Games like Vilmonic
If Vilmonic is your kind of game, the closest matches are Creatura, CritterGarden and Substrate: Emergence — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its developer actively improves game, ecosystem building is satisfying and evolution feels realistic. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Vilmonic: Vilmonic is an artificial life simulator and genetics and evolution sandbox game. Protect and breed unique pixel-art life forms where pixels and color have meaning. Craft tools and buildings and change the environment. Find ancient tech and fend off haywire zombitons. Craft Farm Breed Evolve!
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Creatura
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Vilmonic.
Top pick for Vilmonic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Vilmonic.
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.
CritterGarden
WHY THIS
Shares crafting and an atmospheric mood with Vilmonic.
Second-strongest match for Vilmonic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Vilmonic.
You are an astrobiologist stranded on a lifeless planet. Breathe new life into this mysterious world by gathering plants, animals, and research upgrades to help it grow back to its full potential. Collect, breed, and evolve over 90 cute and quirky Critters to help you on your journey back home!
Substrate: Emergence
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Vilmonic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vilmonic.
Grow fluorescent cells that create mesmerizing emergent chaos. Simple mechanics hide deep complexity as cells evolve survival strategies through synergistic interactions. Catalogue successful lines and culture them to develop your own unique biology.
咕噜咕噜海洋馆
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Vilmonic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vilmonic.
欢迎来到这片蔚蓝的摸鱼天堂！在这里，你可以购买可爱的海洋萌物——养Q弹发光的水母、逗气鼓鼓的河豚、有趣的寄居蟹，甚至照顾坏笑的鲨鱼！每天喂食、摸摸头、治疗感冒打喷嚏，看着它们茁壮成长~ 还能帮你赚取贝壳币，通过在商店购买的装饰品，来装饰你的海洋牧场，打造属于你一个人的梦幻海底牧场，快来成为最会摸鱼……啊不，最会经营的海洋大亨吧！(๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧
Natural Instincts: European Forest
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vilmonic.
Ranked #5 for Vilmonic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vilmonic.
Protect the environment, and save it from harm! Give commands to the animals, observe their rituals and help them survive. Face different disasters, react to human presence and help the animal kingdom flourish in this unique, environmental experience!
The Chicken Game
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Vilmonic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Vilmonic.
Have you ever wanted a hyper-realistic industrial chicken farming simulator? Us neither. Design your own farm from the ground up and watch it whimsically expand as you work to reconstruct long forgotten legendary chicken genomes. With so many paths to take, what will YOU choose to create first?
Ecosystem Architect
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Vilmonic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vilmonic.
In Ecosystem Architect, build the ecosystem of your dreams and let your imagination run wild. With a vast selection of foliage, animals, and prehistoric creatures, mix-and-match to your heart's content and watch your environment come to life as they interact in an in-depth simulation.
Gardener Plant Creator
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Vilmonic fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Vilmonic.
Free editor app to design plants for 🍀Gardener: Master of Trees and Flowers🍀
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The Watchmaker
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Vilmonic.
Reviewers of Vilmonic cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vilmonic.
The Watchmaker is an action adventure set in a strange steampunk world of giant clock mechanisms, where time has gone mad. Join Alexander, a clock tower keeper, on his quest to restore time to its natural rhythm!
Birthdays the Beginning
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Vilmonic.
Reviewers of Vilmonic cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Vilmonic.
The origins of the world are yours to decide in this engaging and open-ended builder experience! Shape the geography, control the temperature, and give rise to diverse lifeforms. Witness the birth of an entirely new ecosystem, made with your very own hands!
Minicraft Shooter
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Vilmonic cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vilmonic.
Minicraft Shooter is an epic time killer shooter with a top view in which you face an endless crowd of zombies, in the scenery of a cyberpunk metropolis, a modern city and a green forest. and all this in a cubic style!
CREATURES
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Vilmonic cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and Casual with Vilmonic.
Creatures is a multi-player that adds a gaming layer to music. Based around the pioneering artist BillyRacxx, we're creating a world where his fans can game and enjoy unique music that will constantly be updated.
MiniCraft TD
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Vilmonic cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Vilmonic.
Custom craft over 2,000 unique towers in this minimalist tower defense. Pick 1-of-3 augments between each wave to fit your preferred playstyle, unlock upgrades between levels, and add bonus challenges to increase your high score.
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Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Vilmonic at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Vilmonic on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Vilmonic.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Vilmonic on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Vilmonic.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Vilmonic on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vilmonic.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Vilmonic on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Vilmonic.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Vilmonic on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vilmonic.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Vilmonic on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vilmonic.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Vilmonic on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vilmonic.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Vilmonic on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Vilmonic.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
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 Indie and Simulation with Vilmonic.
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?
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Vilmonic.
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.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Vilmonic.
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. Shares Indie and Casual with Vilmonic.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
An Arcade Full of Cats
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Vilmonic.
Journey through gaming history's time and space, while searching for adorable feline companions in 'An Arcade Full of Cats,' the ultimate pet'em up hidden object game.
DORONKO WANKO
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Vilmonic.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vilmonic.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vilmonic.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
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Frequently asked about Vilmonic
- How much does Vilmonic cost?
- Vilmonic is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Vilmonic?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Vilmonic are Creatura, CritterGarden, Substrate: Emergence.
- Who developed Vilmonic?
- Vilmonic was developed by Bludgeonsoft.
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