Planetary 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…
94% of 948 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$11.99
Games like Evolution
Loved how minimalist and replayable Evolution can get? Start with these games when you are ready.
Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution
Play with evolution! Species: ALRE is a scientifically-grounded, emergent simulation of natural selection. Creatures evolve and speciate in response to in-game mutation and selection forces, allowing you to experience and tinker with evolution in real-time.
Replayable
73% of 975 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$19.99Gridworld
Gridworld is an artificial life and evolution simulator. Watch creatures evolve through natural selection as they learn to find food, avoid danger, and compete with other creatures for survival.
Minimalist, Replayable, Chaotic
85% of 238 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$1.99Ecosystem
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.
Replayable
76% of 610 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$19.99The 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.
Replayable, Cute
88% of 1,974 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 65$17.99Creatura
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.
Replayable, Cute
67% of 219 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99Thrive
Start as the first spark of life on an alien planet and steer your species across billions of years. Build your microbe from real organelles, hunt or photosynthesise your way to survival, and watch rival species evolve against you. A calm, science-driven evolution sandbox where every run plays out differently.
Minimalist, Replayable
92% of 1,726 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17$4.99The 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 selection do its thing, and watch new species, predators and parasites emerge. Or skip evolution and engineer your own lifeform. An aquarium, a science lab and a god game in one.
Replayable, Surreal, Cute
96% of 227 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 36$9.99evolution for beginners
Evolution For Beginners is an evolution simulation where you can create and cultivate your own species by only using evolutionary mechanics. Watch your creatures multiply like microorganisms in a primeval ocean while only the fittest survive.
Minimalist, Replayable
67% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$3.49Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox
Polygons eating polygons eating polygons. An evolution sandbox where the genetics really are simulated. Seed a world, walk away, and come back to species neither of us designed. Watch populations boom, bust and go extinct. Best left on a second monitor.
Minimalist, Replayable
53% of 98 Steam reviews are positive$6.99ANLIFE: Motion-Learning Life Evolution
A relaxing evolution simulation where AI-driven block creatures move in unexpected ways. There are no complex ecosystems—just pure movement learning through a physics engine. Watch as these creatures scurry, stumble, and evolve in their own unique, unpredictable ways.
Minimalist, Replayable, Chaotic
83% of 168 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$13.99Niche - a genetics survival game
Breed a species of cat, fox and bear-like creatures through real genetics and keep the family line alive across procedurally generated islands. A turn-based survival puzzle where predators, sickness and climate change are always waiting, and every run plays out differently.
Replayable, Cute
88% of 4,361 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 34$17.99EvoLife
Create and evolve your own digital lifeforms! Watch or interact as your creations adapt and thrive in a world governed by the laws of physics. Download now and start your own evolutionary journey!
Minimalist, Replayable
83% of 30 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Hidden gems like Evolution
Primordialis
Design a living creature from cells and send it into the deep, where every run rebuilds it from scratch.
93% of 1,023 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 39$19.99
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 227 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 36$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 454 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$14.99
ANLIFE: Motion-Learning Life Evolution
A relaxing evolution simulation where AI-driven block creatures move in unexpected ways.
83% of 168 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$13.99
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: 1$17.99
Ecosystem
Seed a simulated ocean with random creatures and watch evolution do the rest.
76% of 610 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$19.99
Thrive
Grow a microbe into a species, choosing every adaptation as your alien world changes around you.
92% of 1,726 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17$4.99
Lifecraft
Survive and evolve as an organism with this simulation game in which you will literally start as a single cell and manage and organize all its…
80% of 142 Steam reviews are positive$22.99
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: 6Free
Everything is Crab: The Animal Evolution Roguelite
Eat, grow and stitch together absurd animal abilities into a new chimera every run, in a fast and funny pixel ecosystem that keeps you on your toes.
76% of 7,131 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 238$9.99
The Sapling
Design creatures and plants, release them into one world, and watch what evolution does with your creations.
88% of 1,974 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 65$17.99
Newest games like Evolution
Substrate: Emergence
Grow fluorescent cell colonies in a living evolution sandbox. Guide mutations, breed new strains, and outcompete rival labs for territory.
88% of 34 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
SquareLife
Build creatures from a handful of traits and set them loose.
88% of 8 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Everything is Crab: The Animal Evolution Roguelite
Eat, grow and stitch together absurd animal abilities into a new chimera every run, in a fast and funny pixel ecosystem that keeps you on your toes.
76% of 7,131 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 238$9.99
Simultree
Simultree is a short incremental game about monitoring life simulations.
86% of 148 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$6.99
ANLIFE: Motion-Learning Life Evolution
A relaxing evolution simulation where AI-driven block creatures move in unexpected ways.
83% of 168 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$13.99
Eon of Life
Eon of Life is a game in which you guide the evolution of a creature for as many million years as you can survive!
82% of 11 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Strange Seed
Eat DNA, grow new body parts and fight your way from forests to volcanoes as the build you design.
85% of 454 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$14.99
Nature Game System
Now includes Jurassic, Flight, and Arctic Tundra! Adapt your species to survive where food is scarce and predators lurk at every turn.
73% of 49 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Evolve Lab
In this roguelike auto battler, every enemy you face was created by another player!
94% of 69 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$14.99
Planetary 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…
94% of 948 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$11.99
Primordialis
Design a living creature from cells and send it into the deep, where every run rebuilds it from scratch.
93% of 1,023 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 39$19.99
Nature & Life - Drunk On Nectar
Play as Animals, Live in Nature! Multiple game modes include Realistic Lifecycles, Survival, Sandbox, Fantasy and Exploration.
87% of 269 Steam reviews are positive$14.99