Thrive – game about the evolution of life

Thrive is a game about the evolution of life. It takes many games as inspiration, from roguelikes to grand strategy games.

From the lowly tidepools of your home planet, you will rise to cosmic dominance. At every step, powerful creation tools and deep simulation mechanics will aid your species’ development. Revolutionary Games is the open-source team of dedicated volunteers aiming to make Thrive a reality.

Our team seeks to accomplish two major goals: create engaging, compelling gameplay that respects our players’ intelligence, and remain as accurate as possible in our depiction of known scientific theory without compromising the former.

This is free and open source software.

Features include:

• Gameplay is split into seven stages – Microbe, Multicellular, Aware, Awakening, Society, Industrial and Space. Through each of these you will guide your creature towards intelligence, sentience and the stars.
• Cross-platform software – runs under Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Website: revolutionarygamesstudio.com
Support: Forums, GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Revolutionary Games
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

Thrive is written in C#. Learn C# with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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