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$19.99Tribe: Primitive Builder
PlayWay S.A. · 2023
A relaxing single-player island adventure where you gather, craft, build settlements, manage a tribe, and automate your way through a four-land storyline; reviewers find it chill and enjoyable, with a median playtime around 13 hours.
First personAdventureTribe: Primitive Builder
PlayWay S.A. · 2023-10-12
A relaxing single-player island adventure where you gather, craft, build settlements, manage a tribe, and automate your way through a four-land storyline; reviewers find it chill and enjoyable, with a median playtime around 13 hours.
$19.99
- First person
- Adventure
- Survival
FreeTerra Firma
Working as Intended · 2025
A single-player god-game simulation about shaping a world via tectonics, erosion, and plant life, with short, sandbox-like sessions.
StrategySimulatorTerra Firma
Working as Intended · 2025-02-20
A single-player god-game simulation about shaping a world via tectonics, erosion, and plant life, with short, sandbox-like sessions.
Free
- Strategy
- Simulator
$19.99Ecosystem
Slug Disco · 2024
A relaxed underwater sandbox about guiding creatures through an emergent evolution simulation, with a loose, experimental feel and dozens of hours of play.
StrategyBird view / IsometricEcosystem
Slug Disco · 2024-11-08
A relaxed underwater sandbox about guiding creatures through an emergent evolution simulation, with a loose, experimental feel and dozens of hours of play.
$19.99
- Strategy
- Bird view / Isometric
- Indie
$9.99Equilinox
ThinMatrix · 2018
A relaxing nature sim about shaping ecosystems, balancing species, and evolving wildlife, with roughly 15 hours of sandbox play for reviewers.
StrategyBird view / IsometricEquilinox
ThinMatrix · 2018-11-23
A relaxing nature sim about shaping ecosystems, balancing species, and evolving wildlife, with roughly 15 hours of sandbox play for reviewers.
$9.99
- Strategy
- Bird view / Isometric
- Indie
FreeCell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends
Computer Lunch · 2021
An idle evolution simulator spanning cells to dinosaurs to space, with a science focus and long progression, though monetization can be aggressive.
SimulatorCell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends
Computer Lunch · 2021-11-03
An idle evolution simulator spanning cells to dinosaurs to space, with a science focus and long progression, though monetization can be aggressive.
Free
- Simulator
$13.99ANLIFE: Motion-Learning Life Evolution
Attructure Inc. · 2026
A relaxing single-player evolution sandbox where AI block creatures develop quirky, physics-driven movements.
Bird view / IsometricIndieANLIFE: Motion-Learning Life Evolution
Attructure Inc. · 2026-02-11
A relaxing single-player evolution sandbox where AI block creatures develop quirky, physics-driven movements.
$13.99
- Bird view / Isometric
- Indie
- Simulator
$9.99Everything is Crab: The Animal Evolution Roguelite
Secret Mode · 2026
A compact single-player action roguelite about evolving creatures in a living ecosystem, with a playful tone, 125+ evolution combinations, and difficulty that spikes sharply.
ActionStrategyEverything is Crab: The Animal Evolution Roguelite
Secret Mode · 2026-05-08
A compact single-player action roguelite about evolving creatures in a living ecosystem, with a playful tone, 125+ evolution combinations, and difficulty that spikes sharply.
$9.99
- Action
- Strategy
- Bird view / Isometric
$9.99Heliotropism
Verde · 2022
A quirky single-player strategy sim about growing and mutating a tree through the seasons, with a chatty narrator and hours of replayable challenge.
StrategyIndieHeliotropism
Verde · 2022-03-24
A quirky single-player strategy sim about growing and mutating a tree through the seasons, with a chatty narrator and hours of replayable challenge.
$9.99
- Strategy
- Indie
- Simulator
$4.99Earthtongue
junestrings · 2015
A gentle single-player sim of tending a strange miniature ecosystem of fungi and bugs, where limited influence and balance management unfold over roughly 7 hours.
Science fictionIndieEarthtongue
junestrings · 2015-04-27
A gentle single-player sim of tending a strange miniature ecosystem of fungi and bugs, where limited influence and balance management unfold over roughly 7 hours.
$4.99
- Science fiction
- Indie
- Simulator
$7.99Microcosmum: survival of cells
Satur Entertainment · 2015
A casual action-strategy game about surviving as a single-celled organism in a microscopic world, with light RPG progression and a roughly 8-hour playtime.
ActionStrategyMicrocosmum: survival of cells
Satur Entertainment · 2015-07-24
A casual action-strategy game about surviving as a single-celled organism in a microscopic world, with light RPG progression and a roughly 8-hour playtime.
$7.99
- Action
- Strategy
- Indie