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SPORE™

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

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

ActionAdventureCasualRPGSimulationStrategy

Reviews
Very Positive
92% of 73K
Recent reviews
Very Positive
93% of 363 in 30 days
Players
517
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Last update on Steam
2 years ago
Oct 23, 2024
Minimum PC
128 MB
0.5 GB RAM · 4 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 84/100 (critic reviews)

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

92% of 73,185 reviews are positive · 93% of 363 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.

Players over time

▼ -28% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 826 players on Oct 4, 2026.

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Sep 21, 2026599

Screenshots and trailer

SPORE™ screenshot 1

SPORE™ system requirements

Minimum: 128 MB, 0.5 GB RAM, 4 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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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

Does SPORE™ have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does SPORE™ run on Steam Deck?

Unsupported No: Valve rates it Unsupported on Steam Deck.

  • Not supported on SteamOS

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Steam features
Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Text only: English, Czech, Danish, German, Spanish - Spain, Finnish, French, Italian, Hungarian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese - Portugal.

Does SPORE™ use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 6, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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