Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox
Polygons eating polygons eating polygons. An evolution sandbox where the genetics really are simulated.
53% of 98 Steam reviews are positive$0.76
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Chasing that colorful and funny feeling you got from DOOD? These games are worth a look next.
Doodle Creatures
Play God & Create an Amazing Creature Universe! From the creators of the award winning puzzler Doodle God.
Colorful, Funny, Relaxing
79% of 33 Steam reviews are positive$11.99The Sapling
Design your own plants, algae, fungi and animals, then set them loose in a world together. Add random mutations and watch evolution fill every niche, or shape the planet yourself, ice ages included. A calm, creative ecosystem toy from solo developer Wessel Stoop.
Relaxing, Replayable, Cute
88% of 1,987 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 53$17.99Doodle Farm
Play God & Create an Amazing Creature Universe!
Colorful, Funny, Relaxing
76% of 33 Steam reviews are positive$8.99Planetary Life
Shape a dead planet into a living world. Move mountains and seas, tune the climate, then seed cells and watch them evolve into plants, animals and strange chimera of your making. Guide every step or sit back and see what 50,000 years cook up. A calm, colorful sandbox for anyone who ever wanted to play at being a very patient god.
Colorful, Relaxing, Replayable
94% of 949 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17$11.99Birthdays the Beginning
The origins of the world are yours to decide in this engaging and open-ended builder experience! Shape the geography, control the temperature, and give rise to diverse lifeforms. Witness the birth of an entirely new ecosystem, made with your very own hands!
Colorful, Relaxing, Replayable
63% of 903 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99Heliopedia
A fictional universe sandbox/exploration game. 🪐☄️✨ Shape your own solar system by terraforming planets. Find new species and make beautiful ecosystems . . . or breed destruction with volcanos, lightning storms and wildfires!
Colorful, Relaxing, Replayable
87% of 202 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Creatura
Seed, Breed, Create. From single cell organisms to complex ecosystems. Evolve every part of your own unique aquarium / terrarium by applying scientifically accurate principles of natural and artificial selection, in Creatura - ultimate Virtual Evolution Vivarium Simulator.
Colorful, Relaxing, Replayable
67% of 219 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99CritterGarden
You are an astrobiologist stranded on a lifeless planet. Breathe new life into this mysterious world by gathering plants, animals, and research upgrades to help it grow back to its full potential. Collect, breed, and evolve over 90 cute and quirky Critters to help you on your journey back home!
Colorful, Relaxing, Cute
82% of 28 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Creature Crafter
Build creatures from a bendable spine and swap-in body parts, then take them exploring. Parts change your stats and abilities: wings to fly, fins to swim, jaws to bite. Earn cash through quests, unlock more parts, or jump into creative mode and online worlds with friends. A relaxed sandbox where the fun is what you invent.
Colorful, Relaxing, Replayable
86% of 747 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$7.99Ecosystem
Seed a simulated ocean with random creatures and watch evolution do the rest. They learn to swim, hunt, mate and adapt while you sculpt reefs, tune their DNA and track the family tree. Slow, strange and oddly relaxing.
Relaxing, Replayable
76% of 611 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99World for Two
Traverse stunning pixel landscapes, collect resources, and solve genetic puzzles to bring life back to a desolate planet. Play as an android created by the last human in existence to retrace evolution and save the world from mass extinction, while discovering the true weight of the human condition.
Relaxing, Cute
78% of 58 Steam reviews are positive$13.99Equilinox
Equilinox is a relaxing nature game where you build your own ecosystems from scratch. Place plants and animals, keep every species happy, and spend earned points on genetic tweaks that turn ordinary sheep into bouncing rainbow oddities. Gentle music, low-poly cuteness, and a world that grows at your pace.
Colorful, Relaxing, Replayable
93% of 2,608 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$9.99
Cheaper than DOOD
Sand:box
Mix pixel particles into contraptions, from simple circuits to floods of sand, all at your own unhurried pace.
93% of 1,729 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 24$1.99
Husbandry
As an entrepreneur from a far away galaxy, raise and breed the exotic creatures of Earth, then sell them back to your home world.
77% of 126 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Sandboxels
A pixel sandbox where every powder, liquid and gas reacts, and the only goal is the one you set yourself.
94% of 1,181 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 38$0.99
Gridworld
Gridworld is an artificial life and evolution simulator. Watch creatures evolve through natural selection as they learn to find food, avoid danger…
85% of 238 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$1.99
Ardarium
Watch a simulated 2D world including weather, plants, animals, and humans in this casual sandbox game about nature and life.
94% of 18 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Dino Park
🦕 Dino Park is a cozy idle game about collecting dinosaurs! 🦖 Watch your dinosaurs level up in real time, earning more money for your park.
70% of 30 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Monster MIX
Welcome to the world of funny monsters! Evolution simulator in 2D with cute graphics.
62% of 13 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Doodle God: Alchemy Jam
Short experimental puzzle game, based on Doodle God alchemy mechanics.
29% of 94 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$0.99
Orion Sandbox Enhanced
Crash-land on a 2D planet, craft tools and weapons, build a home, and defend it once the sun goes down.
94% of 1,224 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$1.19
Plankton
Minimalist style game : plankton simulation, an electronic pet generated by math codes. Under your care it will slowly grow up and evolve.
76% of 82 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Hidden gems like DOOD
Planetary Life
Terraform a barren world, tune its climate and watch the life you seed evolve across millennia, all at your own unhurried pace.
94% of 949 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17$11.99
The Bibites: Digital Life
Digital life that actually evolves. Bibites are tiny creatures with neural network brains and genes of their own: set up a world, let natural…
96% of 229 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 30$9.99
Strange Seed
Eat DNA, grow new body parts and fight your way from forests to volcanoes as the build you design.
85% of 456 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 15$14.99
Sand:box
Mix pixel particles into contraptions, from simple circuits to floods of sand, all at your own unhurried pace.
93% of 1,729 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 24$1.99
BioEden
As a Keeper sent by the Cosmic Collective, you turn a barren planet into BioEden: recycle debris, wire up solar power and water, clean rivers and…
73% of 114 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$21.99
Sipho
Sipho is an action survival game with an intricate building system. Grow your own creature and take over the local ecosystem.
83% of 342 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$17.99
Creature Crafter
Design creatures from body parts, watch them come to life, and explore open worlds with friends.
86% of 747 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$7.99
Ecosystem
Seed a simulated ocean with random creatures and watch evolution do the rest.
76% of 611 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99
Monster Lab Simulator
Buy strange essences, raise adorable Fulus and grow a lab that turns cute creatures into a steady income.
71% of 524 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13$12.99
Creatures Docking Station
Raise and train a troupe of cuddly virtual life creatures that live on a Space Station.
94% of 218 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3Free
Honeycomb: The World Beyond
Scan strange plants, crossbreed creatures and raise a base on Sota7, a planet that hides a mystery worth your patience.
68% of 236 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 23$29.99
Heliopedia
A fictional universe sandbox/exploration game. 🪐☄️✨ Shape your own solar system by terraforming planets.
87% of 202 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Newest games like DOOD
Dystopian Pet Simulator
A grim exploration-driven pet simulator set in a broken world.
92% of 49 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
Honeycomb: The World Beyond
Scan strange plants, crossbreed creatures and raise a base on Sota7, a planet that hides a mystery worth your patience.
68% of 236 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 23$29.99
BioEden
As a Keeper sent by the Cosmic Collective, you turn a barren planet into BioEden: recycle debris, wire up solar power and water, clean rivers and…
73% of 114 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$21.99
SquareLife
Build creatures from a handful of traits and set them loose.
88% of 8 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Dinosaur
Create your own island without limits. Populate your island with dinosaurs, choose from over 50 species.
67% of 21 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Neofold
The infinite creature-collector where each pet is uniquely yours, generated live by your GPU.
93% of 15 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Creature Creation Station
A creative sandbox playground. Create characters, watch them play together, and easily share your creations with friends!
100% of 29 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Monster Lab Simulator
Buy strange essences, raise adorable Fulus and grow a lab that turns cute creatures into a steady income.
71% of 524 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13$12.99
Eggo
Hatch a hand-drawn creature, feed and dress it up, and let it hunt treasures from other planets while you get on with your day.
83% of 409 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 68$5.99
Strange Seed
Eat DNA, grow new body parts and fight your way from forests to volcanoes as the build you design.
85% of 456 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 15$14.99
Planetary Life
Terraform a barren world, tune its climate and watch the life you seed evolve across millennia, all at your own unhurried pace.
94% of 949 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17$11.99
CritterGarden
You are an astrobiologist stranded on a lifeless planet. Breathe new life into this mysterious world by gathering plants, animals, and research…
82% of 28 Steam reviews are positive$9.99