SimEarth: The Living Planet

a.k.a. SimEarth for Windows

created and published by Maxis in 1990, running on Windows 3.1

type: simulation
genre: Biological simulation, Life simulation
perspective: bird's-eye
player options: single player

languages: eng

4/5

Personal review

Guide the development of a planet and the lifeforms of it from primordial beginnings to the development and exodus of multiple intelligent species.

A large number of reviews claim there is no 'game' in this game. They are referring to the game's various open-ended modes play. These reviews ignore the scenarios mode with three levels of difficulty. Each mode has win conditions and loss conditions.

zerothis # 2017-01-25 00:57:55

Description

Take charge of an entire planet from its birth until its death--10 billion years later. Guide life from its inception as single-celled microbes to a civilization that can reach for the stars. Inspired by James Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis, SimEarth simulates the Earth as a single living organism.

# 2006