Maxis’ 2008 Game Spore Lets Players Enjoy the Same Fantasy as The Sims

The Sims is likely the most prolific name in the simulation genre, having helped to establish much of its core identity. The Sims 5, still known as Project Rene, is set to eventually continue the franchise’s legacy after several successful predecessors, but developer Maxis has also experimented with a different formula at one point during the studio’s history. Released in 2008, Spore was a simulation game that approached the concept from a far less human lens. Focused on the development of a species over entire eras of time, Spore saw players beginning as a single-cell organism and ultimately becoming a space-faring race. Despite what it brought to the world of gaming, however, Spore has remained an underrated relic of the past.