Equilinox

The game seems very unfinished and I've been spending a lot of time just waiting for something useful to happen now with no signs that it ever will, everything has been in effective stasis for multiple in-game years with no useful events. Game needs a "fast forward to a notification" feature badly but multiple comments say it's been abandoned. With that said the other complaints seem overblown so I'm changing this to recommended, but only with the caveat that you should get it cheap due to low QoL

Equilinox is a peaceful ecosystem simulator built around the simple pleasure of creating a landscape and watching life gradually take hold. Developed and published by ThinMatrix, it approaches simulation from a noticeably calmer direction than games centered on economies, cities, or survival. Instead of constantly threatening the player with failure, it provides an open natural environment where plants and animals can be introduced, nurtured, evolved, and combined into increasingly complex habitats. The result is an experience that feels part management game, part creative sandbox, and part interactive nature display. Building an ecosystem begins with vegetation. Different plants and trees can be placed around the landscape, improving the environment and creating suitable conditions for wildlife. Animals can then be introduced, but every species has particular needs regarding habitat and available resources. Simply filling an area with creatures will not necessarily produce a successful ecosystem. Plants need appropriate surroundings, animals depend on particular resources, and populations work best when the environment supporting them remains healthy. This creates a pleasant mana…

This game sucks. I really wanted to like it. Minimal controls that you need to restart the game every time you adjust something. I got completely softlocked or something on what should've been very simple. I would genuinely only have bought this game for $2 or less. Got it from a bundle, so it doesn't sting too much.

its definitely one of the better games i own on steam, its nice to play after a stressfull day or if you just wanna chillout and relax.

Nearly bricked my pc. Don't run if you can't support this game munching every bit of your cpu and then making your pc explode

Relaxing, enjoyable and very cute