Games like Species: Artificial Life, Real 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!

"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."

"Saurian" is a single-player, open-world game set in Hell Creek 66 million years ago, where players survive as hatchlings, managing needs while avoiding predators and hazards in a scientifically accurate environment. Its good mechanics, impressive visuals, and music are weighed down by numerous bugs, but it offers an immersive dinosaur experience with a thriving AI ecosystem.

"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."

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…

"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.

"Novus Inceptio" is a sandbox survival game set in a procedurally generated world. Players must gather resources, craft tools, and build shelters to survive against harsh environments and hostile creatures. With a focus on player freedom, the game offers various activities such as farming, hunting, and building, providing an immersive experience in a persistent world.

"Medieval Engineers" is a sandbox game set in the medieval era, focused on realistic engineering principles. Players can build various structures, such as castles and siege machines, using a variety of materials. The game also features a physics-based destruction system, allowing for realistic deconstruction and demolition of creations.

"Blockscape" is an unfinished role-playing game that offers single-player and multi-player modes with fully procedurally generated worlds. You must gather materials, craft, and build to create a new civilization, with NPCs moving in and working for you if you provide them with beds and food. Despite good graphics and music, expect missing features and bugs as the game is still in early access development.

In "My Little Blacksmith Shop," you become a blacksmith in a fantasy world, gathering resources, smelting ingts, forging weapons, and selling them for profit. The game is currently in early access, with version 0.1.1 patch 1 released in July 2019. Donations of $10 or more on Itch.io after December 31st, 2017, do not guarantee a Steam key. Minimum system requirements include a quad-core Intel or AMD processor, a Nvidia Geforce 470 GTX or AMD Radeon 6870 HD Series graphics card, and 8GB RAM.