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Games like Planetary Life
Sotenbox · 2025 · Windows
Steam: 93 % positive of 943 reviews, as of Oct 28
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!
24 games that play like Planetary Life and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: SPORE™, The Sapling and Terra Firma 2.
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Plays and looks like Planetary Life
These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.
By gameplay
Plays like Planetary Life
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
SPORE™
92 % positive of 67,267
Shared: God Game · Sandbox · Simulation
The Sapling
87 % positive of 1,963
Shared: God Game · Sandbox · Simulation
Terra Firma 2
92 % positive of 226
Shared: God Game · Sandbox · Simulation
Terra Firma
92 % positive of 608
Shared: God Game · Sandbox · Simulation
Plan B: Terraform
90 % positive of 3,642
Shared: Sandbox · Simulation · Strategy
Heliopedia
87 % positive of 201
Shared: God Game · Sandbox · Simulation
Thrive
91 % positive of 1,711
Shared: Sandbox · Simulation · Science
Equilinox
92 % positive of 2,608
Shared: God Game · Sandbox · Simulation
Eco
80 % positive of 11,402
Shared: Sandbox · Simulation · Science
The Universim
78 % positive of 8,479
Shared: God Game · Sandbox · Simulation
The Planet Crafter
96 % positive of 69,754
Shared: Sandbox · Resource Management · Space
Universe Sandbox
96 % positive of 28,135
Shared: God Game · Sandbox · Simulation
More matches
- Birthdays the Beginning62 % positive of 902Shared: God Game · Sandbox · Simulation
- RimWorld97 % positive of 210,869Shared: Sandbox · Simulation · Strategy
- WorldBox - God Simulator94 % positive of 51,895Shared: God Game · Sandbox · Simulation
- Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution73 % positive of 975Shared: God Game · Sandbox · Simulation
- The Planet Crafter: Prologue95 % positive of 10,715Shared: Sandbox · Resource Management · Space
- Planet Zoo90 % positive of 81,633Shared: Sandbox · Simulation · Strategy
- Oxygen Not Included96 % positive of 136,132Shared: Sandbox · Simulation · Strategy
- ASTRONEER90 % positive of 119,274Shared: Sandbox · Simulation · Space
- Ecosystem76 % positive of 610Shared: God Game · Sandbox · Simulation
- Sapiens78 % positive of 2,076Shared: God Game · Sandbox · Simulation
- The Bibites: Digital Life95 % positive of 224Shared: Sandbox · Simulation · Science
- Terraformers88 % positive of 3,042Shared: Simulation · Science · Procedural Generation
By look
Looks like Planetary Life
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
RimWorld
97 % positive of 210,869
Leaf Blower Revolution - Idle Game
94 % positive of 26,539
WorldBox - God Simulator
94 % positive of 51,895
Sir, We Have an Orc Problem
85 % positive of 4,749
FlyKnight Enhanced Edition
95 % positive of 10,621
Primordialis
92 % positive of 1,012
Outpath: First Journey
95 % positive of 4,649
Far Fishing
96 % positive of 1,151
The Sapling
87 % positive of 1,963
Space Rock Breaker
95 % positive of 4,873
Stephen's Sausage Roll
96 % positive of 1,601
MMORPG Tycoon 2
85 % positive of 2,999
More matches
- Equilinox92 % positive of 2,608
- Frogmonster95 % positive of 588
- Outpath92 % positive of 2,953
- Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends89 % positive of 28,468
- Erenshor93 % positive of 2,181
- Fishards94 % positive of 287
- Smushi Come Home99 % positive of 2,131
- Finity84 % positive of 166
- Landfall Archives94 % positive of 3,706
- Don't get lost78 % positive of 479
- Plan B: Terraform90 % positive of 3,642
- Snail Simulator97 % positive of 1,290
At a glance
What games like Planetary Life have in common
- The tags they share most often with Planetary Life: Sandbox (23 of 24), Simulation (22) and God Game (13).
- They came out between 2008 and 2025, none of them after Planetary Life (2025).
- Best rated by Steam players: RimWorld (97 % positive of 210,869).
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.