Games Like The Sapling

The Sapling

The Sapling is a simulation game where you design your own plants, animals, algae and fungi, and put them in a world together. Or you turn on random mutations, and see what evolution does to your ecosystem!

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Nature & Life - Drunk On Nectar

87% 👍 OF 291
About This Game

Play as Animals, Live in Nature! Multiple game modes include Realistic Lifecycles, Survival, Sandbox, Fantasy and Exploration. Unique gameplay for each species! Currently featuring Monarch Butterfly, Praying Mantis, Jumping Spider and other iconic creatures. Mammals, Birds, Reptiles coming soon!

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Terra Firma

94% 👍 OF 605
About This Game

Play god and create your own world in this complex simulation. Plate tectonics, wind and water erosion and plant life all develop and interact to produce a world that is viewable from a single tree to kilometres across.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Shape Moving Continents
  • …Carve Rivers With Water
  • …Reshape Land By Hand
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Planetary Life

94% 👍 OF 938
About This Game

Manipulate climate, add plants and evolve creatures in this planet and life sandbox simulation game. From cells to civilizations, spread life throughout the whole planet. Or just enjoy watching your creation burn!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Terraform a Bare Planet
  • …Build Life from Cells
  • …Steer Climate and Terrain
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Creatures Docking Station

95% 👍 OF 216
About This Game

Raise and train a troupe of cuddly virtual life creatures that live on a Space Station. Because they have neural network brains, Norns can be taught right from wrong, but because they also have their own, individual personalities, they may not always do what you want.

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Creatura

67% 👍 OF 232
About This Game

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.

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WorldBox - God Simulator

95% 👍 OF 56K
About This Game

WorldBox is the ULTIMATE god simulator and sandbox game. A petri dish for your fantasy civilizations. Create your own world or destroy it using many powers. Watch civilizations grow, form kingdoms, colonize new lands, sail to far continents, wars to ignite, empires to fall and towns to burn!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …give grasshoppers sapience with monoliths, watch them churn through a hundred kingdoms in a year, then somehow invent agriculture and windmills.
  • …curse the world so every death leaves a wandering wraith haunting the land for the rest of history.
  • …drop a landlocked orc tribe into a mountain bowl and watch them still research boats and set up maritime trade routes.
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Nobody - The Turnaround

60% 👍 OF 14K
About This Game

Nobody – The Turnaround is a life simulator set in a parallel world that echoes modern society. Manage your time and resources carefully, strive to find a way through difficult times, and overcome the predicament you find yourself in.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Lay Bricks, Deliver Mail
  • …Manage Health and Mood
  • …Play Chess and Dance
REL Nov 16, 2022 FREE ON STEAM See This Game →