Games like Biosphere Simulator
If Biosphere Simulator is your kind of game, the closest matches are Grand Dude Simulator, Starstack and Brawlers of the West — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Biosphere Simulator: Biosphere Simulator is a planetary god game sandbox where you guide a dead volcanic world through billions of years of evolution. Seed life, shape ecosystems, unleash cataclysms, and watch civilizations rise from primordial microbes to spacefaring societies.
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Steam players who put hours into Biosphere Simulator 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.
Grand Dude Simulator
WHY THIS
Top pick for Biosphere Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Biosphere Simulator.
Grand Dude Simulator is an open world sandbox game. This is a life simulator. The main objective is to enjoy what you are doing.
Starstack
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Biosphere Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Biosphere Simulator.
Build an automated planetary factory, design modular warships, then risk them in tactical space expeditions for rare technology and resources. Push deeper for greater rewards—or return home alive and expand your factory. The factory powers the ship; the ship unlocks the factory.
Brawlers of the West
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Biosphere Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Biosphere Simulator.
A brutal physics-based Western brawler featuring realistic melee combat, ragdoll chaos, and violent close-quarters fights in the Wild West.
SpessVR
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Biosphere Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Biosphere Simulator.
Inspired by Space Station 13! Live a chaotic life on a Space Station: grow plants, mutate them into new types of plants, mix different chemical reagents, get out and explore outer space to acquire space credits by mining minerals on asteroids. Play on desktop or in VR.
Wrestling Revolution 3D
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Biosphere Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Biosphere Simulator.
The original 3D wrestling sim takes you either side of the curtain in one epic shared universe - where you can either take shots in the ring as a wrestler or call the shots backstage as a booker!
Blade and Sorcery
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Biosphere Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Biosphere Simulator.
Blade & Sorcery is a built-for-VR medieval fantasy with full physics driven melee, ranged and magic combat. Become a powerful warrior, ranger or sorcerer and devastate your enemies.
helionaut
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Biosphere Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Biosphere Simulator.
An open-world galaxy adventure game ✨🚀🌠 Explore a procedurally-generated universe filled with diverse micro-planets, asteroid belts and UFOs. 👽
Melon Simulator™
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Biosphere Simulator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Biosphere Simulator.
Melon Simulator™ is a chaotic, co-op (1 - 4 players), first person melee combat game. Almost anything that isn't nailed down can be used to whack, slice, and throw at the oncoming melon hoard...
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Biosphere Simulator.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Biosphere Simulator.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Biosphere Simulator.
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?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Biosphere Simulator.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Biosphere Simulator.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Biosphere Simulator.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Biosphere Simulator.
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 Biosphere Simulator.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
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More from ioStudios
Other recommendable Steam games by ioStudios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Space Planet Explorer
WHY THIS
Another title from ioStudios, the studio behind Biosphere Simulator. Shares Strategy and Indie with Biosphere Simulator.
One wrong jump ends the mission. Explore 76 real worlds, from Mercury to TRAPPIST-1e, built from NASA data and astronomical research. Manage scarce resources, survey distant worlds, and search for humanity's new home in a science-driven space roguelite where every run could be your last.
Cozy Airways
WHY THIS
Another title from ioStudios, the studio behind Biosphere Simulator. Shares Strategy and Indie with Biosphere Simulator.
An airline tycoon with the stress taken out. Open routes across a storybook world, look after passengers who each have a story of their own, decorate a lounge worth waiting in, and grow one little plane into a global airline — at whatever pace feels good.
The Rug Racket
WHY THIS
Another title from ioStudios, the studio behind Biosphere Simulator. Shares Strategy and Indie with Biosphere Simulator.
Inherit a rundown rug-cleaning shop and master a satisfying craft. Dust, wash, rinse and revive rugs one stain at a time. Build a reputation, keep the lights on, and squirm out from under the mob family that owns your debt. Every rug's a small win, and every tribute payment says you're not free yet.
Kung Fu: The Devil's Temple Awaits
WHY THIS
Another title from ioStudios, the studio behind Biosphere Simulator. Shares Indie with Biosphere Simulator.
Fight your way up the five floors of the Devil's Temple in a pixel-art beat-'em-up built on arcade classics. Punches, kicks, grabs, weapon pickups and Ki-Burst combos — alone or in local 2-player co-op. Reach the top. Take back the temple.
Divine Ascendancy
WHY THIS
Another title from ioStudios, the studio behind Biosphere Simulator. Shares Strategy and Indie with Biosphere Simulator.
Command a mortal civilization as a god of Olympus. Build through four ages, unleash 34 miracles, hold the line on the Road of Doubt, slay the dragon — and complete the Ascension Ritual to claim true godhood.
Null Keeper
WHY THIS
Another title from ioStudios, the studio behind Biosphere Simulator. Shares Strategy and Indie with Biosphere Simulator.
Run an evil asteroid base in the void. Dig, claim, and build your lair, summon entities through Warp Rifts, and repel the Vanguard raids hammering your Void Core — while MALACHAR, your AI narrator, judges your every move.
Crownbane
WHY THIS
Another title from ioStudios, the studio behind Biosphere Simulator. Shares Strategy and Indie with Biosphere Simulator.
One Crown. Endless War. Command a city in an ever-running war between four nations — build deep, muster a veteran army that survives between battles, and tip a war no one can win alone. Free to play, right in your browser or on desktop.
Battleboard
WHY THIS
Another title from ioStudios, the studio behind Biosphere Simulator. Shares Strategy and Indie with Biosphere Simulator.
Build. Muster. Rule the hex. A turn-based hex wargame where your buildings drip-feed an army of unit cards — deploy them across six biomes, master four asymmetric factions, and let the dice decide who holds the line.
Frequently asked about Biosphere Simulator
- What games are most similar to Biosphere Simulator?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Biosphere Simulator are Grand Dude Simulator, Starstack, Brawlers of the West.
- Who developed Biosphere Simulator?
- Biosphere Simulator was developed by ioStudios.
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