Ever since we saw the original reveal of Spore, our minds were blown. The graphics were amazing, you could choose to stay underwater or choose to move onto land, and it truly seemed like magic. What we actually got was less than what was promised. Ever since then, many have hoped for a sequel, remake, remaster, or spiritual successor but will any of these new games come close to what we really want? Let’s find out and welcome to new games you can play in 2024 that are like Spore. If you want to support the channel, buy games using this GOG referral link: af.gog.com/?as=1715648857 Thank you!
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1. Elysian Eclipse | 0:35
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2. Lifeforms: Binary Fission | 2:05
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3. Adapt | 3:26
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4. Sipho | 5:46
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5. Thrive | 7:02
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6. The Sapling | 9:09
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7. CreatureSim | 10:54
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8. Ecosystem | 11:51
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9. The Universim | 13:39
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Spore left a legacy in gaming that even though it disappointed many simulation games fans in its day, we saw what was possible in evolution life sim god games. In 2024, there are many new video games that are trying to remake Spore and maybe some of them could make a new mark on the evolutionary simulator genre.
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A lot of people were just interested in games like Spore and missed, so here's a list for you with some extras! There's so much more simulation too, check the playlist: kzhead.info/channel/PLYVqUDxY6COh7bkuJoBb1koNRX7mAX2yp.html
You missed Planetary Life!
@@MrPitxardo That was first revealed just 6 months ago and it looks like it's in early development, and it's not labelled that it'll be early access or anything, so if it's going straight into full release I don't see it being a thing in 2024. The dev says it's too early to speculate on a release date too. I'll check back in on it next year.
Hi @GamerZakh, I'm the developer of Lifeforms: Binary Fission. I've been a fan of yours for a long time. Its surreal to see my game in one of your lists, I still can't believe it! Thanks for showing it and thanks for the excellent content!
Real?
Heya! Moderator of Elysian Eclipse here. Thank you for showcasing the game. The developer hopes to recreate the game in a way, Spore was supposed to be with a lot of own ideas. He already said that he won't give up on his passion project no matter what happens.
Make a mobile version please!
@PoopHead-bw6hn Funny, you ask that. It is a bit of an inside joke in our Discord server by now. I think a mobile version is not planned simply because the game would be too hard to run on it.
Spore to this day is still ahead of it's time. Regardless of missing a lot of mechanics that were promised. It would take a big developer a lot of time to come up with something even close to what spore was
Spore is Legendary
I think a lot of evolution games dont put in the fact that your creature’s survivability should also depend if its adaptations fit into the environment. I’d love to see a game that allows your creature to adapt by building their nests in trees or caves or building a wall or hive made of mud or sticks around the nest. Or if it is a freezing planet, your creature needs thick fur or blubber to survive better.
Not so many Spore-likes aim to replicate the most important aspect of Spore, imo, that you can guide a simple cell to evolve into a galactic empire😢 ofc, it’s understandable considering the sheer amount of manpower you need to develop all the stages, but without such epic big-history feeling, it doesn’t really feel like a Spore successor…
elysian eclipse: “i beg your pardon?”
Yeah only really Elysian Eclipse and Thrive are attempting that, but to have to done in a reasonable amount of time is near impossible without a AAA budget.
thrive is planing to. also a grat game
The first stage of Spore was fun. The second stage was amazing! The later stages I basically had to force myself to play them to try to find the appeal to them. I didn't find it.
Same.
i love all of spore... except maybe the space stage...
Same, Space stage is the unfunnest to me. (followed by tribal and city)
The first one, Elysian Eclipse looks like an exact copy of SPORE, maybe with updated graphics and UI, but very similar.
This was very informative and also such a relaxing time to watch! Really cool vibe of a review thank you! :)
Thank you for this video. I have been looking for ages for a spore successor because yhe replayability of Spore dropped massively once you played it for a few hundred hours
Great video! I'm a bit late, my favorite part about spore was around the creature/tribal stage, I'm a bit bummed now that there wasn't any push for dinosaur things, since creatures in spore often resemble mammals, especially built in stuff. Another part was the super giant creatures, forget what they were called, but I was always kind of sad that the creature stage wasn't expanded into that direction or something similar.
Thank you for the recommendations!
I've seen a playthrough of Sapling and gotten a very positive impression, and it seems to get updates frequently.
Never played much Spore, but I did buy the digital version of it recently. It's something I want to get into at some point.
love your videos brother, thanks for your consistent quality content. do you have merch? if not maybe i can make a shirt design for you based on your specifications, free of course
There are two games, known as the evolution of species duology, that ask the question of "what if the cell stage never ended?" ?t also has a lot more than the cell stage. You don't have to do mate calls and actually find a mate to evolve. There is a level system that forces you to level up to unlock items.
I loved Spore. And would love to look into new games :)
Looks like if first Spore game was released in 2022 instead 2008, this my childhood game
I remember 10 years ago Universesim being announced, but never watched any gameplay video. I have no idea how it plays and hearing it is coming out of EA is incredible.
I really thought it'd never be finished.
Yeah it's a weird game for sure. I have it also
I also had played it for quite a bit, i think its noteworthy to point out, that the upcoming release will break the save for the last time(they promised), although i have also read that many new Narrator lines got added and more of the Story as well(or something along the lines).
@TakahiroShinsaku well that's good too know so my saves are no good yeah I stopped playing because they kept breaking my saves lol
I remember people saying thrive was hard and then I played it and didn't die once
I hate to admit it, but the only thing I've enjoyed in Spore was the cell stage.
I think that is why there's a few that just do the cell stage kind of thing. Personally I only really liked cell to creature, didn't really like tribe to space.
Pretty unfortunate that most of these are either in early access or not yet out - I generally do not buy early access - but thanks for the list, wishlisted a few. Unfortunately some aren't on GoG (like lifeforms: Binary Fission and Elysian Eclipse)
The truth is, there is no games like Spore which is a shame, I'd love to create my own species and make them evolve through the ages...
I loved SPORE. Surprised you said the cell and creature stage were the favourites. I rather enjoyed the Space and Tribal stage the best. Even though Creature was a close third favourite. But nothing could beat the space stage for me. OK the "promised" version of it wasn't to be, yet it was complicated enough but not overtly to be GOOD. Just shame about all the rubbish with the codes and if you got a new machine you had to basically buy another SPORE game (or crack it). It became the most pirated game due to the code system on the CDs I think anyways.
My gripe with spors-like is they all look exactly like spores. Only if one of these looked different, more life like.
Check out Thrive. It’s still just the microbe stage but it’s focused on science much more than spore
nice list :) Thanks
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it
maybe it's just me but... for the most part I like spore as it is, in my mind nothing else would be able to remake something like it with the same feel.
Universim was one of the first things I ever kickstarted. It has gotten so far. :P
I was thinking it would never get a release date.
Add evolve: card game (it has no editor but in game you have to adapt to predators adding cards and getting bigger and growing population to win)
I thought you had to leave water to the next level
Sipho makes me think of the upcoming Moduwar which is now set for a Q2 2024 release... I want more DarkSpore... I loved it ! I succeeded to make some pretty fun creatures by adding limbs and whatnot to those existing heroes. (also, the only healer of the game who was tremendeously useful was highly nerfed which killed the game for me) So I wanted Darkspore in spore with the mod aaaand it didn't really work... But Spore was always that fun game where you could create funny creatures (remember Robin Williams playing with the creature creator?) and after that... it was meeeeh... the civilization stage was too fast and quite stupid, not deep enough. The space age was on the other hand, too long ! You messed around within a few solar system and then it was time to start all over 'cause it was boring. (with some weird limitation)
You might need to add another game to this list in a month or two 👀👀👀
Elysian Eclipse has a Free Demo!!!
Elysian Eclipse has a patreon and free demo out now
Sporeeeeeee I miss you so muchhhhhhhh TnT
You should make a video of your favorite upcoming video games of 2024!
I'm thinking of that but I'm still going through so many games making these lists first. I've only really covered like half the genres of games so far.
May I add a game for my phone called "War of Evolution" that is also very similar to spore. I haven't made it past the tutoral phase yet but starts out just like the cell stage in spore. hopefully I get past the point where I have to do what is says and can explore it soon.
I wish they would remake EVO: search for Eden. Only make it much larger. Make the creatures have special abilities depending on body parts. Make certain pathways only enterable depending on body parts. Make certain combinations unlock unique abilities. Spore...was fine. But it missed the mark, as seemingly based on this video, devs.
you should look at war of evolution, it’s a 1 to 1 spore copy but on mobile and has goofy ads that are similar-ish to Hero Wars.
Thank you for the video❤😊... I was expecting ... Uhm😅 more games like Universim or even the Civilization Stage aspect but alas😮. Eh? Why? 😮 I like that in the original SPORE 😂 You need only *ONE* type of entertainment building? Cinema? Restaurant? A Tavern? Only one can be used per nation😂. This is so so funny I research this topic for😅... For... *5* Years. And there just is not a Game like Spore.
either i am too high and mixing videos up or i have already seen this video. I think i remember you said the steam reviews indicator thingy before, word for word. I might be thinking about last year's video though
Yes, this is taking games I already covered in the god games list then reduced to just the Spore-likes with a couple extra games. People just don't usually watch the lists unless it's exactly what they're looking for. After I made the god games list, people were DMing me to make a Spore list. They didn't watch the god games list because they don't consider Spore a god game.
@@GamerZakh Thank you, that might be it! Sorry, I was confused cause i always watch your list videos! I totally didn't mean it as a critique, I genuinely was confused lol Anyways, I appreciate you replying. Your reviews are always thorough, and try to be balanced, so thank you for the hard work!
@@Vaquedoso Thanks! That is really kind of you. And yeah it is confusing no worries, I didn't take it as critique. It's just some won't watch unless it's packaged just right haha
Cool stuff
there are literally true spore sequels, that are actually spore titles. they only take place in the creature phase, and have a more open world rpg take with some story. but if you enjoy the creature phase of spore, they are basically that but for the whole game.
I was so hyped from the 2008 demo.. EA.. disappointed me.
Yeah I rewatched that just recently, it really looked like magic. Will never forget when he zooms out and you see the galaxy for the first time.
0:35 no, not after the incident, i will NOT be playing elysian eclipse, EVER
The incident?
bring back the gameplays , i miss it
You're gonna have to clarify because my last 4 videos before this was gameplay.
@@GamerZakhyes you are right, you tube just stoped to show me your material. Nice I will check it out 👊🏻👏🏻
erg, saw "spore 2" and got so excited
These are our best bet right now because no way will EA ever make it.
People are hungry for Spore-like games
So, basically no one is even close to what Maxis did, amazing.
I love from cell to civilization phases space is the worst
and creoture creator?
i require spore 2
I finished universim recently and got to say, while early stages were fun, once you get to the space stage its basically like a NG+ where you have your tree maxed out and can colonize a new planet to start all over again, and you can do this pretty much forever. But why would you? At that point there really isn't a point in playing anymore, space age isn't like traveling around the galaxy like it was in say spore where you could conquer the entire galaxy if you wanted but its more like jumping from one colony to the next where you get to redo everything all over again. So ultimately it was disappointing to me. Lets be honest, there probably won't be a game like Spore ever again, just because of the scope that game had. Various game devs are trying to copy parts of it, but never really go beyond and try to improve upon it. Honestly Spore itself needs a total remake, too bad that EA killed the studio
2024 now?
2024 in 2 weeks, but you can check your calendar for when it'll be on the day.
I've seen a number of similar videos. I don't think I've ever been interested in this many games from one video...
Well, in the case of The Sapling, the idea is great, but the optimization is poor and the creature building system is inconvenient and too simple (but involves several uncommonly seen, yet important features).
Are these android games because when I search it on the App Store, I can’t find it
No these are PC games, links in the description.
You gotta be kidding me
@@King_firework Why? Spore was a PC game too. Games trying to be the next Spore would start on PC.
I thought there would be good recreation of sport on normal App Store
I'll be honest, the later stages in Spore were what made the game rather boring to me. I wish they would've focused on the creature stages. The tribal stage only makes me want to play an RTS like Age of empires, The civilization stage makes me want to play Civilization, and once you get into a space civilization makes me want to play Endless Space. It's like it's a bunch of half-cooked ideas that never feel like they're fully realized, only the cell and creature stage feel unique, and it would've been amazing if they just expanded on the creature component. They could've made huge ecosystems, and have the ability to grow your own giant creatures. In some way, I wish it was more like Evo: Search for Eden, but less grindy and fully exploring the capabilities of what the 3d environment could offer.
Another year without a game exceeding Spore, unfortunately...
Never be another spore
Spore was such a amazing game that fucked itself with too much hype and impossible promises
Spore got more boring and tedious the further you went into it, but it also had more to do. Its execution wasn’t the best, that was the issue. Cell stage had very little to do, but it went quickly so it didn’t matter. Creature stage had significantly more to do, but it was ultimately repetitive outside of the diversity of what you were facing and the random events. Creature stage, though I’d arguably the best stage in spore as past this stage things just start getting boring. Tribal stage wasn’t… bad, per se, just bare-bones. It was an RTS with survival aspects and different methods of said survival depending on the path you took but it was too easy and went too quick. All you had to do depending on your path was rush food, then rush weapons/instruments. You didn’t need to do anything else. Hell, you didn’t even really need to think about what weapons or instruments you gave your tribesmen, so long as you had an even mix of instruments you’d be fine and so long as you had enough weapons in general you’d be fine. The only time you faced a snag was with RNG regarding instruments, as if you picked the wrong village to go to they’d ask for instruments you don’t have. Civilisation stage is the first disappointing stage. Every stage beforehand is affected significantly by the choices you made in the stage before. Cell stage affected what you can eat in the creature stage and also gave you potential access to unique starting parts (even if most didn’t do anything). Creature stage’s parts carried over into the tribal stage, helping you (mostly) in combat. The only thing that affects the civilisation stage is your aggression from the creature and tribal stage, the way your creature is made doesn’t affect it at all, and in fact past this point you barely even see your creature anymore. Civilisation stage goes fully into the RTS stuff, with vehicles, weapons, bases, resources, etc. you don’t need most of it though. Spam cars with weapons then rush the closest bases, ezpz. Space stage is the most tedious and arguably the worst stage. Quests, trading, and the ultimate goal of reaching the center of the universe. All your choices leading up to the space stage don’t matter in the slightest. Doesn’t matter if you’re a carnivore, if you’re religious, if you’re aggressive, etc etc. the only thing you get from your choices at this point is a special ability and maybe some changed dialogue stuff. That’s it. You’ve still got the same goals, you can play any way you like, and the Grox are till your enemy (unless you do the work). Space stage isn’t even really that hard. You barely need to do the given quests, all you really need to do is trade spice. It’s a glorified merchant simulator. Mind you, you DO need to unlock things, via discovery and stuff but then well… Spice trading. Because you need sporebux to be able to get to the center of the universe which is the end of the game and the only goal you have (not mentioning that you can choose to continue afterwards, maybe work to defeat the Grox). So yeah, cell to creature is the best parts of the game with MAYBE Tribal too…
You did a great job with your video but the actual games themselves don't look interesting at all. They look like paraphrased versions of the same game with the same problems.
So there is no game like spore 🙂
respecto a thrive, (que es el que espero), según ellos podía llegar a estar para el 2028, pero con eso de 150 meses me mataste xd, pasa que ellos empezaran desde célula base "procariota" (aunque creo que talvez lo hagan de molécula) y pasaran por eucariota pero habrán edades o eras donde llegue a animal, a las tribus, civilizaciones, espacio y irán mas allá terminando en algo que tiene que ver con la cuarta dimensión, dioses en toda la escancia, las edades que nombraron son raras de mencionar no me acuerdo pero eran como 25 mas o menos, mas que el EE1 xd, por esto lo espero con ganas, pero si aun T___T van por etapa celular, y bueno, son pocos y están haciéndolo científicamente, es mas recientemente comentaron que se descubrió una nueva encima o proteína y charlaron sobre si implementarla o no.
check out the new android game war of evolution, it is almost similar to spore
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This guy didn't research Thrive at all. He thinks they're an actual game studio and "it entered early access in 2021" while completely failing to mention it is an open source game intending to recreate all of Spore. The lack of research on this game is quite frankly embarrassing and makes me lose trust and faith in this KZheadr and the rest of this list.
It did enter early access in 2021. I never said "actual game studio". And sure it's open source and has all sorts of plans, but that's not important. Why are you ignoring the 150 month dev time plan? You think it's lack of research, but you have lack of context. I'm talking about what it is right now because how important is it right now to talk about what Thrive will be in 2034? 2034! Seriously, why did you skip that very important bit of context? I make these lists every year, if Thrive gets better then I'll talk about the new stuff. But right now for 2024, because this is a 2024 list, what it is 10 years from now is not relevant for 2024. You don't trust me? Nah I don't trust you. You put words I never said in my mouth, lack all contextual relevance, and judge what you haven't seen based on your misunderstanding.
Thrive sucks btw
You should be more specific
It looks worse than spore did
I have enjoyed Spore for many years. Looking forward to an even more better game hopefully.