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Spore lets you guide your own species from a single cell to a galaxy-spanning empire, with each stage playing like a different genre. Its playful creature editor, letting you design nearly everything yourself, is the real star.
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The closest matches for Spore are Star Trucker, Solar 2 and Grow Up. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Spore special – the reasons are listed right on each game.
92 %
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A laid-back space trucking sim where you haul cargo across the galaxy, trade salvage and build up your career. Calm driving meets a humorous sci-fi charm.
91 % 8.99 €
Open world
You control a celestial body in an abstract sandbox universe, growing from a tiny asteroid into planets, stars and even black holes. Its relaxed, free-form play encourages experimentation.
89 % 9.99 €
Open world
You guide the clumsy little robot BUD as he climbs, jumps and glides across an open planet, collecting crystals and upgrading his abilities. It's a light, colorful and funny adventure built around the joy of exploring.
89 % 29.99 €
Open world
As an astronaut you explore colorful planets, reshape terrain like clay with your terrain tool, and build bases with automated production chains. A relaxed mix of discovery, gathering and tinkering, solo or in co-op.
88 % −60 %Open world
A near-infinite procedurally generated universe where you hop freely between vivid alien planets, gather resources, build bases and upgrade your ships. Years of free updates have turned it into a relaxed sci-fi sandbox with optional co-op.
87 % 19.99 €
Open world
A relaxed factory-building and island-management game on an alien planet where you explore, automate production chains, and handle light combat along the way.
87 % 24.99 €
Open world
You assemble custom vehicles from blocks to mine resources, build bases and fight your way across a procedurally generated planet. The appeal lies in creative tinkering and testing your own contraptions.
87 % −75 %Open world
As rancher Beatrix, you vacuum up adorable slimes on a distant planet, feed them and sell their plorts to expand your ranch. It pairs a laid-back farming loop with relaxed exploration of a colorful world full of secrets and new slime species.
86 % 14.99 €
Open world
A colorful 2D sandbox adventure where you hop between procedurally generated planets to mine, build, farm, found colonies and fight, solo or with friends. There is a main quest, but the real draw is the near-endless freedom of roaming the galaxy.
86 % 29.99 €
Open world
A LEGO sandbox of procedurally generated worlds where you build brick by brick, reshape entire landscapes and ride dragons or gorillas around. Relaxed creative play comes first rather than challenge, and it works well in co-op.