The Sapling
Very reminisce of Spore, but focus on natural selection and ecology which Spore seriously lacked. I completed all the current scenarios. So a 4 out 5 for me, and must buy for anyone who want an ecological game.
In a world filled with in-your-face tutorial, Sapling tutorial teach to basic and then allow the player learn the rest thru trying out all the functions and hover-over information. A serious plus.
The scenarios are both pleasing and challenging puzzles, and as I said before the scenarios teach the player how to use the game thru experimentation over in-your-face hand-holding flood of pop-up tutorials that plague the gaming world. Even once you completed all scenarios, the sandbox is actually challenging and very satisfying despite the fact everything is unlocked. With mutation and time-skip for sand-box, it allow you is more accurate natural selection.
– Real player with 22.0 hrs in game
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I really love this game, I also love creating creatures to play as, or to just simply observe them evolving! Its fun to see how they would do in the wild trough a simulation. Though, this game is small and all, I’d want to be able to use a brush tool to change moisture and temperature of places, with it automatically changing the color and creating puddles or mud, maybe even a coloring tool to give the ground some color! *With this there should be an option to make the lakes not be automatically created. But also, we should be able to create our own lakes, so we can make a swamp-like environment for our creations to survive in! But really, overall I’d rate this game an 8.5/10 , one of the problems I have is lag, even with a good pc and low settings, probably due to many things moving at once all the time and the crashing. Another issue is the time cap I encountered, everything froze and I could only get past it trough a time skip, which took a whole 7 minutes to be done. But I enjoy this game alot, despite the issues. Hope you guys can develop this game to be one of the best simulation games ever!
– Real player with 19.9 hrs in game
The Unbreakable Chain
could have more content, I enjoyed the music
save yourself some trouble and keep left to avoid saturn and jupiter
– Real player with 5.7 hrs in game
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Game Of The Year
LSG and Wainstop have done it yet again. To say the unbreakable chain is a masterpiece, would be an understatement.
I argue there is a second meaning to this game that takes a bold take on the human psyche, showing what it means to be human. It does all of this with a beautiful medley of music by Yasushi Kaminishi, ghxyk2, and Bankbank, and animation produced by LSG.
SPOILERS!!!
In the first level, you are a worm. Aimlessly worming around with no direction, much like humans do. You wander until you find a whole, a gateway. This represents childbirth, The worm immediately killed, just like how a child is ejected into a cruel world in which he can die at any moment.
– Real player with 1.5 hrs in game
Terra Firma
Well here we go. First some background I love such water/ geography simulations: Just had +100h in From Dust, Sim City 4 (Editor: Erosion) and in the editor of Cities Skylines. Just watching the water flow around :)
And I’m working as an engineering draftsmen in building construction, civil engineering and hydraulic engineering. We are just a too small company for something like Flow-3D Hydro, etc. but this software here, as a free thing is just enough to play endless hours around.
I would love to see the following things:
– Real player with 51.5 hrs in game
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First: a caveat. It’s not got a lot of content- yet. However, the roadmap looks pretty satisfying. The developer is responsive, and the game is quite detailed already. Like many simulation games, it is a simulation. In addition, unlike most simulation games, it works on a mediocre computer like my own. I’ve seen games half the size I could never consider playing, but I can play this. It has a few bugs, but nothing game breaking. it’s pretty fun to watch and try to direct rivers, lakes, mountains, and forests.
– Real player with 7.1 hrs in game
Mr.DomusMundi
This is game Cool
– Real player with 2.3 hrs in game
Very simple and easy. I have mixed feelings but my score is 7/10 or so
That said, I didn’t overestimate my expectations of Mr. Domusmundi.
By the way, question. Is the king naked?!
– Real player with 1.6 hrs in game
WorldBox - God Simulator
Worldbox is the most advanced god game out there. Don’t let the pixel art fool you, there is complexity here. You have no limits on your power, create and destroy without cost. Create storms, rend the land with earthquakes. Assign the dry land a biome, be that a dense jungle, or arid savannah. You can even curse the earth, so that the souls of the slain are trapped, cursed to wander the land as a vengeful wraith.
These souls, the races in the game are one of the core features. Spawn a group of humans, orcs, dwarves or elves. They will spawn, knowing nothing at all about the land you have made. As the grow and expand, they develop culture and research technologies to help them survive. Will you help them grow into a High Renaissance trade civilization? Or will they be unable to unite, due to a lack of resources and marauding demons. Watch as thousands of years of history lay out before you. Greedy dwarf kings waging unjust wars, intrepid human explorers setting sail for the first time in 800 years, since the Collapse. What will they find? Untouched paradise, or the husked out ruins of a once great Elven Kingdom. 2 Immortal kings, plotting against each other for thousands of years. All scenarios I have witnessed in my own kingdoms.
– Real player with 161.2 hrs in game
I absolutely gosh darn love this game.
I have played it for definitely over a hundred hours in the Humble Alpha version and I am so excited that its here on Steam. I can’t wait to follow this game to the ends of the box in Steam.
I do see a lot of people complaining about the price and how it is not worth it for how much content is in it right now but guess what guys? ITS AN EARLY ACCESS GAME!
Just a little advice: if you know that a game is not yet complete just DON’T BUY IT!
Anyways, what I find good about Worldbox is that it is just what it claims it is: World + Sandbox. ‘Course it isn’t as big as the actual world, but it still is pretty big. Complete with dozens of creatures to kill, i mean, spawn, and a whole array of powers to use to torture, i mean, help those creatures, Worldbox is a masterpiece.
– Real player with 12.5 hrs in game
Art Syndicate
Your own art adventure begins now! Before you’ll be able to showcase the works of Picasso, Rubens, or Banksy you have to go through the preparations. Renovate a recently rented building, purchase the essential equipment and hire a crew - it’s time for an opening ceremony!
Just hold on for a moment before the grand opening! The place still needs to be filled up with various pieces of art. It’s going to be hard to get your hands on the works of the most brilliant artistic minds before you get yourself some proper renown.
The good news is that you can become one of them!
Create your own paintings, sculptures, and get the recognition you need to make your business bloom!
Our life is simply a blink of an eye compared to the immortality of art, so should we really care about such irrelevant details as property law?
It may be that a nearby art gallery just received a masterpiece that pulls your customers towards them. You can’t let them ruin all your hard work, can you?
Rob other galleries without getting caught. Works of art acquired this way can be sold on the black market or used in your own gallery after a while.
Watch out though, as your competitors can also try to make a move on you.
Hire security guards, buy cameras, and don’t let those degenerates touch your treasures!
Just like Caesar conquered the Kingdom of Pontus, you can conquer York Art!
Make your galleries present in the whole world of art exhibitions and welcome critics from all around the globe.
You’re not just an owner of extraordinary masterpieces - you create them!
The Tenants
Until you can sell your property, and like airbnb your rooms, this game gets boring.
– Real player with 38.6 hrs in game
I was so excited to try this game when it was first announced and had it on my wish list. I truly enjoy this game and will continue to play it, hopefully all updates and additional contents will be free. But for now I’d like to encourage players to buy this game, it’s worth it!
– Real player with 28.2 hrs in game
Eco Park
DISCLAIMER: This is a first impressions review, and NOT a full review
Eco Park is a game developed by and published by LunaBrod
The game offers some nice graphics and environments, although some ugly glitches here and there, it is pleasant all the same and has a really great aesthetic
Eco Park overall, however, is a fun game to play, and it does get boring if being played for a long time, but is a good simulation strategy game and to play in short bursts
It’s a shame this game hasn’t received the love it deserves as for such a small indie game, it’s quite complex and fun once you get the hang of it, for such a dirt cheap price, you should definitely give Eco Park a go!
– Real player with 10.9 hrs in game
Interesting and challenging. Worth $1.
– Real player with 2.0 hrs in game
Ecosystem
I have more hours than my playtime states, as I usually launch this directly when steam is turned off when I go to bed.
I am a long time fan of ecosims and evolution games. This game is very pure to those genres. It has little to no
“gamification” and exists merely for simulation sake. If you are looking for a “game” here outside of watching
fish being really bad at surviving, you will be sorely disappointed. However, if you are already familiar with other games
of this genre, like the Creatures series, this game will absolutely capture you.
– Real player with 50.4 hrs in game
The Disco Slug team seems dedicated to breathing new life into the oldschool Maxis sim genre. First they released Empires of the Undergrowth, the spiritual successor to SimAnt, and with Ecosystem, they seem to be testing the waters (ha!) for a run at SimLife.
First thing’s first: This is an Early Access game. At this stage, it’s not terribly “gamey” at all; the only challenge currently coded into the game is raising your “life points” through the successful propagation of species and strengthening of the ecosystem. There are 8-10 tiers of Life Points through which you can progress. Each tier reached allows you to unlock three new plants, shells, or simple lifeforms (think plankton) to diversify the base of your food chain.
– Real player with 48.9 hrs in game
Niche - a genetics survival game
I’ve been searching for a game with breeding mechanics, and this game scratched that itch I’ve had for so long now. I love how it’s not just a “Red parent and blue parent have purple child” simple type of breeding game, tho those are fun to play too. It actually uses real life genetics. So there are some genes that are dominant/recessive, co-dominance, incomplete dominance… and you run into real problems if you inbreed too much.
There are so many genes! You can make your nichelings be primarily herbevores or carnavores. You can make them fly or swim. They can survive hot climates, cold climates, and even poisonous swamp environments. Or you can make them anything inbetween! And these are just the genes to help you survive the environment! There are tons more genes that are purely cosmetic
– Real player with 372.6 hrs in game
Niche – a genetics survival game, is of course an early access game. It revolves around these creatures, which aren’t anything specific. Many people describe them as cats and bunnies combined, with plenty more. You start off with Adam and Eve, and must breed them, occasionally using the Mutation Menu in hopes of getting specific or better genetics for your creatures. As you go on you must strategically pick each creature you mate together in order to get the most optimal genetics. There are many islands to go to and fro. During your adventure you’ll come across many challenges, of course. This includes carnivores, who come to of course eat your creatures (or, really, just to kill them), or going into harder islands you’ll encounter birds, who will eat your babies if they’re not within a hexagon (or square, step, spot) of the baby. There’s also Dodomingos who will take every chance they get to steal a nest, and if you attack it, it’ll attract more Dodomingos, and perhaps even carnivores. Perhaps you’ll encounter a Rogue Male (previously Horny Male) who will breed with your females if you’re not watching. There’s also leeches who will attach to unsuspecting creatures, even if they’re on the shore. There are also a few biome specific creatures, such as the different (Hearing, Seeing, and Smelling) Apes, who you’re suppose to run from rather than fight. Or the Mountain Biome creatures, such as Walrus Deer (Who I believe is prey) Arctic Ramfox, who is also like the carnivore, and will steal meat you haven’t picked up, or the infamous Balance Bear. The Balance Bear is the Apes of the Mountain biome. You’re suppose to run from it, rather than fight it, and it only appears during snow.
– Real player with 141.5 hrs in game