rise… or collapse into extinction. Every… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Biosphere Simulator.

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  3. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    74% User Score Based on 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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  4. 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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  5. 57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    57% User Score Based on 825 reviews

    Project Aura is a simulation/strategy videogame where you take control of a colony of climate disaster survivors. In the near future, humans will face the drastic consequences of climate change. Forced to take refuge in vital reserves using cryo-preservation, they await a second chance. At the end of the 21st century, humans, finally aware of the great climate disaster, dedicated their efforts n… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project AURA.

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  6. Marble Desktop is a casual idle masterpiece that combines realistic physical collisions with multi-dimensional development! No complex operations required—unlock your hands and enjoy a thrilling experience effortlessly. Built on a precision physics engine, the marbles' rebounds, collisions, and chain reactions are smooth and natural. Even in idle mode, you can admire the relaxing mechanical effect… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Idle Desktop Marbles.

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  7. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, graphics
    78% User Score Based on 125 reviews

    Start your path as a simple human — and build your own story of becoming a true mage. Plan your daily routines, manage carefully crafted lists of actions, and steadily improve every aspect of your magical life. Explore a rich and expanding world full of opportunities. Unlock new actions, resources, and systems at your own pace — and discover how much there is to unfold. Every hour brings somethin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Idle Awakening: Mages Path.

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  8. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    93% User Score Based on 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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  9. 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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  10. 56%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, atmosphere
    56% User Score Based on 190 reviews

    The Game Arctic Anxiety is a survival simulator in extreme conditions. Actions take place in the Arctic Ocean. The main character of the game is a pilot of a cargo plane that gets into a storm and makes a hard landing on water. After several hours of sailing in the ocean, life raft with the character it turns out at small group of islands. To survive, you have to build a reliable raft. The playe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Arctic Anxiety.

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  11. 53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:optimization, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    76% User Score Based on 21 reviews

    Mini Racer Car Shop Simulator allow you to manage every aspect of your mini racer car shop! Find Rare Spare Parts To give an extra layer of excitement, each car packs feature a gacha system where you can try your luck to get rare spare parts. Each draw offers a random part, which could be the crucial piece needed to complete your ultimate mini car. Sell Mini Cars You'll have access to a wide va… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mini Racer Car Shop Simulator.

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  13. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    85% User Score Based on 1,095 reviews

    You've barely managed to flee your exploding spaceship. Now in an old escape pod, you find yourself in the shoes of a technician, without any knowledge of the complex systems, around you, that are keeping you alive. Faced with all kind of cosmic dangers, how long will you survive? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tin Can.

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  14. 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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    96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, story
    96% User Score Based on 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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  16. 65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, graphics
    65% User Score Based on 1,060 reviews

    Blackthorn Arena is a strategy/management sim with real-time combat system set in a fantasy world with mythical monsters and classic fantasy races. Play as the master of Blackthorn Arena, train your slaves into gladiators, forge them into your champions and send them to fight for your glories in the arenas! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blackthorn Arena.

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    93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    93% User Score Based on 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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  18. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    88% User Score Based on 120 reviews

    A challenging survival RTS roguelite about surviving against thousands of enemies. Start each run with the hopes of going as deep as you can. Customize your army with different weapons, armour and upgrades. When you inevitably fail, use the knowledge gained to make your next attempts stronger through meta progression upgrades. Hold your ground Once you start fueling your drill, a massive swarm… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deep Among the Swarm.

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  19. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    97% User Score Based on 108 reviews

    Step into a world of serene underwater beauty with Zen Aquarium, the ultimate idle fish tank experience inspired by classic aquarium screensavers. No complex setups, no management stress, just pure visual enjoyment as a thriving aquatic world unfolds before your eyes. Perfect for ASMR lovers, chill gamers, and anyone who wants a peaceful, living desktop companion. ❗ Disclaimer: Zen Aquarium does … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zen Aquarium.

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  20. 64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    64% User Score Based on 862 reviews

    Discover and mine resources for construction, light your way in the dark, explore and expand into your surroundings to advance your research. Capture the diverse, highly-adapted flora and fauna of the deep, but beware: the darkness hides unexpected horrors, with only the light keeping them at bay. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Surviving the Abyss.

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  21. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    91% User Score Based on 7,062 reviews
    Critic Score 83%Based on 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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  22. View Game
    97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, story
    97% User Score Based on 2,283 reviews

    Dystopika is a small city-builder inspired by cyberpunk and the wanderlust of cities that never sleep. Place buildings, giant billboards, and towering holograms, working in harmony with procedural generation for landscape, traffic, and lights to create your own future metropolis rich with vibes and ambience. Escape to your own little dystopian dreams (or nightmares). No goals, no objectives, no… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dystopika.

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  23. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    89% User Score Based on 1,997 reviews

    Terraformers is a 3X game with roguelite elements in which you terraform Mars. Explore the planet’s wonders, exploit its resources and expand by settling new cities. Start the terraforming... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Terraformers.

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  24. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    77% User Score Based on 270 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 2 reviews

    A strategy game of exploration, endurance, and space travel on an interstellar gothic monastery. Explore solar systems, harvest resources, construct outposts, and face hazards in the challenging universe of The Banished Vault. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Banished Vault.

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  25. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    78% User Score Based on 510 reviews

    In Final Upgrade, you will experience the role of artificial intelligence (AI), created by mankind to help spread colonists across the galaxy. In each game session, you are tasked with conquering one of the regions of the galaxy. Arriving at the site with one ship carrying minimal resources, you must build a massive factory spread over 100 sectors, producing all sorts of resources that the coloni… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Final Upgrade.

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  26. 48%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    42% User Score Based on 742 reviews
    Critic Score 66%Based on 2 reviews

    Starship Corporation is a starship-building simulation game in which you must design and build spaceships for a hugely demanding galaxy-wide market. It is you who must decide which technologies to invest in first, where to open new shipyards and where to establish new markets. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starship Corporation.

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    55%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    55% User Score Based on 94 reviews

    Pachillinko is a mix of japanese Pachinko and western Plinko style game, set in neon synthwave design with some retro feeling of 80s. Relaxing mouse-only clicking gameplay allows you to sit back and just chill... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pachillinko.

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    76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    76% User Score Based on 878 reviews

    The Fermi Paradox is a choice-driven sci-fi narrative strategy game in which your decisions in one corner of the galaxy can upend entire civilizations in another. Guide species through millennia and help them explore the vastness of space, make contact and, perhaps, create harmony. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Fermi Paradox.

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  30. Genesis - Evolution of Traits by Selection A sandbox evolution simulator with trait inheritance and natural selection #Evolution #NaturalSelection Genesis is a real-time evolution simulator built with Godot Engine that demonstrates how traits evolve through natural selection across generations. Watch digital organisms compete for resources, reproduce, and pass traits to offspring with… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Genesis.

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  31. 24%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay
    40% User Score Based on 10 reviews

    ASMR -- LaVonne's Bouncing Idle is a physics-based idle clicker that's all about one thing: filling your screen with bouncing kinetic energy and watching crazy numbers go up. I built this game to be a satisfying, relaxing sandbox where you steadily upgrade a fleet of unique physical balls. Every time a ball hits a block, it deals kinetic damage. Break the grid, earn cash, and scale your power. K… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to LaVonne's Bouncing Idle.

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  32. Survive. Hunt. Evolve.Welcome to Primal Blue—a deeply immersive online ocean survival game where realism drives every encounter and the ocean never stops evolving. Step into the skin, scales, or tentacles of a living sea creature and navigate a vibrant, hostile ecosystem shaped entirely by nature—and the choices of other players. From the fragile beginnings of life in a reef to the chilling dep… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Primal Blue.

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  33. The Soul Teller opens a new ledger.Bloodweight is a generational saga that runs for a hundred generations and then writes a book about what you did wrong. You are the Ancestor — the collective memory of a bloodline. You don't control your heirs. You steer them. You choose who breeds, who leads, and who gets exiled into the dark. They choose whether to listen. When the bloodline finally ends — an… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bloodweight.

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  34. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    97% User Score Based on 2,011 reviews

    Do you like Horses / Money?!  Can I interest you in Horse racing!? What's better than owning a Horse? If you have two horses you can breed them or use CRISPR if you're in a hurry So get in the balloon! Don't watch TV that's lame Wouldn't you rather play some Horsey Game If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Horsey Game.

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  35. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, graphics
    82% User Score Based on 866 reviews

    Too long in this prison, time to get out of here. Pull the carpet and start digging with a teaspoon. Watch out for the guard, sell him the junk you find. Trade toilet paper with the prisoners. Get better items and improve your stats. Expand the tunnel, use glow sticks and dynamite. Will you escape? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Prison Escape Simulator: Dig Out.

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  36. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    75% User Score Based on 189 reviews

    Welcome to Super Loco World! As the freshly-minted transport tycoon around these parts, you’ll need to build up a rail network, manage train traffic, and keep the goods flowing to meet the growing demands of an ever-evolving world!  Embrace automation Your trains need more than just a route from you! Control their speeds carefully, manage rail junctions, and eventually automate the process … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Super Loco World - Cozy Train Automation.

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  37. 53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    67% User Score Based on 30 reviews

    A strategic franchise mode football sim where you run the front office and call all the shots —build your roster, manage the franchise and handle the play calling to guide your team to glory across seasons of immersive franchise-building. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ultimate Pro Football Coach.

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    Innovative fusion of automatic combat and Trading Card Games! Become the adventurer Kamus and travel through several unknown star worlds. Summon monsters from other worlds to assist you on your conquest journey through highly liberalized decks! The demo includes 46 characters (100+ in the full version, including evolutions), 39 items (80+ planned), and 59 tech cards (150+ in the full release). … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kernel.

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  40. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    85% User Score Based on 97 reviews

    Simultree is an incremental game about running a life simulation. Features: Run simulations to experiment with some entities that are trying to survive by eating fruits and reproducing.Unlock items and upgrade inside a tech tree.Compete in an online leaderboard. A game made in 3 days for Mini Jam #186 (Theme: Evolution, Limitation: Failure is progress). Everything has been made during the ja… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Simultree.

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  41. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    95% User Score Based on 110 reviews

    Cyber Rats is a brutal Rogue-Lite Survival Horror game. Escape a sadistic AI's death maze, or be torn apart trying! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cyber Rats.

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    60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story
    100% User Score Based on 11 reviews

    Hollow Mine is a roguelike hack-and-slash dungeon crawler. Explore mysterious mines where levels are generated randomly every play. Fight enemy hordes and tough bosses. You can choose from various weapons and abilities to upgrade your character and create your own combination. Links: Wishlist game on Steamhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2465060/Hollow_Mine/Watch devlogs on YouTubehttps://www.yo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hollow Mine.

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  43. View Game
    86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    86% User Score Based on 85 reviews

    We're proud to announce that Lifecraft will be out today on Steam! Thanks for the support and feedback you gave us in these months. Let the journey begin! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1839930/Lifecraft/ THE GAME The game is a survival game in which you start from a simple cell, striving to survive by assimilating resources from a sort of primordial broth.Through evolution you will be able… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lifecraft.

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  44. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    79% User Score Based on 386 reviews

    Craftomation 101 is a craft automation game about funny programmable robots CraftoMates who can move, eat, and craft things needed to terraform a frozen planet. You land on a frozen planet in a tiny rocket with a robot inside. Harvest and combine materials to discover new ones. Use visual programming to make the robot do the tiresome work for you. Slowly build a gang of self-sustaining robot work… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft.

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  45. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    72% User Score Based on 734 reviews

    REVIEWS About the Game“Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks” is a tycoon simulation game that puts you in charge of a small and young arms trading company, specializing in constructing and selling tanks all around the world. Shape the history of tank warfare as you research, design, produce and sell the ultimate fighting machines from the dawn of tank warfare to modern times. Every design decision you make … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks.

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  46. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, monetization
    81% User Score Based on 64 reviews

    Step into a realm where live streams dissolve into nightmarish realities. You'll embody a streamer who unwittingly steps into an abandoned asylum, only to be ensnared by an unimaginable and unrelenting horror. Reality distorts and chills as mysteries unravel, transforming your broadcast into a harrowing descent. Are you prepared for the terrors that lie ahead? Twisting Reality: Your stream bec… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Madhouse Madness: Streamer's Fate.

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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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  48. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    71% User Score Based on 410 reviews

    This Goblin Tribe Simulator brings a challenging blend of chaos and creativity to the city-building genre. Build dwellings, manage your resources, defend your goblins, and grow your tribe to face other races and even the Gods! Do you have what it takes to control the chaos and rule the unruly? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Goblins of Elderstone.

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  49. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    72% User Score Based on 201 reviews

    Business Magnate is a tycoon business simulation game where you can create all types of businesses: Cars, rockets, phones, tanks, trucks, airplanes, computers, ships and more. Design, produce, market and sell them. You can even run multiple companies at the same time. What can you do in the game - Company types: Cars, rockets, phones, tanks, trucks, airplanes, computers, ships - Build offices, wa… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Business Magnate.

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    76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    76% User Score Based on 2,410 reviews

    Basement is a strategy game, where you start doing illegal business to fund the development of your dream video game. It won't be easy, so get ready to deal with other gangs, cops, crazy junkies, mysterious investor and even ghosts from the past. You'll start in an old uncle's basement and quickly realize how complex and unpredictable the world of drug dealing business is. Expand your influence… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Basement.

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