Games like SimLife

"Earthtongue" is a single-player Science Fiction Simulation game with a stunning soundtrack, where players guide a sunless world of fungi and bugs. The objective is to maintain the ecosystem's balance, with limited goals such as maximizing the ecosystem's health or creating a fungal garden. The game allows players to peacefully observe the unfolding story of this unique world or interact with it through subtle nudges to breed bugs or influence the food chain.

Transform a deserted trading outpost into a bustling diner that attracts mercenaries, nobles, smugglers, and adventurers from across the galaxy. Build and design kitchens, gardens, and dining halls to satisfy diverse alien tastes while managing staff and rush hours. Earn faction points to unlock special rewards and influence galactic power struggles through invasions.

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…

"Terraformers" is a single-player Science Fiction Turn Based Strategy game with fantastic mechanics, stellar visuals, and a phenomenal soundtrack. You terraform a procedurally generated planet, discovering resources, building cities, and engineering the environment through unique life forms and geological manipulations. With randomly proposed project cards and different growth strategies, each playthrough offers a very replayable and unique atmosphere, although it can be quite grinding.

"Heliopedia" is a sandbox/exploration game set in a fictional universe, where players can collect materials, terraform planets, and discover new species for their encyclopedia. The game features a pseudo-scientific chemistry system, over 10 biomes, and a variety of insects, plants, animals, and trees to discover. With 99 items to find and the ability to create peaceful or destructive ecosystems, "Heliopedia" offers a unique and engaging experience.

SpaceChem is a design-based puzzle game where you build machines to transform raw materials into chemical products. As a Reactor Engineer, you'll face production quotas, sinister threats, and even monsters, all while optimizing your factories for the leading chemical synthesizer in frontier colonies. With its engrossing gameplay, SpaceChem offers a challenging and addictive experience for players.

Vilmonic is a pixel-art artificial life simulator where you protect and breed unique creatures and experiment with natural and artificial selection. Each creature's body and function is determined by its evolving genetic code, with pixels and body shape affecting hydration, nutrient use, movement, and perception. Your goal is to bring life back from the brink of extinction and uncover the secrets of the past.

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.

In Waking Mars , players explore an open-world network of caves filled with alien life forms and ruins. To survive, they must learn to create ecosystems with exotic plants and creatures, using some to feed others. The goal is to discover the secrets of Mars' past before time runs out.

"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.