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Single-player games like ANLIFE: Motion-Learning Life Evolution

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to ANLIFE: Motion-Learning Life Evolution, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.

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Ranked picks

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    Macht: Cosmic Engine — Steam game cover

    Macht: Cosmic Engine

    Single-player alternative to ANLIFE: Motion-Learning Life Evolution — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with ANLIFE: Motion-Learning Life Evolution.

    Macht is a 1:1 scale, real physics-based cosmic simulator. Code and manage your own universe simulation; the destiny of all living beings is in your hands.

    2026StrategySimulationEarly Access21.24 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox — Steam game cover

    Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox

    Single-player alternative to ANLIFE: Motion-Learning Life Evolution — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with ANLIFE: Motion-Learning Life Evolution.

    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?

    2017StrategyIndieSimulation6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ecosystem — Steam game cover

    Ecosystem

    Single-player alternative to ANLIFE: Motion-Learning Life Evolution — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with ANLIFE: Motion-Learning Life Evolution.

    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!

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Planetary Life — Steam game cover

    Planetary Life

    Single-player alternative to ANLIFE: Motion-Learning Life Evolution — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with ANLIFE: Motion-Learning Life Evolution.

    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!

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation11.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    WorldBox - God Simulator — Steam game cover

    WorldBox - God Simulator

    Single-player alternative to ANLIFE: Motion-Learning Life Evolution — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with ANLIFE: Motion-Learning Life Evolution.

    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!

    2021IndieSimulationEarly Access19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Reus 2 — Steam game cover

    Reus 2

    Single-player alternative to ANLIFE: Motion-Learning Life Evolution — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with ANLIFE: Motion-Learning Life Evolution.

    Shape worlds with your godly titans. Make symbiotic ecosystems and inspire humanity with your creations. Their achievements unlock new possibilities. Make different planets for different human spirits, and fill the universe with life!

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SPORE™ — Steam game cover

    SPORE™

    Single-player alternative to ANLIFE: Motion-Learning Life Evolution — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with ANLIFE: Motion-Learning Life Evolution.

    Be the architect of your own universe with Spore, an exciting single-player adventure. From Single Cell to Galactic God, evolve your creature in a universe of your own creations.

    2008ActionStrategyAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Sapling — Steam game cover

    The Sapling

    Single-player alternative to ANLIFE: Motion-Learning Life Evolution — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with ANLIFE: Motion-Learning Life Evolution.

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

    2019SimulationEarly Access17.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →