Games like Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox
If Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox is your kind of game, the closest matches are Reus 2, Planetary Life and Gridworld — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its leaderboard compares world scores, atmospheric and challenging. 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 Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox: 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?
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Reus 2
WHY THIS
Top pick for Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.
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!
Planetary Life
WHY THIS
Shares ecosystem balancing and an atmospheric mood with Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.
Second-strongest match for Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.
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 Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.
Third-strongest match for Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.
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.
Ecosystem Architect
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.
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.
Halloween Store Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.
🎃 Begin your Halloween empire building and managing your first Halloween Store! Manage your staff and products to attract new customers! Grow your Halloween empire by building Halloween restaurants, cafes, and entertainment! Expand and make every day and everything Halloween! 🎃
Beetle Uprising
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.
Ranked #6 for Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.
Collect, raise and breed an army of beetles to rise up and lay claim to the abandoned lot! The game features a complex genetics simulation and real-time tactics missions with a full campaign.
ANLIFE: Motion-Learning Life Evolution
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.
Ranked #7 for Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.
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.
Territory: Animals Genetic Strategy
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.
Ranked #8 for Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.
Strategy game about genes and animal species. Evolve, reproduce, expand to new territories, survive, and fight to achieve various goals like biodiversity or dominance in the ecosystem.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~79% under Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.
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 Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.
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 Indie and Simulation with Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.
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!
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.
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 Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.
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 Indie and Simulation with Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.
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 with Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.
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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Cycle 28
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.
Another title from Pill Bug Interactive, the studio behind Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.
Cycle 28 is an intense momentum-based space shooter driven by a cinematic orchestral soundtrack. A game where the physics, the music, and the fight to survive combine to pull you into a place where nothing else exists... just you, your ship, and the need to do better.
Making it Home
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.
Another title from Pill Bug Interactive, the studio behind Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox. Shares Simulation with Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.
A vehicle building game. Put your engineering, design and creativity skills to the test as you combine simple elements into complex contraptions. Jump around your vehicle to keep it moving and overcome challenges in the campaign, or just relax and build your dream machine in the cozy mode!
Captain Contraption's Chocolate Factory
WHY THIS
Another title from Pill Bug Interactive, the studio behind Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox. Shares Simulation with Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.
A contraption building game. Design and build your own machines to combine ingredients to make chocolates. Automate production using simple components to create ingenious contraptions, which are as satisfying to watch as they are to optimise.
Frequently asked about Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox
- How much does Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox cost?
- Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox are Reus 2, Planetary Life, Gridworld.
- Who developed Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox?
- Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox was developed by Pill Bug Interactive.
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