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Games like Ark Nova
Dire Wolf · 2025 · 92 % positive of 368
24 games that play like Ark Nova and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Zoo Park, Planet Zoo and Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection.
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At a glance
What games like Ark Nova have in common
- The tags they share most often with Ark Nova: Strategy (21 of 24), Resource Management (10) and Singleplayer (9).
- They came out between 2009 and 2026, one of them after Ark Nova (2025).
- Best rated by Steam players: Wingspan (94 % positive of 10,317).
- 6 games both play and look like Ark Nova, among them Everdell, Wingspan and Evolution Board Game.
By gameplay
Plays like Ark Nova
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Zoo Park
56 % positive of 307
Shared: Strategy · Resource Management · Singleplayer
Planet Zoo
91 % positive of 87,849
Shared: Strategy · Resource Management · Multiplayer
Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection
64 % positive of 1,911
Shared: Multiplayer · Singleplayer
Everdell
89 % positive of 574
Shared: Strategy · Board Game · PvP
Wingspan
94 % positive of 10,317
Shared: Strategy · Board Game · PvP
Prehistoric Kingdom
86 % positive of 3,997
Shared: Strategy · Resource Management · Early Access
Wildlife Park 2
71 % positive of 547
Shared: Strategy · Resource Management
My Free Zoo
62 % positive of 662
Shared: Strategy · Multiplayer · Singleplayer
Let's Build a Zoo
89 % positive of 3,739
Shared: Strategy · Resource Management · Singleplayer
Wildlife Park 3
58 % positive of 514
Shared: Strategy · Resource Management
Evolution Board Game
84 % positive of 426
Shared: Strategy · Board Game · PvP
Zoominoes
91 % positive of 612
More matches
- Zoo 2: Animal Park78 % positive of 1,470Shared: Strategy · Singleplayer
- Preserve93 % positive of 514Shared: Strategy · Board Game · Singleplayer
- Zoo Simulator73 % positive of 170Shared: Strategy · Singleplayer
- Catan Universe48 % positive of 16,060Shared: Strategy · Board Game · Tabletop
- World of Zoo79 % positive of 246Shared: Singleplayer
- Parkasaurus93 % positive of 3,020Shared: Strategy · Resource Management · Singleplayer
- Kaya's Prophecy78 % positive of 177Shared: Strategy · PvE · Resource Management
- Cardboard Town82 % positive of 1,824Shared: Strategy · Resource Management · Tabletop
- Charterstone: Digital Edition75 % positive of 222Shared: Strategy · Board Game · Resource Management
- Concrete Jungle87 % positive of 644Shared: Strategy · Board Game
- Terraforming Mars71 % positive of 6,629Shared: Strategy · Board Game · PvP
- Faeria83 % positive of 7,124Shared: Strategy · Board Game · Multiplayer
By look
Looks like Ark Nova
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Hexarchy
81 % positive of 1,155
As Far As The Eye
72 % positive of 2,080
Preserve
93 % positive of 514
Revival: Recolonization
71 % positive of 404
Dorfromantik
96 % positive of 27,597
Pan'orama
89 % positive of 1,155
Reus 2
95 % positive of 1,928
The Wandering Village
91 % positive of 5,986
Evolution Board Game
84 % positive of 426
Spirit Island
91 % positive of 1,246
Growth
92 % positive of 270
Terra Mystica
60 % positive of 262
More matches
- Charterstone: Digital Edition75 % positive of 222
- Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim87 % positive of 1,520
- Wingspan94 % positive of 10,317
- Viticulture Essential Edition68 % positive of 212
- Landnama74 % positive of 439
- Everdell89 % positive of 574
- Drop Duchy89 % positive of 1,366
- Roots of Yggdrasil90 % positive of 312
- Godhood71 % positive of 1,067
- Catan Universe48 % positive of 16,060
- Imagine Earth81 % positive of 923
- Heroes of Science and Fiction93 % positive of 332
How these matches work
Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.