SPORE™

Single-player evolution sandbox spanning cells, civilizations, and space

Maxis™ · Published by Electronic Arts · Released Dec 19, 2008

Action Adventure Casual RPG Simulation Strategy

Reviews: Very Positive; 93% of 73K
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 94% of 345 in 30 days
Playing now: 280; peak 24h 494
Steam Deck: Unsupported
Last update: Unknown; no patch notes found

What is SPORE™?

A single-player sandbox simulation in which you create a species and guide it through five stages: Cell, Creature, Tribe, Civilization, and Space. You shape creatures and later build vehicles, buildings, and starships as the species grows from a tide-pool organism into an intergalactic civilization.

For you if...

+you enjoy designing creatures, buildings, vehicles, and starships
+you like sandbox progression that changes between distinct stages
+you want a casual, funny game about alien evolution

Not for you if...

−you dislike games that change style between stages
−you want multiplayer instead of a single-player game

What players say

93% of 72,762 reviews are positive · 94% of 345 in the last 30 days

Players praise the creation tools and progression from a small organism to a spacefaring civilization. The main complaint is that account registration often blocks online creation sharing; players also report crashes that can erase progress unless they save manually.

Screenshots and trailer

SPORE™ system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

Processor: 2.0 GHz Intel Pentium® 4 or equivalent
Graphics: 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
Memory: 512 MB RAM (768 MB RAM for Vista)
Storage: At least 4 GB of hard drive space, with at least 1 GB additional space for creations

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Steam features: Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Unsupported

Not supported on SteamOS

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Text only: English, Czech, Danish, German, Spanish - Spain, Finnish, French, Italian, Hungarian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese - Portugal.