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#1 Thrive

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Thrive is a cool Action-RPG, RTS and a life Simulation inspired by the popular Spore that offers similar game-play, mechanics and other characteristics. Thrive allows you to explore a massive universe, change it the way you like and evolve in a brilliant environment. You as a small organism will have to go through the time and changes that the environment will impose on you, but you’ll have to improvise with your every move and survive the hardships. You must develop an entire civilization, conquer other planets and colonize on them in order to grow your numbers. Because of being a marvelous Action, RPG and RTS game, Thrive is always fun to play and enjoy. Do try it out, it’ll definitely amaze you.

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#2 Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution

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Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution is a wonderful combination of Life-Simulation, Action, RPG and RTS elements and provides with a brilliantly adictive and quite immersive gameplay experience. The game offers a close to nature type of game world in which you’ll definitely witness the life and its evolution by the use of scientific means. Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution basically bases on three main principles of Life and Evolution, Variation that states that every creature is unique and it is written in its genes, Mutation that tells the difference between the parents and the children, and Natural Selection that tells the story about how the nature and environment affects every creature and influences their struggle to survive in all kinds of situations. You being in control of almost everything, should enjoy this brilliant game because of its super cool nature and the depiction of life on earth and species that takes you to back to the beginning of life. With a great scientifically accurate game-play, cool visuals and other characteristics Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution is a wonderful to play and enjoy.

#3 Flow

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Flow is a wonderful addition to Life-Simulation genre and it offers a wonderfully addictive game-play. The game allows you to start off your journey as small cell organism, explore the watery world around you, eat, evolve and be part of the nature. This amazingly addictive and quite engaging game lets you pry on things smaller than you or if you are good you can eat the big ones too and eventually grow bigger by the time. With wonderful graphics, sounds, immersive game-play and characteristics, Flow is a wonderful game to play and enjoy. Do try it out.

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#4 Populous

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Populous is an Adventure-based, Strategy, Single and Multiplayer video game by Electronic Arts. In this competition, the player can take on the role of a deity, who can lead his followers throw the manipulation direction and divine intervention with the primary aim of eliminating the followers that are led by an opponent player. The game offers an isometric view, and the game consists of more than 500 levels, and each level starts with the piece of land with contains the player followers and dangerous enemy followers. The player must defeat all the enemy creatures and try to increase his population by using his powers. The primary powers of the game are raising and lowering land. It also allows the player to create numbers of building in order to remove the enemy land. It is and excellent game that offers fast-paced gameplay to immerse himself deep into the brilliant game world. The game includes core features such as unlock more levels and powers, different resources, powerful enemies and much more. With quite addictive gameplay, well-written storyline, and brilliant graphics details. Populous is an of the best Adventure-based, Strategy, Single and Multiplayer video game to play and enjoy.

#5 The Universim

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The Universim is a City-Building, Sandbox, Resource Management, and Strategy video game with god-game elements created and published by Crytivo Games for multiple platforms. The game takes place in the world of The Universim and introduces a dynamic weather system creatures by the procedural planet generator. In the game, the player has an ability to control a planet and its creatures. The primary objective is to build different structures place in various buildings, craft useful items and keep the creatures happy to gain positive points. The only Single-player mode is supported in the game, and the developers of the game feature static environment with breathing and living world. During the game, the player interacts with environment and objects to progress and can customize everything using his abilities. The Universim offers core features such as Multiple Planets, 3D Environments, Lots of Objectives to complete, Dynamic Weather, Living World and more. With immerse gameplay, smooth controls, customization, and more. Try it out and have fun.

#6 Diggles: The Myth of Fenris

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Diggles: The Myth of Fenris is a RTS (Real-time Strategy) and Side-scroll video game developed by SEK GmbH and published by Strategy First. The game offers the beautiful environment where the game takes place and puts the player in charge of dwarves known as Diggles. According to the gameplay, the dwarfs can craft weapons, tools, rooms and other manufacturing shops. In the game, the player has to set up his own workshops and rooms in the caves that his dwarves have been digging. The objective of the player is to command his diggles to dig down and accomplish a series of quests which contribute to his global quest. During the gameplay, you will encounter clans and strange creatures on the way, some of them are hostiles, some not. Huge caves assist the player in placing numerous workshops, room and equipment that the player will collect to advance through the game. With good graphics, smooth controls, and brilliant mechanics, Diggles: The Myth of Fenris is the best game to play.

#7 Dungeon Keeper 2

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Dungeon Keeper 2 is a Dungeon Management, Real-time Strategy, Single and Multiplayer god game developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts. It is the sequel to the original game Dungeon Keeper, and you can take on the role of the protagonist named as Dungeon Keeper, and his ultimate task is to create different buildings to defend an underground dungeon from brutal heroes who want to smash it as well as from other vicious keepers. In the campaign mode, the main objective is to recover the portal gems to restore your world and open a portal to the surface. It takes place in the Kingdom of Harmonia, led by King Reginald. A wizard has stolen a device to awaken the force of evil creatures who live in the underground environment. The King has at least twenty Portal Gems, each gem assigned to a Kingdom and guarded by a warrior. The Antagonist named Horned Reaper has the power to remove all Portal Gems from the Kingdom of Harmonia. Take on the role of the protagonist, recovering the gems to save your Kingdom and defend your Castle. As the game proceed, it becomes challenging, and you can face tough objectives. Dungeon Keeper 2 offers enhanced mechanics, gameplay, storyline and features. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

#8 Niche: A Genetics Survival Game

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Niche: A Genetics Survival Game is a mix of Strategy, Survival, Exploration, Sandbox, and Turn-based elements developed and published by Stray Fawn Studio for multiple platforms. The game supports Single-player mode and offers the blend of simulation and turn-based strategy combined with Rogue-like elements. During the gameplay, you have to shape your species of bear, cat, dog, or fox-like animals based on real genetics. You must struggle to keep your animals alive against odds such as climate change, hungry predators, and spreading sickness. You have to start the game from the beginning point if your species goes extinct. The game comes with real genetics for the breeding system and introduces more than 100 genes to shape the species. It takes place in the procedurally generated environment populated with animals. The game is heavily inspired by Spore, The Creatures Series, Warrior Cats, and Don’t Starve. Niche: A Genetics Survival Game includes prominent features such as 4 Biomes, Real Genetics, Procedurally Generated Worlds, and more. Try it out, and you’ll like it.

#9 Darwin Pond

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Darwin Pond, by Rocket Science Games is a marvelous Action-RPG, and Life-Simulation. The game allows you to be part of a virtual world filled with thousands of wiggly things called the Swimmers. Your task is to control all of them and witness their evolution form a small organism to a full-fledged creature. Your task is to help the Swimmers genetically mutate by the time and use all the available resources in order to survive. This wonderful game is named after the great Charles Darwin because of his magnificent work on the origins of species that revolutionized the world. With an amazing resemblance to Spore, Darwin Pond is a wonderful game to play and enjoy.

#10 Black and White 2

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Black and White 2 combines the elements of Real-time Strategy, god game, Building, and Crafting. It is the second entry in the Black and White series and supports single-player mode only. According to the story, the game world is threatened by the massive Army of Aztec who wants to destroy everything. The game puts you into the role of the protagonist and offers you a task to rebuild the base and transported the people to a new land. Assume the role of the Lord, lead your creatures, and defend them from evil. There are different types of creatures such as cow, anthropomorphic, turtle, ape, wolf, or tiger. Create structures to offer the shelter to your nation and offers all facilities that they need. Complete a series of levels and unlock miracles such as a meteor, water, fire, shield, and lightning and you can show your anger through four epic wonders such as volcano, earthquake, siren and hurricane. The game includes two factions such as god and evil and lets you select one of them, and you are also able to select one which the combination of this two factions. With detailed environment, addictive gameplay, brilliant mechanics, and superb controls, Black and White 2 is the best game to play and enjoy.

#11 PixelJunk Eden

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PixelJunk Eden is a Puzzle-Platform video game developed and published by Q-Games or multiple platforms. The game acts as the 3rd title in the series of PixelJunk game and introduces Grimp as the protagonist. The storyline revolves around the player who must jump, grip and perform actions in his way to solve the tricky puzzles. The protagonist is a small creature, who can manoeuvre himself by jumping from and connecting himself to plant-like structures. The player has an ability to swing from a rope for a short time and can spin while jumping. The primary objective of the player is to gather various objects known as Spectra that are found in the stages of the game. As the game advances, it becomes tough to master. The player explores the world from a side-scroll perspective and struggles to fulfil the requirement of each level to become the master. In Co-op mode, the player can play with up to three players each controlling his own Grimp. During the gameplay, the player must stay within a specific distance of each other. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

#12 Sacrifice

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Sacrifice is a RTS (Real-time Strategy), Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed by Shiny Entertainment and published by Interplay Entertainment. The game mixes the RTS gameplay with Action twist and puts the player in charge of wizard, who must battle against other enemies or wizards with spells and summoned creatures. Unlike other RTS videos, the game places little emphasis on management and resource gathering. The game hasn’t any system of workers and the player needs to gather souls of wizards to summon deadly creatures and refill his mana for casting powerful spells. During the gameplay, the player can customize his attack by selecting from creatures and spells aligned to five legends. To take down an opponent, the player has to sacrifices a unit while exploring the environment from a third-person perspective. Each match in the game starts with the player control a wizard and an altar. In Multiplayer mode, players can go against each other in various matches and can show off their abilities by defeating opponents. Sacrifice includes prominent features such as Third-person Action, Strategy Gameplay, Four Modes, and more. Try it out, and you’ll like it.

#13 Spore Galactic Adventures

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Spore Galactic Adventures is a Real-time Strategy and Single-player Life Simulation developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows. The title serves as the downloadable pack for the multi-genre video game Spore and introduces the main feature as Adventure Creator. This feature lets the player create his different missions, which are then populated into the stage like other content built in the original title. In the game, the player can include elements to the Adventure by using the drag and drop system into the world. Vehicles, creatures, and buildings built using the other editors of the game can be chosen and placed throughout the land. During the gameplay, the player can adjust the behaviour of creatures from aggressive to friendly and include speech bubbles. Now, the player is capable of chose the range of special effects and can include them in the stage. In Adventure mode, the player can take his space captains on epic adventures, with each adventure having a variety of objectives to complete. There are several adventure types like saving the planet from the antagonist, assisting the great pop start, and more. Completion of adventures awards the player with experience points like traditional Role-playing games, and enable to select the piece of equipment for his character.

#14 Creatures 3

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Creatures 3 serves as the third installment in the series of Creatures, and it comes with several modifications, improved graphics and new content, developed by Creature Labs and published by Mindscape. The game mainly revolves around Artificial Life genre and introduces the captivating storyline, revolving around the female protagonist named as Shee who have left Albia in the spaceship to find out the more spherical world. In the story, the Ark was abandoned because a Metroid hit the ship, but the infrastructure remains in working position. The game features six different metarooms on the ship such as Grendel Jungle, the Norn Terrarium, Engineering Room, Ettin Desert, and more. The player can safely hatch and raise his norns in the Norn Terrarium. The game is played using a point-and-click interface, and the player has accomplished the assigned tasks to move to the next level. Other levels will be unlocked as the player advances through the game and the difficulty will be increased. With addictive gameplay, brilliant graphics, and smooth controls, Creatures 3 is the best game to play.

#15 ADIOS Amigos: A Space Physics Odyssey

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ADIOS Amigos: A Space Physics Odyssey is a Simulation, Sci-fi, Space, Single-player, and Multiplayer video game developed by Cosmic Picnic for multiple platforms. The game takes place around the solar system, where the player has to stimulate his hometown. Throughout the gameplay, the player serves as a pilot where the main task is to control a spaceship.

The player can explore the galaxy on foot as well whenever required. In solo mode, the player roams alone in the vast galaxy whereas in local multiplayer mode, along with four members, the player simulates. For the beginners, the game features a Rookie mode, where the tutorials will help to proceed further.

#16 Celestial Command

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Celestial Command is a Space, Simulation, and Single-player video game developed by Romenics for Windows. Throughout the gameplay, the player serves as a spaceman who has to perform different orbital maneuvers to keep the space ship safe. Explore the different space locations and experience a complete space adventure without losing the spaceship control.

The game is full of stars, black holes, planets, asteroids, and space stations where a player can roam freely to interact with the galaxy. The player has to build the spaceship by equipping different parts one-by-one. The ship has limited resources, such as fuel, ammo, construction materials, etc. for storing.

#17 Stable Orbit: Build Your Own Space Station

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Stable Orbit: Build Your Own Space Station is a Space, Simulation, and Single-player video game developed by Codalyn for Windows. Throughout the gameplay, the player serves as a spaceman who has to design, construct, and control the space station. The player must develop a proper strategy to keep the station safe.

It is not an easy task to maintain the space station as the player has to manage the scare resources, rescue a multitude of disasters, and grow the station by completing projects. Explore the different space locations and experience a complete space adventure.

#18 Space Engine – The universe simulator

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Space Engine – The universe simulator is a Space, Simulation, Virtual Reality, and Single-player video game developed by Vladimir Romanyuk. Throughout the gameplay, the player serves as a spaceman who can explore the universe’s different planets, including Earth. Every planet will give a new experience to the player, so he must explore the entire galaxy to uncover the mysteries.

The player can land his ship wherever in the space, such as stars, planets, black holes, clusters, and comets. While exploring the galaxy, the player can view the surroundings from the third-person perspective. It is an open-world game that allows the player to roam anywhere in the galaxy.

#19 Horizon

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Horizon is an Action-Adventure, RPG, and Single-player video game developed by Guerilla Games for multiple platforms. Throughout the gameplay, the player serves as Aloy, who sets off to an adventure and needs to uncover her past. The player can utilize the stealth approach and a variety of weapons to defeat the enemies.

While exploring the open environment, the player views the character from a third-person perspective. The player can eliminate the enemies in different ways, such as setting traps, shooting with arrows, and utilizing explosives. The player must grab the ammo resources, such as health potions, antidotes, resistance, and much more.

#20 Far Beyond: A Space Odyssey VR

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Far Beyond: A Space Odyssey VR is an Adventure, Virtual Reality, and Single-player Simulation developed by Mains Digitales Interactive and published by The Small Game Company. It takes place in the 3D environment where the player takes on the role of the last survivor who is selected to cross the space to find out a new habitable planet.

At the start, the player needs to establish a travel strategy in the hyperspace environment and must schedule refueling points on the map. While playing the game, the player should scan the order to maintain the oxygen recycling system and then repair the ship to make progress. Two probes are waiting to help out the player in his epic journey.

#21 Kerbal Space Program 2

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Kerbal Space Program 2 is a Simulation, Space, Single-player, and Multiplayer video game developed by Private Division. It is the sequel to the Kerbal Space Program and offers the same gameplay as the last release. During the gameplay, the player serves as a spaceman who travels through the space to reveal the mysteries.

The player must design the desired spacecraft, gather resources, and set off to the space adventure. The player will come to meet several players from all around the globe in this adventure who gather their resources. The game allows the player to team-up with friends and explores the galaxy’s different locations to discover facts.

#22 Titans of Space PLUS

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Titans of Space PLUS is a Space, Simulation, Adventure, and Single-player video game developed by throughout the gameplay, the player sets off to space adventure to get answers of different questions and discover truths about the solar system. While exploring the large galaxy, the player will come to experience more than 40 different pictures of the universe.

The game controls are very easy and simple, but it’s very hard to discover the entire space at one time. As the player makes progress, his knowledge about the stars rapidly increases and brings many secrets to light. The game includes many different maps, such as radar maps, colorful maps, elevation maps with different themes and landscapes.

#23 Void Hunters

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Void Hunters is a marvelous RTS and Action-RPG video game by Jagex Studios. The game offers a brilliant Spore like game play and focuses on its cell stage. In the game, your task is to control a small ship and grow by destroying other ships, picking up their parts and add them to your ship. By the time you’ll get stronger and will be able to fight against the bigger ships and you’ll be big enough to survive as long as you can. With similar game mechanics and great visuals, Void Hunters offers an immersive game-play and a lot of hours of continuous entertainment. For a great RTS, Action and RPG game-play experience, try out Void Hunters. It’ll definitely let you enjoy this genre to the limits.

#24 Sid Meier’s Colonization

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Sid Meier’s Colonization (also known as Colonization) is a Turn-based Strategy and Single-player video game created and published by MicroProse. The game takes place in the historical-themed world in 1942 and introduces different factions such as The Netherlands, England, Spain, and France. Each faction has its unique units, abilities, and objectives. The player must select his squad and get into the world where he has to explore randomly generated the world and struggle to complete a variety of task to progress through the story. The game begins with a ship and two units reaching the new world, as the ship moves into an unknown area, the game occurs on the screen. The primary objective of the player is to build his colony, recruit an army, train them and expand his empire further. The player plans his strategies about his rivals and can take down them by sending his troops to their lands to take over land and loot recourses. Sid Meier’s Colonization includes core features such as Explore the Americas, Customization, different playable Nations, Manage your Growth and more. Try it out.

#25 SimEarth

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SimEarth is a Single-player Life Simulation developed and published by Maxis. The game provides the player with an opportunity to control the development of the planet. There are a variety of planets, and each has its unique temperature, atmosphere, landmasses, etc. The game starts with the player selecting his planet from available and then place the life form on the chosen planet and watch them evolve. It doesn’t offer any goal to complete. The main challenge in the game is to evolve the sentient life and an advanced civilization. The stages of development can be repeated and restored until the selected planet dies ten billion years after its development. In the game, the player controls the planet, and the display panel enables the player to regulate everything available in it from atmospheric gasses to the continental drift’s rate. The player has an option to place items and equipment that interfere with the development of the planet like an oxygen generator, the monolith and more. SimEarth is an exciting game to play.

#26 Eufloria

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Eufloria is a Physics-based Action-Adventure, Puzzle-Platform and Sci-Fi video game by Omni Systems Limited. Set in a revolutionary space world, Eufloria features the protagonist who assumes the role of a Commander of different interstellar beings called Euflorians. Euflorians collect their resources from the asteroids and the commander uses different units of Euflorians to solve different Puzzles and connect the asteroids by the Seedlings grown on the trees of Dyson. Seedlings, on asteroids grow with the time and produce more Dyson Trees and the Dyson Trees produce more seedlings with different qualities and abilities. The commander collects all the flowers, defensive trees and other created units to use them as their defenses against the enemies. The game offers a marvelous blend of RTS and Action-Adventure, Puzzle-Platform elements along with eye-catching graphics, unique and easy user interface and countless other great features.

#27 Flyhunter Origins

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Flyhunter Origins is an Action-Adventure and Single-player video game developed by Ripstone Ltd for various platforms. Throughout the gameplay, the player severs as Zak, an alien spaceship janitor who works on board of the legendary crew. While inspecting the world, the player controls the character from the third-person perspective.

The game has more than twenty levels where the progression is possible as the player completes the levels. Zak is the only guy who can save the world from invaders. The player must help the little character in completing his adventure before anything worse happens.

#28 Artificial Life

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Artificial Life is a cool Life-Simulation and RTS that offera truly amazing gameplay experience. The game allows you to witness the evolution of small organisms, manipulate the facts just according to your rules and manipulate the way in which the organisms evolve. The organisms in the game are all represented by different colors and shapes and they are bound to move in an orbital motion along the sun that kills any organism that comes in close. With two amazing game modes, Sandbox Simulation Mode and Thrive and Survive Mode, great visuals details, sounds and a truly engaging and immersive game-play, Artificial Life is a wonderful game to play and enjoy. If you want to try out best of the best as an alternative to Spore, Artificial Life will definitely be your best shot.

#29 Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri

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Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri mixes the elements of 4X, Turn-based, and Strategy by Firaxis Games and Sid Meier. It is a sequel to the series of Civilization and set in a Science-Fiction world near future. There are seven different factions comprises five humans and two non-humans and lets you select one of them and jump into the game world where you have to fight against enemies. The game includes new features in the game such as multiple ways to win, spy choice, diplomatic, climate, social engineering, and more. It focuses on exploration and technologies. Select the character and start exploring an open environment where you have to compete against other faction, gain experience, enhance your abilities, and dominate the star system. The game is played from an isometric perspective. The ultimate task is to build bases, buildings, navigate territory, discover new technologies, and complete a series of objectives. There is a massive map which is divided into squares where the player can establish his bases, units and can fight against other players. With detailed Environment, addictive gameplay, brilliant mechanics and superb controls, Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri is the wonderful game to play and amuse.

#30 The Sims Castaway Stories

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The Sims Castaway Stories combines the elements of Life-Simulation and god game. It has a single-player mode and available to play on Windows and Mac platforms. The game takes place on the tropical Island and allows you to assist Sims in building their shelters. The ultimate task is to become the Sims as the survivor from the forces of nature. Craft unique and different items, and find rare treasures to unlock further content. Explore the game world and unearth the mysteries of Deserted Tropical Island. The game world filled with wild plants, fruits, and different horrible animals. According to the story, the shipwrecked and the Sims found themselves on a deserted Island. The game offers you an opportunity to play as Jessica Knight or David Bennett. Through customization features, you can create and customize your own Sim Character with different elements. Your main focus in the game is to design your family and begin jobs to earn money and fulfill your requirements. With exciting features, addictive gameplay, and immerse graphic details, The Sims Castaway Stories is the wonderful game to play and amuse.

#31 Godus

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Godus developed and published by 22Cans for Android and iOS platforms. It is a Single-player god game Simulation, and you starts the game by rescuing a woman and a man from drowning. Your ultimate task is to lead them throughout a variety of levels and build a tent to progress through the game. It takes place in the stunning world consists of various locations around the globe and includes a series of levels with day/night cycle. In the game, you can redesign the world in your style, and you have to breed the worker to build as many tents as possible to fulfill your tasks. The game proceeds, the population of human will be increased, and they develop more tents to live. Explore the world to discovers new technologies and unlock further stages to build advanced tents to earn more experience. You can control each and everything in this Promised Island and can control the creatures to uncover mysteries. Godus offers prominent features such as Create Village, Lead Followers, Meet the Astari, Cast Miracles, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

#32 DarkSpore

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DarkSpore by EA truly mimics the characteristics of Spore because of a very similar game-play, culture editing technology and other aesthetics. This Sci-Fi Action-RPG, RTS and Life-Simulation lets you battle against the enemies (Aliens), conquer a number of alien worlds, build structures, manage resources and let the lives thrive in a world where you are in control. The main story tasks you to stop the Darkspore, a mutated species of aliens, by simply creating your own kill squad. You must train your heroes, upgrade them with all the perks and abilities you have, and finally win over the enemies to settle up a whole new civilization. DarkSpore offers wonderful PvP and Co-Op multiplayer elements and lets you enjoy every bit of this brilliant game.

#33 Planetoid 3D

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Planetoid 3D is a brilliant RTS, Action-RPG and Life Simulation that offers an immersive game-play and allows you to are in control of all the races and you can create totally new ones to settle up on some planet. Exploration, Management of resources and evolution of species and races is what makes this game more engaging. In Planetoid 3D, your task is to pick any space civilization from multiple choices or create a whole new civilization by creating different races of beings, explore the space, travel to different planets, colonize, develop structures and invest your efforts into the technology, researcs and development and eventually conquer all the world around you. Making new friends, battles with foes and amazing action oriented aesthetics are the things that make this game wonderful. For an amazing Action, RPG and RTS experience and the real entertainment, Planetoid 3D will definitely be your best choice. Try it out and you’ll love every bit of this brilliant game.

#34 Civilization V

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Civilization V is another great Action-RPG and RTS Life Simulation that allows you to build, explore, and manage resources just like you did in the Spore and specifically on the Civilization Stage. Civilization V offers amazing Turn-based RTS game-play in which your task is to simply control a whole civilization, explore different worlds, and create settlements, research for technologies and much more. Another great aspect of the game is the element of battles and conquering. You are allowed to simply defend your settlements from enemies, battle to conquer other areas and eventually grow the size of your settlement or you can simply negotiate with other online players, make alliances and rule over the vast areas. Civilization V is one of the best game to play like Spore. Do give it a try.