Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux



Thrive vs Spore Comments
It's not complete yet, but certainly shows a lot of potential.
It is an actual evolution game compared to everything else


- Thrive is Free and Open Source
Spore is described as 'Multi-genre single-player god game developed by Maxd designed by Will Wright' and is a Adventure Game in the games category. There are more than 25 games similar to Spore for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, Android, Linux and Steam apps. The best Spore alternative is Thrive, which is both free and Open Source. Other Spore like games are No Man's Sky, Zen Koi, Starfield and Black and White.



It's not complete yet, but certainly shows a lot of potential.
It is an actual evolution game compared to everything else


No Man's Sky is an action-adventure survival video game developed and published by the indie studio Hello Games.




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.




Similar to the base gameplay of the first level of Spore in the absolute vaguest sense possible, but otherwise nothing alike
I played this game before and its something completly different but its not that bad if you like first phase of Spore :/


Starfield is the first new universe in 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4. In this next generation role-playing game set amongst the stars, embark on an epic journey to answer humanity’s greatest mystery.




its not even close to the creativity spore allowed at every turn


The player begins the game as a newly created god, born from the prayers of a family. After saving the family's drowning son, the grateful family leads the player to their village. There, the player chooses a Creature.




Orbiter is a realistic 3D real-time space flight simulator program.
Fed up with space games that insult your intelligence and violate every law of physics? Orbiter is a simulator that gives you an idea what space flight really feels like - today and in the not so distant future.



Fly your helicopter and shoot at enemies. Build walls to protect yourself and conquer as much territory as possible. Fill areas to level up, upgrade your aircraft and buildings. Use awesome superpowers to defeat your enemies and win this IO game!
Oolite is a space sim game, inspired by Elite. Among Oolite's several similarities to its inspirational source, the gaming experience is enhanced by the context set in Elite's original manual, and the accompanying novella, The Dark Wheel.




Engage in space exploration and terraform new worlds in this fun and exciting planet building simulator rooted in real science. TerraGenesis dynamically animates entire planets with changing biospheres, all based on real data from NASA.




Explore a vast galaxy full of wonder in Stellaris, the evolution of the 4X strategy genre with space exploration at its core.




Game similar to agar.io where you are a tank and try to gain mass to buy upgrades


Pioneer is a space adventure game set in the Milky Way galaxy at the turn of the 31st century. The game is open-ended, and you are free to explore the millions of star systems in the game. You can land on planets, slingshot past gas giants, and burn yourself to a crisp flying...



It's literally inspired BY Spore, and is aiming to be everything that the previous game wishes it was.