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The Sapling

89% positive of 1,945 Steam reviews

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Released
2019
Steam Deck
Playable
Platforms
Steam, itch.io

Made by Wessel Stoop.

About the game

The Sapling is a simulation game where you design your own plants, animals, algae and fungi, and put them in a world together. Or you turn on random mutations, and see what evolution does to your ecosystem!

Tagged by players

  • God Game
  • Science
  • Dinosaurs
  • Life Sim
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Sandbox
  • Nature
  • Aliens
  • Procedural Generation
  • Open World
  • Simulation
  • Relaxing

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What players say

  • Not recommended
    A deeply broken, unoptimized game- don't trust the youtube videos, they cut around the jank, the lag, the UI problems, the camera control problems, the frame drops, the crashes, and the hours of nothing happening. I keep wanting this game to be good. It isn't. Based on the other reviews, people have been convincing themselves it's "really good" despite being unplayable for two years now. The game they imagine this…

    17 h played when written. 30 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    this game would be so cool if it didn't not work like 60% of the time. no, it isnt a graphics thing, hell it doesnt even run that bad. its just that a little over every other time i try to play the sandbox mode, at least one of the core mechanics wont function and the 30 minutes i spent messing around in the world maker end up completely wasted. this would be my absolute favorite game if it actually worked

    83 h played when written. 3 found it helpful.

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