6 Games Like Spore

We have taken the liberty of providing you an exciting new list of games like Spore, which have truly revolutionized the gaming industry, with its main concept based on evolution and ability to play god and raise your character right from a tiny nucleus and watch it grow to take on a unique life of its own. Try out these other options which give you the same life simulation feature and nurture the growth of your designated species.

1. Flow:

Flow

This is the first on our list of games similar to Spore which is truly quite similar and is playable on your PlayStation3 or PlayStation Portable console. You start off as an organism floating around in an aquatic type of world, where you have to keep consuming other smaller forms in order to grow. You will also encounter other aggressive life forms and if you succeed in killing one of these they will discharge many more cells which you can consume to increase the size and strength of your organism. As it keeps growing you proceed deeper into the vast aquatic world which initially to appears blurred in the back ground, in order to try and fight and consume much bigger organisms. There are no specific objectives you have to achieve and if your organism gets killed by other ones you story won’t end there; you will just float up to the beginning from where you originally started swimming.

2. Darkspore:

Darkspore

Do get confused as this being a spin-off to the original, this one has a different storyline altogether with more splendid graphics as well. Your character starts of as one the last few surviving Crogenitors, who are experts in genetically altering DNA. As one their experiment takes a sinister turn it leads to the creation of Darkspores, these vile creatures are now on a mission to wipe-out their makers from the universe. Led by their master The Corrupter (a former hero named Xylan), they slowly destroy the race of Crogenitors. So now your job is to counter-attack these mutant-like creatures and ultimately kill the Corrupter. You can customize your own army of heroes and after certain period of time you can even upgrade them with extra body parts, lethal weapons and additional armor to fight against enemy foes and deliver maximum damage. Enjoy the multiplayer mode where you can team up with 4 players and fight alongside each other.

3. Eufloria:

Eufloria

This is another evolution and strategy based option for you to play on Android, iOS, Linux and Microsoft Windows. Its theme revolves around a mother-tree whose main aim is to populate asteroids with Dyson trees so that these colonies of asteroids filled with Dyson plants can go and usher the return of the mystical growers. Your task is to plant various Dyson seedlings on asteroids so that these seedlings will grow into trees and produce more seedlings to plant on other neighboring asteroids. However there are some notorious enemy plants called the greys, which keep sending their seedlings to attack the colonies of the Dyson trees and takeover their asteroids. So now your objective is to fight these greys by planting defense trees to attack these invading enemies. As you progress, the growth rate and health of your trees increases along with the damaging power of the defense trees. It is relatively easy to play and provides a lot of addictive fun.

4. Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution:

Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution

Another famous concept developed by James Schumacher which definitely fits our selection of Spore alternatives as it contains the same evolutionary aspects. You are given a firsthand experience of what evolution was like, where you can see evolving creatures feeding, mating and fighting for survival. It majorly derives its roots from three scientific principles namely Natural selection, Variation and Mutation. You have the option of just sitting back and watching evolution take place right before your eyes or you can choose to control how that evolution takes place according to your preference. Species is available to download from the internet and be played on your Microsoft Windows PC.

5. Pocket God:

Pocket God

In Pocket God you are will actually get an opportunity playing god, where you are free to exercise your god-like powers on a population called the Pygmies on a secluded island. You have a choice of being a friendly god by granting favors to your subject such as giving them life or giving them fishing equipment or you can choose to be a fiercer god by creating earthquakes, striking the inhabitants with lightning bolts and forming devastating hurricanes. You can access more information on the god powers through the Help menu which can be found on the menu bar. Instead of levels Pocket god is played in the form of episodes with up to 47 different episodes available till date. This single player feature, developed by Bolt Creative can be played on your Android or Windows phone or even your iOS device.

6. Artificial Life HD:

Artificial Life HD

The last on our list of games similar to Spore is the popular release by Stormy Productions namely Artificial Life HD compatible with your iPhone or iPad. Here also you are in control of a tiny microorganism or protozoa whose main aim is survival. To do this you have to follow a predetermined set of rules, which will help your artificial life microorganism to thrive long enough to reproduce and form other descendants, which possess a separate unique genetic code. This genetic code will shape the behavior of the new type of artificial life form such as predation or scavenging traits which distinguishes it from the others. There are also two exclusive modes from which you can choose to begin playing. One is the Sandbox mode where there is no pre-established set of goals; you just observe your organism evolve over time. The second mode is Survival mode where your protozoa-type life form has to follow certain behavioral patterns in order to survive for the longest possible time. The simple gameplay and attractive graphics just adds to its appeal.

Conclusion:

The above collection of games like Spore which we have compiled, will give you an awe-inspiring experience of how real life had actually evolved over time. These picks combine scientific elements of evolution with fun and interaction with different environments and characters.