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The origins of the world are yours to decide in this engaging and open-ended builder experience! Shape the geography, control the temperature, and give rise to diverse lifeforms. Witness the birth of an entirely new ecosystem, made with your very own hands!
Birthdays the Beginning is a simulation, god game and sandbox game
developed by Arc System Works and TOYBOX Inc.
and published by NIS America and Inc..
Released on May 09th 2017 is available only on Windows
in 9 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
It has received 939 reviews of which 596 were positive and 343 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.2 out of 10. 😐
The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 2.44€ on Gamivo.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 10/8.1/7 64-bit
- Processor: Core i3 (Sandy Bridge)
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 750
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX 9.0 Compatible
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Very fun game where you have to control an ecosystem to get certain animals and plants to spawn. It's a bit difficult at first but you get used to it after a while. I prefer to play in its free play mode for a calming expericence since there is less I have to worry about.
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Birthdays the Beginning, developed by Arc System Works in collaboration with TOYBOX Inc. and published by NIS America, Inc., is a sandbox simulation game built around an ambitious and unusually scientific premise: giving players the power to create and nurture life from its most primitive origins to complex organisms. Rather than focusing on city-building, survival, or resource management in the traditional sense, the game places ecological evolution at the center of its design. It asks a deceptively simple question—what happens if you are given a blank world and the tools to shape its climate and terrain? The answer unfolds gradually as life emerges in response to your decisions. At the start, players are presented with a cubic world composed of terrain blocks. The visual structure resembles a large diorama suspended in space, giving the impression that you are overseeing a contained ecosystem. Your primary tools allow you to raise and lower land, create mountains or oceans, and manipulate environmental variables such as temperature. These adjustments directly influence which organisms can appear. If the climate is too cold, certain lifeforms will not survive; if it is too hot, others may dominate. The core gameplay loop revolves around understanding and controlling these environmental factors to trigger evolutionary milestones. As life begins to appear, the experience shifts from simple terraforming to careful ecosystem management. Primitive organisms such as bacteria or early plants emerge first, followed by increasingly complex creatures as conditions become suitable. Watching the first signs of vegetation spread across a barren landscape can be unexpectedly satisfying. Over time, insects, marine life, reptiles, and eventually mammals may populate your world. Each new organism feels like a reward for thoughtful environmental design. The game tracks discovered species, encouraging players to experiment with different configurations to unlock additional evolutionary paths. One of the defining strengths of Birthdays the Beginning is its open-ended structure. While there are scenario-based missions that guide players toward specific evolutionary goals, much of the appeal lies in free-play mode, where experimentation becomes the primary motivation. There is no single correct way to shape a world. You might design a volcanic terrain with high heat and sparse water, or construct a lush, temperate environment with balanced ecosystems. Each variation produces different biological outcomes. This flexibility makes the game feel more like an interactive scientific sandbox than a traditional objective-driven title. Visually, the game embraces a colorful and stylized aesthetic. The cubic terrain and brightly rendered creatures give the world a toy-like charm that contrasts with the serious subject matter of evolution and extinction. Creatures are not hyper-realistic but are instead simplified and expressive, making it easy to distinguish different species as they appear. The presentation maintains clarity, ensuring that players can quickly identify environmental shifts and biological changes. The soundtrack is subtle and ambient, reinforcing the contemplative tone without dominating the experience. However, the game’s ambition is also its greatest challenge. The ecological systems are complex, and the feedback provided to players is sometimes opaque. Understanding exactly why a particular species failed to evolve or why an ecosystem collapsed can require careful observation and trial-and-error experimentation. Tutorials introduce the basic mechanics, but mastering the interconnected systems demands patience. For players who enjoy methodical experimentation and learning through iteration, this complexity can be deeply rewarding. For others seeking immediate clarity or rapid progression, it may feel slow or confusing. Pacing is another factor that shapes the experience. Evolution takes time within the game world, and players often need to let cycles pass before seeing the results of their adjustments. This deliberate tempo reinforces the simulation aspect but can test the patience of those accustomed to faster-paced gameplay loops. The sense of accomplishment when successfully guiding an ecosystem toward advanced lifeforms is substantial, but it requires persistence. Ultimately, Birthdays the Beginning stands out as a creative and intellectually engaging sandbox simulation. It does not rely on traditional conflict or narrative drama. Instead, it offers the quieter satisfaction of watching life unfold under your guidance. Its strengths lie in its imaginative premise, environmental experimentation, and emergent ecosystems. Its weaknesses stem from occasionally unclear systems and deliberate pacing. For players fascinated by ecology, evolution, and open-ended world-building, it offers a unique and thoughtful experience that rewards curiosity and experimentation over instant gratification. Rating: 6/10
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Absolutely LOVE this game, although the controls can be a little funky. If you have a playstation or a switch, i'd recommend getting it on that device instead.
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If you've played some older online God Games and are intrigued by the evolution of the natural world, you might like this game! I like that there's a difficulty to the game that's based on your own knowledge, much like older god games I've played. It explains little and you have to figure out for yourself how to get the results you want. When i play this game, I think back on how difficult these older god games used to be and how fun they were, but it's not for everyone and in today's gaming market, it might be out of place. That being said, I do think I might have accidentally contributed to the anomalocaris getting more well-known. Well, on Tumblr, at least. It was thanks to this game. I was playing the game in 2021 for the first time, and suddenly I got this huge creature in my waters. It looked awesome! so I looked up images of what it actually was and what the cambrian looked like, and like before I knew it I was utterly obsessed with the thing. I shared a screenshot of it, made a dancing gif of the creature in spore, made art, and slowly but surely I started to notice more anomalocaris content show up on the site. When I started posting about the thing, it was just the same 10 or so memes I could find, or just people sharing gorgeous paleoart, not really focussed on the creature itself. But now it was like, all over the place. People sharing their love for this ancient beast and also making art. Apparently it became a meme at some point too. I'm by no means saying I'm the Very First to have loved the anomalocaris or started the hype. I found an anomalocaris tribute page that dated back to 2001, ha! but I do believe I ended up being one of the many stones that brought the anomalocaris more to the surface of online conversation. And I'm glad it's come this far. I love it! I love being able to google something now about this creature and see so many people passionate about it. I wouldn't have found out about it though if it weren't for this game. So thank you for broadening my horizons and indirectly giving me more things to love in life
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The game definitely has a learning curve that you need to figure out yourself as I don't think the game explains the best. But once you get it down shaping the world as you see fit as basically this ecosystems all mighty being, is pretty relaxing. Could use more music though.
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Birthdays the Beginning is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.
Birthdays the Beginning is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.99€ on Steam.
Birthdays the Beginning received 596 positive votes out of a total of 939 achieving a rating of 6.18.
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Birthdays the Beginning was developed by Arc System Works and TOYBOX Inc. and published by NIS America and Inc..
Birthdays the Beginning is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Birthdays the Beginning is not playable on MacOS.
Birthdays the Beginning is not playable on Linux.
Birthdays the Beginning is a single-player game.
There are 4 DLCs available for Birthdays the Beginning. Explore additional content available for Birthdays the Beginning on Steam.
Birthdays the Beginning does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Birthdays the Beginning does not support Steam Remote Play.
Birthdays the Beginning is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Developer
Arc System Works,
TOYBOX Inc.
Publisher
NIS America, Inc.
Release
09 May 2017
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