- #1 Microcivilization
97% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,435 reviews2026
Dev: Ondrej Homola
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Incremental clicker strategy, where you expand, construct, research, fight, collect heroes and make choices between good and evil. Ascend through difficulty tiers by playing through challenge campaign going back and forth through history. Mammoths included.
Why similar: 4X 13.9% ★, God Game 8.5% ★, Diplomacy 8.1% ★, Incremental 7.9%, Automation 7.5%
- #2 CivIdle
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,064 reviews2025
Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 78.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%
CivIdle is an idle/incremental game that allows you to lead your own civilization through thousands of years from ancient times to the modern era. Expand your territory, explore a vast tech tree, build various wonders, and trade with global players: empire must grow and numbers must go up!
Why similar: 4X 20.4% ★, Automation 14.7%, Base Building 11.7%, Historical 11.2%, Idler 10.5%
- #3 SimPocalypse
96% matchMixed68% of 116 reviews2021
Dev: Gamex Studio
Windows · Linux
A civilization simulator where you manage billions of people and rebuild millions of structures. Improve your economy, research, advance, battle, and much more! Play at your own pace by controlling game speed and automate various tasks!
Why similar: 4X 19.7% ★, Automation 12.9%, Incremental 10.7%, City Builder 9.2%, Idler 9.1%
- #4 Idle Empires
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vethon
Windows
Idle Empires is an incremental strategy game where you build and expand a thriving empire, one hex at a time. Place buildings, gather resources, and upgrade your empire automatically over time. Whether you’re actively playing or letting progress tick while idle, your empire is always growing.
Why similar: Automation 14.1%, God Game 13.9% ★, City Builder 11.7%, Idler 9.7%, Base Building 9%
- #5 Whiskerwood
94% matchVery Positive93% of 3,148 reviews2025
Dev: Minakata DynamicsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.
Why similar: 4X 17% ★, Diplomacy 14.4% ★, City Builder 10.8%, Historical 9.6%, Base Building 9.4%
- #6 Nova Roma
94% matchVery Positive94% of 2,044 reviews2026
Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The glory of Rome is at your fingertips in this city-building game where you must appease the gods, enact laws, and develop complex supply chains to meet the needs of your citizens.
Why similar: 4X 16.6% ★, Diplomacy 13.7% ★, City Builder 11.3%, Historical 10%, Base Building 9.7%
- #7 WorldShaper Idle
93% matchPositive95% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: Florian van Strien
Windows
Relax and build your own world! Discover new tiles by experimenting with tile placement. Use their bonuses to optimize your production, or just sit back and become ever more powerful! What will your worlds look like?
Why similar: God Game 21.9% ★, City Builder 15.7%, Incremental 14.5%, Idler 13.1%, Base Building 10.6%
- #8 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
92% matchVery Positive91% of 26,420 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 71.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.
Why similar: 4X 13.2% ★, City Builder 13.1%, Diplomacy 11.6% ★, Historical 10.7%, Base Building 10.4%
- #9 Goblins of Elderstone
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 402 reviews2023
Dev: Outerdawn
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%
This Goblin Tribe Simulator brings a challenging blend of chaos and creativity to the city-building genre. Build dwellings, manage your resources, defend your goblins, and grow your tribe, and please the Gods! Do you have what it takes to control the chaos and rule the unruly?
Why similar: 4X 17.7% ★, Diplomacy 15% ★, God Game 13.4% ★, City Builder 11%, Base Building 9.8%
- #10 Heart of the Machine
90% matchVery Positive92% of 2,051 reviews2026
Dev: Arcen GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.
Why similar: 4X 17.1% ★, Diplomacy 15.3% ★, City Builder 10.5%, Historical 9.7%, Base Building 9.4%
- #11 Build To The Moon
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BumpkinBrothers
Windows
A relaxing incremental tower builder—until hundreds of tiny workers turn it into complete chaos.
Why similar: Incremental 15.3%, Automation 14.5%, God Game 14% ★, Idler 11.6%, Colony Sim 10.6%
- #12 Empires of the Undergrowth
89% matchVery Positive94% of 18,267 reviews2024
Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.
Why similar: 4X 17.1% ★, Diplomacy 13.8% ★, City Builder 10.8%, Historical 9.6%, Base Building 9.6%
- #13 Hearth and Hamlet
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Phorust StudiosPub: Runic Forge
Windows
Start with a campfire. Build a kingdom. Hearth and Hamlet is a cozy incremental medieval citybuilder that blends resource management, in-depth upgrade trees and relaxing idle gameplay. Build your empire by researching new technologies, passing new laws, trading with far-off lands, and more.
Why similar: Incremental 18.3%, City Builder 16.8%, Base Building 15.6%, Resource Management 8.5%, Idler 8.2%
- #14 Against the Storm
88% matchVery Positive95% of 36,338 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 28.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Why similar: 4X 17.2% ★, Diplomacy 14.8% ★, City Builder 10.8%, Historical 9.4%, Base Building 9.4%
- #15 Pharaoh™: A New Era
87% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,272 reviews2023
Dev: Triskell InteractivePub: Dotemu
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The legendary city-builder returns! Lead the creation of one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever seen in this HD remake with modernized UI. Build monuments, manage your population and explore 4,000 years of history through over a hundred hours of gameplay.
Why similar: City Builder 16.7%, Diplomacy 14.4% ★, Historical 11.1%, Colony Sim 8.8%, Building 8.2%
- #16 Corsair Cove
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the Crown to keep the Age of Piracy alive! From ale to flintlock pistols, and from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme over the seas!
Why similar: 4X 14.6% ★, Diplomacy 12.9% ★, City Builder 11.9%, Historical 10.5%, Base Building 10.3%
- #17 Idle Commonwealth
86% matchMixed67% of 126 reviews2025
Dev: Qbusik Games
Windows
Idle Commonwealth is an idle game that pays homage to the best of the idle genre. Start small, grow your commonwealth, maintain morale, establish governance, invent technologies, trade and conquer your neighbors.
Why similar: Incremental 17.1%, Idler 15.6%, City Builder 15.5%, Resource Management 12.9%, God Game 10.9% ★
- #18 Eden Universe
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Haxo Game Studios
Windows
A true God Game where faith, miracles, morality, and your Avatar decide the destiny of Eden itself. Guide your followers, perform divine miracles, and shape a living world as a young god.
Why similar: 4X 21.2% ★, God Game 17.9% ★, Diplomacy 16.3% ★, City Builder 11.7%, Resource Management 7.9%
- #19 Village Flow
84% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Axiom17
Windows
Manage the production of your village's resources in this minimalist incremental game. Assign villagers to jobs, balance production and resources, and weather the seasons. Hunger, cold, and disease threaten your people.
Why similar: Automation 17.2%, Incremental 14.3%, Idler 12.7%, City Builder 11.9%, Inventory Management 9.1%
- #20 Critias Empire
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Crystalline Green Ltd.
Windows
Turn-Based 4X-like Strategy: Build the peaceful kingdom of Atlantis into a flourishing civilization. Plan carefully or be ready to adapt as the ancient Gods of Olympus rain down floods, earthquakes, volcanoes and all types of disaster.
Why similar: 4X 25.6% ★, City Builder 12.7%, Historical 10.8%, Mythology 10.3%, Resource Management 9.1%
- #21 Halloween Store Simulator
84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Rogue Muse Games
Windows
🎃 Begin your Halloween empire building and managing your first Halloween Store! Manage your staff and products to attract new customers! Grow your Halloween empire by building Halloween restaurants, cafes, and entertainment! Expand and make every day and everything Halloween! 🎃
Why similar: God Game 19.3% ★, City Builder 14.9%, Automation 10.4%, Colony Sim 9.9%, Base Building 8.9%
- #22 Doodle Factory
82% matchPositive96% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: Jan Francis Berdan
Windows
Welcome to Doodle Factory - your ticket to the world of factory fun! Dive into building and designing with ever-changing boards. Get creative, boost your efficiency with cool upgrades, and make each factory uniquely yours!
Why similar: Automation 18.8%, City Builder 15.6%, Base Building 14.4%, Resource Management 11.5%, Incremental 9.8%
- #23 Resource chill
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Asfar GAMES
Windows · Linux
A cozy idle automation game about building tiny factories, unlocking upgrades, and relaxing while your machines work overtime. Progress has never been this chill.
Why similar: Incremental 16%, City Builder 15%, Automation 14.7%, Idler 11.9%, Colony Sim 10%
- #24 Norland
81% matchVery Positive82% of 10,106 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.
Why similar: 4X 18.9% ★, City Builder 11.7%, Historical 10.3%, Base Building 10.3%, Colony Sim 8.2%
- #25 El Dorado: The Golden City Builder - Prologue
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 236 reviews2024
Dev: Hobo BunchPub: Gameparic
Windows
The Prologue is just part of the gameplay that awaits you in the full version of the game. El Dorado - Prologue is a strategy city-building game in which you plan, build and develop your settlement to conquer Jukatan and earn the title of The Golden City. Become a leader, whom even Gods will bow to.
Why similar: City Builder 13.6%, Diplomacy 12.3% ★, Historical 9.9%, Mythology 9.8%, Base Building 8.9%
- #26 The Eastern Sacrifice
79% matchMixed61% of 406 reviews2025
Dev: 五条虾仁(5 shrimps)
Windows
“The Eastern Sacrifice” is an idle game combining simulation with Eastern Cthulhu-inspired themes. In a world spiraling into chaos over authority, vanquish enemy, gather treasures, and build a devoted religion. Your sanctuary will help you reclaim theurgy, ascend to the divine realm.
Why similar: Incremental 21.5%, God Game 11.8% ★, Mythology 10.6%, Idler 10.1%, Automation 9.9%
- #27 IDLE BOSS RUSH
79% matchMixed67% of 810 reviews2025
Dev: Irid Games
Windows
Median: 19.1 hrsMean: 37.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Slay giant bosses and turn the hollow wasteland into the almighty kingdom! Endlessly rewarding incremental game where you collect fountains of rare loot, unleash crazy combos and watch the monsters fall under your knees. Boss Rush that keeps on going when you're gone!
Why similar: Incremental 17.4%, Idler 12.4%, Base Building 11.7%, City Builder 9.9%, Building 8.6%
- #28 El Dorado: The Golden City Builder
80% matchMixed54% of 110 reviews2024
Dev: Hobo BunchPub: Gameparic
Windows
El Dorado is a strategy city-building game in which you plan, build and develop your settlement to conquer Jukatan and earn the title of The Golden City. Become a leader, whom even Gods will bow to. Offer sacrifices to the Gods to earn their favor, but beware and don’t lose yourself in your riches.
Why similar: God Game 15.2% ★, City Builder 12.1%, Mythology 11%, Base Building 9.8%, Historical 9.4%
- #29 STARIO: Haven Tower
78% matchVery Positive95% of 351 reviews2025
Dev: Stargate Games
Windows
A vertical kingdom in the sky! Plan your ascent from the harsh Sand Zone, rising layer by layer as you and your Towertizens stand together against looming disasters. Build trade ports and vertical supply networks. Perform Rituals to shape miracles, and witness the prosperity of this rising nation.
Why similar: City Builder 14.6%, Automation 14.1%, God Game 13.6% ★, Resource Management 10.3%, Colony Sim 9%
- #30 Captain of Industry
78% matchVery Positive90% of 11,125 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 84.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.
Why similar: Automation 24%, Base Building 16.9%, Resource Management 15.3%, Economy 9.4%, City Builder 9.1%
- #31 Trappist
77% matchVery Positive90% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: Sirrah
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to Trappist-1, 40.7 light-years from Earth. Fly your Ark, a colossal spaceship and mobile base. Explore the solar system and establish thriving colonies. Uncover the mysteries of Trappist in this story-driven colony builder.
Why similar: 4X 19.5% ★, God Game 17.4% ★, City Builder 12.7%, Automation 12.1%, Base Building 10%
- #32 Celestial Empire: Prologue
76% matchVery Positive85% of 405 reviews2025
Dev: President Studio
Windows
Embrace your duties as a new provincial governor. Experience the beauty of ancient China, design the city of your dreams, and take care of your people’s needs. Earn the Gods’ favor to maintain the Mandate of Heaven for the ruling dynasty.
Why similar: City Builder 15.1%, Historical 12.2%, Mythology 10.8%, Colony Sim 10.5%, Base Building 10.4%
- #33 Spherical Symphony
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Maaz BaigPub: Night Rain Studios
Windows
Guide tiny planets back into harmony in Spherical Symphony. Balance each world’s living systems, recruit cozy catfolk helpers, befriend cosmic sea creatures, trade between worlds, repel threats, and awaken the sleeping sun at the heart of it all.
Why similar: God Game 18.7% ★, Base Building 13.3%, City Builder 12%, Automation 11.6%, Colony Sim 11%
- #34 Egypt
76% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Ancient Cat
Windows
Command the sands of Egypt in this epic RTS! Build magnificent cities, lead mythic armies, and harness the power of the gods. Shape the Nile, forge alliances, and rise to become Pharaoh in a world of strategy, intrigue, and breathtaking battles. Your legacy awaits—rule wisely!
Why similar: City Builder 16.1%, Base Building 13.6%, Historical 10.1%, Resource Management 9.6%, Mythology 9.3%
- #35 Cursor Kingdom
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Oba Games
Windows
Create an army of cursor clones by recording your actions. Automate resource gathering, production, and defense while your kingdom grows on its own.
Why similar: Automation 24.3%, Incremental 16.9%, Idler 12.7%, Building 8.9%, Management 8.5%
- #36 Fill Up The Hole
74% matchVery Positive91% of 1,145 reviews2025
Dev: Fluffy Lotus
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Turn trash into cash in a dystopian world! Fill Up The Hole is a short incremental game where you build a city, automate garbage production, and toss it into a magical hole for profit.
Why similar: Incremental 21%, City Builder 15.6%, Idler 13.5%, Base Building 11.3%, Colony Sim 10.3%
- #37 Apiary in Flow
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AkinoEgo
Windows
Apiary in Flow is an incremental game with automation elements where you place bees inside a hive to build efficient honey-gathering chains. Unlock new bee types and spend your harvest on permanent skill tree upgrades!
Why similar: Automation 23.2%, Incremental 21.1%, Idler 16.2%, Resource Management 9.6%, Building 6.6%
- #38 Wild West Pioneers
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: EmpireCraft StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Forge your destiny on the untamed frontier in the city-builder Wild West Pioneers. Build and manage a growing town, establish production chains, scout for new outposts and build trade routes to support your settlements. Build, survive, and thrive in the land of opportunity!
Why similar: 4X 22.7% ★, City Builder 15.1%, Colony Sim 10.1%, Historical 9.7%, Base Building 9.6%
- #39 Agecraft
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SnakyDevelop
Windows · Mac
Agecraft is a historical strategy and city-building sim. Build your settlement, develop the economy, take care of your people, and guide your civilization through the ages, from the Stone Age to the future.
Why similar: 4X 23.7% ★, City Builder 13.9%, Diplomacy 11.9% ★, Historical 11.9%, Colony Sim 7.9%
- #40 Spaceflight Factory
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kanapper
Windows
SpaceFlight Factory is an Automation and Base Building game with some survival game mechanics.You lead a small colony of human remnants. Help them to survive, expand and gather enough resources to leave Earth for their new home planet.
Why similar: Automation 15.4%, 4X 13% ★, City Builder 12.7%, Base Building 11.6%, Colony Sim 9.5%
- #41 Pick Me Up
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ultra Sunny Studio
Windows
Experience survival and combat in a point-and-click colony simulation. Gather resources, build structures, and lead your tribe to prosperity. Interact directly with objects, ruling this world with a sacred cursor.
Why similar: God Game 17.1% ★, City Builder 16.8%, Base Building 14.2%, Incremental 14%, Colony Sim 12.7%
- #42 Marble Age
75% matchVery Positive83% of 745 reviews2015
Dev: Clarus Victoria
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Turn-based historical simulation strategy. Develop the Greek civilization from the small village to the great city-state when it will dominate the world!
Why similar: 4X 16.7% ★, Diplomacy 13.4% ★, Historical 12.2%, Base Building 10.8%, City Builder 10.6%
- #43 Kingdoms and Castles
73% matchVery Positive94% of 31,238 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.
Why similar: 4X 20% ★, City Builder 16.7%, Colony Sim 10%, Base Building 9.7%, Resource Management 8.8%
- #44 Feed The Forest
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Indoor Sunglasses
Windows · Linux
A short, innocent incremental forest-builder. Unlock snail powers to spread life in a barren desert. Feed the mysterious Forest with juice. And remember: Blood is a type of juice.
Why similar: Automation 19.6%, Incremental 18%, Idler 13.6%, Resource Management 10.6%, Base Building 9%
- #45 Manor Lords
70% matchVery Positive84% of 88,470 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.
Why similar: City Builder 17.9%, Historical 16.3%, Base Building 15.5%, 4X 10.3% ★, Diplomacy 8.8% ★
- #46 Tenants of the Shade
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stormjest
Windows
Build a living civilization from a single village. Guide your people across a dynamic landscape of rivers, farms, trade routes, and rival kingdoms as your society rises from the dawn of history.
Why similar: City Builder 19%, Base Building 16.1%, 4X 14.9% ★, Historical 13.6%, Resource Management 12.6%
- #47 RAEV: Kingdom on the Distant Shores
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RAVINE Games
Windows
From a humble campfire to a multi-city kingdom, lead with grace in RAEV: Kingdom on the Distant Shores: a unique kingdom builder where every decision shapes the fate of your fox citizens and the legacy of your continent-spanning kingdom. With a freeform building system, no grids, no limits.
Why similar: Diplomacy 21.7% ★, 4X 15.9% ★, City Builder 15.4%, Colony Sim 9.1%, Base Building 9%
- #48 Deep Space Directive
69% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: One Wheel Studio
Windows
Resource management without micro-management! Build, defend, and optimize your ever-growing industrial colony in a dynamic hex-tile world. Buy low, sell high to expand and upgrade your base. Even your enemies are a resource to be exploited. Profit waits for no one!
Why similar: Base Building 15.7%, City Builder 14.6%, Automation 14.5%, Resource Management 13.7%, Economy 11.2%
- #49 ClickRush
68% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Broussen GamesPub: Broussen
Windows
ClickRush: Produce infinite clicks! Deploy drones and AI matrices to automate your empire. Take down Real-Time World Bosses with the community, level up your Battle Pass, and unlock celestial bonuses. Dominate the global leaderboard. Get your mouse ready!
Why similar: God Game 20.5% ★, Automation 18.3%, Incremental 17.7%, Idler 13.9%, Resource Management 9.7%
- #50 CastleOn
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lord Castleon
Windows · Linux
Build a castle! Grow economy, recruit troops from Europe and the Holy Land, man the walls and towers! Place traps and defeat attackers with arrows, wood and stone, fire, disease and cold steel! Survive the Third Crusade and conquer enemy lands in Castleon!
Why similar: Diplomacy 16.7% ★, City Builder 16.5%, Base Building 10.9%, Colony Sim 10.4%, 4X 10.3% ★
- #51 Dungeon Overseer
71% matchMixed54% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: Ripknot
Windows
Dungeon Overseer is a colony simulator with a focus on base building and resource management. Become the Overseer by building a unique dungeon layout, constructing your lair, upgrading and expanding, questing, crafting, researching, recruiting, defending your base, and raiding.
Why similar: City Builder 16.1%, Base Building 14.9%, God Game 14.7% ★, Colony Sim 12.2%, Economy 10.8%
- #52 FireMatch Empire
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FireMatch Studio
Windows
Awaken the first Stickfolk. Explore an endless world. Build your cities. Develop new technologies. Unlock new eras. Shape a peaceful civilization. No war, only creation.
Why similar: God Game 24.1% ★, City Builder 20%, Colony Sim 12.6%, Base Building 10.8%, Resource Management 8.3%
- #53 Poly Skies
70% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2023
Dev: Red Phoenix Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Poly Skies is an introductory city builder designed to help you relax. Take care of your villagers, expand to new islands, unlock secrets and defend sky-high threats.
Why similar: God Game 21.6% ★, City Builder 15.1%, Idler 11.5%, Base Building 11.4%, Economy 9.1%
- #54 Coremine Corp
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crazy Rooster Games
Windows
Welcome to CoreMine Corp. Your job here is to set up production chains, manage your electricity, juggle contracts and stock-up while upgrading your factory. Time to prove your worth.
Why similar: Automation 20.4%, Incremental 17.5%, Inventory Management 16.5%, Resource Management 15.7%, Building 6.8%
- #55 Industry Idle
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,478 reviews2024
Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Industry Idle is an idle game that combines factory building, resource management and market trading. Design & build your base, expand & scale up your productions, improve & optimize your economy. Plus all the incremental game goodies: offline earnings, prestige to unlock more powerful upgrades.
Why similar: Automation 16.8%, Base Building 12.3%, City Builder 11.9%, Incremental 11.4%, Idler 11%
- #56 Gnomepunk
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Glivi Games S.A.Pub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Create an army of gnomes, train builders, gather resources, develop technology, overcome the fauna, understand the flora and use it for alchemy. Conquer or ally with other factions and dominate the forest!
Why similar: Diplomacy 21.7% ★, City Builder 14.7%, Mythology 13%, Base Building 11.6%, Resource Management 10.2%
- #57 Goblin Camp
67% matchVery Positive90% of 82 reviews2024
Dev: Korppi Games Ltd
Windows
Build a new home for your goblins! Grow your settlement from a little encampment to a bustling city in a beautiful procedurally generated northern forest. Fish, farm, explore the forest and harness the spirits in a unique fantasy citybuilder inspired by Finnish mythology.
Why similar: God Game 20.8% ★, City Builder 14.7%, Resource Management 12.1%, Base Building 10.8%, Mythology 10.5%
- #58 Omicrocity 2
66% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Omwekiatl
Windows
A relaxing, cartoonish city builder where success is not just a gray, industrial megalopolis. Create your own hippie, robotic, supernatural, warlike, or artistic city, and discover the chaotic events that will put your city to the test.
Why similar: God Game 22.1% ★, City Builder 19.1%, Base Building 15.3%, Building 8.6%, Resource Management 7.4%
- #59 Empires Edge
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kaser Studio
Windows
Empires Edge is a 4X-lite strategy game about building a civilization on floating islands, inspired by the classic Tyrants: Fight Through Time (Mega Lo Mania). Lead your people, achieve technological breakthroughs, and conquer new territories as you forge an empire at the edge of the Universe.
Why similar: 4X 26.9% ★, God Game 22.5% ★, Base Building 12.3%, Resource Management 10.3%, Economy 7.9%
- #60 Idle Colony
66% matchVery Positive82% of 570 reviews2024
Dev: Faith G.
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A condensed incremental experience, where you build a colony to collect and merge bigger and bigger fruits. Combine game-changing technologies and special upgrades to find the best synergies and take your cash flow to another dimension.
Why similar: Automation 19.7%, Incremental 18.3%, Idler 12.3%, Economy 11%, Colony Sim 9.9%