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Doodle Empires is an alternate history sandbox game all about drawing your own nations with your own histories and stories in a variety of maps. Watch your world take shape and evolve over time, and decide which nations will rise and which nations will fall.

Reviews: Very Positive — 92% — of 982 reviews
Released: 2025-05-30
Developer: Turtle Stack Games
Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

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    Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%

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    Why similar: Alternate History 33.4%, Historical 24.8%, Sandbox 17.5%, Simulation 12.2%, Strategy 10.8%

  56. #56 Tidal Tribe
    69% matchVery Positive87% of 94 reviews2019
    Dev: PowPit
    Windows

    Tidal Tribe is a relaxing god game that gives you the power to shape the terrain. Raise and lower the land to protect your villages from waves and floods, all while using that very same water to build lakes and rivers, turning the desert land into a lively forest of trees and bushes.

    Why similar: God Game 44.4%, Simulation 25%, Sandbox 17.9%, Strategy 6.8%, Indie 4.9%

  57. #57 Making History: The Second World War
    69% matchMostly Positive78% of 284 reviews2018
    Dev: Factus Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Choose a nation and prepare for the greatest conflict in human history, World War II. Build your military and industrial power, form alliances and race to achieve the advanced technologies that will bring total victory in this global-wide turn-based Grand Strategy struggle.

    Why similar: Historical 21.2%, Alternate History 20.7%, Wargame 11.8%, Simulation 11.2%, Sandbox 11.2%

  58. #58 Countryball: Europe 1890
    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 725 reviews2022
    Dev: SHN Games
    Windows

    Discover the 19th and 20th centuries with countryballs!

    Why similar: Wargame 55.1%, Strategy 37.7%, 2D 6.6%, Singleplayer 0.6%

  59. #59 Victoria 3
    66% matchMostly Positive71% of 58,205 reviews2022
    Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 15.1 hrsMean: 114.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Paradox Development Studio invites you to build your ideal society in the tumult of the exciting and transformative 19th century. Balance the competing interests in your society and earn your place in the sun in Victoria 3, one of the most anticipated games in Paradox’s history.

    Why similar: Alternate History 32.2%, Historical 30.6%, Sandbox 13.4%, Strategy 11.7%, Simulation 11%

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