Best Nature Games on Steam
Games centered on wilderness, ecosystems, landscapes, animals, plants, or environmental care.
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1Planet Zoo - Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim. Construct detailed habitats, manage your zoo, and meet authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them.
Nov 5, 2019
In this game, you can…
- have an antelope herd get spooked, jump the fence into the guest crowd, and trigger a full-on panic as people sprint for the exits.
- select breeders by multiple genetic traits, track rare genes through family lines, and end up with unusual offspring like albinos.
- rotate, overlap, and clip building pieces to make custom shops and restaurants, then save them as blueprints to reuse in other zoos.
- zoom in and just watch lemurs or red pandas roam, with lifelike animations and realistic calls.
- dig rivers and lakes, raise mountains, carve caves, and build a huge custom zoo for hours with no money pressure.
- build a habitat from scratch, tune humidity and planting, add enrichment and climbing, then watch the animal move in and thrive.
- save a custom restaurant as a blueprint, then drop it into other zoos and blend it into whatever theme you're building.
- release new generations back into the wild after breeding them, so your zoo's animals become part of a continuing lineage.
2Farming Simulator 22 - Create your farm and let the good times grow! Harvest crops, tend to animals, manage productions, and take on seasonal challenges.
Nov 21, 2021
In this game, you can…
- tell an AI driver to travel anywhere, load at a silo, deliver to a sell point or railroad, and repeat until it's done.
- set a real crop calendar with seasons, then shorten months to one day or fast-forward a whole year at x360.
- sink a 60-foot trailer into a river and watch millions of free-range eggs float away downstream.
- build production buildings, own them, and turn your harvest into a multi-step goods chain that keeps expanding.
- run co-op where friends share one farm or run separate farms on the same map, with shared equipment and money transfers.
- grow grapes and olives with dedicated equipment, adding a whole new style of farming alongside regular crops.
- watch the map change with the months, from summer barbecues to Halloween decor to snowmen and Christmas lights.
3Gorilla Tag - Run, jump, and climb using only your hands. Play tag or infection with people online. Run away from the infected players, or outmaneuver the survivors to catch them. Embrace your inner ape.
Jan 1, 2023
In this game, you can…
- run, jump, and climb in VR using only your hands and arms.
- hit the tutorial, drop into a lobby, and find everyone communicating by making monkey noises.
- learn advanced moves like wall running, wall bouncing, and pinch climbing between two surfaces to juke pursuers.
- push off walls and branches to swing yourself through the map with no sticks or teleporting.
- climb to the highest treetops and stay out of reach while other gorillas struggle to follow your route.
- get singled out as the last target and have the whole lobby converge on you in an infection chase.
- fight team-vs-team paintball battles using slingshots.
- play a Hunt mode where you get one specific person to track down while someone else is hunting you.
4SnowRunner - Get ready for the next-generation off-road experience! Drive powerful vehicles and overcome extreme open environments to complete dozens of challenging missions solo or with up to 3 friends!
May 17, 2021
In this game, you can…
- repair bridges, clear debris, and fix infrastructure so the map physically changes and new routes open up.
- find abandoned vehicles in swamps or hidden spots, repair them, and add them to your fleet for free.
- flip a loaded trailer on a tilted bridge, then bring in cranes and other trucks to rebuild the load and finish the job.
- take a simple delivery job and turn it into a multi-day convoy of recovery trucks just to get the cargo to a sawmill.
- use a winch to pull yourself through forests, dragging your truck around trees when there isn't really a road.
- scout the world for watchtowers, then plan runs around deep mud, icy roads, floods, and narrow gaps before you haul.
- rock, steer, and inch forward in mud or snow until a stuck truck finally breaks free without just flooring it.
- haul super-heavy trailers across terrain where every rut and pebble can tip the truck if you pick the wrong line.
5My Singing Monsters - Dive into the Musical World of My Singing Monsters! Breed them, feed them, listen to them sing! Breed & collect a menagerie of Monsters, each a living instrument! Build your paradise across 35+ Islands, customize your world, and enjoy endless music! There's never a dull moment in the Monster World!
Mar 24, 2021
In this game, you can…
- build a song by placing monsters until new melodies emerge and the loop turns into a full island-sized composition.
- mute individual monsters or change their volume so the same island plays a different arrangement on demand.
- move your monsters into a separate battle island to fight in quest-style turn-based battles and win new costumes.
- breed monsters with hatch times that range from hours to weeks, chasing rare results with tiny odds that can take repeated attempts.
- send monsters you've raised to a separate Gold Island, then start rebuilding new ensembles back on your other islands again.
- play daily minigames like memory, spin, and scratch to earn rewards while the monsters shout their sounds back at you.
- set up coin-earning monsters and place mines that generate diamonds each day, then reinvest into more islands, buildings, and upgrades.
- collect over 250 monsters with unique sounds, then watch your island become a living chorus as each one joins the track.
6FAR: Lone Sails - Traverse a dried-out seabed littered with the remains of a decaying civilization. Keep your unique vessel going, overcome numerous obstacles and withstand the hazardous weather conditions. How far can you make it? What will you find?
May 17, 2018
In this game, you can…
- turn junk you scavenge into glowing liquid fuel to keep your vehicle alive.
- shut the engine off and let a huge sail pull you across the dried seabed in near-silence.
- collect sentimental objects like a teddy bear or books, then choose to display them or feed them into your fuel converter.
- use the sail to catch wind for speed, then angle it wrong to slide backward and reposition.
- hit a roadblock, climb off your vehicle into a puzzle space, trigger a mechanism, then roll back on and keep going.
- run a one-person pit crew while driving, juggling fires, steam pressure, brakes, and repairs without stopping.
- piece together a wordless story by passing abandoned towns, landlocked ships, trains, grave sites, and other relics of collapse.
- go from engine roar to sudden speed as upgrades kick in, with the ship surging forward under changing skies.
7Timberborn - Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.
Mar 12, 2026
In this game, you can…
- build a dam so high you flood half the map and most of your village.
- dig canals and blast new channels with explosives to create artificial lakes that carry you through week-long droughts.
- replace most of your workforce with robot beavers that run factories and mines 24/7.
- build dams that turn droughts into a non-issue.
- stack buildings into a vertical city that can box itself in until you can't even place roads.
- reroute a river and watch your power die, your farms drown, and the overflow hit your colony from a different direction.
- start a new district that can starve while your main city is overflowing with supplies one tile away.
8Tiny Glade - Tiny Glade is a small diorama builder where you doodle whimsical castles, cozy cottages & romantic ruins. Explore gridless building chemistry as the game adorns your glades with procedural detail. No management, combat or goals: just kick back and turn forgotten meadows into lovable dioramas.
Sep 23, 2024
In this game, you can…
- draw a path through a building and a door appears automatically.
- run paths under layered foundations to force arches and doorway cutouts like a little architectural puzzle.
- make a pond high up and watch it carve a deep pit into the terrain.
- raise a building and the columns and beams line themselves up to support it.
- let the game assemble every brick, pebble, and plank so even rough shapes turn into cozy, detailed buildings.
- watch ivy spread over walls while sheep wander your paths and fireflies come out at night.
- pet sheep and ducks while you stroll around the town you built.
- build a detailed overhead D&D map, then walk through it in camera mode to check roofs, streets, and sightlines.
9The Plan - A fly ascends to the skies, pondering the pointlessness of its brief existence.
Feb 14, 2014
In this game, you can…
- reach the "sun," discover it's a red-hot light bulb, and fly into it
- hit a point where control fades and an unseen force pulls you upward in a straight climb along rays of light
- rise so high the trees fall away and you're a dot against star clouds and galaxies
- start as a tiny fly in the dirt and climb straight up
- get buffeted by wind, smacked by falling leaves, and stuck in spider webs you can struggle free from
- climb into the finale while classical music surges to match the ascent
10A Short Hike - Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Jul 30, 2019
In this game, you can…
- break blocked entrances with a pickaxe, water bouncy flowers into shortcuts, then chain the new vertical routes across the island.
- mess around freely: sail a motorboat, swim along the lakeshore, fish the river, take naps, and leap off cliffs without punishment.
- manage high-altitude cold that freezes your used-up flaps until you warm back up.
- learn to climb, glide, and flap farther by finding golden and silver feathers.
- launch off mountain peaks and glide over forests to reach distant ledges.
- dig up buried treasure by following map clues to hidden stashes and cliffside chests.
- enter parkour races with a limited number of feathers and win by finding the fastest route and chaining shortcuts.
- reach the summit for cell reception, then glide all the way back down while spotting everywhere you explored from above.
