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Games like Thrive
Revolutionary Games Studio · 2021 · 92 % positive of 1,327
24 games that play like Thrive and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution, Ecosystem and Gridworld.
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At a glance
What games like Thrive have in common
- The tags they share most often with Thrive: Simulation (20 of 24), Sandbox (12) and Science (11).
- They came out between 2008 and 2026, 4 of them after Thrive (2021).
- Best rated by Steam players: Equilinox (92 % positive of 2,949).
- Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends both plays and looks like Thrive.
By gameplay
Plays like Thrive
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution
74 % positive of 958
Shared: Simulation · Science · Sandbox
Ecosystem
78 % positive of 534
Shared: Simulation · Science · Sandbox
Gridworld
84 % positive of 224
Shared: Simulation · Science · Sandbox
Creatura
67 % positive of 213
Shared: Simulation · Science · Sandbox
The Sapling
89 % positive of 1,494
Shared: Simulation · Science · Sandbox
SPORE™
92 % positive of 66,120
Shared: Simulation · Science · Sandbox
Niche - a genetics survival game
86 % positive of 5,014
Shared: Simulation · Sandbox · Education
Equilinox
92 % positive of 2,949
Shared: Simulation · Sandbox · Nature
Evolution Board Game
84 % positive of 426
Shared: Simulation · Science · Education
Sparkle 3 Genesis
71 % positive of 764
Shared: Simulation · Casual
Sparkle ZERO
60 % positive of 434
Shared: Simulation · Casual
Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends
89 % positive of 23,690
Shared: Simulation · Science · Sandbox
More matches
- Eco81 % positive of 13,212Shared: Simulation · Science · Sandbox
- Eufloria 2
- Monster Lab Simulator73 % positive of 597
- Simultree87 % positive of 148
- Everything is Crab: The Animal Evolution Roguelite76 % positive of 7,524
- Creatures Inc54 % positive of 162Shared: Simulation · Sandbox · Survival
- Jurassic World Evolution87 % positive of 53,956Shared: Simulation · Sandbox · Survival
- Tyto Ecology75 % positive of 429Shared: Simulation · Science · Education
- Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey78 % positive of 10,186Shared: Simulation · Science · Nature
- Sparkle 2 Evo73 % positive of 2,094Shared: Simulation · Top-Down · Casual
- DinoSystem88 % positive of 313Shared: Simulation · Survival · Top-Down
- Saurian60 % positive of 1,753Shared: Simulation · Realistic · Survival
By look
Looks like Thrive
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Shortest Trip to Earth
77 % positive of 1,390
Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends
89 % positive of 23,690
Idle Evolution
73 % positive of 193
Interplanetary
78 % positive of 804
Interplanetary: Enhanced Edition
84 % positive of 886
Polaris Sector
71 % positive of 455
Battlevoid: Harbinger
79 % positive of 1,020
Per Aspera
75 % positive of 5,484
Dual Universe
50 % positive of 561
Nebula
88 % positive of 171
RymdResa
74 % positive of 304
Interstellar Space: Genesis
83 % positive of 772
More matches
- Out There: Oceans of Time54 % positive of 216
- Stellaris86 % positive of 185,433
- Starcom: Nexus90 % positive of 2,132
- Distant Worlds: Universe75 % positive of 1,819
- USC: Counterforce70 % positive of 209
- Star Valor89 % positive of 2,784
- Terra Invicta80 % positive of 6,560
- Space Rock Breaker96 % positive of 4,854
- Particle Fleet: Emergence92 % positive of 1,223
- BossConstructor73 % positive of 214
- Empyrion - Galactic Survival78 % positive of 33,247
- Astrox: Hostile Space Excavation84 % positive of 451
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.