I assume you are discounting factory games like factorio/Dyson sphere program because the destruction of nature?

TerraNil is the videogame equivalent of the board game you described.

Skabma: snowfall, Caravan Sandwitch, the longing, powerwash simulator, a short hike, Dredge, in other waters

All of these titles are without destroying nature, and without destruction in general. They also have themes of restoration.

I think you're very wrong about that there's no games that fit, which makes me presume you've got a pretty tight definition on what you want 🤷

maybe the animal crossing series is an exception..? there's no combat, and the focus is generally on building & developing a community while planting different fruit-trees/flowers/crops

although the latest game could be seen to be a bit coloniser-y, since its aim isn't developing an existing community, but to find an island & create a community there.

but back to your point, i think this is a problem with films & tv too, the ones filled with violence & dystopia seem to get the most funding. i feel like people are less & less able to imagine better worlds, the more they're only fed narratives with violence and dystopia.

so in this political climate, it's more important than ever for creative people to go against the grain & show people that there are different ways of doing things, and that creation is more powerful than destruction. fair play to you for doing so! i hope many more people follow suit 🙌

You do understand that, in many ecosystems, regular forest fires are actually necessary to maintain the balance among undergrowth, detritus, and overstory, right?

Even in the cosmic sense, entropy is assured by the second law of thermodynamics. All order is temporary order, bought with a net increase in entropy outside the ordered system.

All creation inherently requires destruction of something else. So are you just talking about anthropogenic, unsustainable destruction?

Well, you can't make an omellete without breaking a few eggs. Look at humanity. For everything we create, something else usually gets destroyed. And guess who makes all the games. Hint: It's not dolphins.

What are your thoughts on Planet Crafter?

It's a player(s) terra-forming a dead world into one that has and can sustain life. No combat, no enemies.

You need to discover Blue Prince

how else do you think a soft, weak furless species that cant run fast or jump high and has no claws or fangs or armor or poison or camouflage, can barely swim and no extra sense might defend itself?

Nature evolved the ultimate killing machine - human history is a STORY of violence, politics is the projection of violence onto one group, while simultaneously preventing violence being done to another.

It might not be quite what you're talking about but I really enjoyed Ultros. It's mainly a normal metroidvania, but there's an aspect of restoration where you plant trees that will grow in the next time-loop, and you can feed the creatures so they stop being hostile.

Ever played a city building game, like Cities: Skylines?

Solitaire?

Strippoker!

Senet, Spades, Hearts, Old Maid, Go Fish, Solitaire, Backgammon, Gin.

Shall I go on?