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Free games like Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox

Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox, ranked by player overlap and content similarity. No purchase or Steam login required to view the list. Every pick is a full free-to-play title — not a demo, trial, or time-limited giveaway. imho.run's catalogue refreshes daily, so newly free or newly popular titles surface here without manual editing.

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Ranked picks

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    Ultimate Custom Night — Steam game cover

    Ultimate Custom Night

    Free-to-play alternative to Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Bongo Cat — Steam game cover

    Bongo Cat

    Free-to-play alternative to Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox — no purchase or trial window. 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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    NGU IDLE — Steam game cover

    NGU IDLE

    Free-to-play alternative to Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox — no purchase or trial window. 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!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Virtual Cottage — Steam game cover

    Virtual Cottage

    Free-to-play alternative to Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox — no purchase or trial window. 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.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Steam Engine Simulator — Steam game cover

    Steam Engine Simulator

    Free-to-play alternative to Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox — no purchase or trial window. Shares Simulation with Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox.

    The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.

    2023SimulationFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    Magic Archery — Steam game cover

    Magic Archery

    Free-to-play alternative to Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox — no purchase or trial window. 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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Coloring Pixels — Steam game cover

    Coloring Pixels

    Free-to-play alternative to Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox — no purchase or trial window. 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.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    The Lab — Steam game cover

    The Lab

    Free-to-play alternative to Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox — no purchase or trial window.

    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!

    2016Free To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →