Games like Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution
If Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution is your kind of game, the closest matches are Universe Sandbox, The Sapling and Sand in a Box — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its observe emergent ecosystems, chill and contemplative. 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 Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution: Play with evolution! Species: ALRE is a scientifically-grounded, emergent simulation of natural selection. Creatures evolve and speciate in response to in-game mutation and selection forces, allowing you to experience and tinker with evolution in real-time.
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Steam players who put hours into Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution 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.
Universe Sandbox
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution.
Top pick for Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Early Access with Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution.
Create & destroy on an unimaginable scale with a realistic physics-based space simulator. Explore the beauty of our universe and the fragility of our planet. Use science to bend the laws of gravity, collide planets, boil away oceans, fire epic space lasers, and customize your universe.
The Sapling
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution.
Second-strongest match for Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Early Access with Species: Artificial Life, Real 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!
Sand in a Box
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Third-strongest match for Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Early Access with Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution.
Sand in a Box is a 'falling sand' game that simulates thermal flow, electricity, radioactive decay, and gravity. Create art, experiment with physics, and craft your own simulation rules with user-friendly mod support!
Substrate: Emergence
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Ranked #4 for Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution.
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.
Natural Instincts: European Forest
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Ranked #5 for Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution.
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!
Alchemy Laboratory: Simulator
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Ranked #6 for Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution.
Dive into a world of creation and discovery, where each element combines to form new ones. Experiment freely in this interactive sandbox. But be careful: every combination has its consequences..
Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution.
Ranked #7 for Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Species: Artificial Life, Real 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?
PHYSARUM: Slime Mold Simulator
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Ranked #8 for Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution.
PHYSARUM is a sandbox simulation game. Simulate the real world slime mold Physarum polycephalum by generating millions of living particles. Create and mutate slime species in real time to discover countless mesmerizing and emergent patterns.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~75% under Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution.
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.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~50% under Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
People Playground
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Priced ~50% under Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
R.E.P.O.
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Priced ~65% under Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
Kerbal Space Program
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Priced ~50% under Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution.
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~75% under Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution.
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.
Noita
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Priced ~60% under Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
FTL: Faster Than Light
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution.
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution.
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.
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Frequently asked about Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution
- Does Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution run on Steam Deck?
- Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution cost?
- Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution are Universe Sandbox, The Sapling, Sand in a Box.
- Who developed Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution?
- Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution was developed by Quasar.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution.
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