There are a ton of game genres that are available for players to play and enjoy. One of the interesting ones out there is Evolution games. These are games where your Character progresses and even evolves during the game. Spore is one such fun game that has been around for quite a long time. The game is fun and most gamers like the game. If you love Spore, here are 12 games like Spore that you can play on PC and Mobile.

Spore has been around forever. If you remember quite well, it used to be there on a lot of those SymbianOS phones from Nokia. Simple controls yet fun gameplay made this game extremely popular among people including myself. Especially when you had those colorful characters going around and eating up other characters so that you grow in size and score more points. The game was released in 2008 and was developed by Maxis. Read on to know more about such character creation games that you can play on PC and mobile.

Games like Spore for PC

1. Sparkle 2 Evo

Sparkle is a fun little colorful game where you will be able to control the creature’s evolution. Just like Spore, you will be able to attack various other species and consume them as food when you actually cannot find food. The game lets you check your Sparkle’s progress and DNA and see how fast and big it can grow itself. You can either be eating plants or just go wild and eat almost anything. The Sparkle Void is a huge space for you to roam, explore and consume as much as you can. The game has 13 levels for you to play through as well as a competitive mode for you to play around in a fast-paced environment against other Sparkles.

• Developer: Madman Theory Games
• Release Date: November 2011
• Price: $4.99
• Platform: Steam

2. Niche - a genetics survival game

Here is another character creation game that involves DNA, RPG, and simulation elements. You will be able to customize and create your own species by playing around with genetics. Will you create your characters, you will also have to watch out for wild animals, the climate as well as diseases that might spread around and do everything to harm your creations. The game takes more of a scientific learning approach and applies it with a turn-based system. Niche also has a breeding system and 100 + genes for you to experiment with. You get five different biomes to keep your creations to see how they survive. It is one of the best games like Spore.

• Developer: Stray Fawn Studio
• Release Date: September 2016
• Price: $17.99
• Platform: Steam

3. Thrive

Thrive is a free-to-play open-source game similar to Spore. It revolves around the evolution of life. You will be given creation tools that are powerful enough as well as simulation mechanics which will be useful for your spices. Thrive provides players a virtual space where they can play around with technology, organisms as well as the whale solar system. The game has various stages with a few of them planned to be released at a later date. As of now, the latest is the Multicellular stage where you will be able to join cells and grow new colonies. The game is constantly being updated with fixes and improvements.

• Developer: Revolutionary Games
• Release Date: 2015
• Price: Free
• Platform: PC

4. The Universim

This one is a planet creation simulator game where you will be managing the planet as well as the civilization. You play the role of a God in this game watching your civilization evolve through various times. You will be able to modify their decisions, punish them and create havoc for them by sending in different climatic disasters and let wild and unknown creatures make a mess of the planet and the people living on it. Also, you have control over the Nugget species where you help them grow. Provide resources and everything else to make them happy. You can even send out aliens in UFOs to terrorize and maybe even kidnap people. A fun single-player game like Spore to enjoy.

• Developer: Crytivo
• Release Date: August 2018
• Price: $29.99
• Platform: Steam

5. Reus

Reus has a few elements to that of The Universim. You get to control monsters that will help to manage your planet. Well, there are human beings on the planet but you have no power to manage and control them. Your monsters have unique abilities that will manage and control human beings by either helping them or by punishing them. It all depends on what and how much you provide for the planet.  The planet has different kinds of terrains and tons of plants and animals. It may not have the Spore element, but definitely has the creating power like Spore.

• Developer: Abbey Games
• Release Date: May 2013
• Price: $9.99
• Platform: Steam

6. TerraTech

Next in the list of games like Spore, we have TerraTech. In TerraTech, you get to create robots by using parts from other robots or even dead ones to make your unique functioning robot. With the robot created, you can then put it through various combats and see how it performs. Like how in Spore, your character requires to survive by consuming other characters, TerraTech follows the same principle. You can play as a single player or simply go ahead and play with people online or with your friends, thanks to the various multiplayer modes available.

• Developer: Payload Studios Q
• Release Date: August 2018
• Price: $24.99
• Platform: Steam

Games like Spore for Mobile

7. Evolution Simulator 2

Here is where we get into games like Spore for mobile. We begin with Evolution Simulator 2. It revolves a lot around Spore, considering that you can customize your character and you guide it to consume two kinds of plants and animals that are in its path. Evolution Simulator 2 has around 20 different levels across 8 different themes paired with simple and easy-to-use controls. You can customize your character with different colors and additional stuff such as legs and eyes. You also have to steer yourself away from different enemies as they have a few spikes that might suddenly poke through you if are near to them.

• Developer: Voxel Fun
• Release Date: February 2018
• Price: Free
• Platform: Android, iOS

8. Evolution Simulator 3D

Evolution Simulator is the sequel to the previous game. While it might have everything from the older game, now we get 30 enemies with 40 levels spread across 5 themes. The game foes have in-app purchases as well as a few ads within the game. Overall, a great game to play if you have completed playing Spore. There is even Evolution Simulator 4 that is currently in early access which you can try and see the new changes and improvements in it,

• Developer: Voxel Fun
• Release Date: February 2019
• Price: Free
• Platform: Android, iOS

9. Cell Lab: Evolution Sandbox

Another game similar to Spore is Cell Lab. Cell Lab is everything you would like to see at a biology lab. You have around 45 challenges to play through. There will be different environmental situations and you will have to develop a character that will be able to survive in a given condition. Adjusting the environment will also help you to determine how the character will be able to live and based on that you can add new properties to it. If you are new to such topics and games as Spore, Cell Labs has 4 tutorials for you to practice and learn. Choose from 16 types of cells with 22 parameters per cell and the ability to render at least 1000+ cells. The game has a 4.1 rating on the PlayStore.

• Developer: Peter Saterskog
• Release Date: November 2014
• Price: Free
• Platform: Android

10. Evolution of Species 2

Evolution of Species 2 lets you chose the planet you would wish to your species grow and expand. The options to customize them are a lot. From adding numerous body parts to color options to various other character combination choices. You aim to create the strongest creature possible and then help your friends develop new creatures and if they like it, you could even share it with them. To test whether your creature is the strongest, you will be able to take part in various battles with other players online to see who is the strongest. Once you have found your strongest creature, you can go ahead and stay on any of the planets that you wish to choose.

• Developer: Evolution of Games
• Release Date: November 2018
• Price: Free
• Platform: Android

11. World of Microbes: Spore Species Evolution

Just like in Spore, you start as a really small and tiny character. As the game progresses, your character also grows to be bigger and better. The character customization is neat. You can choose to put anybody part anywhere, in any shape, size, and color for that matter. Once you have set your microbe creature, you must now go into the world and compete with others for food and manage to survive. Apart from eating food, you can also eat up dead enemies and continue to grow and be the strongest. You can also play around in two different modes against the AI.

• Developer: Criss Cross Games
• Release Date: June 2019
• Price: Free
• Platform: Android, iOS

12. Microcosmum: Survival of cells

Here is another game similar to Spore. Just like Spore, you will have to catch your enemies, defeat them and feed on them. The game has a lot of potential for being a top-rated game given its 4.3 stars rating on the PlayStore. The game has quite good graphics considering it’s a mobile game. You can spend a lot of time and have fun playing through the 72 levels in Microcosmum. There is full free control on how and where you take your creature as well as different ways for you to plan and strategize your attacks.

• Developer: Satur Entertainment
• Release Date: August 2014
• Price: Free
• Platform: Android

Conclusion

So there you go, Games like Spore that you can play on PC and Mobile. Do note that some games have similar elements such as being able to create and build your character whereas other games have similar gameplay to that of Spore. While the mobile platform enjoys a lot of Spore-like games, PC games seem to be a bit behind. It would simply just be the best if Spore 2 would be an actual game. Who knows? Maybe there could be a game that could be coming in the future? We would never know. Also, just to add, there will never be a game just like Spore ever, given its history and popularity and everything else about the game.

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