EvoLife

The game is fun and interesting to have just quietly working away on another screen. Basically its a microbial life simulator. except the things evolve before your eyes. Interestingly it is possible to modify and change many game settings, the world, even the cells can be custom designed *although this is very archaic and if you dont have a math brain you might struggle* I think it works well out of the box and is actually pretty good performance wise, it simulates liquid systems and partical simulations quite well if you have a good graphics card. The cellular evolution system often needs a slight guiding hand to make sure the interesting cells have a chance to live. Cons- You can't save cells across multiple maps or upload them to workshop. The user interface can be clunky (drag select a box to delete instead of just under cursor for example) Honestly, what issues do exist are simply a matter of some polish and time, if you buy this thing you won't be dissapointed. Tldr: Its good, you can make cell based lava lamps and mess with liquid physics and digital dna.

game wouldnt run for ♥♥♥♥, 15 min of playtime trying to get it going, steam wont refund it. i dont have a great pc but other reviews made me think i would be ok. usually for 10 bucks i dont bother trying to refund, but i will never load this back up again, ever. maybe a better game if you can experience it - i cannot

I haven't played it for that long, but I can definitely say it's a remarkable game. The developers has put a lot of effort in. It's fascinating watching hundreds of different cellular species compete for food in a game of natural selection, and if it's this good in early access I wonder how amazing it'll be when it's fully released. I would definitely recommend this if you like this type of genre. 10/10 would definitely recommend!

I love evolution sims, and EvoLife is one of the best I've ever seen. The dev has really put thought into this, to make a sim with lots of possibilities for interesting behavior and situations. Some aspects of it are stunningly advanced, to the point that it can be tricky to wrap your head around, even as a veteran of evolution sims. One of the first things you notice about EvoLife is that it's an excellent fluid simulator, and also that it can handle huge worlds with thousands of objects; way more than you're used to seeing in an evolution sim. Tens of thousands. Probably hundreds of thousands, but it gets hard to say, because there's nowhere I can find to see the total population of my worlds. And that's my niggle with EvoLife, that it's not always very user friendly. Some things which seem basic to an evolution sim are harder than they should be, in my opinion. What's the total population? What generation is this cell? Even just telling the species apart can be very difficult, moving around in the currents as they do. Also, while you do get tons of flexibility in creating a world and its rules, it should be (much) easier to lay down walls and currents where I want them. It's hard to explain, but that process seems needlessly obscure. I recommend watching the videos the developer made to explain the concepts at work. Only then was I able to wrap my head around much of this. Frankly, even with those videos, I don't think I understand everything, but now I understand enough that I find it extremely interesting.

Its a really good game i have been trying many games like this one and i think its the best one, i would like to suggest a kind of evolutionary tree where you can see how they are related and what changed

Fun Little game

Probably the greatest evolution simulator ive seen. i've seen swimming omnivore cells (eats gas but will happily steal food from other cells) and multicellular prey that would form blobs. the prey then evolved surface proteins close enough to the predators' that they couldn't steal any energy. the predators then changed their surface proteins again so they could steal energy. absolutely crazy simulation, runs incredibly well, even on steam deck, and has so much biodiversity. dev also very active on reddit. i suggested a feature, and it was added within a week or two! waiting for v10.0, im sure it'll be great!

great game gigantic posibilities but i couldn't get more complex life going and building was kinda hard the last time i played it still great. 8.7/10

Its like cell lab but if it had more stuff!

Extremely fascinating game