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Spore

Spore is a multi-genre single-player god game developed by Maxis and designed by Will Wright. Covering many genres including action, real-time strategy, and RPG, Spore allows a player to control the development of a species from its beginnings as a microscopic organism, through development as an intelligent and social creature, to interstellar exploration as a spacefaring culture. Throughout each stage, players are able to use various creators to produce content for their games.

Commercial Mac Windows Linux Wine

Evil Genius

Build a secret base, gain notoriety by completing daring missions, repel the forces of justice in real-time combat, and develop evil super-weapons to complete your nefarious master plan. As a malevolent mastermind bent on achieving global domination, through the construction of the ultimate doomsday device, Evil Genius gives you all the dastardly with none of the muttley.

• Discontinued The game was released on September 28, 2004. It can be still bought from GOG.com

Commercial Windows

Virtual Villagers

Care for and nurture a tribe of little people by teaching them the basics of survival. They need to become farmers, builders, scientists, parents and make decisions about unpredictable 'island events'! Guide their day-to-day lives and help them explore and restore their new home. As your village grows and prospers, your villagers become curious about their mysterious new island home and the secrets it holds.

Commercial Mac Windows Steam

From Dust

From Dust is the latest original game concept by Eric Chahi, creator of the cult classic, “Another World / Out of this World”. Immerse yourself in a world as exotically beautiful as it is dangerous! You control the destiny of a primitive tribe against the backdrop of a world in constant evolution—a universe where mighty Nature reclaims what is hers; and your mastery of the elements is your people’s only chance of survival...

Commercial Windows Steam

Zen Koi

Zen Koi is a fun, relaxing and stylish mobile game experience from LandShark Games. Grow, breed and collect beautiful Japanese carp as they make their way to mythological dragon form.

Freemium $ $ $ Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad

Godus

Everyone who is worshiped becomes a god. Reshape a world which may one day be the size of Jupiter.

Freemium Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad

Idol Hands

Idol Hands is a strategy game where you gradually take over the world by guiding your people and defeating other gods.

Commercial Windows Steam

OpenDungeons

OpenDungeons is an open source, real time strategy game sharing game elements with the Dungeon Keeper series and Evil Genius. Players build an underground (or overground) dungeon which is inhabited by creatures. Players fight each other for control of territory by indirectly commanding their creatures, directly casting spells in combat, and luring enemies into sinister traps.

Free Open Source Windows Linux

Reus

In Reus, you control powerful giants that help you shape the planet to your will. You can create mountains and oceans, forests and more. Enrich your planet with plants, minerals and animal life. There is only one thing on the planet that you do not control: mankind, with all their virtues and and all their vices. You can shape their world, but not their will. Provide for them and they may thrive. Give them too much, and their greed may gain the upper hand.

Commercial Windows Steam

Topia World Builder

Topia World Builder is a world creation simulation. You become god and shape the land as you choose, by the use of touch controls. Swipe your finger to create mountains, valleys, rivers, and oceans.

Commercial $ $ $ Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad

Masterspace

Masterspace is a game about mining, creating and exploring, featuring fully destructible smooth terrain and spaceships that allow you to travel between different planets.

• Discontinued The official website is no longer available and the game is no longer updated since June 2015. Last version, 4.0, can be still bought by Steam.

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Commercial Windows Steam