Games like EvoLife
If EvoLife is your kind of game, the closest matches are Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox, Lifecraft and Circuit Artist — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and immersive. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
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Players who liked EvoLife also play
Steam players who put hours into EvoLife also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with EvoLife.
Top pick for EvoLife fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with EvoLife.
A toy ecosystem with fully simulated genetics and evolution. Will you tinker with DNA or sit back, relax, and see if life finds a way?
Lifecraft
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with EvoLife.
Second-strongest match for EvoLife fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Early Access with EvoLife.
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 functions to a fully fledged system! Assemble, breathe, eat, fight threats, produce energy, grow, anything is possible!
Circuit Artist
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for EvoLife fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with EvoLife.
A circuit simulator where you draw everything. Wires are pixels, gates are triangles. Design chips, watch signals glow as they propagate, and debug by rewinding time.
Ecosystem
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with EvoLife.
Ranked #4 for EvoLife fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with EvoLife.
Create virtual lifeforms whose development is shaped by a deep simulation of evolution. Guide them as they fight, mate, and adapt to the environment you have built. All the creatures in the trailer evolved on their own in the game!
PC Creator - PC Building Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with EvoLife.
Ranked #5 for EvoLife fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with EvoLife.
Try yourself as a PC builder and build your dream PC from 200+ real components!Complete different PC building and PC repair orders to upgrade your business: build a PC from zero, install popular OS', upgrade computers, install different programs and games, fix PC parts, and much more.
Planetary Life
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with EvoLife.
Ranked #6 for EvoLife fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Early Access with EvoLife.
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!
Gridworld
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with EvoLife.
Ranked #7 for EvoLife fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with EvoLife.
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.
ANLIFE: Motion-Learning Life Evolution
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with EvoLife.
Ranked #8 for EvoLife fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with EvoLife.
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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below EvoLife at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under EvoLife on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with EvoLife.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under EvoLife on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with EvoLife.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under EvoLife on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with EvoLife.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under EvoLife on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with EvoLife.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under EvoLife on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with EvoLife.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under EvoLife on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with EvoLife.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Nodebuster
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under EvoLife on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with EvoLife.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under EvoLife on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with EvoLife.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with EvoLife.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with EvoLife.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with EvoLife.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
Steam Engine Simulator
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with EvoLife.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with EvoLife.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Coloring Pixels
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
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Frequently asked about EvoLife
- Does EvoLife run on Steam Deck?
- EvoLife is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does EvoLife cost?
- EvoLife is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to EvoLife?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside EvoLife are Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox, Lifecraft, Circuit Artist.
- Who developed EvoLife?
- EvoLife was developed by Mihaly Sisak.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on EvoLife.
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