Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Play with evolution! Species: ALRE is a scientifically-grounded, emergent simulation of natural selection. Creatures evolve and speciate in response to in-game mutation and selection forces, allowing you to experience and tinker with evolution in real-time.

Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution is a simulation, sandbox and early access game developed and published by Quasar.
Released on September 28th 2018 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 958 reviews of which 716 were positive and 242 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.2 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 16.79€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution into these genres:

Simulation Sandbox Early Access Science God Game Experimental Indie Real-Time with Pause Singleplayer Relaxing Management Strategy Real-Time Education Psychological Horror Open World Realistic

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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS *: Windows Vista or higher
  • Processor: 2 GHz processor
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Shader Model 3.0

User reviews & Ratings

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Nov. 2024
It hasn't been updated for 2 years now, the last build is designated 0.14.2.6. Unfortunately, it's very likely that it got abandoned. It's not really a game, I got hooked simply because I am interested in the modelling and simulation of evolutionary processes, although it's worth saying that a single CPU can do very little with such a task. In order to be scientifically adequate (i.e. not treating the problem from an individual consumer's perspective), one would need to utilize distributed computing for simulating such complex systems (even protein interactions at cellular level need distributed computing; you can try googling "computational biology"). You'd probably be better off if you save your money for a subscription of Brilliant.org or Curiosity Stream, if you're a naturally curious person. I'm giving it my thumb up just because of the idea behind it.
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Oct. 2024
The creator had made a mention about his mental health awhile ago. I would not expect this to receive attention anymore, but for a few bucks it's already paid for itself. Don't treat it as an outright sim, but more like an idle thing to futz with when you're bored. I don't feel ripped off, more disappointed this gem won't be cut to perfection. Hopefully the dev gets some peace.
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Sept. 2024
Great concept. It's unfinished and has taken way too long in early access, but it's fun as it currently stands. Just be prepared for crashes and a few graphical glitches from time to time. Watching your critters evolve, go extinct, strive, struggle, ascend, descend, sink, swim, etc is very satisfying.
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Aug. 2024
This game is great. It may be a little complicated but you will get used to it. Also the dev made a statement saying he had problems irl and is now continuing the development of the game. SO it is not dead.
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Aug. 2024
I like this game a decent amount. | Okay but in all seriousness, this game has a conceptually fascinating idea. In execution on the other hand? It.. leaves a lot to be desired. But not everything! There are many features-even if they are partially broken some of the time- But they do work in interesting ways nonetheless. I can't tell you the amount of times I've obsessed over specific speciation of a very weird species I just kind of got attached to- Only for the game to crash, and then, EVENTUALLY, for me to crawl right back to the game again as if it never happened. It's an arduous and bone crushing game, with truly WEIRD highs. So! If you're into feeling like you're a God and playing favorites- only for your favorites to almost certainly die due to your own meddling- ( most likely due to you becoming a form of crutch for the species as a whole, causing mutations that let defects form; which run rampant, ESPECIALLY with bottleneck populations, etc)- And/or a simple glitch deleting the ENTIRE save file- Then this game is VERY much for you! And if you're not..? Well, i'm sure you can guess.
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Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution is currently priced at 16.79€ on Steam.

Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 16.79€ on Steam.

Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution received 716 positive votes out of a total of 958 achieving a rating of 7.16.
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Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution was developed and published by Quasar.

Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution is a single-player game.

Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution does not currently offer any DLC.

Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution does not support Steam Remote Play.

Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution 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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Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution
16.79€
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242
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Release 28 Sep 2018
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